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Report from Rathlugh![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() "I saw the worst destruction, all in the name of construction" Squeek on Thursday's activities by the in the name of the NRA. Friday morning was brusque and cold. Indymedia had seen a rage of reports from first hand accounts about the ensuing madness which happened last Thursday along the route of the proposed M3 when Garda intimidation reached new heights by having 3 vans (when only 10 protesters were present) and were searching the camp for anything incriminating to tar residents there further in the meejia (more in Sqeek's interview). ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Interview with professor George Eogan on Rath Lugh national monument, Hill of Tara. March 21 2008. The National Roads Authority have just erected a metal fence, to keep protesters from interfering with M3 motorway construction works, which are directly impacting the Rath Lugh national monument, and severing the archaeological complex. Professor George Eogan Director of Knowth Research Project and Professor Emeritus of Archaeology, University College, DublinGeorge Eogan (Ph.D., Trinity College, Dublin) is a leading expert in the archaeology of Ireland, with particular interest in the Neolithic and Late Bronze Ages. He is the Director of the Knowth Research Project and has been excavating at Knowth for more than 40 years as part of his investigation of the Passage Tomb builders in Ireland and Western Europe. Professor Eogan is a native of Ireland and has taught and lectured extensively on the country’s archaeology. Now Professor Emeritus of Archaeology, University College, Dublin, his archaeological research has led to approximately 90 papers and nine books, including The Accomplished Art: Gold and Gold-working in Britain and Ireland During the Bronze Age (Oxbow Books, 1994), Knowth and the Passage Tombs of Ireland (Thames and Hudson, 1986), and (with M. Herity) Ireland in Prehistory (Routledge & Kegan Paul, 1977). ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() with Tara expert Conor Newman, recorded last year ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() http://www.indymedia.ie/article/73337 ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Very moving interview with Prof. George Eogan. I happened to be present during another interview with him at Lismullin by an Independent Film Maker ( Documentary yet to be aired) at the time of the discovery of the Lismullin Stone. At the time he was quite happy with the Archaeology and had no particular comment against the NRA or Govt Policy. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() so that's not true what you said he may have been happy with how the preservation by record/dismantling of lismullin was being carried out but he never wanted the road to go through their in the first place. http://seanharnett.blogspot.com/2007/05/more-about-tara....html ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() He also signed the statement in 2005 ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() See here: ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Just to show what happened in the past: ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() So much has gone on since this first was proposed in 2000. Most of the opposition has gone unnoticed by the media, and as a result, those more recently involved. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() I didnt say he was pro the route going through the Valley, what I said was that he wouldnt comment for the Independent Film interview that day. He also feigned ignorance of the fact that it was the Rath Lugh protesters who brought the Lismullin Stone to Public attention. He "seemed " unaware of the protest at all that day , or at least that was the impression he wanted to leave us with. It's on film and there are other witnesses. I do not detract from his expertise or his committment to Archaeology , that is there in evidence with decades. Indeed he is a lovely man whom I would never wish to insult and I am also well aware of his stance from previous reports. |
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Jump To Comment: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11Viewers may also be interested to listen to her interview last Wednesday on Radio 1. [ Editors: No adverts included ]
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