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Sent: Tuesday, September 30, 2003 3:55 PM
Subject: Turoe & Tara
articles published on Indymedia
Hello,
Earlier today two very similar articles were
published on Indymedia (worldwide Internet news organisation) regarding
the planned new roads near Turoe and Tara.
The articles were published at the 2
addresses provided below:
2) Indymedia (Ireland):
Regards to all,
Billy Finnerty.
PS: The text used for the above mentioned articles was based on that
provided below:
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Plan to put new road through middle of Iron Age Celtic oppidium
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Leading front page headlines on local newspapers (in East Galway,
Republic of Ireland) report that Compulsory Purchase Orders (CPOs) for
the necessary land will be issued by local government authorities
sometime around the beginning of January 2004.
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The present plan for the new N6 Galway to Dublin Upgrade Road will
take it right through the middle of the Celtic "Iron Age" Oppidium
centred around Turoe & Knocknadala - which is thought to be the very
FIRST to date to be identified in Ireland, and possibly the largest
(by far) of all the 40 or so Celtic oppida yet found outside of
Ireland (in places such as England, France, Germany, Austria,
Switzerland, Poland, and Hungry).
For Ireland, the Iron Age roughly represents
the period 500 B.C. to 500 A.D.
The word oppidium is believed to be of Latin
origin, and it was frequently used by Julius Caesar in his writings
apparently to describe the kind of towns (or cities) which many of the
Celtic peoples of his time inhabited.
Knocknadala - Cnoc-na-Dala in the Celtic
language - literally means Hill-of-Parliament.
One hundred or so miles to the east of Turoe
& Knocknadala, there is a similar problem concerning a planned new road
(called the M50) which is at present scheduled to run between the Hill
of Tara, and the Hill of Skreen.
By coincidence, the words Turoe and Tara
come from the same Celtic word TEMHAIR - which is understood to
mean SACRED PLACE.
With regard to these two new roads, the
authorities in the Republic of Ireland appear to many to be (in
effect) ignoring the principles set out under the terms of the Aarhus
Convention - which has received MUCH praise from people such as Kofi
Annan, the Secretary-General of the United Nations.
A petition has been sent to the European Parliament regarding the
present route of the planned new road through Knocknadala. The text of
the petition (dated September 22nd 2003) can be seen at:
http://www.finnachta.com/EuropeanParliamentPetition.htm
Additional information relating to the Turoe
& Knocknadala Oppidium can be found at:
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Sent: Tuesday, September 30, 2003 4:05 PM
Subject: [Tara/Skreen]
Tara
& Turoe "new road" articles published on Indymedia (September 30th
2003)
Hello,
Earlier today two very similar
articles were published on Indymedia (worldwide Internet news
organisation) regarding the planned new roads near Turoe and Tara.
The articles were published at the 2
addresses provided below:
2) Indymedia (Ireland):
Regards to all,
Billy Finnerty.
PS: The text used for the above mentioned articles
was based on that provided below:
+++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
Plan to put new road through middle of Iron Age Celtic oppidium
+++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
Leading front page headlines on local newspapers (in East Galway,
Republic of Ireland) report that Compulsory Purchase Orders (CPOs)
for the necessary land will be issued by local government
authorities sometime around the beginning of January 2004.
+++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
The present plan for the new N6 Galway to Dublin Upgrade Road will
take it right through the middle of the Celtic "Iron Age" Oppidium
centred around Turoe & Knocknadala - which is thought to be the very
FIRST to date to be identified in Ireland, and possibly the largest
(by far) of all the 40 or so Celtic oppida yet found outside of
Ireland (in places such as England, France, Germany, Austria,
Switzerland, Poland, and Hungry).
For Ireland, the Iron Age roughly
represents the period 500 B.C. to 500 A.D.
The word oppidium is believed to be of
Latin origin, and it was frequently used by Julius Caesar in his
writings apparently to describe the kind of towns (or cities) which
many of the Celtic peoples of his time inhabited.
Knocknadala - Cnoc-na-Dala in the
Celtic language - literally means Hill-of-Parliament.
One hundred or so miles to the east of
Turoe & Knocknadala, there is a similar problem concerning a planned
new road (called the M50) which is at present scheduled to run between
the Hill of Tara, and the Hill of Skreen.
By coincidence, the words Turoe and
Tara come from the same Celtic word TEMHAIR - which is understood to
mean SACRED PLACE.
With regard to these two new roads,
the authorities in the Republic of Ireland appear to many to be (in
effect) ignoring the principles set out under the terms of the Aarhus
Convention - which has received MUCH praise from people such as Kofi
Annan, the Secretary-General of the United Nations.
A petition has been sent to the European Parliament regarding the
present route of the planned new road through Knocknadala. The text of
the petition (dated September 22nd 2003) can be seen at:
http://www.finnachta.com/EuropeanParliamentPetition.htm
Additional information relating to the
Turoe & Knocknadala Oppidium can be found at:
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