Dail Tara M3 Protest to be 'For the Children'

dublin | environment | news report Tuesday July 04, 2006 10:12 by Christine - TaraWatch events at tarawatch dot org

TaraWatch to be joined by Green Party and Sinn Fein in calling for a rerouting of the M3 away from the Hill of Tara on Thursday, 6th July at 10.00 AM

The theme of Thursday's protest against the M3 at Tara will be 'For the Children'. It is hoped that many people will being their kids along, to highlight the fact that Tara campaigners are fighting for the future, not buried in the past. Dress up and have fun!

Tarawatch is hosting a demonstration outside the Dail on Thursday 6th
July at 10.00 AM, which will be attended by the Green Party and Sinn
Fein. The theme will be ‘For the Children’, to highlight the fact that
campaigners for Tara are not stuck in the past, but are concerned for
the future.

We hope to have people and children in fancy dress.

Tarawatch are also putting together an album of current & upcoming Irish
artists to raise awareness for their campaign opposing the proposed
motorway through the lands at Tara, Co. Meath. The album sales will go
towards raising funds for the campaign.

Among the acts already confirmed are Paddy Casey, Kila, Camille
O'Sullivan, the late Mic Christopher, Bray Vista Social Club, Indian,
Celtic Legacy, Peatbog Faeries, Sick and Indigent Song Club and Fathom.

It is hoped that some of the artists will attend Thursday's protest.

The album will be entitled ‘Tara of the Kings’, based on the poem
written by Pulitzer Prize winning poet Paul Muldoon, who has permitted
Ronán Ó Snodaigh of Kíla to put it to music. Cover design will be by
Jim Fitzpatrick, who is famous for designing album covers for Thin
Lizzy and Sinead O’Connor.

The album is expected to be released in early autumn. More acts are to
be confirmed in the coming weeks.

Selected upcoming acts from the organisation’s music nights, the Tara
Sessions, which are held every Tuesday evening in the Dice Bar, Dublin,
will also be included on the album.

'House of Cosy Cushions' will play tonight at Dice Bar, after Italy win the Wolrd Cup Semi ;-)

[Here's some photos from past protests, by Redjae]

TARA OF THE KINGS

By Paul Muldoon (Irish Times - Sat Jun 24, 2006)

WE MET AT THE SUMMER SOLSTICE
WHEN EVERYTHING STOOD STILL
HER SLOPING AWAY LIKE ISEULT
LEFT ME OVER THE HILL
I RAISED THE CHAMBER IN THE MOUND
THE OAK-FRINGED SACRED SPRING
THAT FEEDS THE STREAMS THAT RUN AROUND
TARA OF THE KINGS

SHE WAS THROUGH WITH CARBON DATING
STAKEHOLDERS WITH NO HAIR
SHE WAS THROUGH WITH MONSTER MEETINGS
IN FLATS OFF PARNELL SQUARE
SHE WAS THROUGH WITH CROWNED AND UNCROWNED
YEW TREES WITH COUNTLESS RINGS
THE DITCH THAT USED TO RUN AROUND
TARA OF THE KINGS

COULD WE WHO ENDURED THE PENAL
AND EDWARD POYNING'S LAWS
(NEVER MIND THE BEEF TRIBUNAL)
NOW SOMEHOW BE IN AWE
OF A ROAD RUNNING THROUGH THE GROUND
ON WHICH STOOD OUR ALTHING
AND NOT ENSURE IT RUN AROUND
TARA OF THE KINGS?

WE KNOW THE STONE OF DESTINY
WAS SET UP IN THIS SOIL
NOW THE SOLDIERS OF DESTINY
ARE SET TO BANK THE SPOILS
AND LEST THEY WISH TO BE RENOWNED
FOR RAPE AND RAVISHING
THEY'LL NOT GIVE US THE RUNAROUND
ON TARA OF THE KINGS

WE'RE FATED TO BE REMEMBERED
AS SPOILERS OF THE DEAD

AND THOUGH WE SEEM QUITE UNHAMPERED
BY HONOUR OR BY DREAD
YET WE ARE DREAD- AND HONOUR-BOUND
TO OUR UNBORN OFFSPRING
TO ENSURE THE M3 RUN AROUND
TARA OF THE KINGS