The Glen of Aherlow (Gleann Eatharlaí)

A lush valley between the Galtees and Slievenamuck.

The Glen of Aherlow runs green and secluded between the Galtee Mountains and the wooded ridge of Slievenamuck, long a strategic pass and a place of refuge. Today it is a quiet walking and touring haven in the Golden Vale.

At a glance

• Valley between the Galtees and Slievenamuck
• Historic mountain pass and refuge
• In the fertile Golden Vale

In County Tipperary

The Glen of Aherlow is in County Tipperary, Tiobraid Árann in Irish, which means “the well of Ara”.

More in Tipperary

• The Rock of Cashel (Carraig Phádraig): A dramatic outcrop crowned with medieval buildings, once the seat of the kings of Munster.
• The Galtee Mountains (Na Gaibhlte): Ireland's highest inland mountain range, with glacial corrie lakes.
• Cahir Castle (Caisleán na Cathrach): One of Ireland's largest and best-preserved castles, on an island in the Suir.

Other places of this kind

• The Burren (Boireann): A vast, silvery limestone landscape in County Clare, where Arctic and Mediterranean flowers grow side by side.
• The Cooley Peninsula (Cúailnge): A mountainous peninsula in County Louth, and the setting of Ireland's great epic, the Táin Bó Cúailnge.
• The Glens of Antrim (Glinntí Aontroma): Nine green valleys running from the Antrim plateau down to the sea.
• The Curragh (An Currach): A great open plain of grassland, the historic home of Irish horse racing.
• Sliabh Beagh (Sliabh Beagh): A wild upland of blanket bog and heather where three counties meet.
• Gougane Barra (Guagán Barra): A serene mountain lake and island oratory, source of the River Lee.

The Irish name

The Irish form of The Glen of Aherlow is Gleann Eatharlaí. You can hear it spoken, and take apart names like it, in the Placename Explorer. The authoritative record for any Irish place-name is logainm.ie.