Editing Glasnevin (section)

===Late Middle Ages===
When King [[Henry VIII]] broke from Rome an era of religious repression began. During the [[Dissolution of the Monasteries]], [[Catholic Church]] property and land were appropriated to the new [[Church of Ireland]], and monasteries (including the one at Glasnevin) were forcibly closed, later falling into ruin. Glasnevin had at this stage developed as a village, with its principal landmark and focal point being its "bull-ring" noted in 1542.

By 1667 Glasnevin had expanded – but not by very much; it is recorded as containing 24 houses. The development of the village was given a fresh impetus when [[Sir John Rogerson]] built his country residence – "The Glen" or "Glasnevin House" – outside the village.

The [[plantations of Ireland]] saw the settlement of [[Protestant]] English families on land previously held by Catholics. Lands at Glasnevin were leased to such families and a Protestant church was erected there in 1707. It was built on the site of the old Catholic Church and was named after St. Mobhi. The church was largely rebuilt in the mid-18th century. The attached churchyard became a graveyard for both Protestants and Catholics. It is said that [[Robert Emmet]] is buried there, this claim being made because once somebody working in the graveyard there dug up a headless body.{{citation needed|date=January 2018}}