http://www.tara-trees.org/ Latest updates on www.tara-trees.org en-gb http://www.tara-trees.org/view/Seasons/Winter_Solstice/ You put the old year in, the old year out, In out, In out.... Shake it all about. You do the hokey cokey and you turn around.... that's what it's all about. You put the new year in, the new year out, In out, In out.... Shake it all about. You do the... Sun, 06 Apr 2008 10:59:24 +0100 http://www.tara-trees.org/view/Seasons/Spring_Equinox/ Tree - Drawn in Two Directions Tree - Roots Plunge Downwards. deep within the earth, in the creative core, harmony and balance, as crystal rivers, roar. Tree - Trunk Soars Upwards. deep within the universe, in the creative soul, harmony and balance,... Sun, 06 Apr 2008 10:56:22 +0100 http://www.tara-trees.org/view/Seasons/Winter_Snow/ Sat, 29 Mar 2008 20:07:01 +0000 http://www.tara-trees.org/view/Leaves,_branches,_trunks_&_roots/Branches/ Sat, 29 Mar 2008 18:16:56 +0000 http://www.tara-trees.org/view/Leaves,_branches,_trunks_&_roots/Trunks/ Sat, 29 Mar 2008 18:15:14 +0000 http://www.tara-trees.org/view/Tree_Meditations/Trunk/ Imagine you are walking on a sunny day along a path. This rises gently up a hillside. The sides of the path are hedged with white flowering hawthorns. You relish the sight of these, looking at the beauty of each of the tender blossoms. Ahead, on the... Mon, 03 Mar 2008 13:53:02 +0000 http://www.tara-trees.org/view/Garran_na_Coille/Fairy_Tree/ Sat, 23 Feb 2008 20:24:30 +0000 http://www.tara-trees.org/view/Raith_Grainne_&_Cloenfherta/Cloenfherta/ Another Ard Ri is remembered here, Lugaid MacCon. Legend tells how he gave a poor judgement in a case involving sheep, resulting in the collapse of his house on this site. This is why it spills over the slope of the hill. He was removed from Kingship and... Tue, 19 Feb 2008 21:26:00 +0000 http://www.tara-trees.org/view/Tree_Meditations/Roots/ Imagine you are walking on a sunny day along a path. This rises gently up a hillside. The sides of the path are hedged with white flowering hawthorns. You relish the sight of these, looking at the beauty of each of the tender blossoms. Ahead, on the... Mon, 18 Feb 2008 16:18:11 +0000 http://www.tara-trees.org/view/Seasons/Imbolc/ Sweet snowdrops, white pearl drops, Nestling by the memorial tree. Three flowers of pleasure, three gifts to treasure, I admire on bended knee. Spring life ascending, through mud, pretending That winter's chills shall flee. My visit again to the white... Tue, 12 Feb 2008 21:24:13 +0000 http://www.tara-trees.org/view/Raith_na_Senad_&_Duma_na_nGiall/Duma_na_nGiall/ Excavation discovered that a wooden palisade enclosure underlies this passage grave dating from the early Neolithic. The way in to the chamber faces eastwards with a decorated stone just inside the entrance on the left side. Many artefacts have been... Fri, 04 Jan 2008 15:18:00 +0000 http://www.tara-trees.org/view/Seasons/Samhain/ Samhain 2005 The wheel has turned again this year And now we face the winter fear Of darkened days and lengthened nights And sudden shadows that give us frights From highest hill to lowest vale We look to winter and can not fail We turn to face what... Sat, 29 Dec 2007 14:45:34 +0000 http://www.tara-trees.org/view/St_Patrick's_Church/Garran_na_Coille_to_the_Church/ It was a parish church until the 1500's, the old medieval church being demolished in 1823 and replaced with the present building. The decommissioned Church is now the base for the Office of Public Works (OPW) who show an audio visual history of Tara... Fri, 31 Aug 2007 04:49:41 +0100