Hill of Tara

I visited my hill yesterday! I went exploring with two people from work. Fred is from our Canada office and was in town for 2 days in the Dublin office doing some classes for the local employees. He rented a car for the 3 day weekend and invited Trish and I along. We started with tours of Knowth and Newgrange which are ancient burial sites about an hours drive North of Dublin. Here is an excerpt from a website about the sites I saw...

"The Megalithic Passage Tombs of Newgrange, Knowth, Dowth, Fourknocks, Loughcrew and Tara are located in the present day County of Meath on the east coast of Ireland. The Boyne Valley Mounds at Newgrange, Knowth and Dowth were built around 3200BC making them older than Stonehenge in England and the Pyramids of Giza in Egypt. Built by Neolithic farming communities about 5000 years ago, the passage tombs have clear astronomical alignments such as the Winter Solstice Sunrise at Newgrange and the Equinox Sunrise at Loughcrew. "

Then we will to Hill of Tara and I took quite a few pictures :) We also did some exploring of Trim Castle and other castle and church ruins. It was a great day trip and concluded with dinner in a wonderful Italian bistro in Sandymount (just south of where I live).

Tomorrow is the Dublin Marathon and bank holiday. As far as I know, there is no significance of why we have the day off. However, the trains are completely shut down where I live this weekend due to a stadium renovations about a mile south. So, I am on foot anywhere I go! Lauren and Jon, my American friends in Dublin, are running the marathon tomorrow. I am planning to cheer them on! GO LAUREN & JON!!