Naul, Dublin 4.33

Naul, is a village in Fingal, Ireland. It is home to the Naul Kids racing team. It is also a civil parish in the historic barony of Balrothery West. The Delvin River marks the boundary between the counties of Dublin and Meath. The Naul is also a parish in the Fingal North deanery of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Dublin.LocationThe village is a crossroads between the R122 and R108 regional roads, the latter being the traditional route between Dublin and the port of Drogheda, while the R122 travels from Finglas in the south to Balbriggan.HistoryThe area is thought to have been occupied since the Stone Age as archaeological finds include numerous prehistoric earthworks, and the nearby megalithic chambered cairns at Fourknocks on the Meath side of the village, discovered in 1949 on the lands of Thomas Connell. Four prehistoric tumuli, or mounds, were discovered. They contain a chamber wider than the one at Newgrange, and within the passage are strange stone engravings, indicating that the chambers were built about 4,000 years ago.