What is recorded here

Glanworth stood on the west bank of the River Funshion as a recognised market town by 1299, clustering houses beneath its castle, church and priory. What began as a thriving rural borough decayed into a small village of mostly thatched homes, losing the very records that proved its ancient status. The place still carries the weight of that forgotten grandeur, preserving a boundary between medieval importance and ordinary rural life.

On W bank of River Funshion, immediately S of castle (14328), church (14399), priory (14380) and bridge (14817). Included in 1299 list of market towns in Cork (O'Brien 1993, 93-4); classed by Graham (1988, 28-9) as a 'rural-borough (state)'. Described in 1687 by Cox as 'an ancient Corporation, now a small decayed village' (Grove White 1905-25, vol. 3, 138); Lewis (1837, vol. 1, 655) states that 'no existing records afford any evidence' of its incorporate status. In 1831 contained '215 houses, mostly thatched' (ibid.). (Zajac et al. 1995, 41-6) The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Cork. Volume 4: North Cork' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 2000). In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research. Date of upload/revision: 14 January 2009

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