Hill of Ward

Hill of Ward

Infobox Mountain
Name= Hill of Ward
Location = County Meath, IRL
Range = Meath Hills
Elevation= 90 m (650 ft)
Photo=
Caption=Lough Crew, Co. Meath,
direction, to Trim from Athboy]
Prominence = 50 m
Listing = Marilyn
The Hill of Ward (aka Tlachtga), near Athboy, was the location for the pagan feast of Samhain, the precursor of modern day Halloween.

In 1649 Oliver Cromwell camped his army on the Hill.

The hill got its name from a landowner, Ward who had been evicted from his land during the cromwell evasion. The land was given to a roundhead soldier. The Ward family whose ancesters were landowners of the hill and of whom the hill was named after are living in Co. Meath, Ireland today.


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