placenamesClonmeen
Clonmeen in Carrick parish appears in the history of a landowning family whose emigrant son served in the American Civil War.
The name
A reliable full-name meaning has not been established here. The recorded Irish and English forms are given without an unsupported translation.
Recorded forms
- Clonmeen · English · main form
Place & story
The Sale family at Clonmeen
Kevin Guing’s documentary study identifies Clonmeen near Carrick Hill as the home area of the Sale family before their emigration in 1849. He reproduces an outrage report naming Joseph Sale at Clonmeen, Carrick parish: unknown people had scattered his hay and driven cattle into a cornfield. Guing suggests intimidation may have influenced the family’s departure, but treats that explanation as uncertain. [2]
Thomas Sale in America
The family settled in Philadelphia. Guing connects their son Thomas with the 15th Pennsylvania Cavalry, which he joined in August 1862. He was captured at Dandridge, Tennessee, in December 1863. The connection gives this small Kildare locality a documented place in the wider history of Irish emigration and American military service. [2]
Geographic information
- Place type
- Population centre
- County
- Kildare
- Barony
- Carbury
- Civil parish
- Carrick
- Within
- Ballygibbon East
- Coordinates
- 53.36820, -7.04022
- Logainm ID
- 1410433 ↗
Sources & further reading
- Logainm.ie — Clonmeen. Place names and geographic record, licensed under CC BY 4.0.
- In the Shadows of Andersonville: Rediscovering the Lost Story of Thomas Sale from Edenderry · Kevin Guing; Americas Offaly Heroes
Name record retrieved 2026-10-25 · Source record modified 2026-08-24. How this page was prepared.