Hill of Allen

Also known as:
Almu and Island of Allen
Nearest town:
Kildare (8km SSW)
OS reference:
N759205
OS sheet:
49
Latitude:
53° 13' 46.19 N
Longitude:
6° 51' 47.92 W
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Images

Image of Hill of Allen (Sacred Hill) by bawn79

Almu weeps, a massive gouge taken out of the hill by Roadstone

Image credit: Bawn79
bawn79
bawn79 May 26, 2006

Articles

Hill of Allen

Protest group claim Roadstone ignored monuments

Rhiannon
Rhiannon Oct 18, 2007

This article at the Kildare Nationalist reports on recent claims by the Hill of Allen Action Group. They say that the hill is the site of two National Monuments (a cist and a barrow), which are within the land being quarried by Roadstone. They say that when Roadstone registered the quarry with Kildare County Council in 2006, neither of those sites appeared on their registration papers or maps. The Council in turn made no mention of the monuments. However, it is the landowner’s responsibility to be aware of their presence. Damage to a site listed on the Record of Monuments and Places (RMP) is a criminal offence. It seems that the required legal procedures involving planning and environmental impact assessment were not carried out.
kildare-nationalist.ie/news/story.asp?j=26440&cat=news

Hill of Allen

bawn79
bawn79 May 26, 2006

The Hill of Allen stands out of the Bog of Allen like an island. It has an awful lot of folklore attached to it re the Irish mythical hero Fionn MacCumhail (who is often associated with the sun and brightness). There is room for about two cars to park on the south side of the hill coming from Kildare/Newbridge a little after a small power-plant on the left.
There are paths up the hill from here and the views from it are amazing looking over the bog of allen, into wicklow and the curragh and Cloghan Hill is interdivisable from here.

Folklore

Hill of Allen
Sacred Hill
bawn79
bawn79 May 26, 2006

There is a lot of myth and legend attached to the Hill of Allen, it is called the birthplace of Fionn MacCumhail and it is said to have been the mythical Fiannas main fort. It is also associated with the god Nuada and he built a white walled palace on it.
It was called the Island of Allen because it is surrounded by the bog of allen.
It is also know as Almu. Almu is associated with a goddess/beautiful woman.
Fionn MacCumhail is meant to have throw Punchestown Standing Stone from here.
It is associated with Cloghan Hill and every year Fionn is meant to have sent a young warrior to Bri Ele where he was taken into the underworld to meet Brigdit.
I seem to remember reading somewhere as well that the tower folly built on top of it used a wedge tomb for its foundations but I havent been able to find I reference for this again.

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bawn79
bawn79
Jun 2006

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