Glasheen () is a suburb in south central

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. The area earned its name from the stream that flows through it, under the Glasheen Road. Glasheen means small stream in Irish. The local schools include Glasheen B.N.S and Glasheen G.N.S.

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The former Taoiseach

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is buried in St. Finbarr's Cemetery on the Glasheen Road. Eddie Hobbs, the TV presenter on "Show me the Money" was born and reared in Glasheen, as was

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presenter

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. Glasheen BNS past pupils include sportsmen

Jimmy Barry-Murphy James Barry-Murphy (; born 22 August 1954) is an Irish hurling manager and former hurler and Gaelic footballer. He was the manager of the senior Cork county hurling team from 2011 to 2015, returning a decade after his first tenure as manager. ...

(dual Cork hurling and football star), Michael Bradley (coach to the Connacht Rugby Team), and

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(former player with

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{{County Cork Geography of Cork (city) Towns and villages in County Cork

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