This situation doesn't sound like good news. I can't imagine why this highway couldn't be built farther away from this invaluable ancient Irish Pagan site. --L.B.
Ireland Divided Over Hill of Tara Plan
Wednesday May 11, 2005 8:01 PM
By SHAWN POGATCHNIK
Associated Press Writer
HILL OF TARA, Ireland (AP) - This grassy, windswept hill outside Dublin was long the spiritual and political center of Ireland, an earthen fort where Celtic chieftains jockeyed for power and legend says St. Patrick confronted paganism.
Today, the Hill of Tara is at the center of another showdown - over whether Ireland, a rapidly expanding country where construction often uncovers the past, can reconcile its rich heritage with the demands of modern life.
Capping two years of arguments, the government on Wednesday authorized archaeologists to begin excavating 38 sites along the proposed route of a new highway past the hill.