Descriptive Gazetteer Entry for Tara

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.


(John Bartholomew, Gazetteer of the British Isles (1887))

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Feature Description: "parish and hamlet"   (ADL Feature Type: "populated places")
Administrative units: Meath IrlC
Place: Tara

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