While planning a family trip to Ireland in 2024 I noticed on the city map of Cork, that there was a road that has the same name of my ancestors, Glasheen.  In addition, there was also a boys and separate girls school located near that road. According to the schools website. “The original Glasheen Boys’ National School (Scoil Mhuire Gan Smál B) first opened its doors in SEPTEMBER 1897, in the old school house  in Glasheen village, with an enrolment of 53 pupils. At that time, Glasheen was a quiet and peaceful village, outside the hustle and bustle of the city of Cork.”

The Girls School follows a similar history.  That website states “Scoil Mhuire gan Smál (C) first opened its doors back in 1897 on September 1st. The school was then situated at the junction of Glasheen Road and Clashduv Road at the site of what is now the Glenarden housing estate. Glasheen was a quiet and peaceful village at that time. The name Glasheen comes from the Irish word Glaisan which means little stream. The stream still runs under Glasheen Road, near the school. In 1937 the girls school moved from the old site to the present school at School Avenue, a hundred meters up the hill from the original site. In the late 1960s the school on the old site was used once again to meet pupil demand due to the building of many new housing estates in the area.

Library Ireland Supports that definition and adds a genealogical component.

 According to Library Ireland, when used as a placename, glasheen means a small stream.  Glasheen as a family name is derived from O GLAISIN, Glassyn, O Glissine, Glasheen; descendent of Glasisin’ (diminutive of glar, grey): The name of a Family who were anciently seated in the barony of Imokilly, Co. Cork, but long dispersed through Munster; now very rare.