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Will one of you please explain this "monument"? And why does it have the name "Tara" attached to it? Was this in front of a Hostel you stayed at or a Brothel?

http://community.webshots.com/photo/551369951/2065600970039965017OQQRIG
wolfeyes
5:58:48 AM
7/24/06

Ha!!

That's some kinda destiny.
MarkO
6:03:09 AM
7/24/06

I'm not sure what it's all about, but I do know that the day she visited that monument she called to say she missed me. A lot.
Nonconformist
6:07:34 AM
7/24/06

Maybe it was the angle of the monument. Was it pointing towards the US?
wolfeyes
6:11:18 AM
7/24/06

I guess we could say it looks of obvious Jewish Design?
XL400236
6:35:53 AM
7/24/06

At least it's made of stone, not wood...


This is what one of the websites says about the monument:

Sitting on top of the King's Seat (Forradh) of Temair is the most famous of Tara's monuments - Ireland's ancient coronation stone - the Lia Fail or "Stone of Destiny", which was brought here according to mythology by the godlike people, the Tuatha Dé Danann, as one of their sacred objects. It was said to roar when touched by the rightful king of Tara.
tarabull
7:44:48 AM
7/24/06

Damn could you see having to (as a guy) sit on that thing to be named king? You know for YEARS afterwards the other guys in the castle would be snickering behind your back.
XL400236
7:52:50 AM
7/24/06

Thank you for the explanation. "Godlike people..." and to think you were there. What a coincidence!

Did you touch it? Did it roar or whimper?
wolfeyes
8:36:32 AM
7/24/06

Maybe they weren't godlike, just stoned like.
MarkO
8:42:11 AM
7/24/06

"Aye it might not ROAR...but if you pet it right it will wiggle a bit."
last edited: 7/24/06 9:07:09 AM
XL400236
9:06:38 AM
7/24/06

I don't know, Amy and Tara asked to be left alone when visiting that monument, so I wasn't allowed to go there, and had to wait 2 hours for them to visit it.
Buddha Bear
2:00:39 PM
7/24/06

Aaaarrrgggghhhh, blow me down!!
MarkO
2:11:57 PM
7/24/06

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