Cross-posted at DU
One of the most sacred and historically significant sites in Ireland is due to be bulldozed to build a new highway. Please help save the "Irish Stonehenge" from the bulldozers.
From TaraWatch.org:
"Nowhere else in Ireland is there a landscape that can claim the Tuatha de Danann, Celtic Gods and Goddesses, St. Patrick, Daniel O'Connell, Thomas Moore, heroes and High Kings from Fionn MacCumhail to Brian Boru, an archaeological complex of temples, tombs, enclosures and henges spanning five millennia, and a continuous place at the centre of Irish spiritual, cultural, political and literary history, as part of it's fabric."
Here's an aerial shot of the site:
And some sites where you can find out more about this:
http://www.petitiononline.com/...
http://www.mythicalireland.com/...
http://www.tarawatch.org/
Disclaimer: I am not Irish nor Irish-American. But I have lots of friends who are, and some friends who are archaeologists. They are all outraged at the prospect of this site being destroyed.