“Their victory is visible in the houses and crofts that still spread across the hills of the glen and the dale.”

“Climbing its slopes, with a twinge of excitement I spot an encampment of black tents set in the fold of a green glen.”

“The name comes from a glen on the isle of Rum in the Inner Hebrides and it was here they spent a formative period performing for wild dances.”

“In your mind's eye, can't you see the rocky peaks of the high mountains, the deep glens, the tumbling rivers?”

“It has nothing to do with misty glens, fiery alcoholic drinks, or skirling pipe music.”

“It is not the reality of a tigerish emerald economy or Ireland's high-tech silicon glens.”