TARA
As we journey, and continue so, through the eight festivals we find ourselves on different parts of the hill and in the surrounding landscape. As you journey through this website you will see pictures of different places and different people. All unique and yet all in unity.
The Hill of Tara lies in a north - south orientation. It is not particularly high. There are no dramatic cliff edges or noticeable natural features... and from the east it barely seems a hill at all. Just a gentle rising of the land. Coming from the west it appears as a bank against the skyline.
And yet....
...it has the capacity to stir the hearts and souls of all that tread its ground. It 'gets under the skin' and you either laugh or cry as you walk where thousands have walked before you. Humanity has played out its history in lives of feasting and battle on these gentle slopes, and the hill has somehow energised the whole thing; the emotions, the thoughts, the physical actions and the spirituality enhanced in those that visit.
Here human beings have raised massive embankments, cut into the bedrock with our ditches, creating circular and linear features for who knows what purpose, our ancestors reasons lost in the mists of time, their mystery remaining for each who cares to consider and interpret the intentions of those far off days.
For that is the enduring gift of Tara. It can be whatever you want it to be. The land is firm beneath you, the sky wide above you and the views immense. It may seem insignificant but it broadens your horizons and supports you.
The most familiar view from Tara - looking across the Gabhra valley to Skryne Church
Sacred Art Rediscovered
Sacred Art rediscovered after thousands of years. Samhain is a special time of the year. It is the death of the old and the birth of the new....
St John's Well
Celebrated on 24th June. There is a curious legend attached to this well in Warrenstown. It is said that John the Baptist, in the Holy Land,...
Dowdstown Bridge Tara
The Gabhra and Skane flow from the east and west sides of the Hill of Tara to meet at Dowdstown Bridge. They then travel through the grounds of...
DOWSING PROJECT
Be part of a big mystery experiment to divine energy and water lines on the hill top of Tara. Print out the map below. Draw in your discoveries and...
HISTORIC IRELAND MAP
View Larger Map This is really a work in progress and it is a graphical representation of the Equinox line stretching from coast to coast across...
Page last updated: 27th Feb 2011
