Telltown

Telltown

Telltown or Taillten is an outdated place name in County Meath, Ireland. The Taillten Fair was held there in medieval times, and was revived as the Telltown Games for a period in the twentieth century.

Mound structures near Telltown have been asserted by some to be ancient man-made earthworks 2500 years old.

* [http://homepage.eircom.net/~kellsnet/churches/Donaghpatrick.htm A page on the church at Donaghpatrick discusses the Telltown Games.]
* [http://www.iol.ie/~plugin/druid.htm A Druidic page asserts the religious significance of the earthworks]


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