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The Book of Tara
Michael Slavin

“Tara’s landscape reverberates with a deep sense of history. Ancient springs bubble up from fertile Meath soil. Wells such as ‘Dark Eye’ form jewels in the stone.”

In The Book of Tara, this fascinating Hill and its demesne are made accessible to the general reader. With an eclectic use of wide-ranging sources, Michael Slavin combines anthropology, archaeology, and ancient, medieval and modern day history with geology, legend, myth and local folklore. He draws from scholarship across the centuries, right up to the very latest archaeological finds, made during the 1990s investigations of the Hill.

Wonderful colour photographs capture the pagan moods of Tara. Celtic monuments, Viking artefacts, Norman castles and contemporary clans people are portrayed among the many black & white pictures. The last chapter contains a walkabout guide, so visitors to Tara can follow the author’s favourite route.