Glen of Aherlow

The Glen of Aherlow (Irish: Gleann Eatharlaí) is a valley located between Slievenamuck and the Galtee Mountains in the western part of County Tipperary in Ireland.

Other adjacent centres of population are the villages of Galbally (on the western fringe), Kilross (on the north west front) and Bansha (on the eastern approach).

[tone] Keating preached sermons there, receiving refuge and, according to tradition, lived in a cave for much of the time while on the run and compiling his magnum opus, Foras Feasa Ar Éirinn (c.

[2] A statue, titled 'Christ the King', overlooks the valley in which the Glen of Aherlow is situated.

The statue, constructed in 1950, is situated on Slievenamuck on the approach road to Tipperary Town.