Historical Context
Andrew Carnegie was a Scottish-American industrialist and philanthropist. Carnegie led the expansion of the American steel industry in the late 19th century and became one of the richest Americans in history. He became a leading philanthropist in the United States, Great Britain, and the British Empire. Between 1897 and 1913 he promised over £170,000 to pay for the building of about eighty libraries in Ireland. Sixty-six of the libraries were built and sixty-two of them have survived including the Carnegie Library in Glencullen.
Glencullen Community Hall is a detached, single-storey Carnegie library with an advanced lower three-bay entrance block abutting the front elevation and forming the principle focal feature of the façade built 1907. The building was designed by R.M Butler* on lands donated by the O’Connell Fitzsimons family, who lived in Glencullen House.
Email: info@glencullenlibrarycommunityhall.ie
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Glencullen Community Hall Today.
Originally the building was used solely as a library but many social events took place as the decades went by, including dances and musical events. In 2009 local residents with support from the community section of Dun Laoghaire Rathdown County Council formed the Glencullen Community Hall Management Committee. The current phase of the building’s history recognises the needs of a modern community and growing community groups looking to use a community space in particular in relation to the promotion of the Arts.
The committee gives up their time voluntarily and welcomes anybody interested in using the hall for purposes relating to social events and the Arts. Treehouse Preschool and Montessori currently use the facilities during the day with local groups using the hall at night. See upcoming events tag for further information.
Glencullen Community Hall 