there is a TUNNEL !!!
" 21st
century souterrain " protesters have dug a tunnel under the path
of the M3 and a girl called Sqeak is moving down there
From Save Tara campaigners:
A statement on behalf of the Rath Lugh
Direct Action Camp
Muireann Ní Bhrolcháin 087-9249510
(For direct contacts
see phone numbers below)
Statement on behalf of the Rath Lugh Direct
Action Camp
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21st century souterrain
The Protectors at Rath Lugh
have planned a Direct Action method used for the first time on protest sites
in Ireland. They have dug a tunnel under the route of the M3 directly in
front of the Rath Lugh promontory fort in the Gabhra Valley, Co Meath in
Ireland.
The Protectors intend to occupy this tunnel and seal themselves
inside indefinitely to prevent construction traffic from passing overhead.
They are laying their very lives on the line to protect and preserve Tara’s
landscape from the destruction wrought by their own Government.
The
Protectors said: “We want to draw attention to the continued erosion of the
esker by passing construction traffic, hence damaging the base and
foundation of the Rath.”
This is a continuation of their non-violent
direct action. The tunnel acts like a souterrain giving the occupant
protection and making it very difficult for the enemy to
enter.
Rath Lugh Direct Action Camp
For further information ring
Derek on 086-845 9279 or Lou on 086-3600478
http://www.tarapixie.net
Link to the video of events 5-6 March at
Rath Lugh, Lismullin, Co Meath
http://www.livevideo.com/video/4819A5371FDA46BAB4A42CA1D60B2A1F/rathlugh-down-under.aspx?m_tkc=11224420
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..it is a longish video clip - the bit from the tunnel is
right at the end
hopefully an edited version along soon
...
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tunnel video now HERE -
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Just about one day left for the proper download of
the Entirely Brilliant Radio Ulster -Tara Documentary
featuring our King of Poets , Seamus Heaney himself
...after that it will be relying on crackly
versions that people have secretely taped in their bedrooms
But it does seem to oppose a Poetic notion of
Ireland against a Modern and Progressive one
which is only the half of the story
it doesnt mention that there used to be a train
that used to take less than an hour until the railway was closed
which sounds a lot more like Progress than the
present scenario
or that this motorway is planned to feed a quarter
of a million commuter cars a day into Dublin which - like any other capital City
- is already choking in traffic -
and that this idea of "progress " involves feeding
them as far as a roundabout just outside Dublin
where they will probably sit for a while
while the other half of the Government's brain is
busily producing Sustainable Transport documents
with pictures of bicycles - gleaming silver trains
and fields of daisies
- no pictures of clogged up roundabouts and
housing being demolished for carparks - none whatever
anyway
Noel Demsey - the Minister in charge of Transport
has produced a public consultation document
which takes about an hour to download because most
of it is blank pages so I have pasted the text and the diagrams onto
should anyone wish to read it
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sorry - I think the documentary is off the Radio
Ulster website since I wrote that but somebody has it as an MP3 and it will
shortly be up on one of the Tara sites
along with a lot of other material which is
strictly speaking copyrighted but just happens to be there anyway - but always
properly credited I hope -
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Nothing really to do with Tara - purrhaps
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- but then again
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some things are just too good to leave out......
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re/ Tara - Northern Connections
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Nuada. [I] Chief druid of Cahir Mor, a king
and ancestor of Fionn Mac Cumhail who built the fortress on the Hill of Allen.
More famous, however, is Nuada Argetlamh, Nuada of the Silver Hand. He appears
as the supreme leader of the gods, possessed of a sword from which none could
escape. He was the first ruler of the De Danaan on their arrival in Ireland but
lost his hand at the first battle of Magh Tuireadh fighting against the Firbolg.
The god of medicine, Dian cecht, made him a silver hand, but later Dian cecht's
son, Miach, made him a new hand of flesh and blood with which he regained his
position, displacing the half-Fomorii, Bres. Nuada set off the events that led
to the second battle of Magh Tuireadh against the Fomorii. In this battle Nuada
and his wife, Macha, are slain by Balor of the Evil Eye. Nuada is cognate with
the Welsh Nudd of the Silver Hand. The name also appears in the form of Nodens.
There is a third Nuada, Nuada Necht. He is a king who directly preceded Conaire
Mor as the High King.
http://www.celtic.mythology.50megs.com/NIS%2D%2D%2DNY.html
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I went to see the statue of Nuada in the Protestant
Cathedral at Armagh
- getting the bus which is five quid return - I
mention this because it is 2 quid less than a single ticket for reasons known
only to Ulsterbus so I wont try to explain - it just IS
And just me because it was a Tuesday - and Nuada -
because he was king of the De Danaann and in Legend the first king at Tara -
and reigning there when Lugh arrived
..........according to Legend of course
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the Tandragee man - Nuada - Armagh
march
2008
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and because I think that Ballynoe stone
circle where we were last week is named for him -
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well - it makes sense to me - so following
the trail it just seemed like the next place to go
The statue in the Cathedral is called the
Tandragee Man because he was found in a garden in Tandragee though " Tandragee
man " into Google brings up a slough of court reports but very
little information about the statue .
He is sort of sitting at the side of the cathedral
- among the spare chairs
clutching his silver arm - I wonder if it was once
covered in silver - certainly he had horns of some kind although they are broken
now but whether they grew out of his head or were on some kind of helmet isnt
clear but horns he certainly had
And he is just the same as ever - but the chairs
around him have changed since last time , now they are plastic but last time
they were wicker
A slightly odd place for a pagan statue , but not
a bad one as there are plenty of chairs around , no glass cases or troops of
school kids and nobody bothers you if you sit there all day
so long I suppose that you show no obvious signs of
Worshipping him - slaughtering chickens or anything
- and by the time I left it was getting dark so
didnt get out to Emain Macha - not this time
Im writing a heap of stuff - but if this Update
waits for it to get typed up it wont go out before
the market - then Labhoise takes
us down to Tara tommorow .....
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Also
THE ULSTER ARCHAEOLOGICAL
SOCIETY
oh - Monday <>
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Lectures are usually held in the Lecture
Theatre, School of Archaeology, Elmwood Avenue, Belfast 7.
Unless otherwise published lectures
start at 8pm prompt.
Admission is free and all are
welcome.
and according to a leaflet there should be a
lecture on Monday about " Niall of the Nine Hostages and Adaptive Change
"
...meaning ... ? - I have no idea at all - but
the Mound of the Hostages at Tara is named for that Niall so there would have to
be some relevance even if microscopic
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Back to the main point
Tara -
is finally in the News again - much thanks to our
beloved Radio Ulster and Seamus Heaney
there are two legal challenges in the pipeline and
- possibly inspired by M. Heaney - two senators are raising the matter in the
Seanad
there is a huge amount of confusion over the
mapping around Rath Lugh which seems to be full of errors
and I just found this article - old but still
interesting - by a Green Party Candidate
Carmel Hanna is raising the issue at Stormont and
there are letters in the southern papers saying that if it can be discussed in
the North then they want a chance to discuss it too -
so that has achieved something already
so - somehow the tide is turning - in time ..? who
knows ?
its a bit like watching raindrops rolling down a
window - the destruction proceeds - but the weight of evidence against it grows
as fast
anyway - its worth trying - and Ive been going
through all the back papers - the minutes of the planning meetings and such (
which is why the website has been a bit neglected )
and ----and ---and --- there is a heap of stuff I
havent time to explain at the moment .....
... but more soon
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the usual - if you
want to come off this list - then email me and Ill take you off it - but if you
know anyone who would be interested then please pass it on to them - and if you
get it sent to you and want to get the Updates then just ask -
OR if anyone out
there would be interested in writing for it then also get in touch and
maybe we can make it into a real newsletter ---
ALSO - if you want to
be involved with the project of investigating places in the North with Tara
connections ....
AND/OR want to know
more about the Save Tara campaign in the North ..... contact
anita
02890802842
mob 07944969373
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- oh - this has just come in ! .....; )
Irish Times-8 March
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'M3 motorway
protesters claim to have entered tunnel under road'
By Harry
McGee
CAMPAIGNERS AGAINST the M3 motorway claim they
have stepped up their campaign by occupying a tunnel they say they have secretly
dug under the proposed route that passes through the Tara Valley in Co
Meath.
A group calling itself the Rath Lugh Direct
Action Camp last night said protesters are already occupying the tunnel and were
capable of sealing themselves in. They said that construction traffic passing
over the tunnel would leave it vulnerable to collapse.
Derek Berrill, a spokesman for the group which
is affiliated to the Save Tara campaign, said the passageway was located in
front of the Rath Luth promontory fort in the Gabhra Valley.
"It has been occupied since March 6th. We have
moved in because we are never too sure when they plan the next move against us,"
said Mr Berrill.
He said that work had commenced on the tunnel in
secret in August 2007. He would not specify its exact size. "I can say the
tunnel is big, although I am not in a position to give the diameter," said Mr
Berrill.
"It goes directly down and then goes halfway
under the route itself, crossing about halfway across [the width of the
proposed] motorway."
The protesters say they intend to occupy the
tunnel indefinitely to prevent construction traffic from passing
overhead.
They say they also want to draw attention to
what they say is continued erosion of the landscape from construction
traffic.
Mr Berrill said they were "absolutely certain"
that the tunnel itself would not cause damage.
Michael Egan of the National Roads Authority
said there was no independent verification as yet that any tunnel had been
built.
Entering a caveat that protesters have claimed
actions in the past that did not materialise, Mr Egan said that if a tunnel had
been dug then the contractor, and if necessary the Garda Síochána, would have to
deal with the situation.
"They have no right to be on that property. They
are trespassing above and below the ground," he said.
The Department of Environment said it had no
reason to believe that any activity close to Rath Lugh was endangering or
damaging the monument.
Minister for the Environment John Gormley's
spokesman said that issues surrounding the construction of the road were matters
for the Department of Transport and the authority.
The spokesman said that Mr Gormley yesterday
signed a permanent protection order for the Rath Lugh promontory fort - until
now it has been protected by a temporary order. This order, he said, was a
coincidence unrelated to yesterday's development.
He added that the department was unaware as to
the existence of a tunnel.
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well
- the tunnel most certainly DOES exist
oh - and so does the Permanent Preservation Order
on Rath Lugh ! ..... but where are the edges .....?
........ and who has the right map ...? it is a
Mystery ....
anyway
more details as usual
on
and www.sacredireland.org thats it for
the moment -PLEASE support the protest and campaigns however you can - but
letters to the papers especially
- and hopefully the BCC ( blind carbon copy ) will
work this time ....
