Golden Vale

The Golden Vale (Irish: Machaire méith na Mumhan)[1] is the historic name given to an area of rolling pastureland in the province of Munster in southwestern Ireland.

The area covers parts of three counties: Cork, Limerick and Tipperary.

[1][2] The Golden Vale is bordered in the east by the Galtee Mountains, with the Glen of Aherlow as a picturesque abutting valley.

Towns in the Golden Vale include Charleville, Mitchelstown, Kilmallock and Tipperary.

(i.e. 23 × 10 km; an area of 58,000 acres or 236 km2)[4] Some subsequent writers similarly prefer "vein".