Our Locality Tubberclare Glasson Index

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Our Locality Tubberclare / Glasson

Index • • • Map Early Occupation Early Christianity The Normans Waterstown House Waterstown Ruins Pigeon House Glasson The Old School House • • • Bethlehem Goldsmith Lissoy The Pinnacle Killinure Tubberclair Modern Glasson Lough Ree Bibliography

Early Occupation • People lived in this area as far back as the Stone Age. • A stone axehead, stone arrowheads and a stone jar were found. During the Bronze Age people lived in crannógs in Doonis Lough and in Lake Makeegan (Auburn Lough). • Many townlands take their names from the homesteads of the Celts who live here – Lios, Rath, Lisakilleen, Lisnascreen.

Early Christianity • St. Patrick is said to have come to this area, but after a poor reception from the people of Calry, he fled over the Breensford River leaving the imprint of his knees near Annagh Crossroads, giving the name Patrick’s Knees. • St. Canice founded a monastery in Kilkenny West about 550 A. D. • St. Kieran founded a monastery on Hare Island before movin to Clonmacnoise. • Later, abbeys and churches were built on Islands in Lough Ree - Inchmore, Inchturk Nun’s Island Inisboffin.

The Normans • The Normans came to Ireland at the request of King Henry 11. • In 1185 all land of Tubberclair was granted to the Norman Dillon family. • Area became known as the Barony of Kilkenny West. • The Dillons built 7 castles Kilfaughney, Ballinakill, Ballinacliffey, Killinure, Kilkenny West, Waterstown and Portlick. • Only Portlick remains.

Waterstown House • Land granted to William Hancock during the Cromwellian plantation. • House built in late 1600 s on the site of the Dillon castle which had been destroyed. • Designed by Richard Castle (Designer of Leinster House, Westport House, Powerscourt House, Rotunda Hospital). • Became Known as the Hancock Temple Estate the following century. • Later became the Harris Temple Estate.

Waterstown Ruins • Waterstown House is now in ruins. • It was dismantled in the early twentieth century and parts of it are to be seen in different parts of the country – the main gates are at Longford Cathedral.

Pigeon House • The Pigeon House on the Waterstown Estate supplied meat for the residents during the Winter.

Glasson • Glasson takes its name from the Irish word “Glasan” which means a streamlet. • The village was built by the owners of Waterstown for its workers, • An underground tunnel ran from the village to the estate.

The Old School House • Built in 1844. • Funded by Isabella Harris Temple of Waterstown House. • Provided a free school for the children of Glasson. • Remained open until 1897. • Reopened in 1905 and continued as an Infant School until 1962. • Became a Heritage Centre in 1998.

Bethlehem • Poor Clare Nuns fled from Dublin after their convent was suppressed in 1630. • Nuns given protection by their relatives the Dillons. • Convent built on the shore of Lough Ree in 1631 and called Bethlehem. • Mother Cecily Dillon was the first Abbess. • In 1642 the convent was destroyed by English soldiers. • Nuns fled to Nun’s Island in Lough Ree. • The soldiers were all murdered at Ballinacliffy Castle. • The nuns went to Galway city where they founded a monastery at Nun’s Island.

Goldsmith • Oliver Goldsmith - poet, playwright and novelist, was born at Pallas in Co. Longford, in 1728. • His father was a parson who moved to this area 2 years later.

Lissoy • Lissoy Parsonage was Goldsmith’s home from the age of two until he went to university. • His childhood haunts inspired much of his writing…. In “The Deserted Village” he wrote: Near yonder copse, where once the garden smiled And still where many a garden-flower grows wild; There where a few torn shrubs the place disclose, The village preacher’s modest mansion rose.

The Pinnacle • A signalling tower. • Built by a local landlord, Nathaniel Lowe, in 1769. • He lived 25 miles away in Galway. • His herdsman communicated with him from the Pinnacle, using flag signals.

Killinure • Glasson Golf & Country Club was, up to recent times, known as Killinure House. • It was built about 1780 and restored at the end of the 19 th century. • The Reid Family converted it to a luxurious clubhouse in the 1990 s.

Tubberclare • Tubberclair gets its name from the Irish “Tobar cláir” …. the water of the plain. • This beautiful garden is opposite the Roman Catholic Church. • The Church of Our Lady of the Immaculate Conception was built during Penal Times.

Modern Glasson • The Health Centre • The Post Office • The Village Restaurant

Lough Ree • Situated in the middle of Ireland - the middle lake on the River Shannon. • Many islands, including Nun’s Island Hare Island, a former home of St. Kieran. • Raided by Vikings in the 8 th and 9 th centuries. Viking treasure discovered there in 1802. • Lord Castlemaine built a summer residence there in the 19 th century. • Famous for fishing. • Boats may be hired for angling.

Bibliography • The Glasson Trail - Westmeath Tourism • The Spring Wells - Fr. Seamus Mulvany

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