Glasnevin
Glasnevin
Irish: Glas Naíon | |
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Suburb | |
Coordinates: 53°22′19″N 6°16′02″W / 53.371859°N 6.267357°W | |
Country | Ireland |
Province | Leinster |
County | Dublin |
Local Authority | Dublin City Council |
Glasnevin (Irish: Glas Naíon, meaning "stream of the infants", also known as Glas Naedhe, meaning "stream of O'Naeidhe" after a local stream and an ancient chieftain) is a neighbourhood of Dublin, Ireland, situated on the River Tolka. While primarily residential, Glasnevin is also home to the National Botanic Gardens, Glasnevin Cemetery, the National Meteorological Office, and a range of other state bodies, and Dublin City University has its main campus and other facilities in and near the area. Glasnevin is also a civil parish in the ancient barony of Coolock.[1]
Geography
A mainly residential neighbourhood, Glasnevin is located on the
The boundaries of Glasnevin stretch from the Royal Canal to Glasnevin Avenue and from the Finglas Road to the edges of Drumcondra. It spans the postal districts of Dublin 9 and 11,[citation needed] and is bordered to the northwest by Finglas, northeast by Ballymun and Santry, Whitehall to the east, Phibsborough and Drumcondra to the south and Cabra to the southwest.[3][4]
History
Foundation
Glasnevin was reputedly founded by
Middle Ages
A settlement grew up around the monastery, which survived until the Viking invasions in the eighth century. After raids on monasteries at Glendalough and Clondalkin, the monasteries at Glasnevin and Finglas were attacked and destroyed.
By 822 Glasnevin, along with Grangegorman and Clonken or Clonkene (now known as Deansgrange),[5] had become parts of the grange (farm) of Christ Church Cathedral and it seems to have maintained this connection up to the time of the Reformation.
The Battle of Clontarf was fought on the banks of the River Tolka in 1014 (a field called the bloody acre is supposed to be part of the site). The Irish defeated the Danes in a battle, in which 7,000 Danes and 4,000 Irish died.
The 12th century saw the
In 1240 a church and tower were reconstructed on the site of the Church of St. Mobhi in the monastery. The returns of the church for 1326 stated that 28 tenants resided in Glasnevin. The church was enlarged in 1346, along with a small hall known as the Manor Hall.
Late Middle Ages
When
By 1667 Glasnevin had expanded - but not by very much; it is recorded as containing 24 houses. The development of the village was given a fresh impetus when
The
Early modern times
By now Glasnevin was an area for "families of distinction" - in spite of a comment attributed to the Protestant Archbishop of Dublin, William King that "when any couple had a mind to be wicked, they would retire to Glasnevin". In a letter, dated 1725 he described Glasnevin as "the receptacle for thieves and rogues [..] The first search when anything was stolen, was there, and when any couple had a mind to retire to be wicked there was their harbour. But since the church was built, and service regularly settled, all these evils are banished. Good houses are built in it, and the place civilised."[6] Glasnevin National School was also built during this period.[citation needed]
19th and 20th centuries
In the 1830s, the civil parish population was recorded as 1,001, of whom 559 resided in the village. Glasnevin was described as a parish in the barony of Coolock, pleasantly situated and the residence of many families of distinction.[7]
On 1 June 1832, Charles Lindsay, Bishop of Kildare and Leighlin, and William John released their holdings of Sir John Rogerson's lands at Glasnevin, (including Glasnevin House) to George Hayward Lindsay. This transfer included the sum of 1,500 Pounds Sterling. Although this does not specifically cite the marriage of George Hayward Lindsay to Lady Mary Catherine Gore, George Lindsay almost certainly came into possession of the lands at Glasnevin as a result of his marriage.
When Drumcondra began to rapidly expand in the 1870s, the residents of Glasnevin sought to protect their district and opposed being merged with the neighbouring suburb.[clarification needed] One of the objectors was the property owner, Dr Henry Gogarty, the father of the Irish poet, Oliver St. John Gogarty. The combined areas of Drumcondra, Clonliffe and Glasnevin became a separate administrative unit, a township, in 1878. The township was merged into the City of Dublin in 1900, under the Dublin Corporation Act of that year.
George Hayward Lindsay's eldest son, Lieutenant Colonel
The start of the 20th century also saw the opening of a short-lived railway station on the Drumcondra and North Dublin Link Railway line from Glasnevin Junction to
Features
The village has changed a lot over the years, and is now fully part of Dublin city.[10]
As well as the amenities of the
National Botanic Gardens
The house and lands of the poet
The 48 acres (190,000 m2) which border the
Glasnevin (Prospect) Cemetery
Prospect Cemetery is located in Glasnevin, although better known as Glasnevin Cemetery, the most historically notable burial place in the country and the last resting place, among a host of historical figures, of Michael Collins, Éamon de Valera, Charles Stewart Parnell and also Arthur Griffith. This graveyard led to Glasnevin being known as "the dead centre of Dublin". It opened in 1832 and is the final resting place for thousands of ordinary citizens, as well as many Irish patriots.
Hart's Corner
Approaching Glasnevin via
Delville
At the start of the 18th century a large house, known variously as The Glen and later as Delville, was built on the site of the present Bon Secours Hospital, Dublin. Its name, Delville, was an amalgamation of the surnames of two tenants, Dr. Helsam and Dr. Patrick Delany (as Heldeville), both fellows of Trinity College.[citation needed]
When Delany married his first wife he acquired sole ownership, but it became more well-known as the home of Delany and his second wife, Mary Pendarves. She was a widow whom Delany married in 1743, and was an accomplished letter writer.
The couple were friends of Dean Jonathan Swift and, through him, of Alexander Pope. Pope encouraged the Delaneys to develop a garden in a style then becoming popular in England - moving away from the very formal, geometric layout that was common. He redesigned the house in the style of a villa and had the gardens laid out in the latest Dutch fashion creating what was almost certainly Ireland's first naturalistic garden.
The house was, under Mrs Delany, a centre of Dublin's intellectual life.[10] Swift is said to have composed a number of his campaigning pamphlets while staying there. He and his lifelong companion Stella were both in the habit of visiting, and Swift satirised the grounds which he considered too small for the size of the house. Through her correspondence with her sister, Mrs Dewes, Mary wrote of Swift in 1733: "he calls himself my master and corrects me when I speak bad English or do not pronounce my words distinctly".
Patrick Delany died in 1768 at the age of 82, prompting his widow to sell Delville and return to her native England until her death twenty years later.
The Pyramid Church
Glasnevin is also a
A timber church, which originally stood on Berkeley Road, was moved to a riverside site on Botanic Avenue early in the twentieth century; the altar in this church was from Newgate prison in Dublin.[citation needed] It served as the parish church until it was replaced, in 1972, by a structure resembling a pyramid when viewed from Botanic Avenue.[citation needed] The previous church was known locally as "The Woodener" or "The Wooden" and the new building is still known to older residents as "The new Woodener" or "The Wigwam".[citation needed] The church underwent some refurbishment work inside and in its grounds and car park during the first half of 2011.[citation needed]
Met Éireann
In 1975 the new headquarters of Met Éireann, the Irish Meteorological Office, designed by Liam McCormick, opened on Glasnevin Hill, on the site of a former juvenile detention centre, Marlborough House.[citation needed] The Met Éireann building is a pyramidal shape and was originally to be covered in Welsh Slate, however, an indigenous material was deemed more appropriate, and the selected Irish stone curled and had to be replaced by metal sheeting.[citation needed] It is recognised as one of the most significant buildings to be erected in Dublin in the 1970s.[citation needed]
Griffith Avenue
The tree-lined Griffith Avenue runs through Glasnevin, Drumcondra and Marino, and spans three electoral constituencies. Like nearby Griffith Park, it was named after Arthur Griffith, who was the founder and third leader of Sinn Féin, served as President of Dáil Éireann and is buried in Glasnevin Cemetery.
A double-row of mature lime trees runs along both sides of Griffith Avenue from its junction with St Mobhi Road (in the west) to its junction with Malahide Road (in the east), a distance of 2.81km.
Amenities
Scouting is represented in Glasnevin by the 1st Dublin (L.H.O) Scout Troop located on the corner of Griffith Avenue and Ballygall Road East.[16]
Sport
The
Billy Whelan, one of the eight Manchester United players who lost their lives in the Munich air disaster of 6 February 1958, was born locally and is buried in Glasnevin Cemetery.[17]
Education
There are several primary schools in Glasnevin. These include Lindsay Road National School (
There are several Roman Catholic secondary schools in the area St Vincent's (Christian Brothers) School, Scoil Chaitríona and St Mary's (Holy Faith) Secondary School.[citation needed]
The main campus of Dublin City University lies on the border between Glasnevin, Whitehall and Ballymun, and the DCU Alpha centre is in central Glasnevin.[18] Teagasc also run horticultural education courses from the College of Amenity Horticulture in the Botanic Gardens.[citation needed]
Representation
Glasnevin is part of the Dáil Éireann constituency of Dublin Central and Dublin North-West.
Notable people
- Margaret Buckley, former president of Sinn Féin (originally from Cork, lived on Marguerite Road, Glasnevin)[19]
- Saint Canice, early Christian abbot (studied under Mobhí of Glasnevin)[20]
- Saint Comgall, early Christian abbot and founder of a monastery at Bangor[21]
- Marian Finucane, architect, journalist and broadcaster[22]
- Fianna FailT.D.
- Ian Gallahar, cyclist and commissaire[23]
- Alice Glenn, Fine Gael T.D.
- Niamh Kavanagh, singer and winner of the Eurovision Song Contest[24]
- Robbie Kelleher, former All-Ireland winning Gaelic footballer[25]
- Anne Kernan (1933–2020), Irish physicist[26]
- Celia Lynch, Fianna Fáil TD and assistant government whip (originally from Galway, lived on Botanic Road)[27]
- Colm Meaney, actor[28]
- Damien McCaul, television presenter and radio DJ[29]
- Saint Mobhi, early Christian missionary and abbot of Glasnevin monastery[21]
- John O'Connell, Fianna Fáil TD and former Minister for Health, attended school in the area[30]
- Francis Martin O'Donnell, diplomat[citation needed]
- Michael O'Hehir, sports commentator and journalist[31]
- James O'Higgins Norman, academic[citation needed]
- John J. O'Kelly, politician, former President of Sinn Féin and government minister[32]
- Michael O'Riordan, founder of the Communist Party of Ireland[33]
- Róisín Owens, biochemist[34]
- Richard Brinsley Sheridan, satirist, playwright, and politician[35][failed verification]
- Jonathan Swift, author and essayist who lived across the road from the Glasnevin Model School (now Glasnevin Educate Together)[36]
- Thomas Tickell, poet whose Glasnevin property was later developed as the National Botanic Gardens[37]
- David P. Tyndall, businessperson[citation needed]
- Mona Tyndall, doctor and missionary[citation needed]
- Macdara Woods, Irish poet who wrote Winter Fire & Snow with Brendan Graham[citation needed]
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Further reading
- The Parish of Glasnevin from F.E. Ball's A History of the County Dublin (1920)
- Account of Glasnevin from D'Alton's History of the County Dublin (1838)
- Glasnevin, Finglas and the Adjacent District from The Neighbourhood of Dublin by Weston St. John Joyce (third and enlarged edition 1920)
- The Tolka, Glasnevin and the Naul Road from North Dublin by Dillon Cosgrove (1909)
External links
- A History of Glasnevin from Egan's House
- The Botanic Gardens