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Complaints too weak so
far?by W.
Finnerty. Mon Aug 28, 2006 10:08 I'm
very pleased to learn that complaints have already been sent to the
European
Union (and elsewhere) regarding the protection of the
Hill of
Tara.
However, all complaints, petitions, newspaper pleas, and
so on, which I have seen to date - on efforts to protect the Hill of Tara and
surrounds - fail completely to show the extremely close link between
Brehon
Law and the Hill of Tara.
Can anyone explain why this is? -
particularly in relation to those petitions and complaints which have been
signed by numerous senior academics working in various universities around the
world?
The
Island of Ireland, in effect, became a
very large and very bloody battleground between
Brehon
Law and
Roman Law in the
A.D.1100s; and, Brehon Law was
eventually "fully decommissioned" in the 1600s (as far as I know). There is
probably no event in Irish history which has had a bigger impact on the lives of
Irish people?
Brehon Law is not some kind of historical fantasy;
and, among other things, I understand there are at the present time several
volumes of
ancient Brehon Law manuscripts in Oxford University (in
England). Further information relating to this point can be found via the
following link:
http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&lr=&safe=off&q=Brehon+Law%2C+Oxford+University&btnG=Search What
are these ancient Irish manuscripts doing in Oxford University in England I
wonder? - are they just gathering dust possibly? Why are they not being
translated into modern versions of the Irish and English languages, and made
available to Irish people - so that they can learn more about what is perhaps
the most important (and most unique) part of their history and
heritage?
Brehon Law may be - by far - the most important
part of Irish culture, might it not? Complaints and petitions,
by themselves, may not be enough to prevent large parts of the "Tara Heritage
Complex" from being destroyed?
Powerful "culture-protection"
type arguments, supported by historical facts, might need to be put forward as
well? - keeping in mind that
1,000 million Euros have been ear-marked for
the
M3 Motorway Project apparently? That is a lot of money for people
who appear to care little about anything other than money, and the political
power it provides them with to bully others into kowtowing to them in all
matters.
The crucially important link between "
Feis-Teamhrach"
(The Great Feast of Tara)" and
King Ollamh Fodhla (who gave
Ulster its name), and who is the Irish King primarily
associated with Brehon Law, can be viewed on
Page 53 of the "
Annals of
Ireland by the Four Masters" (written between
1632 - 1636
A.D.).
As far as I know, most of the large libraries in the
Republic of Ireland have copies of the "Annals of Ireland by the Four
Masters" in their "Reference" sections. For anyone outside of the Republic of
Ireland who might have difficulty finding a copy of Page 53, a scanned copy can
be viewed a little over half-way down the page at the following Internet
location:
http://homepage.eircom.net/~williamfinnerty/name/annals.htm Related
Link: http://www.kingollamhfodhla.com/ ===============================
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