placenamesGlencorrib
Gleann Coirib
Local buildings record successive investments in worship and education.
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
- Gleann Coirib · Irish · main form · non-validated name
- Glencorrib · English · main form
Place & story
The church’s later additions
The Church of the Immaculate Conception at Bunnafollistran was completed with financial help from Margaret Higgins, a Sister of Charity and sister of the local landowner. The diocesan account records an extension and renovation in 1944. In 1963, John Harte of Mounthenry donated a bell, installed in a new belfry. [2]
A school extended in 2004
The Department of Education’s 2007 inspection dates Glencorrib National School’s building to 1952. A 2004 extension added an office and general-purpose room to its two classrooms. At the inspection, the mixed school had 28 pupils, all drawn from the Glencorrib area. [3]
Geographic information
Sources & further reading
- Logainm.ie — Glencorrib. Place names and geographic record, licensed under CC BY 4.0.
- Church of the Immaculate Conception, Glencorrib · Dioceses of Clonfert and Galway
- Glencorrib National School — Whole School Evaluation, inspected 23 November 2007; issued 22 May 2008 · Department of Education and Science
Name record retrieved 2026-10-25 · Source record modified 2025-01-10. How this page was prepared.