Glasnevin is a neighbourhood of Dublin, Ireland, situated on the River Tolka.
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16 Facts About Glasnevin
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Glasnevin is a civil parish in the ancient barony of Coolock.
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Glasnevin was reputedly founded by Saint Mobhi in the sixth century as a monastery.
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Glasnevin's monastery continued to be used for many years afterwards - St Colman is recorded as having paid homage to its founder when he returned from abroad to visit Ireland a century after St Mobhi's death in 544.
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St Columba of Iona is thought to have studied under St Mobhi, but left Glasnevin following an outbreak of plague and journeyed north to open the House at Derry; there is a long street in Glasnevin named in his honour and the church on Iona Road is called Saint Columba's.
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Glasnevin arrived in 1171, took control of much land, and then parcelled it out amongst his supporters.
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Glasnevin had at this stage developed as a village, with its principal landmark and focal point being its "bull-ring" noted in 1542.
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Lands at Glasnevin were leased to such families and a Protestant church was erected there in 1707.
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Glasnevin was described as a parish in the barony of Coolock, pleasantly situated and the residence of many families of distinction.
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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.
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Glasnevin remained relatively undeveloped until the opening up of the Carroll Estate in 1914, which saw the creation of the redbrick residential roads running down towards Drumcondra.
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Glasnevin was a widow whom Delany married in 1743, and was an accomplished letter writer.
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Glasnevin 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.
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Glasnevin is a parish in the Fingal South West deanery of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Dublin.
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