CLONES, an urban district of Co. Monaghan, Ireland, 64i m. S.W. by W. from Belfast by the Great Northern of Ireland railway. It is at the focus of ways from Dublin, Belfast, London derry, Enniskillen and Cavan. Pop. (1926) 2,365. There is a rath (encampment) in the vicinity. Clones was the seat of an abbey founded in the 6th century by St. Tighernach (Tierney). Remains of the abbey include a nave and tower of the i 2th cen tury. There is a round tower 75 ft. high. The market-place, called the Diamond, has an ancient cross and occupies the summit of the hillock on which the town stands. Lace making is now extinct, but the town has agricultural trade.