Unearthing Controversy
For the past 18 months, the Save Tara activista have been
resolutely and valiantly endeavouring to expose
archaeological blunders and cultural and criminal
vandalism in the Tara/Skyrne (Gabhra) Valley. Yet they
have continuously come up against a brick wall of a
deathly and impregnable silence. Government cover-up and
black out have been the order of the day.
Now, in the last week, two honourable women
archaeologists - whose consciences had pricked them long
enough - have confirmed what the protesters have been
saying all along: unethical archaeology has been
conducted by so-called professional people in the Valley
of Ireland's Kings.
So, one wonders: if there is dissension within a house,
can the structure remain intact? To quote W B Yeats:
"Things fall apart; the centre cannot hold; mere anarchy
is loosed upon the world".
Perhaps, there is still time to make amends for the
disgraceful litany of destruction in the Tara/Skyrne
Valley by adopting this salutary lesson therein: when, in
the future, protesters outline archaeological ineptitude,
believe them and expose it before it reaches
ground-breaking proportions.
Roibeard McElroy,
Santry,
Dublin 9.
© Irish Daily Mail, 4th. July 2008.
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