placenamesGlenone
Cluain Eoghain
The former Bannside school gives the Derry side of the Bann a distinctive educational landmark.
The name
These Irish name elements are associated with this record in the Logainm glossary.
An element’s translation is a clue, rather than a complete explanation of the name. Its form and meaning depend on local history and the full Irish name.
Recorded forms
- Cluain Eoghain · Irish · main form · validated name
- Glenone · English · main form
Place & story
Bannside school
Glenone National School, also known as Bannside, was built in 1836 near Portglenone Bridge on land supplied by merchant Daniel Daly. The two-storey black-stone building housed boys downstairs and girls upstairs. Its clock faced the bridge, making the school a conspicuous part of the river crossing. The National Board met part of the building cost, with additional contributions from local merchants and other donors. [2]
Closure and later investigation
The school closed in 1962 and was demolished in 1986. Elsewhere along the Bann at Glenone, archaeological monitoring ahead of housing development in 1998 found no significant remains. Although early objects had previously been recovered in the river area, that investigation produced neither finds nor archaeological features. [2] [3]
Geographic information
- Place type
- Population centre
- County
- Derry
- Barony
- Loughinsholin
- Civil parish
- Tamlaght O'Crilly
- Within
- Glenone
- Coordinates
- 54.86567, -6.52023 (approximate)
- Logainm ID
- 1413325 ↗
Sources & further reading
- Logainm.ie — Glenone. Place names and geographic record, licensed under CC BY 4.0.
- 11. Glenone National School — heritage trail · Damien Clarke, Making sense of it all; reproduced by Portglenone Enterprise Group
- 1998:100 — GLENONE, Portglenone, Derry · Alan Reilly, Northern Archaeological Consultancy Ltd.
- Glenone Bridge over the Clady River, as photographed in 2018 illustration: based on a Glenone Bridge over Clady River by Peter Keenan. 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 2011-12-06. How this page was prepared.