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Tara - Meath Sinn Féin County Colr. Joe Reilly on the M3 interchange

category meath | miscellaneous | opinion/analysis author Tuesday July 19, 2005 21:15author by Meath Sinn Féin - Sinn Féinauthor address Meath County Council, Navan, Co. Meath. Report this post to the editors

Meath needs infrastructure, but Meath also needs its heritage.

Recent media reports show that Hill of Tara is clearly visible from the site of the M3 Tara Interchange. It also appears that heavy mechanical diggers are being used in the excavation of the Tara valley.

Many in Meath are concerned that the visual impact of this M3 Interchange at Tara may have a detrimental effect on the appeal of Tara, both as a heritage site and a tourist venue.

Time and time again, the crucial question of whether the M3 and the Blundelstown Tara Interchange would be visible from the hill of Tara has been raised. And as many times, both the government and the NRA have stated categorically that the M3 would not be visible from the hill. However, it is now entirely evident that this massive interchange at the foot of the Hill will indeed be visible from Tara, and this now poses grave questions.
Colr. Joe surveys the scene of the M3 archaeological digs
Colr. Joe surveys the scene of the M3 archaeological digs

Recent media reports show that Hill of Tara is clearly visible from the site of the M3 Tara Interchange. It also appears that heavy mechanical diggers are being used in the excavation of the Tara valley.

Many in Meath are concerned that the visual impact of this M3 Interchange at Tara may have a detrimental effect on the appeal of Tara, both as a heritage site and a tourist venue.

Time and time again, the crucial question of whether the M3 and the Blundelstown Tara Interchange would be visible from the hill of Tara has been raised. And as many times, both the government and the NRA have stated categorically that the M3 would not be visible from the hill. However, it is now entirely evident that this massive interchange at the foot of the Hill will indeed be visible from Tara, and this now poses grave questions.

Given Tara's importance to the areas of heritage and tourism in Co Meath, why was the foot of Tara chosen for a 28 acre interchange? Why have government ministers including our own local minister, Noel Dempsey, repeatedly stated that the Tara Interchange would not be visible from Tara when there is now clear photographic evidence to the contrary? How will this huge interchange effect Meath's image as a heritage conscious county, and will there be an impact on tourism? And finally, is the purpose of 22 ton Mechanical diggers excavating presently, to carefully record the past of our most significant national heritage site or is purely to clear the site for the
M3 Tara Intersection as soon as possible.

It is essential that the Ministers Dempsey, Roche, and Cullen respond to these concerns, and explain why assertions that the M3 would not be visible from the hill have now been proved so spectacularly incorrect, and so factually inaccurate. It is time that this government realises that tearing up the ground with 22 ton Mechanical diggers in the Tara valley shows a blatant contempt for heritage, and that a sledgehammer-like approach to archaeology in the Tara area is entirely unacceptable to everyone, not least to the people of Meath.

Meath needs infrastructure, but Meath also needs its heritage.

One of many photos showing the site of the M3 works in relation to the Hill of Tara
One of many photos showing the site of the M3 works in relation to the Hill of Tara

 #   Title   Author   Date 
   It's obscene - Where are the Greens?     shocked    Wed Jul 20, 2005 00:08 
   11 May 2005     not shocked    Wed Jul 20, 2005 00:34 
   Deeply saddened     Jeanne    Wed Jul 20, 2005 01:29 
   Fair play to the Shinners     Shane    Wed Jul 20, 2005 10:03 
   Let's look into Badman's crystal ball     Badman    Wed Jul 20, 2005 10:25 
   "Very limited experience of running large and popular political campaigns and hence a complete.."     Shane    Wed Jul 20, 2005 11:43 
   Concerned about Tara? Want to do something?     Shane    Wed Jul 20, 2005 11:54 
   Led astray by O'Reillys Rag The Sunday Tribune     cynical    Wed Jul 20, 2005 11:54 
   Tara protest?     Shane    Wed Jul 20, 2005 11:58 
 10   Ring the Frigging Greens     cynical    Wed Jul 20, 2005 12:04 
 11   Meet at the Tara na Rí pub just beside the dig site?     Shane    Wed Jul 20, 2005 12:09 
 12   Saturday afternoon sounds good to start     cynical    Wed Jul 20, 2005 12:15 
 13   contact the Save Tara campaign     redjade    Wed Jul 20, 2005 12:16 
 14   'Contact the Save Tara campaign'     Paul G    Wed Jul 20, 2005 12:32 
 15   unbranded?     ™ protestor    Wed Jul 20, 2005 12:48 
 16   re: Paul G     Joe    Wed Jul 20, 2005 13:05 
 17   What it takes to get people out for ANY protest     cynical    Wed Jul 20, 2005 13:08 
 18   "Like an orange revolution, sort of"     Paul G    Wed Jul 20, 2005 13:10 
 19   1st item on the agenda     ™ protestor    Wed Jul 20, 2005 13:19 
 20   Genuine, unhyjacked protest next Sat at 3pm?     Shane    Wed Jul 20, 2005 13:23 
 21   Tara     John    Wed Jul 20, 2005 13:37 
 22   Now there's a good raison d'etre for the protest if it happens.     cynical    Wed Jul 20, 2005 13:41 
 23   this isn't about telephoto lenses     ™ protestor    Wed Jul 20, 2005 13:49 
 24   Unhijacked     Eoghan    Wed Jul 20, 2005 13:51 
 25   Isn't it funny there are no letters in the Irish Crimes about this now work has started?     cynical    Wed Jul 20, 2005 13:54 
 26   Anti Roads etc by John     John G    Wed Jul 20, 2005 13:58 
 27   What Is To Be Done?     redjade    Wed Jul 20, 2005 14:16 
 28   Zoe     Zoe Tunney    Wed Jul 20, 2005 14:19 
 29   'only jumped on the bandwagon'     ™ protestor    Wed Jul 20, 2005 14:34 
 30   ortem     ortem    Wed Jul 20, 2005 14:39 
 31   There isn't a bandwagon at present - there isn't even a band     cynical    Wed Jul 20, 2005 14:39 
 32   ortem has a good buzz goin there     cynical    Wed Jul 20, 2005 14:42 
 33   ReDaily Ireland - check the records     Doing your Homework    Wed Jul 20, 2005 14:57 
 34   Daily Ireland     ™ Protestor    Wed Jul 20, 2005 15:02 
 35   This must be stopped...     Shadow DarkFyre    Wed Jul 20, 2005 15:44 
 36   cartoon     Dee    Wed Jul 20, 2005 16:07 
 37   something to do     Dee    Wed Jul 20, 2005 16:09 
 38   Why do the druids always take over...???     Tara concernee    Wed Jul 20, 2005 16:14 
 39   Hocus Pokus - the real threat to Tara     Ordinary Guy Super Hero    Wed Jul 20, 2005 16:18 
 40   Desecrated     ortem    Wed Jul 20, 2005 16:29 
 41   Sinn Fein at last     TG    Wed Jul 20, 2005 17:46 
 42   Digging at Tara - and related matters     Muireann Ni Bhrolchain    Wed Jul 20, 2005 17:58 
 43   Make that Druids, Wizards AND British Israelites     Ordinary Guy Super Hero    Wed Jul 20, 2005 18:30 
 44   who are the 'British Israelites'?     interested    Wed Jul 20, 2005 20:39 
 45   Some real recordings of Gaelic Lore - not MADE UP     Genuine Gaelic Lore    Wed Jul 20, 2005 20:52 
 46   STOP M3 INTERCHANGE DEVELOPMENT AT TARA     MTH    Wed Jul 20, 2005 21:45 
 47   Isn't it funny there are no letters in the Irish......................     ortem    Wed Jul 20, 2005 22:01 
 48   Hopefully A Constructive Reply to Muireann Ni Bhrolchain     cynical    Wed Jul 20, 2005 23:18 
 49   Monitoring and sit-in required     Andrew McGrath    Wed Jul 20, 2005 23:42 
 50   Protest at 7.30pm, 28th July at dig site. Meet Tara na Rí Pub     Joe Soap Tara Protester    Thu Jul 21, 2005 00:08 
 51   All of a sudden - concern and blame!     George    Thu Jul 21, 2005 00:13 
 52   United we stand, divided we fall     Tinman    Thu Jul 21, 2005 03:15 
 53   Protest at excavation site Monday 25th 6.45pm     Muireann Ni Bhrolchain    Thu Jul 21, 2005 03:21 
 54   Call all Sinn Féin members - be there for Tara     Sinn Féin supporter    Thu Jul 21, 2005 07:00 
 55   Regarding rossport (cynical comments)     politico    Thu Jul 21, 2005 12:31 
 56   How? - 'get in and help the Save Tara Campaign'     info please    Thu Jul 21, 2005 13:45 
 57   Re 'Am I missing the info'     There you go    Thu Jul 21, 2005 14:23 
 58   wish the talking would stop an campaigning start     info please response    Thu Jul 21, 2005 14:39 
 59   explanation     Badman    Thu Jul 21, 2005 14:58 
 60   'Any campaign that doesn't have the capacity to take action at some stage is just too easy to ignore     supporter    Thu Jul 21, 2005 15:32 
 61   How to spread tara news Effectively: Indymedia meath: Put Link On all tara Related Sites     cynical    Thu Jul 21, 2005 17:50 
 62   STSV needs to get the politicians and 'put 'em under pressure'     klik it    Thu Jul 21, 2005 17:57 
 63   The reason that there is no Green Party interest     Breaking News    Thu Jul 21, 2005 18:00 
 64   Jaysus Greenies     cynical    Thu Jul 21, 2005 18:04 
 65   But the Shinners are as bad     Breaking News    Thu Jul 21, 2005 18:09 
 66   Here's a Homemade upcoming Tara Events calendar Link     cynical    Thu Jul 21, 2005 18:26 
 67   Very Odd: Visited the Tara Skryne Yahoo Group Thru Their Site: No Group Anymore?     cynical    Thu Jul 21, 2005 19:07 
 68   STSV MIA     concerned    Thu Jul 21, 2005 19:55 
 69   Will anyone show up at either protest?     concerned    Thu Jul 21, 2005 19:59 
 70   If I wanted to do something useful     cynic    Thu Jul 21, 2005 20:13 
 71   Please work together to Save Tara and Volunteer     Tadhg    Thu Jul 21, 2005 22:19 
 72   Digging their own grave - hold your fire for now     Vincent Salafia    Thu Jul 21, 2005 22:56 
 73   you're not in charge Vincent     cynic    Thu Jul 21, 2005 23:02 
 74   Spot on Vincent     Fair Comment    Thu Jul 21, 2005 23:05 
 75   See nada btw vincent about DA in any announcements of protests either.     cynic    Thu Jul 21, 2005 23:05 
 76   'Finally, the NRA and MCC etc would love it if a few 'protestor' .. marginalised minority'     tara phobic    Thu Jul 21, 2005 23:20 
 77   Hello Troll (roader)     cynic    Thu Jul 21, 2005 23:28 
 78   Calm down - remember the objective is to Save TARA     Worried    Thu Jul 21, 2005 23:30 
 79   protest?     Tadhg    Thu Jul 21, 2005 23:30 
 80   Re: protests on the ground     Andrew McGrath    Fri Jul 22, 2005 00:22 
 81   TaraSkreen Yahoo Group closed down     Muireann Ni Bhrolchain    Fri Jul 22, 2005 00:46 
 82   Protest at excavation site Monday 25th 6.45pm     Muireann Ni Bhrolchain    Fri Jul 22, 2005 00:53 
 83   ouch! at least Vincent proves my point.     Badman    Fri Jul 22, 2005 00:54 
 84   Bulldozers withdrawn     Muireann Ni Bhrolchain    Fri Jul 22, 2005 01:05 
 85   apologies muireann     Badman    Fri Jul 22, 2005 02:09 
 86   Time is short     George    Fri Jul 22, 2005 02:26 
 87   Protest at excavation site Monday 25th 6.45pm     Muireann Ni Bhrolchain    Fri Jul 22, 2005 03:03 
 88   Why not try to get crowds to both events?     1234    Fri Jul 22, 2005 07:15 
 89   Reposting of cynical's earlier message     1234    Fri Jul 22, 2005 07:18 
 90   Annaliviafm     ortem    Fri Jul 22, 2005 10:57 
 91   Why not have Rossport protestors there too     Cool    Fri Jul 22, 2005 12:15 
 92   Let's keep up the discussion     Claire    Fri Jul 22, 2005 14:55 
 93   Focus     Ixy    Fri Jul 22, 2005 15:31 
 94   Hmmm.     Friend    Fri Jul 22, 2005 15:40 
 95   Vincent is ok & so are the STSV     Reasonable    Fri Jul 22, 2005 16:27 
 96   Devastation of Ireland's Heritage !!!     Eadhmonn Ua Cuinn    Fri Jul 22, 2005 18:26 
 97   Giving up and going home     tired    Fri Jul 22, 2005 19:54 
 98   Trashing Out Some Begged Borrowed and Stolen Ideas For Upcoming Tara Protests     cynical    Sat Jul 23, 2005 00:23 
 99   Meath Sinn Féin will be represented on Monday Night     Meath Sinn Féin    Sat Jul 23, 2005 00:28 
 100   Bring yiz'r cameras shinners     cynic    Sat Jul 23, 2005 00:35 
 101   Problem is turnout     Supportive    Sat Jul 23, 2005 11:06 
 102   everyone who has one should bring a camera     cynical    Sat Jul 23, 2005 11:10 
 103   Don't forget to make some posters & Banners     Banner Man    Sat Jul 23, 2005 13:13 
 104   Anyone got one of these? I WANT one! I wanna be a geoblogger. Can I? Can I?     cynical    Sat Jul 23, 2005 16:22 
 105   Constructive comments & ideas     Constructive    Sat Jul 23, 2005 16:22 
 106   How bout trying to contact someone involved     cynical    Sat Jul 23, 2005 16:27 
 107   What good would that do?     Getting even more worried    Sat Jul 23, 2005 23:39 
 108   Furriners Hijacked tara?     non furren    Sat Jul 23, 2005 23:56 
 109   The Real Problem with the Tara campaign     nun bright blessings    Sun Jul 24, 2005 00:54 
 110   Thank you for your positive contribution     cynical    Sun Jul 24, 2005 01:20 
 111   Taraskryne site - check it out     Amused    Sun Jul 24, 2005 01:33 
 112   GPS VOLUNTEERS     ortem    Sun Jul 24, 2005 10:10 
 113   Is the GPS for recording of digging?     Question    Sun Jul 24, 2005 15:31 
 114   GPS reasons     cynical    Sun Jul 24, 2005 15:37 
 115   Hmmmm     Hmmm    Sun Jul 24, 2005 21:54 
 116   Well It just started     cynical    Sun Jul 24, 2005 22:02 
 117   And Hmmmmm - re publicity in Ireland     cynical    Sun Jul 24, 2005 22:07 
 118   If you think they're not doing enough then Get Involved     Tadhg    Mon Jul 25, 2005 01:36 
 119   Connection between Irish Culture & Tara     Question    Mon Jul 25, 2005 11:18 
 120   How about you do a 1000 or so worder for here for use of various     cynical    Mon Jul 25, 2005 11:48 
 121   History and folklore of Tara     In motion    Mon Jul 25, 2005 14:08 
 122   Engaging people in their Culture/History     Tadhg    Mon Jul 25, 2005 19:57 
 123   Yesterdays Protest     cynical    Tue Jul 26, 2005 15:28 
 124   Non alligned protest     interested    Tue Jul 26, 2005 17:09 
 125   It's in the calendar on here     cynical    Tue Jul 26, 2005 17:11 
 126   Whose going?     Thurs protest    Tue Jul 26, 2005 17:22 
 127   Just to note     cynic    Tue Jul 26, 2005 22:03 
 128   Non-aligned protest a good idea.     niallb    Wed Jul 27, 2005 00:48 
 129   Absolutely know no harm was intended     cynical    Wed Jul 27, 2005 00:55 
 130   More media coverage of protest     Muireann Ni Bhrolchain    Thu Jul 28, 2005 10:35 
 131   Tara & British Israelites     ,.,    Thu Jul 28, 2005 14:59 
 132   High Court decision on M3 motorway delayed     Lugh    Fri Jul 29, 2005 23:15 
 133   Meetings     Paul    Sat Jul 30, 2005 08:56 
 134   How does Badman do it?     Badman    Sat Jul 30, 2005 20:11 
 135   softly-softly     pro activist    Sat Jul 30, 2005 20:23 
 136   I never said either/or     Badman    Sat Jul 30, 2005 21:11 
 137   yup     pro activist    Sat Jul 30, 2005 21:16 
 138   Are there 4 people not currently involved in the Tara Campaign     Trying to get a handle    Sat Jul 30, 2005 21:21 
 139   Targets of Protest     Pro action 2    Sat Jul 30, 2005 21:27 
 140   target of protest     cynical    Sat Jul 30, 2005 21:29 
 141   deep throat - deep digging     Pro Activist    Sat Jul 30, 2005 21:30 
 142   Good 1, Deep Throat     pro action 2    Sat Jul 30, 2005 21:34 
 143   When did they find it and when did they tell us and who did they tell first?     Pro Activist    Sat Jul 30, 2005 21:38 
 144   State Policy is to 'Preserve in Situ'.     Woodstown    Sat Jul 30, 2005 22:07 
 145   expanding on point     cynical    Sat Jul 30, 2005 22:18 
 146   oh and a question     cynical    Sat Jul 30, 2005 22:47 
 147   Bit of me buried in Tara by Cú Chulainn     Cú Chulainn    Sat Jul 30, 2005 22:52 
 148   Well 'Trying To Get A Handle'     cynical    Sat Jul 30, 2005 22:55 
 149   oh and a question     cynical    Sat Jul 30, 2005 22:58 
 150   Fianna Fáil in Tara - Apollo Art Gallery     Hmmm. Look at this..    Sat Jul 30, 2005 23:05 
 151   Fianna Fáil in Tara - The answer to the last posting??     The answer??    Sat Jul 30, 2005 23:08 
 152   Meath Chronicle Article - Unknown Pikeman To Lie In State - 1798 Battle of Tara 2003     1798, unlucky enough to be buried in Tara?    Sat Jul 30, 2005 23:13 
 153   So basically nearly everything we know culturally is connected to Tara?     Establishing facts here    Sat Jul 30, 2005 23:16 
 154   The Taoiseach said he wished there was an alternative route, but there was not.     Alternative Routes    Sat Jul 30, 2005 23:21 
 155   Does road impact with the 'low lying ridge'?     cynical    Sat Jul 30, 2005 23:25 
 156   'Bertie Ahern said he couldn't even see the hill from where he was standing on its route."     None so blind    Sat Jul 30, 2005 23:43 
 157   "the centre of a sacred space of interlinked monuments stretching over a comparatively large area"     John Bruton    Sat Jul 30, 2005 23:58 
 158   1934 Dáil - Very few, except those well-versed in the history of Tara, know how far the site extends     Dáil in 1934    Sun Jul 31, 2005 00:20 
 159   Tara, being Irish, being an Irish or Gaelic speaker are connected     Tara Republic    Sun Jul 31, 2005 10:15 
 160   'Republicans' Destroying national Symbol     cynical    Wed Aug 03, 2005 12:52 
 161   Tara Day August 15th 3pm     Muireann Ni Bhrolchain    Wed Aug 10, 2005 00:23 
 162   FF legacy of 'bribery and corruption', say Greens     FF    Sun Mar 26, 2006 11:36 


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