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An Gleann
Buildings in Glenineeny and Glenieraragh preserve evidence of local services and traditional domestic construction.
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
- An Gleann · Irish · main form
- Glen · English · main form
Place & story
Services at the road junction
The former Glen Post Office in Glenineeny occupies a house and shop dated to about 1890 by the architectural inventory. Its uneven arrangement of windows reflects different ground-floor and upstairs uses. Timber sash windows and a shop window survived when surveyed, with a former petrol pump and telephone kiosk on the site. Limewashed stone outbuildings stood behind. Together these recorded features show several local services associated with one roadside property. [2]
Thatch and a sheltered entrance
A house in neighbouring Glenieraragh is dated to about 1850. It retains a shallow windbreak around the entrance, timber sash windows and a thatched roof secured with mesh and iron pegs at the eaves. The thatch has a raised decorative ridge and scalloped edges, while extensions have slate roofs. The inventory distinguishes the original three-bay house from those later additions, documenting adaptation of a traditional dwelling rather than an unchanged nineteenth-century interior. [3]
Geographic information
Sources & further reading
- Logainm.ie — Glen. Place names and geographic record, licensed under CC BY 4.0.
- Glen Post Office, Glenineeny, record40902653 · National Inventory of Architectural Heritage
- Thatched house, Glenieraragh, record40902659 · National Inventory of Architectural Heritage
Name record retrieved 2026-10-25 · Source record modified 2024-05-09. How this page was prepared.