Protesters form human Harp
- to save Tara
By - Unknown.
Hundreds of campaigners yesterday created a giant human
Harp in Co. Meath to mark Tara Heritage Day.
The protest is the latest in a string of high profile
moves to pressurise the Government into rerouting the M3
motorway away from the historic site.
Protesters also formed the words "Save Tara Valley" as
part of the stunt.
Hollywood actors Stuart Townsend and Jonathan Rhys Myers
took part in today's event as well as musicians,
historians and many of Ireland's harpists.
Renowned aerial artist John Quigley, who has created
similar art images in the Arctic and the Amazon, directed
the event.
Ireland is unique in having a musical instrument, the
Harp, as it's national emblem, said a spokesman for
campaigners Tarawatch.
This indicates the primacy of the Harp in Irish
culture.
The sites under threat are inextricably linked with the
harping and bardic traditions for more than 2,500
years.
Protest were also held this weekend in New York, Chicago,
Los Angeles and Dublin.
On Saturday, harpists played outside Leinster House, in a
symbolic gesture of Irish heritage, and delivered a
petition to Minister for the Environment John Gormley.
Earlier this year Tara was placed on the World Monuments
Fund list of the world's most endangered sites.
© The Irish News, 24th. September 2007.
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