Thomas Cloney (1773 – 20 February 1850) was a United Irishman, and leader of the rebellion in County Wexford in 1798, and with Robert Emmet a co-conspirator in the attempt to renew the republican insurrection in 1803.
Circumstantial evidence would suggest that Emmet had appointed Cloney to act as his General for County Wexford, had the anticipated success of the rising in Dublin come about.
[citation needed] Cloney continued his involvement in political affairs, becoming one of the most active and enthusiastic supporters of Daniel O'Connell in his efforts to secure Catholic Emancipation and Repeal of the Union.
[citation needed]Cloney was visited at his home at "Whitehall" by many prominent Irish figures of the period, including Father Theobald Mathew, Daniel O'Connell and Archibald Hamilton Rowan.
He died on 20 February 1850, aged 76 or 77, and was interred at St Mullin's Cemetery, County Carlow, where a large tombstone marks his final resting place, overlooking the River Barrow.