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Article: Next left: high kings, pagan overthrow.(SPECTRUM)(economic development impact on Hill of Tara)
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- Environment
- Article date:
- April 1, 2005
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Prospects continue to look good for Ireland's economy, but according to activists, a development plan in its heartland may uproot history and forever mar an ancient hilltop view. On the right night, the aurora borealis can be seen atop the Hill of Tara--Temair in Irish or "place of great prospect"--and a clear day affords a panorama of rolling green countryside and the Irish Sea. Because of this and the hill's historical importance, a road project slated to run near it has sparked a media campaign of epic proportions, with many businesses and Dublin commuters on one side and archaeologists and preservationists on the other. History and myth have long intertwined at Tara, ...
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