Second Glenmore Gold Sign

Glenmore History in partnership with Glenmore Tidy Towns posted a few Glenmore historical signs around the village and parish earlier this spring and summer. Today, we are going to feature the Glenmore Gold Sign posted at the Glenmore barracks at the gate. This building has a long and interesting history in the village.

The Glenmore Barrack Sign

For those who can not easily visit the village to review the sign here are the contents of the sign.

“This building served as a Royal Irish Constabulary (RIC) Barracks until the Irish Free State was established. Danny Dowling (1927-2021), Glenmore’s eminent historian, recorded that an older RIC Barracks was established in the field behind the present pub sometime after 1822 and the building of the current building.”
“During the War of Independence this building was abandoned by the RIC and burned by Company C the ‘Glenmore Company’ of the 6th Battalion of the Kilkenny Brigade of the old Irish Republican Army. After the establishment of the Irish Free State the building was purchased from the Earl of Bessborough and repaired. For a couple of Years the Civil Guardians operated out of a house in Weatherstown. This building re-opened in 1925 and continued as a Garda Siochana station until c. 1995 when it was reduced to an administrative office that opened a couple days a week.”

For further information–

See our post of 11 April 2020 for a history of the barracks including the burning of it during the War of Independence.

See our post of 26 September 2021 for the rebuilding of the barracks and use of it by the Garda Siochana.

Please send any corrections or further information to glenmore.history@gmail.com .

Dr. Kathleen Moore Walsh