Eric, They don't have the same mind-set over there. They've become accustomed to being told what to do; however, this has been changing the past decade or so. Perhaps this is what they need to keep the ball rolling... Cliff. Johnston "May the best you've ever seen, Be the worst you'll ever see;" from A Scots Toast by Allan Ramsay ----- Original Message ----- From: "E Macklin" <emacklin@rogers.com> To: <NIR-DERRY-L@rootsweb.com> Cc: <NIR-DOWN@rootsweb.com> Sent: Saturday, July 21, 2007 5:05 PM Subject: [NIR-DOWN] Save Tara >I am sure everyone has heard about the Republic's grand desire to build an >interchange on the hip of the old Royal Hill of Tara for a four lane >highway. Remember where they require a four lane highway today they will >require a 6 lane interchange tomorrow and that would complete the process. > > IF this is allowed to happen, which is totally against the EU's guidelines > and covenant for membership countries such as the Republic's, then I > suggest that the old Celtic treasures found in Limavady which include the > golden vessel with oars and the rest of the find be returned to Co Derry > and Ulster from whence it came. > > As a Canadian I am totally amazed that no one or group has filed a class > action suit against this, even from as far away as Ulster. Maybe I'll > contact a law firm in Dublin and find out what it would cost to launch a > class action suit myself. > > Eric Macklin > Toronto > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > NIR-DOWN-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message

Hi Cliff, To find out about the M3 motorway and Tara and archaeological excavations check out the NRA site. NRA (National Roads Authority) is the government body with the task of maintaining our national road network and building a modern motorway network. You will see that the M3 will be further from Hill of Tara than the existing national route. If you click on the Archaeological tab you will find reference to the discovery of a pre-Viking and Viking settlement found as a result of the building of the N25 Waterford by-pass. So far as I know nothing was known of this settlement before the plan to build the new road. http://www.nra.ie/Archaeology/M3Clonee-NorthofKells/#d.en.1801 Best regards, Seamus. Seamus Moore, Dublin, Ireland. Researching: Moore, Anderson, Myles, Tobin, Norris, Goldrick, Tynan. somoore@iol.ie