Etymology

Glendalough

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Today it means: A glacial valley in County Wicklow, Ireland, renowned for an early medieval monastic settlement founded in the 6th century by St Kevin. Full definition →

Irish Gleann Dá Loch
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  1. Irish · borrowed fromGleann Dá Loch
  2. English todayGlendalough

From Irish Gleann Dá Loch or Middle or Old Irish predecessor.

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.