Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1901-11-15
TARA,S HILL TO BE SOLD.

TarG's Hill in the county OF Meath.
Ireland, where generations Of Irish
kings held tbeir seats; where Erin's
oeauiiee and their lords held stately
revelFy 10 Tsra's Hall; where IrelaDd's
stone Of destiny, the Liza Fail. NOES
crown and green as the isle itself, sill
poIDts TO the MONDAY sun and the
quiVeTiIg starr; where Tom Moore
ireamed and sang Of the music OF
harps that told of the Kingdoms
ancient gory-1ars's Hill, With all the
relics so closely associated with Irish
history and story, is for SALE
Tara's Hill, once the cbpitsl Of Ire
laoG, is now d prosaic farm. The Lis
Fail, famed in story, slill marks the
summit The famous bal quoting hall,
"Ihs House Of Thousand Soldiers"
capsule OF SEA Jog "a thousand Of Ire
lands u0bles aud their beauties ct the
bILqust board, is there, aud in II Is the
Qrsas stone chair On which the proud
O'Nesls and Brian BOru and his de-
scendants sat with golden CROWDS on
their heads.
Bot II Q il dustrious tiller Of the sell
ns7 sought 10 make crops grow where
| 800 yeats ago stood Ireland's crown
,rg glory. Tue music OF the harp has
died so long since that its echoes can
aot S ir the memory of the Oldest who
live OA Tsra's Hill. The tombs OF the
Irish warriors who fell In the battle
against the barbarian invaders have
loug since been ploWed over, and re-
plowed so many, many times that the
dust OF those who sleep beneath has
oeen unearthed and scattered to ihe
Winds
Tne Liza Fail, which marks the Crop
pies grave, or the grave OF warriors, is
he most aocent and famous relic 10
ireland, aud almost as old ss Tara's
Hall. 1t was here that Lowry, The
King OF Tara, sat at the time OF 81
Patuck's arrival. Here all the msgni6-
csuce Of the ancient kingdom was dis-
olsyed. Il was a huge excavation, $50
feet long and 40 feet wide. 10 it were
heli the greatest asssmblages OF that
ancient time, and all the pomp ard
z oiy u the whole kingdom was showt
0ere.
The farm which is now offered for
'sle ia on the very summit OF the bill.
Il coutains the ruined half the La
Fill, The "Csonnies' Grave" and the
KWe's chair. n more precious relics
IRISH history exist, and yet tbey'il 90
with the farm. Barley sDd potstoss
may be grown over the graves Of the
soldiers. The plow has spared the
ancient hall, and tbeimptrishs be stone
remains intact. but beyond topograph'
ical survey of the site Of the ancient
oiy which has been preserved 10 the
archives Of Dublin, all memory OF Ire
iaud's ancient capital may soon vanish.
Tsra's Hill, az it now exists, shows
clearly tne remains OF the ancient city,
although it has been deserted for al
most fifteen centuries. The old
msuuIcdpt in Ireland, preserved in
D0bliD, WAS written there, and 10
careful description OF Tara, sccomps
uied by q rude map, showing monu
neOts, sforis, roads and Other marks
watch can yet be fairly discerned.
The MIST unmistskable OF all the
signs of the aucient Cit however, are
he Liza Fail and the Tara Hall, With
the Kings chair.
The plow may even now have ef.
faced the old lines of these roads and
forts If not, the advertisement OF the
historic spot for sale az e farm indicates
that with Irelsnd's f.ded glory the
relics OF her strength must soon disap-
pear.