Unlike many of the boundless territories of west Donegal, Glencolmcille is a distinct locus, a place of clear, knowable boundaries, locked in by the Atlantic to the west, and by a wall of bog-blanketed mountains to the north, east and south. It may have been this aspect of the glen that attracted man since earliest times: it has been inhabited for at least 6,000 years. A rich collection of monuments from the Neolithic period through the Iron Age and the early Christian period to the time of the Napoleonic Wars can be found in the landscape, preserved by the remoteness of the place, the poverty of the people in recent centuries, and religious devotion.

https://www.irishcentral.com/roots/history/exploring-atlantic-oceans-coast-glencolmcille-donegal

#irishcentral