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SOS
Tara Calls !
Join the Vigil!
You can
camp out on the Hill of Tara!
Protect Irelands most famous national monuments–the remains of the great ancient city of Tara.
To learn more about what's going on …click here
"If not you then who? If not now then when?"
"After all is said and done, this is about remembering to embrace our heritage of joy!"
Mairéid Sullivan, for the Anam Cara for Tara arts action campaign
The Anam Cara for Tara arts action campaign calls to all those arts practitioners and event organizers whose creative efforts are inspired and underpinned by Irish or Celtic cultural heritage.
Let us lend our voices, our talents, in support of the Irish people who are striving to prevent desecration and destruction of Ireland's cultural heritage.
Focus on Tara
Can anyone doubt the profound cultural importance of Tara and its unique landscape?
A landscape honoured and revered by millions throughout the world today and countless generations of Irish people gone before us. 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.
Yet it is through the very heart of this landscape that the Irish Government plans to build
a motorway, which will impact at least 141 known archaeological sites.
For those who don't know the significance of this plan to desecrate and destroy the Hill
of Tara environs, it would be like putting a speedway through Stonehenge, the alignments
of Carnac, Machu Pichu, the Valley of the Kings, Lourdes, or the Vatican.
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The Anam Cara for Tara "arts action" campaign is a gathering of liberal, performing and visual artists dedicated to protecting the Hill of Tara environs from desecration and destruction by developers.
Promoters, venue managers, and arts practitioners in the liberal, performing and visual arts, are invited to participate in the Anam Cara for Tara campaign by dedicating events to raising awareness of the need to protect Tara: including concerts, film-screenings, workshops, lectures, exhibitions, trivia nights, etc. to raise awareness, or, simply hand out the b&w information handbill, which is here, on the download page.
Private individuals are invited to organize their own Anam Cara for Tara event, such as a theme party, house concert or film screening, where you can hand out the b&w information handbill.
Across the world, people from all walks of life are organizing concerts and film screenings in their homes. Raise awareness by organizing a concert or a film screening in your home, or in a community center, library, religious / spiritual center, or school.
Write Letters or Send an E-mail:
Click here for details.
Host a film screening of the inspirational award winning film,
Time after Time, a celebration of the great heritage of ancient Celtic, American and Australian peoples.
"It is absolutely stunning...the most mystical and enchanting film I have seen in years.
It is perfect for promoting the Tara campaign..." Vincent Salafia, Legal Counsel, TaraWatch.org
Close the evening with a discussion on the significance of the Hill of Tara in Irish cultural heritage. (email us for historical notes and an update on strategies to save Tara.) DVDs are available at wholesale price for sale at screening events. You can watch a preview of the film here. |
Posters and Publicity Materials
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The 'official' pre-press art for customizable posters, flyers and information handbills for the Anam Cara for Tara "arts action" campaign are available for download here. We will customize them for you - free of charge. |
Contact us for festival and campaign information and guidelines.
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Aerial view of the Hill of Tara. Click on the image below to enlarge.
This landscape has been zoned for freeway, shopping mall and housing development. Construction sites are being put in place, ancient oaks and elm trees have been cut down! Rare archaeological sites have been removed! Developers are determined to reap large profits from their harvest of increased property values along this winding route.
We must protect Tara - the heart of Irish heritage!
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