Country Ireland Time zone WET (UTC+0) Population 8,385 (2006) Province Munster | County County Cork Elevation 44 m Local time Tuesday 2:10 PM | |
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Driving irish roads glanmire to little island cork
Glanmire (Irish: Gleann Maghair) is a town in the civil parish of Rathcooney in County Cork, Ireland. Glanmire has a population of between c.8,000 and c.10,000, and is situated roughly nine kilometres outside Cork.
Contents
- Driving irish roads glanmire to little island cork
- Map of Glanmire Co Cork Ireland
- Cork railway yard and rear of 52 lower glanmire rd
- History
- Education
- Irish language
- Churches
- References
Map of Glanmire, Co. Cork, Ireland
The greater Glanmire area encompasses the communities of Riverstown (Baile Roisín), Brooklodge (Cill Ruadháin) and Sallybrook (Áth na Sailí). Upper Glanmire includes White's Cross, Sarsfields Court, Ballyphilip, Ballinaparson, Coolgreen, Templemichael and Buck Leary's Cross.
Cork railway yard and rear of 52 lower glanmire rd
History
Glanmire's history dates to early Christian Ireland, with the nearby church site at Rathcooney in use since 1291. The stone bridge located in Riverstown dates to c.1760. At the parish church located on a hill above the village, Sarah Curran, lover of the hanged Robert Emmet married Captain Henry Sturgeon in 1805.
In the 1800s Glanmire was a small yet industrialised village with woolen factories and mills lining the banks of the river Glashaboy. The town expanded substantially in the late 20th century.
Education
There are six primary schools serving the Glanmire area. These include Scoil na nÓg (An Irish Language, boarding and day boarding Primary School, founded in 1958), Scoil Naomh Micheál (Saint Michael's - Upper Glanmire), Scoil Naomh Iosaf (Saint Joseph's - Riverstown), Scoil Chill Ruadháin (Brooklodge Primary School), New Inn and Gaelscoil Uí Drisceoil which opened in 2006.
Glanmire has two secondary schools. Glanmire Community College (GCC), established in 1997, is located on a twelve-acre site. The college accommodates a pupil enrolment of approximately one thousand. The Coláiste an Phiarsaigh, opened in 1973, is located in Glanmire Village. It has around 550 students - both day students and weekly boarders. Coláiste an Phiarsaigh is part of the Gaelachas Teoranta Organisation.
Gaelachas Teoranta hosts 'Coláiste Samhraidh', which are residential summer courses that accommodate students between the ages of 10 and 14.
Irish language
There are nearly eight hundred Irish speakers in the Glanmire area, with 250 pupils attending the Gaelscoil and 550 students in the Gaelcholáiste. There is also a "mini-Gaeltacht" in Ard Bharra whose founders include the traditional musician Tomás Ó Canainn. "The Miller of Glanmire" is a jig named for the town. (See Matt Cranitch's book "Irish Fiddle Tunes".)
Churches
Glanmire Parish extends from midway on Tivoli dual carriageway to within three miles of Watergrasshill, thence to White's Cross via Templemichael.
There are two Catholic churches in the Glanmire: Saint Michael's church in Upper Glanmire and St Joseph's in Riverstown. St. Michael's was dedicated and reopened for worship in 1808 following restructuring. The bi-centenary of this church was celebrated in 2008 and a special Mass of Thanksgiving was celebrated, with Bishop John Buckley as principal celebrant. St. Joseph's is the Glanmire Parish Church and was dedicated in 1837. Both St. Joseph's and St. Michael's are built on or near the sites of pre-penal times churches.