Gap of Dunloe

The Gap of Dunloe, additionally recorded as Bearna an Choimin, is a slender mountain pass strolling north-south in County Kerry, Ireland, that separates the MacGillycuddy's Reeks mountain range within the west, from the Purple Mountain Group variety within the east. It is certainly one of Kerry's most famous traveler locations because of its surroundings. The term Dunloe is believed to be an anglicization of the Irish time period "Dun Loich", that means citadel or stronghold of Loich. According to the Annals of Clonmacnois, Keating and the Lebor Gabala Erenn, Deala Mac Lóich was the father of the 5 chieftains of the returning Fir Bolg, who conquered Ireland and divided it into 5 provinces, every ruled by using one brother.

According to the Annals of the Four Masters, the Fir Bolg ruled Ireland for 37 years from 3266 to 3303 B.C., but had been themselves defeated by using the returning Tuatha Dé Danann. The Gap of Dunloe became formed 25,000 years in the past in the course of Ireland's closing ice age due to a "glacial breach" wherein a glacier in the Black Valley, a part of the Templenoe Icecap, estimated to be over 500 metres deep, broke thru the Head of the Gap and moved northwards carving out a U-fashioned valley.