Is not usual to visit a place where Kings were born, and much more if they are Irish Kings ;-) and this magic place is Temair na Rí, the Hill of the Kings, the Hills of Tara.
According to legend, 142 kings have reigned there in prehistoric and historic times. In ancient Irish religion and mythology Temair was the sacred place of dwelling for the gods, and was the entrance to the otherworld.
But despite the rich narratives derived from mythologies, Tara was not so much a true seat of kings, but a sacral site associated with kings and spiritual rituals. Early in the 20th century a group of Israelites came to Tara with the conviction that the Arc of the Covenant had been buried on the famous hill. They dug the Mound of the Synods in search of the Arc but found only some Roman coins Unfortunately, the digging damaged the spyrals area.
It is probably a pre-Celtic area and the monuments and buildings are dating back to the Neolithic period around 5,000 years ago.
One of these structures, the Moud of the Hostages, is a megalithic 'passage tomb' and it has a short passage which is aligned with sunset.
On the top of the hill stands a peculiar stone, an evident symbol of fertility but a legend says that was the Irish LIA FAIL: the stone of destiny. On the LIA FAIL the High Kings of Ireland were crowned; legends suggest that the stone was required to roar three times if the chosen one was a true king …
It was moved to its current site after the Battle of Tara during the Irish revolution of 1798 to mark the graves of 400 Irish patriots who died here.
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