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unusual facts about Hill of Allen


Hill of Allen

The tower was a folly and the names of the workmen are inscribed on the steps.


Mairtine

He states the among the tribes who pay "servile rent" were "Tuath Fhochmhuinn ... of Ui Fhailghe and over Fotharta (Fortúatha?) of Dairbhre (Kildorrery?) and Almhain (Bog of Allen/Hill of Allen) and Mairtine or Maidirdine." (50.7, pp. 217–17).


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