Talk:Hill of Tara
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Tara, Ireland
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[edit] Alignments
Removed with the full moon of Lughnasadh since on Lughnasad the moon is not always full, moreover you should explain if the alignment is with the rising of the moon (most likely), its higher point in the sky etc. Clovepower --80.116.106.109 12:47, 28 Jul 2004 (UTC)
[edit] Derivation of name
I removed the paragraph stating that the name "Tara" derives from an Irish word for "tower" or from Irish tor ("height"), because clearly neither is the case. The Irish word for Tara, Teamhair, may have some other connection but it certainly is not the word for "tower" nor for "height."
--Ryanaxp 20:27, Apr 20, 2005 (UTC)
[edit] Tara, or Hill of Tara?
Please use the names appropriately. Use "Tara" when referring to the actual city, and "Hill of Tara" when referring to the archaeological site. I apologize in advance for recently using the names inappropriately, if I did, but I was uncertain about to what "Tara" was referring. Adraeus 13:32, 12 May 2005 (UTC)
[edit] Standing Stone
It said the standing stone was in Cormac's House. It is not, so I changed it so it said the standing stone was on Forradh. 64.209.120.164 02:15, 4 July 2006 (UTC)
[edit] Home Rule
I amended the penultimate paragraph of the section "Tara's Significance" which had previously stated that O'Connell's Monster Meeting at Tara was in favour of Home Rule. Home Rule as a concept was not coined until some decades later and was championed by Charles Stewart Parnell. O'Connell at this point merely wanted a repeal of the Act of Union, a slightly different concept.
I also adjusted the figure put on the number of attendees at the demonstration: a correspondent of the affiliated newpaper 'The Nation' estimated 750 000 rather than 1 million (O'Connell's estimate was 1.5 million– which figure is preferable?).
