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Glendalough (/ ˌ ɡ l ɛ n d ə ˈ l ɒ x /; Irish: Gleann Dá Loch, meaning 'valley of two lakes' [2]) is a glacial valley in County Wicklow, Ireland, renowned for an Early Medieval monastic settlement founded in the 6th century by St Kevin. From 1825 to 1957, the head of the Glendalough Valley was the site of a galena lead mine.
An Gleann Is A Raibh Ann's appeal is based on a strong interest in Ireland on dialects, information, and speakers of Irish . Helen McGrath, a founder of Éigse Shéamais Ui Mhaolchataigh, notes, " Locals are really interested in the language and to some degree there is still a lot of Irish in the local dialect.
Glenamaddy, or Glennamaddy (Irish: Gleann na Madadh), [2] is a small town in County Galway, Ireland. 50 km north-east of Galway city, it lies at the crossroads of the R362 and R364 roads. Glenamaddy became a musical focal point in Connacht during the 1960s during the showband era. [citation needed]
The Glen of the Downs (Irish: Gleann dá Ghrua, meaning 'The Valley of the Two Brows') is a 2 km long wooded glacial valley with steep sides rising to almost 250m on the east coast of Ireland. [1] It contains a designated Nature Reserve comprising 59 ha, [2] and is a Special Area of Conservation (SAC). [3]
Glenfarne or Glenfarn [2] (Irish: Gleann Fearna) [3] is a village in north County Leitrim, Ireland. It is the site of the original 'Ballroom of Romance', which inspired a short story by William Trevor that was subsequently turned into a television film in a BBC/RTÉ co-production. Glenfarne has a lakeside forest near Lough MacNean.
Glangevlin (Irish: Gleann Ghaibhle, meaning 'glen of the fork') [1] is a village in the northwest of County Cavan, Ireland. It is in the townlands of Gub (Glangevlin) and Tullytiernan, at the junction of the R200 and R207 regional roads. It is surrounded by the Cuilcagh Mountains and borders the counties of Leitrim and Fermanagh. [2]