Glasnevin

A mainly residential neighbourhood, Glasnevin is located on the Northside of the city of Dublin (about 3 km north of Dublin city centre). It was established on the northern bank of the River Tolka where the stream for which it may be named joins, and now extends north and south of the river. Three watercourses flow into the Tolka in the area. Two streams can be seen near the Catholic "pyramid church", the Claremont Stream or Nevin Stream, flowing south from Poppintree and Jamestown Industrial Estate branches, and what is sometimes called the "Cemetery Drain" coming north from the southern edge of Glasnevin Cemetery. In addition, a major diversion from the Wad River comes from the Ballymun area, joining near the Claremont Stream.{{cite book |last1=Doyle |first1=Joseph W. |title=Ten Dozen Waters: The Rivers and Streams of County Dublin |date=May 2013 |publisher=Rath Eanna Research |location=Dublin |isbn=9780956636362 |page=19 |edition=7}}

The boundaries of Glasnevin stretch from the Royal Canal to Griffith Avenue and from the Finglas Road to the edges of Drumcondra. It spans the postal districts of Dublin 9 and 11,{{citation needed|date=February 2022}} 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.{{cite web | url = https://www.townlands.ie/dublin/glasnevin/ | website = townlands.ie | title = Civil Parish of Glasnevin, Co. Dublin | access-date = 5 May 2020 | archive-date = 1 August 2020 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20200801024020/https://www.townlands.ie/dublin/glasnevin/ | url-status = live }}{{cite web | url = https://www.openstreetmap.org/relation/5504172#map=14/53.3800/-6.2720 | title = Relation: Glasnevin (5504172) | website = openstreetmap.org | access-date = 5 May 2020 | archive-date = 22 April 2019 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20190422054506/https://www.openstreetmap.org/relation/5504172#map=14/53.3800/-6.2720 | url-status = live }}

Glasnevin was reputedly founded by Saint Mobhi (sometimes known as St Berchan) in the sixth (or perhaps fifth) century as a monastery. His 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. 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 (Iona Road) in Glasnevin named in his honour and the church on Iona Road is called Saint Columba's.

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),{{cite journal | author = Mac Giolla Phadraig, Brian| title = 14th century life in a Dublin Monastery| journal = Dublin Historical Record| issue = 1 | volume = 3| date = September 1938| pages = 69–72}} 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 Normans (who had conquered England and Wales in the eleventh century) invade Ireland. As local rulers continued fighting amongst themselves the Norman King of England Henry II was invited to intervene. He arrived in 1171, took control of much land, and then parcelled it out amongst his supporters. Glasnevin ended up under the jurisdiction of Finglas Abbey. Later, Laurence O'Toole, Archbishop of Dublin, took responsibility for Glasnevin and it became the property of the Priory of the Most Holy Trinity (Christ Church Cathedral).

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.

When King Henry VIII broke from Rome an era of religious repression began. During the Dissolution of the Monasteries, Catholic Church property and land were appropriated to the new Church of Ireland, and monasteries (including the one at Glasnevin) were forcibly closed, later falling into ruin. Glasnevin had at this stage developed as a village, with its principal landmark and focal point being its "bull-ring" noted in 1542.

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 Sir John Rogerson built his country residence – "The Glen" or "Glasnevin House" – outside the village.

The plantations of Ireland saw the settlement of Protestant English families on land previously held by Catholics. Lands at Glasnevin were leased to such families and a Protestant church was erected there in 1707. It was built on the site of the old Catholic Church and was named after St. Mobhi. The church was largely rebuilt in the mid-18th century. The attached churchyard became a graveyard for both Protestants and Catholics. It is said that Robert Emmet is buried there, this claim being made because once somebody working in the graveyard there dug up a headless body.{{citation needed|date=January 2018}}

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."{{cite book | author = Mant, Richard | author-link = Richard Mant | title = History of the Church of Ireland | date = 1840 }} Glasnevin National School was also built during this period.{{citation needed|date=June 2014}}

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.{{cite book | title = Topographical Dictionary of Ireland | url = https://www.libraryireland.com/topog/G/Glasnevin-Coolock-Dublin.php | publisher = Lewis | author = Samuel Lewis | date = 1837 | access-date = 5 May 2020 | archive-date = 1 August 2020 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20200801022050/https://www.libraryireland.com/topog/G/Glasnevin-Coolock-Dublin.php | url-status = live }}

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.{{clarify|date=January 2024}} 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 1900 (63 & 64 Vict. c. cclxiv).

George Hayward Lindsay's eldest son, Lieutenant Colonel Henry Gore Lindsay, was in possession of his father's lands at Glasnevin when the area began to be developed at the beginning of the twentieth century. Gradual development of his lands began in 1903/04 but 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. The process was accelerated by Dublin Corporation in the 1920s and the present shape of the suburb was in place by 1930.{{Citation needed|date=January 2022}} Among the developers who built estates in the area were Alexander Strain and his son-in-law George Linzell. Linzell built the first individual house built in the international style in Ireland, Balnagowan House, on St. Mobhi Boithrin in the late 1920s.{{Cite news|last=Harrison|first=Bernice|date=15 July 2019|title=An Irishwoman's Diary on the sad fate of Wendon, 'Dublin's Wonder House'|url=https://www.irishtimes.com/opinion/an-irishwoman-s-diary-on-the-sad-fate-of-wendon-dublin-s-wonder-house-1.3957264|access-date=2022-01-05|newspaper=The Irish Times|language=en}}

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 Connolly Station (then Amiens Street). Glasnevin railway station opened on 1 April 1901 and closed on 1 December 1910.{{cite web|title=Glasnevin Railway Station|publisher=Eiretrains|url=http://eiretrains.com/Photo_Gallery/Railway%20Stations%20G/Glasnevin/IrishRailwayStations.html | accessdate = 20 October 2021 }}

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The village has changed a lot over the years, and is now fully part of Dublin city.{{cite book | author = Weston St. John Joyce | title = The Neighbourhood of Dublin | year = 1920 | chapter = XXVI, "Glasnevin, Finglas and the adjacent district" | url = http://www.askaboutireland.ie/aai-files/assets/ebooks/37%20The%20Neighbourhood%20of%20Dublin/37%20The%20Neighbourhood%20of%20Dublin.pdf | quote = The village of Glasnevin has, of course, been much altered since [18th century resident] Dr. Delay's time, and is now included in the city | edition = third and enlarged | access-date = 2 December 2018 | archive-date = 23 September 2015 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20150923180053/http://www.askaboutireland.ie/aai-files/assets/ebooks/37%20The%20Neighbourhood%20of%20Dublin/37%20The%20Neighbourhood%20of%20Dublin.pdf | url-status = live }}

As well as the amenities of the National Botanic Gardens (Ireland) and local parks, the national meteorological office Met Éireann, the Central Fisheries Board, the National Standards Authority of Ireland, Sustainable Energy Authority of Ireland, the Department of Defence and the national enterprise and trade board Enterprise Ireland are all located in the area.

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The house and lands of the poet Thomas Tickell were sold in 1790 to the Irish Parliament and given to the Royal Dublin Society for them to establish Ireland's first Botanic Gardens. The gardens were the first location in Ireland where the infection responsible for the 1845–1847 Great Famine was identified. Throughout the famine, research to stop the infection was undertaken at the gardens.

The {{convert|48|acre|m2}} which border the River Tolka also adjoin the Prospect Cemetery. In 2002 the Botanic Gardens gained a new two-storey complex which included a new cafe and a large lecture theatre. The Irish National Herbarium is also located at the botanic gardens.

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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.{{Cite web |date=2021-08-21 |title=ISI Dublin │ Glasnevin {{sic|nolink=y|reason=error in source|Cementary}} |url=https://studyinireland.ie/glasnevin-cemetery/ |access-date=2024-07-02 |website=studyinireland.ie |language=en-GB}}

Approaching Glasnevin via Phibsboro is what is known as Hart's Corner but which about 200 years ago was called Glasmanogue, and was then a well-known stage on the way to Finglas. At an earlier date, the name possessed a wider signification and was applied to a considerable portion of the adjoining district.

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|date=October 2023}}

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. 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.

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Glasnevin is also a parish in the Fingal South West deanery of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Dublin.{{cite web |url = http://www.glasnevinparish.ie/ |website = glasnevinparish.ie |title = Glasnevin Parish – Official website |access-date = 5 May 2020 |archive-date = 17 July 2020 |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20200717043212/https://www.glasnevinparish.ie/ |url-status = live }} It is served by the Church of Lady of Dolours on the banks of the River Tolka.{{Cite web |title=Glasnevin Parish – Our Lady of Dolours |url=https://glasnevinparish.ie/ |access-date=2024-07-02 |language=en-US}}

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|date=January 2024}} 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|date=January 2024}} 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|date=January 2024}} The church underwent some refurbishment work inside and in its grounds and car park during the first half of 2011.{{citation needed|date=January 2024}}

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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|date=January 2024}} 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|date=January 2024}} It is recognised as one of the most significant buildings to be erected in Dublin in the 1970s.{{Cite web |date=2023-02-28 |title=A New Zine Explores Both the History and Theory behind the Met Éireann Building in Glasnevin |url=http://dublininquirer.com/2020/08/12/a-new-zine-explores-both-the-history-and-theory-behind-the-met-eireann-building-in-glasnevin/ |access-date=2024-07-02 |website=Dublin Inquirer |language=en-US}}{{failed verification|date=July 2024|reason=Where does the source state this?}}

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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 2.81 km.{{cite web|url=https://www.pleanala.ie/anbordpleanala/media/abp/cases/reports/303/r303296.pdf |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221103104706/https://www.pleanala.ie/anbordpleanala/media/abp/cases/reports/303/r303296.pdf |archive-date=2022-11-03 |url-status=live|title=Inspector's Report ABP-303296-18|date=2019-03-13|access-date=2022-11-03|website=An Bord Pleanála}} It is reputed to be the longest tree-lined purely residential avenue in the northern hemisphere.{{Cite web|last=Ibbotson|first=Gary|date=2021-08-20|title=GRIFFITH AVENUE TREES ARE BEING FELLED WITHOUT PROPER NOTICE, SAY LOCALS|url=https://dublinpeople.com/news/dublin/articles/2021/08/20/griffith-avenue-trees-are-being-felled-without-proper-notice-say-locals/|access-date=2022-01-26|website=Dublin People|language=en}}{{Cite web|last=Andreea Nagy Deac|first=Daiana|date=2021-12-28|title=Griffith Avenue – The neverending tree-hall|url=https://www.spottedbylocals.com/dublin/grifith-avenue/|access-date=2022-01-26|website=Spotted by Locals|language=en}}{{Cite news|last=Birdthistle|first=Elizabeth|date=2015-09-17|title=Calm and cool in Drumcrondra|url=https://www.irishtimes.com/life-and-style/homes-and-property/new-to-market/calm-and-cool-in-drumcrondra-1.2353827|access-date=2022-01-26|newspaper=The Irish Times|language=en}}

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.{{cite web|url=http://1stdublin.com/scouts.html|title=Still Scouting After 100 Years|website=1stdublin.com|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130810000122/http://1stdublin.com/scouts.html|archive-date=10 August 2013 |url-status=dead}}

The Gaelic games of Gaelic football, hurling, camogie and Gaelic handball are all organised locally by Na Fianna CLG, while soccer is played by local clubs Tolka Rovers,{{Cite web |title=Tolka Rovers AFC {{!}} Other |url=https://tolkaroversafc.clubzap.com/ |access-date=2024-07-02 |website=Tolka Rovers AFC}} Glasnevin FC,{{Cite web |date=1 June 2009 |title=Diggers unearth a few Glasnevin gems |url=https://www.independent.ie/regionals/dublin/diggers-unearth-a-few-glasnevin-gems/27913591.html |access-date=3 November 2024 |website=independent.ie |language=en-ie}} and Glasnaion FC.{{Cite web |title=Glasnaion FC – VEC FC |url=https://vecfc.ie/team/glasnaion-fc/ |access-date=2024-07-02 |website=vecfc.ie}} Basketball is organised by Tolka Rovers. Tennis is played in Charleville Lawn Tennis Club which was founded in 1894 and took its name from the original location at the corner of the Charleville and Cabra Roads. The move to its present location on Whitworth Road took place in 1904.{{Cite web |title=History |url=https://www.charlevilleltc.net/history |access-date=2024-07-02 |website=Charleville LTC |language=en-US}} Hockey is also played in Botanic Hockey club on the Old Finglas Road.{{Cite web |title=Botanic Hockey Club – Ladies hockey in Glasnevin, Dublin, Ireland |url=http://botanichockeyclub.com/ |access-date=2024-07-02 |language=en-US}} Glasnevin Boxing Club{{Cite web |title=Glasnevin Boxing Club |url=http://www.glasnevinboxingclub.ie/ |access-date=2024-07-02 |website=www.glasnevinboxingclub.ie}} and football (soccer) club have a clubhouse on Mobhi road.

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.{{cite web|url=http://www.the42.ie/liam-whelan-munich-air-disaster-busby-babes-60th-anniversary-3785714-Feb2018/ |title=The lost genius of Irish football: Remembering Liam Whelan, Dublin's Busby Babe|date=6 February 2018|work=The 42|accessdate=14 February 2018}}

There are several primary schools in Glasnevin. These include Lindsay Road National School (Presbyterian patronage) and Glasnevin National School (Church of Ireland patronage), founded by Dean Swift and constructed in a round shape; known as 'The Ink Bottle' this building was replaced in 1911. Also present are Glasnevin Educate Together National school, North Dublin National School Project, Scoil Mobhi, St. Brigid's GNS, St. Columba's NS and St.Vincent's CBS.{{citation needed|date=January 2024}}

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|date=January 2024}}

The main campus of Dublin City University lies on the border between Glasnevin, Whitehall and Santry, and the DCU Alpha centre is in central Glasnevin.{{Cite book |title=Official Dublin City & District Street Guide |publisher=Ordnance Survey Ireland |year=2019 |location=Dublin |publication-date=2019}} Teagasc also run horticultural education courses from the College of Amenity Horticulture in the Botanic Gardens.{{Cite web |title=Botanic Gardens College of Horticulture – Teagasc {{!}} Agriculture and Food Development Authority |url=https://www.teagasc.ie/education/teagasc-colleges/botanic-gardens-college-of-horticulture/ |access-date=2024-07-02 |website=www.teagasc.ie}}

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Glasnevin is part of the Dáil Éireann constituency of Dublin Central.

==Notable people==

• Margaret Buckley, former president of Sinn Féin (originally from Cork, lived on Marguerite Road, Glasnevin){{cite book | title = Sinn Féin, 1905–2005: in the shadow of gunmen | first = Kevin | last = Rafter | publisher = Gill & Macmillan | date = 2005 | page = 72 | isbn = 9780717139927 }}
• Saint Canice, early Christian abbot (studied under Mobhí of Glasnevin){{cite web | url = http://www.irishstones.org/place.aspx?p=699 | publisher = Glasnevin Parish | website = irishstones.org | title = St. Canice's Abbey | access-date = 5 May 2020 | archive-date = 1 August 2020 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20200801033605/http://www.irishstones.org/place.aspx?p=699 | url-status = live }}
• Saint Comgall, early Christian abbot and founder of a monastery at Bangor{{cite web | url = https://www.glasnevinparish.ie/history | website = glasnevinparish.ie | title = History of the Parish of Our Lady of Dolours, Glasnevin | access-date = 5 May 2020 | archive-date = 1 August 2020 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20200801073138/https://www.glasnevinparish.ie/history | url-status = live }}
• Marian Finucane, architect, journalist and broadcaster{{cite web|url = https://www.irishtimes.com/life-and-style/people/marian-finucane-obituary-a-brave-and-trusted-broadcaster-1.4129944 | work = Irish Times | title = Marian Finucane obituary: A brave and trusted broadcaster | date = 4 January 2020 | accessdate = 17 October 2023 }}
• Colm Gallagher, Fianna Fail T.D.
• Ian Gallahar, cyclist and commissaire{{cite web | url = http://www.stickybottle.com/latest-news/updated-with-funeral-arrangements-tributes-paid-on-passing-of-ian-gallahar/ | website = stickybottle.com | title = Tributes paid on passing of Ian Gallahar | date = 1 March 2012 | access-date = 5 May 2020 | archive-date = 1 August 2020 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20200801045057/http://www.stickybottle.com/latest-news/updated-with-funeral-arrangements-tributes-paid-on-passing-of-ian-gallahar/ | url-status = live }}
• Alice Glenn, Fine Gael T.D.
• Niamh Kavanagh, singer and winner of the Eurovision Song Contest{{Cite web|title=Eurovision 1993 Ireland: Niamh Kavanagh – "In Your Eyes"|url=https://eurovisionworld.com/eurovision/1993/ireland|access-date=2020-06-12|website=Eurovisionworld|archive-date=1 August 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200801013435/https://eurovisionworld.com/eurovision/1993/ireland|url-status=live}}
• Robbie Kelleher, former All-Ireland winning Gaelic footballer{{cite web | url = https://www.independent.ie/sport/gaelic-games/the-great-divide-should-dublin-be-split-in-two-36512040.html | publisher = Independent News & Media | website = independent.ie | title = The Great Divide: Should Dublin be split in two? | date = 21 January 2018 | access-date = 5 May 2020 | archive-date = 5 August 2020 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20200805191527/https://www.independent.ie/sport/gaelic-games/the-great-divide-should-dublin-be-split-in-two-36512040.html | url-status = live }}
• Anne Kernan (1933–2020), Irish physicist{{Cite news|title=Anne Kernan obituary: trailblazing Irish physicist|url=https://www.irishtimes.com/opinion/anne-kernan-obituary-trailblazing-irish-physicist-1.4264877|access-date=2021-01-16|newspaper=The Irish Times|language=en|archive-date=27 December 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201227002802/https://www.irishtimes.com/opinion/anne-kernan-obituary-trailblazing-irish-physicist-1.4264877|url-status=live}}
• Celia Lynch, Fianna Fáil TD and assistant government whip (originally from Galway, lived on Botanic Road){{cite book | title = Ireland: A Parliamentary Directory, 1973–1974 | publisher = Institute of Public Administration | editor = Nealon, Ted | date = 1974 | page = 28 | isbn = 9780902173606 }}
• Damien McCaul, television presenter and radio DJ{{cite web | url = https://www.independent.ie/business/personal-finance/me-and-my-money-damien-mccaul-26296920.html | publisher = Independent News & Media | title = Me and My Money Damien McCaul | date = 12 June 2007 | access-date = 5 May 2020 | archive-date = 5 August 2020 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20200805190018/https://www.independent.ie/business/personal-finance/me-and-my-money-damien-mccaul-26296920.html | url-status = live }}
• Colm Meaney, actor{{cite web | url = https://www.irishtimes.com/culture/film/colm-meaney-my-missus-doesn-t-like-los-angeles-she-s-french-1.4098226 | publisher = Irish Times | website = irishtimes.com | title = Colm Meaney: "My missus doesn't like Los Angeles. She's French" | date = 6 December 2019 | access-date = 5 May 2020 | archive-date = 23 September 2020 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20200923205129/https://www.irishtimes.com/culture/film/colm-meaney-my-missus-doesn-t-like-los-angeles-she-s-french-1.4098226 | url-status = live }}
• Saint Mobhi, early Christian missionary and abbot of Glasnevin monastery
• John O'Connell, Fianna Fáil TD and former Minister for Health, attended school in the area{{Cite news|last=Collins|first=Liam|date=March 10, 2013|title=John O'Connell|work=Sunday Independent|url=https://www.pressreader.com/ireland/sunday-independent-ireland/20130310/282389806911469|url-status=live|access-date=January 16, 2021|archive-date=22 January 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210122175444/https://www.pressreader.com/ireland/sunday-independent-ireland/20130310/282389806911469}}
• Francis Martin O'Donnell, diplomat{{citation needed|date=May 2020}}
• Michael O'Hehir, sports commentator and journalist{{cite web | url = https://www.irishtimes.com/sport/o-hehir-the-voice-of-sport-for-six-decades-1.109689 | publisher = Irish Times | website = irishtimes.com | title = O'Hehir the voice of sport for six decades | date = 25 November 1996 | access-date = 5 May 2020 | archive-date = 26 September 2021 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20210926203003/https://www.irishtimes.com/sport/o-hehir-the-voice-of-sport-for-six-decades-1.109689 | url-status = live }}
• James O'Higgins Norman, academic{{citation needed|date=May 2020}}
• John J. O'Kelly, politician, former President of Sinn Féin and government minister{{Cite web|date=2020-09-20|title=John Joseph O'Kelly: devout Catholic and republican purist|url=https://www.rte.ie/history/2020/0916/1165593-john-joseph-okelly-devout-catholic-and-radical-republican/|language=en|access-date=16 January 2021|archive-date=12 January 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210112112242/https://www.rte.ie/history/2020/0916/1165593-john-joseph-okelly-devout-catholic-and-radical-republican/|url-status=live | website = rte.ie }}
• Michael O'Riordan, founder of the Communist Party of Ireland{{Cite web|date=2006-05-18|title=Spanish Civil War veteran dies at 88|url=https://www.rte.ie/news/2006/0518/76398-oriordanm/|language=en|access-date=16 January 2021|archive-date=21 January 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210121041914/https://www.rte.ie/news/2006/0518/76398-oriordanm/|url-status=live | website = rte.ie }}
• Róisín Owens, biochemist{{cite web|url = http://www.engineersjournal.ie/2015/03/10/irish-researcher-awarded-e150000-eu/ | publisher = Engineers Ireland |website = engineersjournal.ie | title = Irish researcher awarded €150,000 from EU | date = 10 March 2015 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20150923225829/http://www.engineersjournal.ie/2015/03/10/irish-researcher-awarded-e150000-eu/ | archive-date = 23 September 2015 }}
• Richard Brinsley Sheridan, satirist, playwright, and politician{{Cite web|title=Richard Brinsley Sheridan {{!}} Biography & Facts|url=https://www.britannica.com/biography/Richard-Brinsley-Sheridan|access-date=2020-06-15|website=Encyclopedia Britannica|language=en|archive-date=6 July 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200706093619/https://www.britannica.com/biography/Richard-Brinsley-Sheridan|url-status=live}}{{Failed verification|date=June 2020|reason=Britannica entry doesn't seem to mention Glasnevin?}}
• Jonathan Swift, author and essayist who lived across the road from the Glasnevin Model School (now Glasnevin Educate Together){{Citation |last=McMinn |first=Joseph |title=Swift, Jonathan |date=2009-10-01 |url=https://doi.org/10.3318/dib.008415.v1 |work=Dictionary of Irish Biography |access-date=2023-10-17 |publisher=Royal Irish Academy |language=en |doi=10.3318/dib.008415.v1}}
• Thomas Tickell, poet whose Glasnevin property was later developed as the National Botanic Gardens{{cite web | url = http://www.irelandseye.com/aarticles/travel/attractions/gardens/glasnevn.shtm | website = irelandseye.com | title = National Botanic Gardens, Glasnevin | access-date = 5 May 2020 | archive-date = 11 May 2008 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20080511171754/http://www.irelandseye.com/aarticles/travel/attractions/gardens/glasnevn.shtm | url-status = live }}

{{Reflist}}

• 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)

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• [http://www.eganshouse.com/history.html A History of Glasnevin] from Egan's House
• [http://www.botanicgardens.ie/ The Botanic Gardens]

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