Poisoned Glen

The Poisoned Glen range with an abandoned church in the foreground

The Poisoned Glen (Irish: Cró Nimhe)[1] is a glen or valley located near Dunlewey in Gweedore, a district in the north-west of County Donegal, Ireland. It is located beside Errigal and extends beyond Glenveagh National Park, facing Loch Altan.[2] The Poisoned Glen is situated approximately 40 kilometres (25 mi) from Letterkenny. The Cronaniv Burn flows through the glen.[3][4]

  1. ^ "Cró Nimhe / Poisoned Glen". logainm.ie. Irish Placenames Commission. Retrieved 28 April 2019.
  2. ^ "The Poisoned Glen". donegaldiaspora.ie. Donegal Diaspora. Retrieved 3 December 2019.
  3. ^ Discovery Series Sheet 1 (Fourth Edition). Ordnance Survey of Ireland (O.S.I.), Dublin, 2012.
  4. ^ Patrick McKay, A Dictionary of Ulster Place-Names, p. 120. The Institute of Irish Studies, The Queen's University of Belfast, Belfast, 1999.