#Hill of tara

[dreamconsumer]

Cormac, High King of Ireland, and Eithne Taebfada.

Cormac mac Airt was, according to medieval Irish legend and historical tradition, a High King of Ireland. He is said to have ruled from Tara, the seat of the High Kings of Ireland, for forty years, and under his rule, Tara flourished.

According to the saga "The Melody of the House of Buchet", Cormac married Eithne Táebfada, daughter of Cathaír Mór (according to Lebor Gabála Érenn, a High King of Ireland) and foster-daughter of Buchet, a wealthy cattle-lord from Leinster whose hospitality was so exploited that he was reduced to poverty.

[herowneyes]

Lost in the stacks

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[hedgewitchgarden]

The so-called “wishing trees” at the Co Meath heritage site are in danger of collapse and the Tara Skryne Preservation group is now appealing to visitors to the Hill of Tara to stop suffocating the trees after one of the hawthorns fell recently.

Also called fairy trees, it has been a tradition to place strips of cotton to the trees in the hope of curing an ailment which would disappear as the cloth decayed.

But in recent years, visitors have been tying hundreds of items including nappies, plastic cards, bras and even handcuffs to the branches of the trees, which stand near the legendary Lia Fail stone.

Coins have also been hammered into the trees, causing fungal diseases to develop in its bark.

Although locals have made an effort to keep the trees stripped in clean-ups over the years, one of the hawthorns fell recently.

John Farrelly and Carmel Diviney of the Tara Skryne Preservation Group are now calling for immediate action before all six hawthorn trees are killed.

Mr Farrelly said: “These trees have been weakened considerably and now one of the root systems has been exposed which will end the tree’s life ultimately.

“The trees can’t carry all this junk which gets heavier in rain and people have been hammering coins and penetrating their protective layer, leaving them open to poisoning from fungal diseases.

“Another fairy tree on the hill is also in bad condition and we have to act now to save the others.

“These hawthorns are lone bushes which have survived growth in exposed areas. According to folklore, if a tree or bush was able to withstand the elements and grow unaided in these areas, there had to be some sort of magical force helping them.

“People believed that lone bushes were helped to grow by the fairies or other spiritual beings as a reminder that we are not alone on this earth - we are not the masters of everything.

“It would be a shame to see them die.”

John has taken slips from the trees and managed to grow saplings which he will nurture until they become strong enough to survive the elements and the animals.

However in the meantime, a call is being made to the Office of Public Works (OPW) and tour operators to keep the trees free of rubbish.

“Tying a small piece of bio-degradable rag is one thing but hammering coins into the truck is another,” said Carmel.

“We are also asking the Office of Public Works if they can help in the matter.

“Most tour guides and buses are on our side but you will see some tours actively tying stuff to the trees and to these we plead, Stop!”

The Hill of Tara attracts thousands of visitors each year to see the former seat of the High Kings of Ireland and it’s also said that the hand and head of fierce warrior Cuchulainn is buried near the site.

[lunemorte]

Hill of Tara - Ireland

[alchemisland]

Tara of the Kings

Smoking joints in the trenches surrounding Tara Barring Yank crowds and cawing crows no sounds Snakeless pre and post-Patrick, Catholic mythmaker Using shamrocks to illustrate Christian hat tricks Patron saint of patience waiting on eighths High samhraidh on Tara’s hills, Dowth-surrounded Bizzarre visions, ancestral visitations, cognitive invasions Solar placement, erection without…

[azvolrien]

Going to do the bulk of today's photo uploads in the afternoon, but here's some from the Hill of Tara to start us off. Even if you're not particularly read-up on Irish history, you may recognise the name from Artemis Fowl.

It's mostly earthworks, but there is a little standing stone (the Lia Fáil), what looks like someone's gravestone next to it (it's in Irish, so I'm not sure what it actually says), and a burial cairn called the Mound of the Hostages with some interesting carvings in the entrance passage.

I think they maybe need to put up some new information boards. They're looking a bit sun-bleached.

[zoe-jae-w]

Out In The Wild no.29

Out In The Wild no.29 featuring The Realm in The Hill of Tara. ‌ I based so much of my world building around The Hill of Tara. The Fairy Tree at The Hill of Tara makes a direct appearance in The Realm and it was magical getting to see it in person. ‌ 🇮🇪Fairy Tree (1-2) 🇮🇪Mound of the Hostages (3)

[bardoftara]

History Always Rhymes

I’ve been informed lately, And I cannot understand, Why someone who lives in England, Wants to put me off my land! So I gotta write about it, And put it in a poem, Why should that English person want, To evict me from my home? (more…)

[alialioxenfreeee]

So there’s the whole joke about Gale having a six pack despite being cooped up in a tower for so long but all I can think of is that Tara ran some pretty mean spin classes, complete with a little sweatband around her head as she put Gale through his paces.

“Keep going Mister Dekarios! Did I say stop? Feel that burn!”

[dreamconsumer]

"The Morning of Clontarf".

[herowneyes]

"Yet the serene half-light over Tara's well-kept acres brought a measure of quiet to her disturbed mind."

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[what-if-this-happens-instead]

sometimes, when im really in the mood for an AU- i think up a world that is slightly to the left. because really, we know how competent theo is. we can guess that he's done what he tried to do in cannon before and succeeded. followed orders, whatever. but maybe he's tired of it by now, and maybe he doesnt lose dilibrately but, well. maybe he didnt give it his all, you know?

[stairnaheireann]

#OTD in Irish History | 30 October:

1751 – Birth in Dublin of dramatist and orator, Richard Brinsley Sheridan. 1816 – Sir Richard Quain, physician to Queen Victoria, is born in Mallow, Co Cork. 1846 – Cork Examiner reports death by starvation. 1865 – Birth of Rose Maud Young (Róis Ní Ógáin) at Galgorm House, Ballymena, Co Antrim. She was educated at home by a governess and then trained as a teacher in Cambridge. Although she came…

[kevinvoncrastenburg]

Uberhood (119) - Viejo -> Martin

Samantha & Faline Kat playing with each other. 🐱

Yet another death in my Uberhood. This time it hit Catherine Viejo.

R.I.P. Catherine Viejo! Due to her death, and her being the last existing sim with the last name Viejo, the household name has been changed to Martin.

Just a few days after Catherine's passing, Tara's cat Mickey, passed away as well. Annoyingly it's been the same phenomenon that occured at the Jocques once, where I didn't notice the pet passed away until I saw the urn. <.<

Nonetheless, we'll end this post, and this whole round for that matter, on a positive note: Tara and Andrew are expecting their first child together! 👶🏻

[so-long-soldier28]

i know that all the wiki pages and google results say that the dread doctors chose theo because he "showed sociopathic traits," or whatever, but i genuinely believe it was the exact opposite, and they chose him because he looked weak and easy to manipulate