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Glounthaune

Glounthaune
Gleanntán
Village
Glounthaune village
Glounthaune village
Glounthaune is located in Ireland
Glounthaune
Glounthaune
Location in Ireland
Coordinates: 51°54′43″N 8°19′59″W / 51.91202°N 8.33313°W / 51.91202; -8.33313
CountryIreland
ProvinceMunster
CountyCounty Cork
Time zoneUTC+0 (WET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC-1 (IST (WEST))
Irish Grid ReferenceW769734

Glounthaune (Irish: An Gleanntán, meaning 'the small glen')[1] is a village in County Cork, Ireland, some 7 kilometres (4.3 mi) east of Cork city, on the north shore of Cork Harbour, the estuary of the River Lee.

History

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The village, originally named "New Glanmire", was built as a planned town on a tidal quay wall between 1810 and 1819.[2][3] A new school was built in the 1820s.[3] The current Catholic church, built c. 1880,[2][4] replaced an earlier chapel which had been built in 1803.[3]

In 1842, Glounthaune landowner William O'Connor built a castellated neo-Gothic stone tower to commemorate the teetotalist and abolitionist Father Theobald Mathew on what was then called Mount Patrick and is now known as Tower Hill in Glounthaune.[5] The tower is still standing and has since been converted into a private residence while retaining many of its original features including a life-sized statue of Father Mathew. The refurbished and modernised tower was sold in 2014.[6]

Transport

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Glounthaune railway station opened in 1859. It is served by the commuter railway line between Cork and Cobh. The next station in the Cork direction is Little Island, while towards Cobh the next stop is at Fota Island. With the reopening, in 2009, of the railway line to Midleton, Glounthaune railway station became the junction between the Cobh and Midleton lines.

Sport

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The parish of Glounthaune is the main base for Gaelic Athletic Association club Erin's Own GAA. Erin's Own won the Cork Senior Hurling Championship on three occasions: in 1992, 2006 (defeating Cloyne) and 2007 (defeating Newtownshandrum). Association football (soccer) is also played in Glounthaune, with Glounthaune United A.F.C. fielding teams in the Cork Schoolboys League.[7]

Knockraha Badminton Club train in Glouthaune in Erin's Own GAA hall.[8]

People

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See also

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Wikimedia Commons has media related to Glounthaune.

References

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  1. ^ "An Gleanntán". Placenames Database of Ireland. Retrieved 5 June 2011.
  2. ^ a b "The Community of Glounthaune - 1979". RTÉ Archives. Retrieved 21 May 2024.
  3. ^ a b c "The History of Glounthaune-New Glanmire". glounthane.ie. Retrieved 21 May 2024.
  4. ^ "Sacred Heart Roman Catholic Church, Johnstown, Glounthaune, Cork". buildingsofireland.ie. National Inventory of Architectural Heritage. Retrieved 21 May 2024.
  5. ^ Asenath Nicholson (2017). Annals of the Famine in Ireland in 1847, 1848 and 1849. Ulsterbooks. pp. 184–193.
  6. ^ "The Irish Rapunzel-style castle selling for less than a million". independent.ie. Independent News & Media. 17 January 2014. Retrieved 2 October 2019.
  7. ^ "Club Contacts". corkschoolboysleague.ie. Cork Schoolboys League. Retrieved 2 October 2019.
  8. ^ "Knockraha Area Community Association". Archived from the original on 27 January 2013.
  9. ^ "Microdisney and the village of Cork". rte.ie. RTÉ. 23 January 2018. Retrieved 2 October 2019.
  10. ^ "Club History - Brian Corcoran". erinsowngaa.ie. Erins Own GAA. Retrieved 2 October 2019.