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North East Midlands Area , Boyne Valley Subarea
Feature count in area: 25, by county: Meath: 6, Cavan: 7, Westmeath: 5, Monaghan: 3, Leitrim: 1, Louth: 1, Longford: 2, OSI/LPS Maps: 26, 27, 27A, 28, 28A, 28B, 34, 35, 36, 41
Highest Place: Cornasaus 339m

Starting Places in area North East Midlands:

None for this area

Summits & other features in area North East Midlands:
Boyne Valley: Hill of Ward 111m
Cen: Ballyjamesduff: Aghalion Hill 249m
Cen: Oldcastle: Mullaghmeen 258m, Slieve Na Calliagh 276m, Spire of Lloyd 131m, The Hill of Mael 241m
E: Kingscourt: Carrickleck Hill 173m
N Cen: Cavan Town: Shantemon 218m, Slieve Glah 320m, Tievenanass 261m
NE: Ballybay: Bunnanimma 268m
NE: Carrickmacross: Corduff 243m
NE: Castleblaney: Mullyash Mountain 317m
NE: Cen Bailieborough: Cornasaus 339m, Taghart South 290m
NW Cen: Arva: Bruse Hill 260m
NW: Aughavas: Lugganammer 190m
S Cen: Crookedwood: Cruckboeltane 199m, Knockeyon 214m
S: Westmeath South West: Knockastia 200m
SE: Boyne Valley: Hill of Slane 160.4m, Mount Oriel 251m, Tara 155m
W: Ardagh: Bawn Mountain 200m
W: Drumlish: Corn Hill 278m

Note: this list of places may include island features such as summits, but not islands as such.
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Hill of Ward, 111m Hill Tlachta A name in Irish,
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From Tlachtaga daughter of a druid. Tlachtaga was reputedly buried on
the hill., Meath County in Leinster province, in Local/Historical/Cultural Lists, Hill of Ward is the 1509th highest place in Ireland.
Grid Reference N73583 64538, Mapsheet(s): 42
Place visited by: 8 members, recently by: sandman, mehiking, abcd, Dessie1, Pepe, MickM45, tanseyman, Fergalh
I visited this place: NO (You need to be a logged-in member for this.)
Longitude: -6.888636, Latitude: 53.625661, Easting: 273583, Northing: 264538, Prominence: 40m,  Isolation: 11.9km
ITM: 673516 764557

Notes on name: https://www.discoverboynevalley.ie/boyne-valley-drive/heritage-sites/tlachtga-hill-ward-athboy
  Short or GPS IDs, 6 char: Hlo111, 10 char: HlofWrd
Linkback: https://new.mountainviews.ie/summit/1526/
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Tlachtga
by sandman 24 Oct 2025
Tlachtga is the prehistoric name for this hill the name changed to Hill of Ward in honour of a local landlord evicted during the Cromwellian conquest of Ireland.
The Hill is considered the birth place of Halloween where the Ancient Gaelic festival of Samhain was celebrated and in modern times the Puca Festival in Athboy celebrates the original origins and have historical tours to the hill.
Site access is normally restricted due to the fact that sheep are grazed on the hill. Plans are afoot in the future to have guided tours of the site according to the lovely couple who own the site and were so kind to allow me access. Linkback: new.mountainviews.ie/summit/1526/comment/24564/
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Access Issue
by discovering_dann 5 Nov 2025
There is now a gate blocking access into this field where there is a trail shown on the map Linkback: new.mountainviews.ie/summit/1526/comment/24573/
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Short trek to summit
by Fergalh 14 Nov 2024
Parking for one car at gate to the south west a short drive from Athboy at a crossroads A (N735 644). Short walk to summit from stile through a field. Aerial photographs show the ring fort better than can be seen on ground although the rings are noticeable. The Spire of Lloyd and Tara Hill can be seen from the summit which has good views despite the small height Linkback: new.mountainviews.ie/summit/1526/comment/24331/
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There must be a key somewhere hereabouts...
by Pepe 15 Feb 2025
Mounted the style only to find a large shiny padlock on the gate and it was locked against me - maybe the key is held somewhere locally, as is the practice in nearby Lough Crew (is this a Meath thing?)
Walked two-three hundred metres east from the crossroads and entered a driveway from where the trig is visible to your right. Accessed the site from here though it involved some fence hopping. Linkback: new.mountainviews.ie/summit/1526/comment/24382/
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Track 5368 simoburn 3 weeks ago
We walked from Dog's Bag beach over the headland to Gurteen beach and followed the road in towards Roundstone vil... walk, Len: 10.0km, Climb: 361m, Area: Iorras Beag, South Connemara (Ireland) ||

Summit Comment melohara a month ago
Knocknacloghoge viewed across Lough Dan

Summit Comment DeirdreM a month ago
I followed markmjcampion's route description uphill from the northern side. Terrain was tricky enough, especially with very saturated ground. I didn't fancy going back the same way so followe...

Summit Comment discovering_dann a month ago
There is now a gate blocking access into this field where there is a trail shown on the map

Track 5367 simoburn 3 weeks ago
Follow the old green or famine road along the coast towards the Salrock Pass. We took a random way past the old ... walk, Len: 6.8km, Climb: 309m, Area: Foher, Galway Coastal Hill (Ireland) Foh||

Summit Comment sandman a month ago
I approached this hill from The Sligo Way at G70904 29393 and as Geo stated in his comment slogged my way directly up to the summit at G70696 29825 to be rewarded with fantastic views.

Summit Summary Collaborative entry, last edit by: Leatra a month ago
There are 3 main access points for the summitNire valley carpark S27640 12815(269m), the track through Moanyarha bog that starts at S25500 17490(423m) and from the forest entrance at Glenpatr...

Summit Comment TommyV a month ago
As of October 2025 I would not recommend driving past the last dwelling with the very tall shed at L70309 255657. The track leading all the way to the summit means this is a good Plan B optio...

Track 5366 Fergalh 4 weeks ago
There is a gradual ascent from the starting point a public fountain/water spring at Font de Paragat . The route follows walk, Len: 19.9km, Climb: 1064m, Area: Unid, Unid () ||

Summit Comment TommyV a month ago
Very difficult to know where to access this hill. My plan was to try from a little beach to the North West of the hill and ascend via Shanboolard, however the track down to the beach looked a...
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