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Visit to the Hill of Tara
Thanks to an invitation from another member of this E-list I was able
to go on a quick Tara landscape inspection tour today. I was shocked
about the progress that has been made with the M3 since my last visit
seven months ago. Much of the lay-out of the N3 has been changed and
adjusted to accomodate the M3, currently under construction. The
changes to the N3 are noticable near the turn-off to Ratoath (coming
from Dublin) and at Soldiers' Hill / Blundlestown. At this stage road-
construction work is too far advanced to be reversed or to allow for
changes to the current course of the M3.
The atmosphere on the Hill of Tara itself was very tense due to the
presence of a number of OPW workers who patroled the Hill with a pick-
up truck and employed security people along the road near the car
park, the public entrance to the Hill and the entrance to the spring
well. The OPW crew with the pick-up were unloading a number of fence
posts when I was passing by. The purpose for this high-level security
and monitoring of people enjoying themselves on the Hill is unknown,
but maybe they are preparing to close off the Hill to the general
public, as they will very likely do if the Hill of Tara will be
designated a world heritage site by UNESCO. Free and unlimited
access to the Hill 24/7 could soon become a thing of the past, as it
happened to many sites world-wide enjoying UNESCO "protection".
I may also add that nearby Rath Maeve, another national monument part
of the Tara landscape, is currently being used for agricultural
purposes. Signs of constant plowing and earth-leveling are clearly
visible. Surely, such activities should not be carried out on a
protected site.
Michael Martin
to go on a quick Tara landscape inspection tour today. I was shocked
about the progress that has been made with the M3 since my last visit
seven months ago. Much of the lay-out of the N3 has been changed and
adjusted to accomodate the M3, currently under construction. The
changes to the N3 are noticable near the turn-off to Ratoath (coming
from Dublin) and at Soldiers' Hill / Blundlestown. At this stage road-
construction work is too far advanced to be reversed or to allow for
changes to the current course of the M3.
The atmosphere on the Hill of Tara itself was very tense due to the
presence of a number of OPW workers who patroled the Hill with a pick-
up truck and employed security people along the road near the car
park, the public entrance to the Hill and the entrance to the spring
well. The OPW crew with the pick-up were unloading a number of fence
posts when I was passing by. The purpose for this high-level security
and monitoring of people enjoying themselves on the Hill is unknown,
but maybe they are preparing to close off the Hill to the general
public, as they will very likely do if the Hill of Tara will be
designated a world heritage site by UNESCO. Free and unlimited
access to the Hill 24/7 could soon become a thing of the past, as it
happened to many sites world-wide enjoying UNESCO "protection".
I may also add that nearby Rath Maeve, another national monument part
of the Tara landscape, is currently being used for agricultural
purposes. Signs of constant plowing and earth-leveling are clearly
visible. Surely, such activities should not be carried out on a
protected site.
Michael Martin
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Permalink Reply by S.I. Sheehan on -
Michael, if I could be there I would. I am amazed at the audacity of these savages. They know what they are doing, but they do not know the consequences. There will be blood. Mark my word. Whether mine, or theirs, there will be. I am incensed, outraged, and I am not able to be there. It is as if I have been exiled. Though I know I have not been. I will be back, as soon as I am able.
Susan Isabella Sheehan
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