IN TARAS HALLS
IRELAND’S ANCIENT GLORIES
TWO-THOUSAND-YEAR OLD TOMB DISCOVERED.
SKELETONS OF KING AND QUEEN.
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LONDON, Jail. 4. New light -tti&y he thl-dwii oil Ireland’s ancient gjtirids by the eMlHiniatiott from hloiilitaiii, bverJookfing the ancieiit liill of Tara, near Oarl'ick-on-Shannon, of the supposed Slug and Queen who bore sway 2toi> years ago. . Antiquarians found these remains after removing hundreds of tons of rock and rubble, including a solid block of masonry 10 tolls ill Weight, closing thb entruiice to the royal vault, the removal of which disclosed a cavity in which .sat male and female skeletons side by side facing towards tlie royal scat or Tara. Tile skeletons arc considered to be those of royalties of supremo importance in ancient Erin. Further exploration may disclose treasure and armor of inestimable historic value in another chamber in the royal mountain, which civic guards are perpetually wutcliing, while hundreds of spectators arrive daily. . , . Sheeberg dominates live counties and overlooks 14 lakes. Legendarlly it contains the remaius of dynasty whose origin lias been lost in the mists ofantiquity.
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Gisborne Times, Volume LXXII, Issue 11406, 6 January 1931, Page 3
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