-Erotic Romance Author-
Mya Larose
To celebrate the release of “The Alphas of Glenariff” on the 15th march, in the series of “the valley of the wolves” I have put up a wee introduction about the 9 nine glens of Antrim, a short film about Glenariff woodland and its legend.
Northern Ireland’s nine Antrim Glens are absolutely bursting with history and legacy. Roughly translated they mean the following:
Glenballyeamon – Edward’s town glen
Glenaan – The glen of the colt’s foot
Glencorp – Glen of the slaughtered
Glendun – Glen of the brown river
Glenshesk – Glen of the reeds or sedges
Glentaisie – Glen of the Princess Taisie of the bright sides
In case you are wondering what “Glen” means. Glen is a Gaelic or Celtic word meaning “valley”.
Glenariff covers over 1000 hectares of forest, waterfalls and scenic surroundings which is considered to be the most beautiful of the nine Antrim Glens since the mid-1800s and rightfully earned it the name of Queen of the Glens.
Glenariff
According to some myths and legends, the legendary warrior/poet Oisin (Ossian/Son of the giant Fin McCool) had once tried to outrun a band of Vikings in this forest. When they closed in on him, he climbed down a steep gully, as just as he was about to plunge to his death, a mysterious grey rope-like column appeared, he grabbed on to it, and climbed up to safety. When he reached the top, he found it to be the tail of a white horse grazing in the field above. He thanked the horse and asked for its help. She turned into a mountain mist, falling to the ground as water, thereby washing away the Norsemen who pursued him. This is now the waterfall in the park known as the “Grey Mare’s Tail”.