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Rhiannon May 12, 2005 09:46:35
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(It does seem strange that Ireland gets lots of money from tourists based on its legendary past, and then the government agrees to run a road through it. )

In the article at
http://www.guardian.co.uk/worldlatest/story/0,1280,-4999740,00.html

Edel Bhreathnach, a University College Dublin archaeologist who has been studying Tara and the surrounding fields for 15 years, called the site ``a ceremonial landscape of the utmost importance, not just to Ireland but to the world.If another nation was proposing to do this we'd be calling them barbarians"


``Sure, hardly a single one of those do-gooders even lives in Meath. If it was up to them, they'd like no buildings or people at all in Meath, just this precious landscape,'' said Eamonn Fitzsimons, 37, a Dubliner forced to relocate to Navan by high real estate prices. ``We have a right to a modern road in the year 2005. I spend more time in my car than with my children.''

M moss
moss May 12, 2005 10:57:46
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Still it gets the tourists there in double quick time!! Of course when they get there, ritual or sacred landscape will not exactly strike a bell, especially with a motorway right through the middle of it, or at least providing that lovely droning sound that can be heard for miles around - peace and tranquillity won't be on offer. One day of course when the oil runs out (probably in the near future) the motorways will sit silent and neglected - another short term folly.