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Naul Hills
View from Flemingtown, County Meath, towards the Naul Hills, with Knockbrack to the right
Highest point
Elevation	176 m (577 ft)
Coordinates	53°34′19″N 6°15′32″W / 53.571871°N 6.258884°W / 53.571871; -6.258884
Naming
Language of name	English
Geography
Naul HillsCounty Dublin, Ireland
Parent range	Naul Hills
OSI/OSNI grid	O133602
Topo map	OSI Discovery 43
Climbing
Easiest route	West from M1 on R122, then south on R108.

The Naul Hills, or Man-of-War Hills are low-lying hills in north County Dublin, Ireland, close to the village of Naul, formerly called The Naul, (Irish: An Aill, meaning 'the cliff'). They lie beside the County Meath border, 30 kilometres north of Dublin City (17 km north of the airport), 16 km north-northwest of Swords, and 8 km southwest of Balbriggan.

Typical hill elevations run between 140 and 150 metres, with the highest point in the area being the 176m Knockbrack (Irish: An Cnoc Breac, meaning 'the speckled hill'). Limestone quarrying has been carried out in the hills, and the London Encyclopaedia (1829) remarked, "there are coals at Naul...but the coal vein is not worked."

As a result of the COVID-19 pandemic, the temporary reduction in emissions as well as a period of sustained fine weather meant that Knockbrack was visible across the Irish Sea from Anglezarke, Lancashire for a period in May 2020.

References

1. ^ Ordnance Survey map of Naul area Archived 2012-08-29 at the Wayback Machine Ordnance Survey Ireland. Retrieved 2010-08-02.
2. The Neighbourhood of Dublin by Weston St. John Joyce (3rd ed. 1920). Chapter X: Rathfarnham, Whitechurch, Kelly's Glen and Kilmashogue Mountain.
3. "Entry for Naul in A Topographical Dictionary of Ireland by Samuel Lewis, 1837". Retrieved 27 November 2009.
4. "Fingal County Council, 2002". Archived from the original on 22 July 2011. Retrieved 27 November 2009.
5. Knockbrack Placenames Database of Ireland. Retrieved: 2011-12-29.
6. The London Encyclopaedia, Vol. VII, London, T. Tegg & Son, 1829. Retrieved: 2010-08-12
7. "Can you see the Republic of Ireland from England?". anglezarke.net. Retrieved 3 February 2023.

See also

• Naul, Dublin
• List of mountains in Ireland

v t e Mountains and hills of Leinster
List of mountains in Ireland List of mountains and hills of County Dublin
Blackstairs Mountains	Black Rock Mountain Blackstairs Mountain Croaghaun Mount Leinster
Cooley Mountains	Clermont Carn Slieve Foy
Slieveardagh Hills	Clomantagh Hill Knocknamuck
Slieve Bloom Mountains	Arderin Barcam Baunreaghcong Carroll's Hill Castleconor Farbreague Garraunbaun Ridge of Capard Stillbrook Hill Wolftrap Mountain
Wicklow Mountains	Annagh Hill Barnaslingan Bray Head Benleagh Camaderry Camenabologue Carrick Mountain Carrickgollogan Carrigvore Cloghernagh Conavalla Corrigasleggaun Croaghanmoira Croghan Mountain Cupidstown Hill Djouce Duff Hill Gravale Great Sugar Loaf Keadeen Mountain Kilmashogue Kippure Larch Hill Little Sugar Loaf Lobawn Lugduff Luggala Lugnaquilla Maulin Moanbane Montpelier Hill Mullacor Mullaghcleevaun Prince William's Seat Scarr Seefin Seefingan Silsean Slievegad Slievemaan Sugarloaf (West Wicklow) Table Mountain Tibradden Mountain Tonduff Tonelagee Turlough Hill Two Rock and Three Rock Mountain War Hill
Others	Brandon Hill Ben of Howth Coppanagh Croghan Hill Dalkey Hill Dún Ailinne Faughan Hill Hill of Allen Hill of Ben Hill of Tara Hill of Uisneach Hill of Ward Killiney Hill Knockeyon Mount Alto Mullaghreelan Mullaghmast Mullaghmeen Naul Hills Shielmartin Hill Slieveboy Slieve na Calliagh Tara Hill

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