Tara Harpers / Tara Update - Trinity College Dublin - 12.00-2.00pm

meath | history and heritage | event notice Tuesday September 18, 2007 13:56 by TaraWatch info at tarawatch dot org

Free seminar on the Hill of Tara and the M3 motorway issue

An information session will be held in Trinity College Dublin on Saturday 22nd September at 12.00pm, util 2.00pm,. in advance of the Tara Harpers demonstration at Dáil Éireann at 3.00pm

On Saturday 22nd September 2007 at 3 p.m. the harpers of Ireland will gather at Dáil Éireann to demonstrate publicly the strength of their opposition to the destruction of historic cultural sites at the Tara/Skryne Valley as a result of the current route of the M3 motorway. The harpers will assemble with their harps along Kildare Street, and will submit a petition to Minister John Gormley insisting he implement alternatives to the continued destruction which is taking place.Ireland is unique in having a musical instrument, the harp, as its national emblem.

The Centre for Medieval and Reenaissance Studies, in conjunction with TaraWatch, is hosting a Tara Update, in order to provide a forum for facts and information on various aspects of the issue to be presented to the public.

TARA UPDATE - TRINITY COLLEGE DUBLIN
Swift Theatre 12.00 - 2.00pm,
Saturday, 22nd September, 2007
Admission free

- TARA HARPERS
- WORLD MONUMENTS FUND (WMF)
- CENTRE FOR MEDIEVAL AND RENAISSANCE STUDIES, TCD
- UNION OF STUDENTS OF IRELAND, (USI)
- TARAWATCH

Contact:

- Dr Sarah Alyn Stacey, Trinity College Dublin email salynsta@tcd.ie
Tel: +353-1-6082686

- TaraWatch info@tarawatch.org
Tel: +353-87-132-3365

- Tara Harpers - Laoise Kelly laoise.kelly@face.ie
Tel: +353-86-260-3405
http://www.myspace.com/taraharpers