The Poison Glen
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- Опубліковано 26 сер 2024
- A walk through one of Donegal's most famous landmarks, the Poison Glen. This took roughly 9 hours so maybe not one for beginners!
Disclaimer: I have no legal claim to the song used in this video, Everything is Free, by Gillian Welch, from the album Revelator, 2001 Acony Records.
Absolutely fantastic Paddy! We have climbed Errigal and hiked to Lough Altan. The Poisoned Glen is on our Bucket List. Thanks for the brilliant video!
Sound John! Thanks for watching!
Brilliant as usual Paddy lad. No bullshit, you deserve a series on some TV channel. I'd tune in every week without a doubt.
i'm too simple for tv! but thanks!
A man in his own place. Thanks Paddy!
No, thank you!
Fantastic! Loved this video. The views were excellent even with the overcast. I hope to see more ❤. Well done 👏
No worries, thanks for watching!
Pure class....like walking beside you - loved it
Thanks for watching (and the sub!)
Just started watching your shows n i really enjoy them keep it up n i love donegal
Thanks a million!
I mind my O-level Geography at St Columb's College, Our teacher ( and I) were obsessed with signs of glaciation in central and west Donegal. The term "armchair formation" is very apt here. Maitheadh, Paddy. In September 2022, when I walked up to the summit the other Slieve Sneacht (in central Inishowen) and it was pure magic, so it was, except for the damned clegs. They were biting voraciously. I won't forget it.- Calamine lotion for days.
Ha! Aye, that's where I got the term from. I was at that school too, for all the good it did me!
Excellent wee film. Really enjoyed it. Keep at it
Thanks for watching 😊
Another fabulous video Paddy that was some huge mountain walk. You’re so good at finding your way and i loved the singing and the lovely music too. So glad you made it back
thanks for watching!
It's beautiful, gotta go and watch the J6 hearing, will be back to finish watching your adventures 👍
It was definitely worth the wait but gon don't make us wait as long for the next one! The bit at the start where you explained the pictures from 2009 was an absolute belter hahaha.
The preview video is a brilliant idea for getting more subscribers. We can all share that to suck more people in.
thanks a million! appreciate the sharing idea!
Great to see you back Paddy, loved following ye around The Poison Glen
hey no worries! thanks for watching.
Class Paddy well done view was awesome and that waterfall is beautiful never knew it was there, you even found a lizard only you could find one like a needle in a haystack, when I was there was ate with midges & There was lots of dragonflies really cool land it's magical ❤️
cheers Gemma, thanks for sharing on FB!
@@highlandpaddy2756 anytime love your videos 🖤
Great to see you again Paddy.Brilliant Video my friend!! GODS COUNTRY!!! GOOD LUCK and make more Videos will ye ffs. Class!!!💥💥👍🍷🍻
nice one, thanks man!
Beautiful
cheers!
Jesus paddy them walks does my heart good and the aul insanity from time to time is on it's own. Singing was top drawer aswell 👏.
haha! cheers Glen!
Just watched this paddy absolutely amazing ,and a top tip on the boots 👌 I spent 200 sterling on a pair that fucking fell to bits in just over a year and the supplier blamed my feet 🙈 I see you taking water from them wee streams,obviously safe enough you’re still alive 🤗
Aye, same thing with the boots, spent big bucks on a top pair and they fell apart in a year which is unacceptable. A very good pair of boots I'd recommend is No Risk. All the builders wear them, I'm wearing a pair right now, but a very tough and comfortable work boot which is ideal for any outdoor activity. They cost anything from 65-80 euros depending where you get them
@@highlandpaddy2756 thanks lad 👌
Brilliant Paddy, Great to see you back, really missed watching your videos and listening to your oul yarns. Hopefully there's plenty more to come
cheers! aye, try and get a few more epics in before autumn!
I’m so happy to have found this wonderful video! After looking towards the Poison Glen for several months (and painting it repeatedly because it won’t stop coming out on my canvas), to see it from your view is like seeing its secrets revealed. Or at least a glimpse. ❤ Absolutely beautiful. I’ll never make that walk, so thank you. 🙏
Ha! No worries, glad you enjoyed it!
Great stuff Paddy. One of the plants on the rocks is St Patricks Cabbage, we have it in our garden. At one point there were hundreds of dead midges stuck to it's stems!
cheers dudes!
I love you! Keep making videos!!!
I will!
I love your videos Paddy, glad to see you back too. Must think of doing one of your big walks soon. Best of luck.
cheers, thank you!
I am enjoying your video very much about poison in Donegal
thanks!
Absolutely brilliant Paddy, the singing was one of my favourite parts sir
Same as.
nice one marty! aye, rock breakers, got your text!!
Great video Paddy, that's some trek up the Devlin river, I always cheat going up Slieve Snaght and head up from the Lough Barra side :)
ha! i don't know where i'm at half the time!
Class video - great to see you back.
"I give you food you give me eggs is a good trade👍😊It is definitely the place to be if you want to see rocks, though the steel toe caps will keep you right😊That ravine on the Devlin River is pretty cool and it was great that you got down there among the trees👍 Loved the lizard, the sundew and the waterfall👍 It is cool that you took in Slieve Snaght too and obviously the waterfall was worth it👍 Well done on finding the rock after 13 years! Loved the singing above the Poisoned Glen🎶 hopefully someone down below was in earshot. That whole area is just stunning, wild, remote and midge filled🦟😊 Cool trip👍
ha! thank for watching and the comments! it's worse i'm getting!
Paddy, Robert from USA......are you to have anymore of your great videos? We miss the Donegal adventures!
Hey Robert! The problem is I'm working full time again and when that happens I don't seem to make time for making videos. I'm really busy at the moment and I'm in the process of recording an album of my songs so that takes up one day of every weekend. But very recently I've decided that I'm going to buy a drone which I hope will make my videos better and it'll give me more motivation to get out there again. I want to try and grow the channel to the point where I can basically quit working and do this full time. The Dream! It doesn't even seem plausible but I'm gonna give it a shot. So once I get my drone in the next couple of weeks there will be new and much better videos. Thanks for the message. I can't believe I have viewers in the States!
Hey Paddy, Robert here again from U.S.
....yes, we have talked before
My cousin and family live outside Raphoe. My cousin grew up on Drumboy
Ha, fat fingered my last to you but yes, fond memories of Drumboy Hill. No indoor plumbing. I spent two summers there. Look forward to your next works!!
Cheers for another crackin ramble
I've enjoyed evry bit of it. So jelly about the views. Maybe some day/night :D Cheers !
cheers man!
This was great and so entertaining Paddy. This area has been on my bucket list a while now, Armed with bug spray I have better knowledge of the terrain, thankyou for sharing. The map reading to death metal was 👌 in contrast to beautiful surroundings & song
as a professional i always advise map reading with heavy metal! thanks for watching!
I gotta try this route next time I'm home. Nice video!
aye, it's nice when u get up there. The walk up along the river is a slog! and if you do go up to those waterfalls then you're more than likely gonna have to climb up seleve sneacht to get up there, and it's steep as hell. Cheers!
lovely, place, paddy, iknoe, it, well,, rock, on
cheers Martin!
Thank you for sharing ❤
No worries, cheers!
I'm laughing me bollocks off. Fuckin' brilliant. The donegal version of david Attenborough, but be it with a better command of the language. Magic shit
cheers man!
Hi buddy. I just subscribed. Moved up to Donegal 3’years ago and trying to get out and exploring. Where can I get the book your are talking about?
it's out of print i'm afraid
@@highlandpaddy2756ah I see. Will keep an eye out. well it’s deadly to have the videos as well. Watching them all and looking forward to getting out .
Hope all is good with you, cheers
@@Wacker156-p6m no worries, thanks man!
Yes lad how is the crack 😀
Good man yourself!
I'm from dunlewey. The roof was taken of the protestant church i believe in the 50's cause there was no protestants left and the local Catholic population were made pay the land rates. Locals took the roof of. No roof no land rates
That's class, that's the first time i heard that explanation. Cheers man!
Me brother here in boston confirmed what i have told you about the land rates. Keep walking
Balors rock at the foot of the glen, gives its name to the glen. Cro nimbhe. Poison glenn. Balor was presumably killed at that rock by cuchullain and that the rock was split by the poison from balors one evil eye. Hence the name poison glen. Cuchullain fucked a spear through balors one evil eye. He should have stayed on tory
@@bernardgallagher9114 hahah! i heard something like that. I thought the name was a mis-translation of the Irish word for poison which is supposed to be similar to the word for heavenly or beautiful in Irish. I've no Irish so i won't even try and pretend i know what i'm talking about! So there are people in America watching my videos? That's class! Thanks for the info! Nice one!
I love your videos. Ya have told me more about my own county, in regards its beauty, its barrenness and its forgoten history. Highland paddy is going global. Yes hens are mental
Think yer a big man walking up a Glen that's poisoned aye?
Are you on Strava, or do you have a record of the route you took?
Not on strava, no record, just looked at the map as shown in the start of the video. I've been there before so I sorta knew the way.
@@highlandpaddy2756 its a great area, I need to explore it more. Lol
@@stuball78 hell of as spot!