Croghan Hill

Nearest town:
Tullamore (16km WSW)
OS reference:
N481330
OS sheet:
48
Latitude:
53° 20' 42.2 N
Longitude:
7° 16' 39.76 W
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Image of Croghan Hill (Artificial Mound) by bawn79

The hill rises out of the surrounding bog like an island, often these hills are likened to islands in folklore.

Image credit: Bawn79
bawn79
bawn79 May 26, 2006
Image of Croghan Hill (Artificial Mound) by bawn79

This graveyard where there is there is meant to be the remains of an abbey is where St. Brigid is meant to have been ordained a nun.
If you look very hard you can see the hills of the curragh in the background

Image credit: Bawn79
bawn79
bawn79 May 26, 2006

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Croghan Hill

bawn79
bawn79 May 26, 2006

The best way up to the mound is from Carbury Village itself. Across from the shop there is a little lane which leads up to a few fields which have been used for show-jumping. Follow the gravel path here and then through the fields to the top. Again the views are amazing across the bog of allen and the feeling of this being an island is even more than on the top of the Hill of Allen. This must have been a very important hill as its is the only good land in the area.
To me the mound makes the hill look like the belly of the goddess or possibly her nipple. Ive no idea of the age of this mound so I cant comment on whether it is recent or ancient.

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