Glanmire's history dates to Early Christian Ireland,[4] with the nearby church site at Rathcooney in use since 1291.[5] The stone bridge located in Riverstown dates to c.1760.[6] 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.[7]
In the 1800s Glanmire was a small yet industrialised village with woolen factories and mills lining the banks of the river Glashaboy.[8]
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),[10] 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.[11]
Glanmire has two secondary schools. Glanmire Community College (GCC), established in 1997,[12] is located on a twelve-acre site. Coláiste an Phiarsaigh, opened in 1973, is located in Glanmire Village.[13] It has around 550 students - both day students and weekly boarders. Coláiste an Phiarsaigh is part of the Gaelachas Teoranta Organisation.[13]
There are several Irish language schools in the Glanmire area, with approximately 300 pupils attending the Gaelscoil (primary) and 550 in the Gaelcholáiste (secondary).[14][15] Gaelachas Teoranta also hosts residential summer courses in Irish,[16] and there is a "mini-Gaeltacht" in Ard Bharra whose founders include musician Tomás Ó Canainn.[citation needed] "The Miller of Glanmire" is a jig named for the town.[17]
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.[18] 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.[18] St. Joseph's is the Glanmire Parish Church and was dedicated in 1837.[19] Both St. Joseph's and St. Michael's are built on or near the sites of pre-penal times churches.[20]
^"9. City Centre, Suburbs, Towns and City Hinterlands". Cork City Development Plan 2022-2028 (Report). Cork City Council. 2020. There are four urban towns in Cork City, each with a population of 2,000+ persons: Ballincollig, Glanmire, Tower and Blarney [..] Glanmire has a population of 9,903 persons
^"Sarah Curran and the Robert Emmet Link". United Diocese of Cork, Cloyne and Ross. Archived from the original on 20 February 2017. Retrieved 19 February 2017. Sarah Curran [...] fell in love with the United Irishman Robert Emmet [..and..] moved to Cork where in 1805 she married Captain Henry Sturgeon in the Church of St. Mary and All Saints, Glanmire
^"Glanmire". Topographical Dictionary of Ireland (1837). Samuel Lewis. 1837. Archived from the original on 20 February 2017. Retrieved 25 September 2021 – via Irish Ancestors (www.johngrenham.com).
