The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1901-12-28
TARA,s HILL TO BE SOLD.
Site of Ireland's Famous Old Capital
to Be Offered by Auction.


to Be Offered by Auction.
Tara's hill, in the county of Meath,
Ireland, where generations of Irish
kings held their seats; where Erin's
beauties and their lords held stately
revelry in Tara's hall; where Ireland
stone of destiny, the Liza Fail, moss
grown and green as the isle itself,
still points to the MONDAY sun and
the quivering stars, where Tom Moore
dreamed and sang of the music of
harps that told of the Kingdoms an
Gent glory-Tara's hill, with all the
relics so closely associated with Irish
history and story, is for sale.
| Tara's hall, once the capi,al of Ire
land, is now prosaic farm. The IiI
Fail, famed in story, still marks me
summit. The famous bapquering len,
THE House of a Thousand Suidttrs. -
| capable of seating a thousand Of Ire
lands mobiles and their beauties at the
banquet board, is there, and IN 1t is
the great stone chair on which the
proud O'Neals and Brian Boru and
| his descendants sat with golden crowns
on their heads.
But the Industrious tiller of the soil
/ has sought to make crops grow where,
/ l,500 years ago, stood Ireland's crown
ing glory. The music of the harp has
| died so long since that it's echoes can
not stir the memory of the oldest who
| live on Taras hill. The tombs of the
| Irish warriors who fell in battle
against the barbarian invaders have
long since been plowed over, and 1e-
plowed so many, many times that the
dust of those who sleep beneath has
been unearthed and scattered to the
winds
The Liza Fail, which marks the
Croppies' grave, or the grave % war
riors, is the most ancient and famous
relic in Ireland and almost as oil as
| Tara's hall. 1t was here that Lowry.
| the king of Tara, sat at the time CT
st. Patrick's arrival. Here all the mag
nificence of the ancient kingdom wsS
displayed. 1t was huge excavation
3hG feet long and forty feet wide. N
it were held the greatest assembIages
of that ancient time, and all the po,np
and glory of the whole kingdom was
shown there.
The farm which is now offered for
sale is on the very summit of the hill
1t contains the ruined hall, the Lila
Fail, the "Croppies grave" and the
kings chair. No more precious relics
of Irish history exist, and yet they'll
go with the farm. Barley and potatoes
may be grown over the graves of the
soldiers. The plow has spared the
ancient hall, and the imperishable
stone remains intact, but beyond o to?
biographical survey of the site of the
ancient city, which has been preserved
in the archives of Dublin. all memory
of Ireland's ancient capital may soon
vanish
Tara's hill, as it now exists, shows
clearly the remains of the ancient city,
although it has been deserted for al
most fifteen centuries. The oldest
manuscript in Ireland, preserved IN
Dublin. was written there, and IS d
careful description Of Tara, accomDa-
MED by rude map, showing monu-
ments, forts, roads and other marks
which can yet be fairly discerned. The
most lnmistakable of all the signs of
the ancient city, however, are the La
Fail and the Tara hail. with the kings
chair.
The pillow may even now have eff
faced the old lines of these roads and
forts. If not, the advertisement of The
historic spot for sale as a farm incl
Gates that with Ireland's faded glory
the relics of her strength must soon
disappear