Is the sun going down on Hill of
Tara?
I WISH to offer commiserations to all those in Ireland
who despair at what is happening to the Tara landscape in
the name of relieving Meath's traffic congestion.
That the Tara/Skryne archaeological complex may never be
fully appreciated as a very possible and unique World
Heritage Site with much to add to our ongoing
re-discovery of our early common European civilisation
and provider of an alternative springboard for local
development and employment to that which is probably
envisaged by the present powers-that-be is cause for
despair.
Especially when alternative, shorter, cheaper, greener
rail and road commuter routes appear possible.
Aren't there? If so, what price Green TDs in
Government?
Would Douglas Hyde and WB Yeats have also shared in that
despair having forewarned of the national consequences -
individually and collectively experienced - of any
desecration to the iconic Hill itself and which may well
have included, in their eyes, its rich and related Gabhra
landscape nearby if seen to be threatened with
destruction and being ridden-over roughshod?
Future generations would seem to be being unnecessarily
robbed of a national and international treasure.
Another modern folly comparable to rainforest destruction
for Soya bean production - perhaps suggesting an
enviro-mentality of short-term gain but with long-term
costs?
Robin Goodfellow,
Pembrokeshire,
Wales.
© The Irish Post, 5th. March 2008.
