Baltinglass Abbey

The place name Baltinglass derives from the Irish Bealach Conglais, meaning "the way or pass of Conglas," named after either a legendary warrior of the Fianna or a personal name from early Irish tradition. According to medieval Irish texts (dindsenchas), the name commemorates a mythological hunt where Cú Glas and his hounds pursued a wild boar southward from the plain of Tara to a pass where th...