Tara Celebrations


 

SACRED PLACES

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spring sunrise

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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. During the birth process a baby comes roaring out of the darkness of the nurturing womb into the glare of the light……and so it is with Tara’s latest birth brought to the light by archaeologists removing the cap stone of an early Christian  souterain  in the path of the insensitively placed M3.   This year for the first time in centuries the Samhain sun is illuminating a sand stone boulder with Neolithic glyphs placed there five millennia ago.  The boulder consists of zigzags and nested circles with some fine picking detail that looks as fresh as the day it was done. This boulder is as old as its sister on the hill top of Tara and to the touch is surprisingly warm, a sure sign of living energy, perhaps even a sleeping diva still in the stone.       During the start of Samhain a beam of the rising...
Wells of Tara
An angel guardian came to the Well at Winter Solstice 2007    
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 Dalgan Park to join the River Boyne. Salmon spawn in these waters every year.      

Last Updated: 8th April 2008 20:20