May 5, 2013
Thank you Alman 1958 for a really nice review – glad you enjoyed your Glendalough Guided Walk (glendaloughguidedwalks.com) Come back to Glendalough, or send your friends – I’ll look after them Martin http://www.tripadvisor.ie/ShowUserReviews-g1386362-d190117-r145107106-Glendalough_Monastic_Settlement-Vale_of_Glendalough_County_Wicklow.html Ask Alman1958 about Glendalough Monastic Settlement
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August 17, 2012
A Letter From Glendalough August 2012 I’m walking along the Green Road in Glendalough, when I realize I’m thinking about eyelashes! Eyelashes on babies and infants – and women’s reactions to them. I remember bits of conversations where women I know have reacted to the baby infants of friends, commenting on their beautiful eyelashes. “You’ve ...
July 12, 2012
Delighted to announce we recently set up a Trip Advisor page to showcase Glendalough Guided Walks. You can visit the page by clicking on this link or on the image to the left. If you enjoyed your walk, please feel free to comment. Martin
January 11, 2012
Glendalough Suite Derrybawn Hill of the white oak grove, beloved of Nelson’s fleet. Victory left the valley folk burning faggots. Lugduff & Poulaneass Black Hole Mountain Brook, father of the two lakes. Powerful force, a torrent in streams clothing. Speaks to us in splashes now of the ice ...
October 12, 2011
Two adventurous American ladies, young in spirit, enjoyed their Glendalough Guided Walk with guide Martin Swords. They stopped on the new wooden bridge over the Glenalo River, where the old bridge had been swept away by the floods of 2009/2010, and threw their coins in the river to make a wish. But it kept on ...
September 9, 2011
Aug 2011, Dear Martin…… Last but not least, we enjoyed very much your guided tour through Glendalough and the great amount of information you gave us…. Cez…. and Ewi… (friends from Poland)
August 16, 2011
“I thought I knew a lot about Glendalough……but after your walk….I know a lot more now” ‘Mad’ Barry Walsh, Wexford
August 16, 2011
A companion on the walk I had a lovely guided walk with a young couple from Poland, who knew quite a lot about Ireland before they arrived, much of it learned from their Lonely Planet guidebook. The day was wettish, dampish, what we in Ireland call ” a soft day” or ” dreech ” – ...
June 13, 2011
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April 20, 2011
We have put together a very short video introducing the guided walks and myself, Martin Swords. I am currently working on a more expansive piece but happy to have this for now. Enjoy Glendalough Guided Walks from Martin Swords on Vimeo.
