http://www.tara-trees.org/ Latest updates at www.tara-trees.org en-gb http://www.tara-trees.org/view/Ireland_and_beyond/ Many thanks to Martin Dier for sharing these photos taken in Ireland Trees linked to Brian Boru in Clare, Ireland Glenveagh National Park and Castle, Donegal, Ireland Mellifont, Co. Louth, Ireland Hill of Slane - this tree is dominant for... Sat, 27 Feb 2010 16:18:01 +0000 http://www.tara-trees.org/view/Tara_Celebrations/ See www.TaraCelebrations.org Next Celebration is Spring Equinox - 21 March 2010 - see website for further information www.cailleach.ning.com community. A place to share all our experiences of the course and also of the wheel of year as it turns in our... Wed, 24 Feb 2010 23:03:27 +0000 http://www.tara-trees.org/view/Tara_links/ TARA CELEBRATIONS http://www.TaraCelebrations.org/ www.twitter.com/TaraCelebration www.facebook.com/pages/Navan-Ireland/Tara-Celebrations/324787009720 __________________________________________________ NATIVE SPIRIT TOURS www.NativeSpiritTours.com... Wed, 24 Feb 2010 23:02:33 +0000 http://www.tara-trees.org/view/Simulacra/ You may meet these characters as you walk around on Tara or these faces in Dalgan Park - and with the eye of faith you'll probably spot more! Sat, 16 Jan 2010 14:39:31 +0000 http://www.tara-trees.org/view/Dalgan_Park_Wildlife_Sanctuary/ Sat, 16 Jan 2010 14:35:58 +0000 http://www.tara-trees.org/view/Teach_Miodhchuarta/ This was possibly the ceremonial entrance onto Tara, where the roads to the Hill met. A linear earthwork, probably a cursus, positioned north - south, dating back to the either the Bronze or Iron Age. This was possibly the ceremonial entrance onto Tara,... Fri, 08 Jan 2010 11:39:22 +0000 http://www.tara-trees.org/view/Raith_na_Senad_&_Duma_na_nGiall/ A geophysical survey revealed a large circle of over 300 huge posts, probably oak, beneath Raith na Senad and the church. Three visible banks and one other. These are difficult to identify following the ‘excavation’ by British Israelites. In... Sat, 05 Dec 2009 21:10:14 +0000 http://www.tara-trees.org/view/Sacred_Well/ 5th March 2009 25th August 2009 Sat, 29 Aug 2009 09:52:42 +0100 http://www.tara-trees.org/view/Tree_Meditations/ These meditations have been inspired by the trees of Tara Other meditations can be found at www.TaraCelebrations.org Thu, 26 Mar 2009 07:45:15 +0000 http://www.tara-trees.org/view/Seasons/ These words and pictures are a record of a year on the hill, starting at Samhain 2007. Trees stand and watch and inhale everything that occurs around them. Thu, 26 Mar 2009 07:44:21 +0000 http://www.tara-trees.org/view/St_Patrick's_Church/ Here is a wonderful stand of beech trees, a grand nesting site for crows. At the start of the Norman rule in Ireland in the 1100’s, the church was connected with the Knights Hospitallers of Saint John of Jerusalem of Kilmainham in Dublin. The... Thu, 26 Mar 2009 07:43:35 +0000 http://www.tara-trees.org/view/Raith_Loegaire/ A Late Bronze Age ringfort. This area’s name recalls the Ard Ri converted to Christianity by St. Patrick in 433AD. Following this event Tara gradually became more secular than sacred. In the Books of Ballymote and Armagh this King Loegaire is said... Thu, 26 Mar 2009 07:43:12 +0000 http://www.tara-trees.org/view/Rath_na_Rig,_Tech_Cormaic_&_the_Forrad/ Contained within Rath na RIg are ditch enclosures Tech Cormaic and the Forrad (or Royal Seat). Rath na Rig changed use from being a ‘ritual’ site in the Late Bronze Age to a defensive structure. Viewed from the west - Looking towards the... Thu, 26 Mar 2009 07:40:27 +0000 http://www.tara-trees.org/view/Garran_na_Coille/ The collection of oaks and chestnuts provide a wonderfully peaceful place in which to stroll and reflect on time and space. The pollen record shows that around 2300BC there was a general woodland clearance in the area. Some woodland regenerated about... Thu, 26 Mar 2009 07:33:49 +0000