placenamesGalvone
An Ghallmhóin
Galvone’s records trace a changing part of southern Limerick, from eighteenth-century bog and pasture to industrial buildings and educational facilities.
The name
A reliable full-name meaning has not been established here. The recorded Irish and English forms are given without an unsupported translation.
Recorded forms
- An Ghallmhóin · Irish · main form · validated name
- Galvone · English · main form
Place & story
Bog and pasture in the city’s liberties
A lease dated 26 March 1747, preserved in Limerick Corporation’s later index, describes land under several names including Galvoane, Gallovane and English Moor. It records bog with adjoining pasture in the city’s southern liberties, alongside land extending towards the road to Kilpeacon. The document places Galvone within the corporation’s long history of leasing the countryside outside the city, well before industrial estates and housing transformed this landscape. [2]
A factory adapted for young people
The former Fulflex factory acquired a different role as a youth resource and recreation centre. Limerick Youth Service’s 2011 planning application sought to continue an existing use of part of the building, with indoor games areas, a dance studio, music and recording rooms, computer training facilities and a youth café. The council granted conditional permission that December. The record documents the reuse of industrial space for sport, learning and creative activities. [3]
Bringing two school communities together
Galvone’s primary school became part of Le Chéile through amalgamation with Southill Junior School. At the new school’s official opening on 18 January 2016, Bishop Brendan Leahy acknowledged the Presentation Sisters’ role in both predecessor schools and the work of staff and parents in bringing them together. His address also identified a wider plan for children’s and family services on the site, distinguishing the school already opening from facilities still being planned. [4]
Geographic information
- Place type
- Population centre
- County
- Limerick
- Barony
- Clanwilliam
- Civil parish
- Saint Nicholas
- Coordinates
- 52.64473, -8.60579 (approximate)
- Logainm ID
- 1414138 ↗
Sources & further reading
- Logainm.ie — Galvone. Place names and geographic record, licensed under CC BY 4.0.
- Limerick Corporation Index 1843, lease 127, page 30; museum transcript 2008 · Robert Potter / Limerick City Museum
- Planning application 11770150, former Fulflex factory youth centre · Limerick City and County Council
- Official opening of Le Chéile School,18 January 2016 · Bishop Brendan Leahy / Diocese of Limerick
Name record retrieved 2026-10-25 · Source record modified 2017-12-01. How this page was prepared.