Faughan Hill
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Faughan Hill is a low hill located approximately 5 miles to the north-west of Navan in County Meath in Ireland. Because of the flat land of Meath the hill is the most prominent feature in the topography of the area.
Historians and folklorists suspect that the Hill's name originated from fraughan berries which in mediaeval times were recorded as growing all around it.
Legend claims that Niall of the Nine Hostages, a famous Irish Árd Rí (High King) is buried in a cave on the hill.
A small village, Greetiagh, is located at the foot of the hill. In 1920 the local Royal Irish Constabulary barracks in the village was attacked and burned by republicans during the Irish War of Independence.
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