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Slane

Slane is a village above the River Boyne in County Meath, Ireland. On the Hill of Slane St Patrick is said to have lit a Paschal fire in defiance of the king of Tara, and a monastery founded there became an important church of the kingdom of Brega until it suffered Norse raids. The ruins of a later friary stand on the hill, and Slane Castle lies nearby.

Slane
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Kingdom of Brega

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The Epoch Institute. (2026). Slane. In The Epoch Institute Encyclopedia. https://the-epoch-institute.org/encyclopedia/slane
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