placenamesGlenmore
An Gleann Mór
Glenmore’s parish church, co-operative dairy history and remembered film screenings reveal institutions central to village life.
The name
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Recorded forms
- An Gleann Mór · Irish · main form · validated name
- Glenmore · English · main form
Place & story
Saint James and the parish
Saint James's Church stands in Robinstown, within Glenmore village. Local historian Daniel Dowling dates it to 1813, replacing a nearby predecessor. The church thus predates the creation of Glenmore as a separate parish in 1846, when Edward Walsh, becoming Bishop of Ossory, divided it from Slieverue and Ferrybank. The building and parish boundary belong to different stages of local religious organisation. [2]
Farmers form a creamery
Glenmore Co-operative Creamery registered in April 1905 and first received milk that September. Its initial role was to collect milk and send cream to Mullinavat for churning. Shareholders bought shares according to their cow numbers. A contemporary annual report, examined by Glenmore History, records payment by tested butterfat content, showing how co-operation changed both marketing and the measurement of local milk production. [3]
Bill Walsh brings the films
Before television, Bill Walsh ran weekly film screenings at J.K. Walsh's premises in the village. A family account preserved by Glenmore History recalls westerns and historical epics, new seating in 1961, and the roof's collapse under snow during the winter of 1962–63. Screenings temporarily moved to the old school. Walsh also took films to neighbouring villages and to people unable to leave their homes. [4]
Geographic information
- Place type
- Population centre
- County
- Kilkenny
- Barony
- Ida
- Civil parish
- Kilcoan
- Civil parish
- Kilmakevoge
- Coordinates
- 52.51625, -7.20006
- Logainm ID
- 1166195 ↗
Sources & further reading
- Logainm.ie — Glenmore. Place names and geographic record, licensed under CC BY 4.0.
- The Story of Glenmore · Daniel Dowling, Glenmore History
- The Glenmore Co-operative Creamery (established 1905) · Dr Kathleen Moore Walsh, Glenmore History
- The Glenmore Cinema: William “Bill” Walsh (1912–1985) · Dr Kathleen Moore Walsh, Glenmore History
- Glenmore primary school, County Kilkenny illustration: based on a Glenmore primary school, Co. Kilkenny by Jonathan Billinger. AI-assisted watercolour and ink adaptation; cream paper margins added, incidental clutter omitted and fine details simplified. Licence: CC BY-SA 2.0.
Name record retrieved 2026-10-25 · Source record modified 2025-01-10. How this page was prepared.