Glin (Irish: An Gleann, meaning 'the glen')[2] is a village in the northwest of County Limerick, Ireland.

[6] In 1928, St Joseph's industrial school for boys moved to the site from Sexton Street in Limerick.

It was the home of the Knights of Glin from about 1260 until 1642, when a house was built near the site of the present castle.

The contractor was a Mr. Sheehy and the stone was brought from Athea by horse drawn sledge.

By 1798, the majority of the interior was finished but with the Fitzgeralds about to become bankrupt, the craftsmen downed tools and left the castle.

In March 2015, a monument to residents and survivors of abuse at this residential institution was erected in the town's heritage park.

[8] In 2009, the Child Abuse Commission, chaired by Judge Seán Ryan, described the school as having a "severe, systemic regime of corporal punishment".