Marlfield (Gaeilge:Gort an Mharla) is a village three kilometres west of Clonmel, County Tipperary, Ireland.

Marlfield developed as a minor regional industrial centre using water from a tributary of the river Suir as a source of power.

[1] The lake was artificially constructed to run mill machinery, eventually powering hydroelectric current for the 'Big House'.

In 1837, ten years before the height of the famine, Marlfield was recorded as having a population of 1,123 inhabitants, many of whom were employed at John Stein's distillery.

While there were local acts of philanthropy to help alleviate starvation, there were documented cases where food convoys and barges transporting flour and grain were attacked by desperate residents.