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glen - A glen is a valley, typically one that is long, deep, and often glacially U-shaped; or one with a watercourse running through such a valley. The word comes from the Irish language/Scottish Gaelic language word gleann. As the name of a river, it is thought to derive from the Welsh language glan meaning clean, or gleindid meaning purity.

Glen (Irish: An Gleann) is a small village in County Donegal, the Republic of Ireland. The focus of the townlands of Glenmenagh and Glenineeny, it is within the parish of Mevagh, and the Barony of Kilmacrenan. The village is on the crossroads between the towns of Milford, Letterkenny, Creeslough, and Carrigart. The village once supported a schoolhouse, post office and shop, as well as historically a fair. Today however, one of the few businesses left is the historic local Public House, originally a shebeen and dating from the 17th century.