{"id":81,"date":"2022-09-09T07:46:05","date_gmt":"2022-09-09T07:46:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/theroadtoglenlough.com\/?page_id=81"},"modified":"2024-03-29T06:42:10","modified_gmt":"2024-03-29T06:42:10","slug":"the-valley","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/theroadtoglenlough.com\/irish\/the-valley\/","title":{"rendered":"AN GHLEANN"},"content":{"rendered":"
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AN GHLEANN<\/h1>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t
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The geography of the valley<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t
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T\u00e1 an gleann sl\u00e9ibhti\u00fail seo i gcro\u00edl\u00e1r cheantar Gaeltachta in iardheisceart Dh\u00fan na nGall agus ina theorainn mhaorga idir par\u00f3ist\u00ed Ghleann Cholm Cille agus Ard an R\u00e1tha. T\u00e1 \u201can tsi\u00fal\u00f3id ch\u00f3sta is deise in \u00c9irinn\u201d tugtha sa leabhar Mountain and Coastal Hillways, A Walking Guide, ar an \u00e1it a mbuaileann an gleann leis an Atlantach. Mountain and Coastal Hillways, A Walking Guide, ar an \u00e1it a mbuaileann an gleann leis an Atlantach.<\/em>.<\/p>

N\u00edl b\u00f3thar ar bith isteach go Gleann Locha - si\u00fal\u00f3id chrua dh\u00e1 uair an chloig trasna an chaor\u00e1in at\u00e1 i gceist. Ach nuair a shroicheann t\u00fa an bh\u00e1ighe faoi dheireadh, is fi\u00fa an tairbhe an triobl\u00f3id, mar go bhfuil na haillte ar sc\u00e1la i bhfad n\u00edos m\u00f3 n\u00e1 haillte Shliabh Liag, at\u00e1 sa cheantar c\u00e9anna, l\u00e1thair at\u00e1 n\u00edos fusa f\u00e1il a fhad leis agus at\u00e1 anois ina L\u00e1ithre\u00e1n Oidhreachta Domhanda.\u00a0<\/p>

Ag ceann an ghleanna seo t\u00e1 loch oighreach le cuar ghleann talaimh ard thart air. \u00d3n loch seo, ritheann Abhainn Ghleann Locha a hachar gairid go dt\u00ed an fharraige, \u00e1it a dtiteann s\u00ed amach i roinnt easanna i gcuan n\u00e1d\u00fartha Phrionsa S\u00e9arlais.<\/p>

N\u00edos faide thart, ar Bh\u00e1ighe Ghleann Lach t\u00e1 an Claddagh M\u00f3r<\/em> n\u00f3 An Tr\u00e1igh Mh\u00f3r, at\u00e1 cl\u00fadaithe le clocha m\u00f3ra b\u00e1na cruinn a mheallann an l\u00e1n mara suas agus anuas ar imeall an chladaigh. T\u00e1 an tr\u00e1igh cosanta ag st\u00e1ca\u00ed m\u00f3ra uaibhreacha lena n-\u00e1ir\u00edtear an Tor M\u00f3r, an staca mara is airde amach \u00f3 ch\u00f3sta na h\u00c9ireann.<\/p>

Neadaithe isteach i mbun an ghleanna t\u00e1 fothracha an d\u00e1 th\u00ed bhig a thug foscadh d\u2019\u00fain\u00e9ir\u00ed an ghleanna gl\u00fan i ndiaidh gl\u00fain agus do thri\u00far cuairteoir\u00ed ch\u00e1ili\u00fala a th\u00e1inig ar feadh tr\u00e9imhs\u00ed gairide le cur f\u00fathu sa ghleann uath\u00fail seo.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t

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\u201cGlenlough sloped gently towards the ocean to terminate at a steep-banked cove flanked by great masses of rock that had withstood the sea\u2019s erosion; and these were backed by headlands that approached a thousand feet in height. It was a scene of awe-inspiring grandeur enhanced by silence broken only by the sound of sea birds and the occasional roar of surf. Few people ever came that way to shatter the prevailing mood, or gape and goggle at an artist while at work; and the Wards, by their strict avoidance of me at those times, as by their general incuriosity about my painting, showed such instinctive courtesy.\u201d<\/p><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t

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\u201cI nGleann Locha bh\u00ed gach rud; agus f\u00f3s - ag fairsinge an radhairc, ag a chi\u00faineas a bh\u00ed i r\u00e9im n\u00edos m\u00f3 n\u00e1 ag corr-rogall na tonnmharca\u00edochta ar an gcladach, ag a uaigneas n\u00edos l\u00fa n\u00e1 i n\u00e1d\u00far an c\u00fapla duine a th\u00e1inig an bealach sin - bh\u00ed an L\u00e1ithreacht sin. Gan dabht, ba shiombail d\u00e1r n-urraim ann f\u00e9in an fothrach seomra amh\u00e1in de theach \u00e1rsa a th\u00e1inig chomh s\u00e1sta linn ar feadh na m\u00edonna ar mhair muid ann. D\u00e9anann duine cogar i s\u00e9ip\u00e9al: d\u00e1 bhf\u00e9adfadh duine cogar a fheice\u00e1il bheadh s\u00e9, i nGleann Locha, an teach sin.\u201d<\/p><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t

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Geoffrey Grigson, who was to accompany the young Welsh poet Dylan Thomas to Glenlough in the summer of 1935, recalled the: \n\u201cvalley above the Atlantic entered by no road, not even a well-defined path, over a ridge of rock, peat and heather. In this valley of Glenlough between Ardara and Killybegs, I knew a solitary farmer and his wife. A year or two before (sic), the place had been discovered by the American artist Rockwell Kent, who liked its wilderness and loneliness between mountains, or mountains and lakes, and the sea. He had concreted a donkey-shed into a sleeping-room and studio.\u201d <\/p><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t

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Cuimhnigh go bhfuil feirmeacha caorach ar fad i nGleann Locha agus sna ceantracha gaobhara. M\u00e1 t\u00e1 s\u00e9 ar intinn agat cuairt a thabhairt ar an cheantar, n\u00e1 tabhair leat do mhadadh, n\u00e1 bain rud ar bith as na foirgnimh agus tabhair bruscar ar bith chun an bhaile leat. F\u00e1g an gleann mar a fuair t\u00fa \u00e9, le do thoil.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t

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