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Nagles Mts. and the Manor House |
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| Nagles Mts are picturesque rolling hills a few miles north of Glenville. They drain into the River Bride in the South and the River Blackwater in the north. Their top is a wild heathery wilderness. |
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October mists on the Nagles |
There are many faces of the Nagles over the seasons. Above is the ordinary view the year round.
The Cross on Corrrin Hill - can be seen clearly on the Cork -Dublin Road- it is lit up on special occasions. Two urns were found in excavations of the summit in 1832. The Hill is steeped in story and Legend |
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"Come away, O human child! To the waters and the wild With a faery, hand in hand, For the world's more full of weeping than You can understand"
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Looking across to the High Galtees
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The mountains stretch from Mallow to Fermoy. Their peak is Knocknaskagh which is 1406 feet high. The Eastern most point is Corrin Hill (724feet).On this stands a 30 foot cross (above) erected in 1933 which was a Marian year and also 1900 years anniversary of the death of Christ.
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The Manor House
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The Manor House has always been at the centre of the history of the village. At one time a courtyard of stables and workshops servicing the house, was a hive of activivity and a main source of employment.Sadly the house and the surrounding Park have been in decline for decades.
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Side view of house |
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The workshops are in decay with roofs caving in and structures dangerous. The cobbled courtyard, where workers got down on their knees to remove the smallest weeds, is hidden under the mud; heavy machinery has probably damaged it beyond repair. Recently a family have moved into one of the houses, renovating it to live in. The lake, which was once a haven for otters, has now been drained for safety. The estate in places, is a veritable jungle being overun by giant rhododendrons with pathways disappearing. ......It remains to be seen what will become of the ancient Manor which was for centuries buzzing with activity |
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Old carriages, which once carried the Hudson and Keenehan families to church have now rotted or been stolen. Land has been sold off piecemeal and trees chopped down. The Manor House itself is is bad need of refurbishent. The slow demise of "Glenville Park" epitomises what has happened to similar houses of the gentry all over Ireland. The book "The Twilight of the Ascendancy" written by the owner of the house - Mark Bence Jones - might well be describing the house and estate. |
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The overgrown tombstones lying in the village graveyard. All that is left of the families who lived in the Manor House. |
Buried in the village churchyard (behind Arnageehy Church): Edward C. Hudson Dean of Armagh 1791-1881 Sir Edward Hudson (Hudson Kinehan) 2nd Baronet 1865-1938 George Hudson Kinehan Lt. Col. Durham Light Infantry 1892-1958 One of the same Hudson family, a Barrister, converted to Catholicism and chose to be buried with local people inside Doon Peter Well in 1851.
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