Second Semester

     It has been a really long time since I updated this.

    I've been back in Ireland for a little over three weeks now. After a few days of getting readjusted to the time change, I started classes with hope for the new semester. They seem much more interesting than the classes I took this semester.

   One of my classes is about the state of World Heritage Management in Ireland. Most of the class is made up of field trips to potential World Heritage site across the country. Last week, we went to the Hill of Tara, which is currently on the tentative list as part of serial nomination for the Royal Sites of Ireland as World Heritage Sites.

   Tara is actually a huge landscape covering over 100 acres. It has been used since the Neolithic and even still sees the occasional sacred rite. This time we got see almost the entire site - including a section used during the Bronze Age.

   One of coolest parts of Tara is that you can see so far on a clear day. Despite the hill not being extraordinarily tall, you can see 23 of Ireland's 32 counties.

 

We also visited Monasterboice, an early medieval monastic site and active graveyard. I'll post about that next time.