The Black Valley, seen from the top of the pass that leads to the Gap of Dunloe, is a remote and silent corner of Ireland, a place where time seems to have stopped. This isolated valley, without electricity until the 1970s, is surrounded by an aura of mystery and solitude.

The view from the Head of the Gap is breathtaking: an expanse of meadows and peat bogs, framed by the jagged peaks of the Reeks and the sinuous profile of the Gearhameen river that flows placidly. The valley owes its name to the dark color of the vegetation and the deep shadows that lengthen at sunset. It is a place that embodies the essence of the most authentic and hidden Ireland, where nature reigns supreme and peace is tangible.