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The Glen, Cork
The Glen (Irish: ''An Gleann''; The Valley) is a predominantly residential area in the northeast of Cork City, Ireland. The area consists of mostly housing estates located near an ancient glacial valley today known as the Glen River Park (also the Glen Amenity Park, formerly Goulding's Glen). Most of The Glen is in electoral area 'Glen A' which has a population of 2,354 according to Census of Ireland 2011.
== History ==
During the Late Pleistocene and Early Holocene periods it is believed that the River Lee valley was occupied by a glacier which melted and the water which sought an outlet created a ravine or glacial valley that now makes up what is known as Glen River Park, so named because the Glen River flows through the valley on an east-west axis, and joins the River Bride and the Kilnap River in the Blackpool Valley to form the Kiln River. In the 1850s W. and H.M. Goulding built a large factory in The Glen that was used to make phosphate fertilizers and the area became known as Goulding's Glen. The factory closed and was demolished in the mid-20th century and very little of it remains today. The land was donated to the people of Cork by Sir Basil Goulding in the late 1960s and was subsequently developed as an amenity park.
Most of the present housing estates in The Glen were built in the 1970s in an area to the south of the valley and generally consisted of three bedroom terraced houses (generally six per block) and a number of free standing flat blocks (two bedroom flats with 18 per block). Most of the flats were demolished or refurbished during the Glen Regeneration Project. Like most housing estates and urban areas developed on the outskirts of Irish cities in the 1960s and 1970s, the area was not equipped with adequate facilities for new families that had moved in, an issue that would later be rectified by a regeneration plan. Initial facilities developed with the housing estates include St Brendan's Church and two primary schools; St Mark's Boys National School and St Brendan's Girls School. The area also includes two shops and is a ten-minute walk from Blackpool Shopping Centre and Retail Park which was developed during the 2000s.
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