The Nine Glens Of Antrim - Ireland
Glenarm: The glen of the army, with Glenarm village, eleven miles north of Larne, on the famous Antrim
Coast Road.
Glencloy: The glen of the hedges, two miles north of Glenarm, with the village of Carnlough at its foot.
Glenariff: The arable or fertile glen, the best-known of the nine, which sweeps majestically towards the
village of waterfoot.
Glenballyemon: Edwardstown glen, at the foot of which in Cushendall, more or less at the centre of the nine
glens.
Glenaan: The glen of the colt's foot or rush lights, a rugged glen, having the site of the legendary Ossian's
grave, with the Cushendall to Ballymoney mountain road.
Gelncorp: The glen of the slaughtered, close by Glenaan and roughly parallel to the main road from
Cushendall to Chushendun.
Glendun: The glen of the brown river, adjacent to Cushendun village - spanned by a viaduct on the main
Cushendall- Ballycastle road.
Glenshesk: the sedgy glen, east of the town of Ballycastle, and sweeping towards the ruins of historical
Bonamargy friary.
Glenaisle: The glen of "Tasie of the bright sides" roughly west of Ballycastle and like Glenshesk, close
to the town.
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