Faughan Hill is a low hill located approximately five miles to the north-west of Navan in County Meath in Ireland.It was bought in the 1960s by James Moriarty and is still currently owned by the Moriarty family.

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.

The hill was wooded with a hunting gap through its centre until the early 20th century when it was cleared. Later, in the 1970s, the local County Council opened a large quarry on its southern side and since then it has also been adorned with a telecommunications mast which provides telecommunications coverage to a wide range area.

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