Place:


Tara  County Meath

 
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In 1887, John Bartholomew's Gazetteer of the British Isles described Tara like this:

Tara.-- par. and hamlet, mid. co. Meath, near river Boyne, 3 miles NE. of Kilmessan ry. sta. and 6 miles SE. of Navan, 3364 ac., pop. 261; P.O. Tara Hill (507 ft.), where the ancient kings of Ireland are said to have had their seat and held their assemblies, has earthworks and other antiquities.

How to reference this page:

GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, History of Tara, in and County Meath | Map and description, A Vision of Ireland through Time.

URL: https://www.visionofireland.org/place/27315

Date accessed: 22nd April 2025

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