Destruction of the Hill of Tara

[Sìle]

Well, I received this yesterday:

The Hill of Tara is under immediate threat! This is a call to action of all pagans and lovers of this land. The first piece of turf has been ceremonially removed, and construction begun. The motorway is skirting round the Hill, which is bad enough. No amount of protest was ever going to stop it. The Noble Order of Tara from Ireland holds this as the most sacred of places as the High Kings of Eire were crowned on it, and so far it has been peaceful protest. BUT.... the Dept for the environment has issued a writ to have the Henge preserved BY RECORD. Which means that construction will stop for a FEW DAYS ONLY, for records to be made.

All the heritage of Ireland is centered around Tara... they are giving their sacred heart away.

The authorities have been keeping it under wraps for the past month, until work on the motorway began. There is hardly any news coverage of it in Ireland, but masses in Japan!! The Japanese can't believe we are so complacent! It's because the people don't know what's happening.

The TaraWatch group only have about 6 or 7 people at the site and the Garda are threatening to prosecute them, so help is needed in many ways. Even the Vatican has been petitioned to step in. I have been in touch with the activists on site, and am waiting to hear back on what they want doing next. I am going to try and rally up some support on other sites. Please log on to www.tarawatch.org and do something/ anything.
Time to walk the walk me thinks.

If you care about our ancestral heritage, you will be horrified to know that in March a series of bee-hive shaped underground tombs were discovered and bulldozed before a court order could be executed. There were horse and dog bones, and human bones all over the place. There are supposed to be archaelolgists on site, but they seem pretty tied.

Activists from Brighton are heading out to Tara. I spoke to Siobhan Rose toady who's heading the campaign in Ireland; she just wants publicity as it's all clamped down on in Ireland; so I will be making flyers to hand out everywhere and writing to papers. Also donations, as they are taking the Irish Govt. the European Court over this and need all the money thay can get; (also for independent archaeologists who are not in the pocket of the Govt.)

I am on the case for some fund raising.

This is an atrocity of a cultural and spiritual nature which beggars belief. The Stone of Destiny on which the Pagan High Kings of Ireland were crowned means nothing to these people when compared to the pay off. I posted info on this last year and no-one bothered to reply, but now the situation is much worse than ever; the Irish government have no intention of listening to a few... there must be thousands. You say you love the Boudicca spirit that defeated the Romans, well I'm asking you, please rally behind this call to arms; if you don't, everything else you talk about with regards to fighting for the Spirit of the Land will be a travesty.

PLEASE log onto the website below, sign the petition, spread the word
and donate some cash.

www.protect-tara.org

Along with the flyer below:



which I can forward to anyone who wants it in .pdf or Word format - just drop me a PM.

Cheers,
Webwitch

[Blackbird]

Yes, please do - I'll stick it on the front of the site here. The best email for me now is [e-mail]

Utterly disgusting, the whole thing.

[Deleted]

It really is shameful to destroy our heritage so carelessly.

I always wanted to visit Tara and never got around to it, I'm wondering what state it'll be in by the time I make it over next year.

[Sìle]

There are update photos to be found through links from the various Save Tara sites, if you want to see the damage so far, Firinne.

[littleraven]

Absolutely unbelievable, to destroy something so central to a countries heritage.

FFS, they've got a statue of Cuchulain in the Dublin Post office to commemorate the Easter rising, yet they are prepared to do this?

The mentality escapes me.

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webwitch said:

There are update photos to be found through links from the various Save Tara sites, if you want to see the damage so far, Firinne.

I'm not sure I want to look. I was born and raised in Ireland, and it both saddens and shames me.

Most people in Ireland don't care about their pre-Christian heritage these days, many refuse to accept it ... as if it's something to be ashamed of. I remember having a conversation with my nan about Stonehenge and her saying "we've never had any sin like that here". When I finally convinced her we'd had druids, she blamed the Finnish for bringing them over in their boats. The only time I've ever heard any of the Irish legends mentioned within Ireland was by the IRA, which in itself is a kick in the eye for our heritage.

It's a shame Celtic christianity didn't manage to hold out over the influence of Rome, we might be looking at a completely different Ireland.