Glounthaune
| Glounthaune Irish: Gleanntán | |
| County Cork | |
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.jpg) Glounthaune village | |
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| Grid reference: | W769734 |
| Location: | 51°54’43"N, 8°19’59"W |
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Glounthaune is a village in County Cork, some four and a half miles east of Cork, on the north shore of Cork Harbour, the estuary of the River Lee. It was originally a planned town, built in 1810 on a tidal quay wall and named at that time "New Glanmire".
The name is the from Irish An Gleanntán: 'The small glen'.[1]
The village It is served by the commuter railway line between Cork and Cobh.
Theobald Mathew's Tower
A tower stands on a hill above Glounthaune, built in 1842 by a local landowner, William O'Connor. It is a castellated, neo-Gothic stone tower built to commemorate the teetotalist, abolitionist and Irish Famine relief worker Theobald Mathew on what was then called Mount Patrick and is now known as Tower Hill.[2]
The tower 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.[3]
Sport
- Gaelic Athletics: Erin's Own GAA (Cork)
- Football: Glounthaune United A.F.C.
- Badminton: Knockraha Badminton Club, which trains in Erin's Own GAA hall.
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References
- ↑ An Gleanntán: Placenames Database of Ireland
- ↑ Asenath Nicholson (2017). Annals of the Famine in Ireland in 1847, 1848 and 1849. Ulsterbooks. pp. 184-193.
- ↑ "The Irish Rapunzel-style castle selling for less than a million". Independent News & Media. 17 January 2014. https://www.independent.ie/life/home-garden/homes/the-irish-rapunzelstyle-castle-selling-for-less-than-a-million-29923827.html.