Community and Sport
The Gaelic games of Gaelic football, hurling, camogie and Gaelic handball are all organised locally by Na Fianna CLG, while soccer is played by local clubs Iona FC(now defunct), Tolka Rovers, Glasnevin FC and Glasnaion FC. They celebrated their 125th anniversary in 2006. Basketball is organised by Tolka Rovers. Tennis is played in Charleville Lawn Tennis Club, founded in 1894 by a small group of tennis enthusiasts headed by a Mrs McConnell. Charleville took its name from the original location at the corner of the Charleville and Cabra Roads. The move to its present location on Whitworth Road took place in 1904. The club boasts a membership of 400 senior and junior members and the club has won many Dublin Lawn Tennis Council titles, above the average for a club of their size. Hockey is also played in Botanic Hockey club on the Old Finglas Road.
Scouting has a strong tradition in Glasnvein with 1st Dublin (L.H.O) Scout Troop located on the corner of Griffith Avenue Extension and Ballygall Road East. The scout group celebrated its 100 years of scouting in 2011 making it one of the longest established scout groups in the world.
There are several schools in Glasnevin, including Lindsay Road National School, Glasnevin National School, an "Educate Together" national school, St Vincent's (Christian Brothers) School, St Columba's Convent School, Scoil Chaitríona and St Mary's Secondary School.
Billy Whelan, one of the eight Manchester United players who lost their lives in the Munich air disaster of 6 February 1958, was born locally on 1 April 1935. He is buried in the local cemetery.
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