Download it here – Please note that the book is A4 LANDSCAPE format
This page is where you will be able to download a pdf copy of the Glen Booklet and other special pdfs about the Glen
For Now here you will find info about The Glen Handbook Launch
LAUNCH EVENTS Saturday 20 August – Sunday 21 August 2022
The Booklet will be officially Launched by Niamh Twomey, Cork City Heritage Officer
2 PM
WATER HERITAGE DAY
SUNDAY 21 August 2022
!!! The Gates will Open !!!
Glen Resource Centre’s Outdoor covered area – leading onto the park
Special Events include :
A Nature Appreciation Walk with Jo Goodyear, Botanist & Herbalist
A Herbal workshop with Jo Goodyear
Family Workshops exploring aspects of the Glen Handbook with Elinor Rivers, Éilis Ni Fhaoláin, Ann Dalton, Brenda Stillwell, Julie Forrester
A Talk with Ellie O’Byrne [writer & investigative journalist, and founder of TrIpe & Drisheen]
On the legacy of the Goulding Fertiliser Plant in the Glen:
The Ups and Downs of Goulding’s Glen: The Glen River Park and its history of industry and pollution

The old Gouldings Fertiliser Plant 1956
photo credit:
Morgan, A. C. (1956). [Gouldings Fertiliser factory, The Glen, Co. Cork]
This image is reproduced courtesy of the National Library of Ireland
The Glen River – The Hidden Valley of Cork City BOOKLET
DOWNLOAD the booklet here:
Citizen Science Water Sample Kick Test Record Sheet