Poison Glen

I always think the name of this glen, Poisoned
Glen, stirs dark imaginings of its history.

According to legend, the huge
ice-carved hollow of the glen got its name
when the one-eyed giant king of Tory, Balor, was killed here by his exiled
grandson, Lughaidh, whereupon the poison from
his eye split the rock and poisoned the glen.

The Irish name, Gleann Nimhe, actually
translates to Heavenly Glen.

For me, it’s just a lovely place to go walking, barren and peaceful.