I'm with you with this! You know in Poland there is a beautiful, ecologically unique valley of Rospuda and they wanted to cut it in half with a highway. The battle lasted a couple of years but finally in the end of 2008 or beginning of 2009 we won! And Rospuda is protected and the autoroute will go around! so it's definelely worth trying :)

what is going on there any updates?

The issue really isnt about the Hill of Tara itself but about the route of the M3 through the Tara Skryne valley which has many archaeological sites linked to the settlements on the Hill of Tara itself. Tara is quite a special location.I had the pleasure of visiting it last year with a dear friend from America who alas has recently died from Breast Cancer.The Hill is a really commanding spot overlooking the plains on every side
I dearly hope that the M3 can be rerouted though alas I doubt that it will at this stage.
Having experience of archaeological digs on Road sites I will say that any potential sites of significance are usually fully excavated and recorded prior to the road being built. At the end of the day even if the road does go ahead every single find along the route will be studied and listed giving a more complete picture of the history of the Valley itself.

Following the largest ever international gathering of archaeologists in Dublin, Ireland, the World Archaeological Congress has released a statement expressing its opposition to any further development alongside the new stretch of motorway in the wider landscape zone surrounding the historical site of Tara in Co Meath, Ireland.

The World Archaeological Congress strongly encourages the Irish Government to instigate formal protection measures for this area, and to consider nominating Tara for inscription as a World Heritage site.

Please sign the http://www.ipetitions.com/petiti... ">Online Petition to UNESCO. Every signature counts till July 9th while Tarawatch.org goes to the UNESCO convention in Canada to petition that Tara Valley be fully protected as a World Heritage Site.

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THE JUDGMENT OF TARA:

The royal Arch Druid Amergin, spoke this poem as his invocation of Ireland.

Together
I request the land of Ireland (to come forth)

coursed is the wild sea

wild the crying mountains

crying the generous woods

generous in showers (rain/waterfalls)

showers lakes and vast pools

vast pools hosts of well-springs

well-springs of tribes in assembly

assembly of kings of Tara

Tara host of tribes


tribes of the sons of Mil

Mil of boats and ships

ships come to Ireland

Ireland high terribly blue

an incantation on the (same) wind

(which was the) wind empty of Bres

Bres of an empty cup

Ireland be mighty

Ermon at the beginning

Ir, Eber, requested

(now it is) I (who) request the land of Ireland!

http://www.druidschool.com/site/... page/837902

You are welcome to help save the Hill of Tara's Royal Grove by sending a protest letter to UNESCO at - Europe and North America Unit, World Heritage Centre, UNESCO, 7 place de Fontenoy 75352 Paris 07SP, France.

Please Help Join all of us and stop this distruction of our ancient capital.
Tara is the center of Irish history and a place where all Irish people are connected spirtually and by geneological lineage.

http://www.ipetitions.com/petiti... ">ONLINE PETITION TO UNESCO AND ICOMOS to save the Hill of Tara archaeological complex and cultural landscape from construction of the M3 motorway, in Ireland.

http://tarawatch.org/?page_id=202
where the petition is