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County Meath

Hill of Tara

The Hill of Tara is a hill and ancient ceremonial and burial site near in , Ireland. Tradition identifies the hill as the inauguration place and seat of the High Kings of Ireland; it also appears in Irish mythology.
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Places of Interest

Highlights include Mound of the Hostages and Stone of Destiny.

Archaeological site
Photo: Anthony Foster, CC BY-SA 2.0.
The is an ancient passage tomb located in the Tara-Skryne Valley in , , . The mound is a Neolithic structure, built between 3350 and 2800 BC.

Monument
Photo: Verdasuno, CC BY-SA 3.0.
The Fál or Lia Fáil is a stone at the Inauguration Mound on the Hill of Tara in , Ireland, which served as the coronation stone for the King of Tara and hence High King of Ireland.

Archaeological site
Photo: C O’Flanagan, CC BY-SA 2.0.
is a henge located near the Hill of Tara in , . It is a National Monument.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Skreen and Johnstown.

Hamlet
Photo: Dunlavin Green, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Skryne or is a village in , Ireland. On and around a hill between the N2 and N3 roads, it is 10 km south-east of the centre of and 35 km north-west of the centre of Dublin.

Suburb
is a village in , Ireland. Located about 3 kilometres southeast of , the village is 40 km northwest of the Dublin city centre.

Village
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is a village in , . It is 10 kilometres east of , at the junction of the R153 and R150 roads. The village is in a townland and civil parish of the same name. is situated 7 km northeast of Hill of Tara.

Hill of Tara

Latitude
53.57997° or 53° 34′ 48″ north
Longitude
-6.61217° or 6° 36′ 44″ west
Elevation
145 metres (476 feet)
Open location code
9C5MH9HQ+X4
Open­Street­Map ID
node 722463164
Open­Street­Map feature
natural=­peak
Geo­Names ID
2961270
Wiki­data ID
Q543155
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In Other Languages

From Basque to Yue Chinese—“Hill of Tara” goes by many names.
  • Basque: “Tara muinoa”
  • Basque: “Tarako muinoa”
  • Breton: “Run Tara”
  • Catalan: “pujol de Tara”
  • Catalan: “Pujol de Tara”
  • Cebuano: “Hill of Tara”
  • Chinese: “塔拉丘”
  • Chinese: “塔拉山”
  • Czech: “Tara”
  • Danish: “Hill of Tara”
  • Dutch: “Tara (Ierland)”
  • Dutch: “Tara”
  • Esperanto: “Tara”
  • Finnish: “Taran kukkula”
  • French: “Tara”
  • Galician: “Outeiro de Tara”
  • German: “Tara”
  • Hebrew: “גבעת טארה”
  • Hungarian: “Tara”
  • Icelandic: “Tara”
  • Irish: “Teamhair na Rí”
  • Irish: “Teamhair”
  • Italian: “Collina di Tara”
  • Japanese: “タラの丘”
  • Korean: “타라 언덕”
  • Latin: “Temoria”
  • Latvian: “Taras pakalns”
  • Malayalam: “ടാറാ കുന്നുകൾ”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Tara”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Tara i County Meath”
  • Norwegian: “Tara”
  • Persian: “تیمایر”
  • Polish: “Tara”
  • Portuguese: “Colina de Tara”
  • Portuguese: “Hill of Tara”
  • Russian: “Тара”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Hill of Tara”
  • Slovenian: “Tara”
  • Spanish: “Colina de Tara”
  • Swedish: “Tara-kullen”
  • Swedish: “Tarakullen”
  • Ukrainian: “Тара”
  • Welsh: “bryn Tara”
  • Welsh: “Bryn Tara”
  • Welsh: “Tara”
  • Welsh: “Teamhair na Rí”
  • Welsh: “Teamhair”
  • Yue Chinese: “塔拉山”

Localities in the Area

Explore places such as Rathmave and Belpere Hill.

Notable Places Nearby

Highlights include Rath of the Synods and St Patrick’s Church (C of I).

County Meath: Must-Visit Destinations

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