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 Thursday January 13, 2005 16:04 by PP
 Anti-Heritage Campaigners, National Rogue Association, vow to extend their program of destruction to include new site at Aughrim in Co. Galway  Aughrim, Co Galway. Site of one of Ireland's largest battles, where 9000 died in 1691. NRA have announced their intent to destroy it. Anti-heritage protestors, known as the National Rogue Association (NRA), have vowed to take their fight to a new site, it emerged yesterday. Under the slogan of “Out of our cold dead hands would our plans ever be changed” the campaigners announced a further 1300 Million Euros to add to their war-chest, while expanding their program to include a new location at Aughrim in East Galway. To date, NRA protestors have cost tax-payers 17,000 million. |
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Jump To Comment: 1 2 3Ireland urgently needs more motorways. We have fewer motorways than any country in Europe. The Irish economy will not be able to compete unless a proper modern road network is established. In addition, motorways are by far the safest form of road, eight times safer than any other. If you decided that no area where a battle once took place could have a road through it, half of Ireland would have to make do with horses as the only means of transport. No matter where the NRA chooses to build a motorway, these heritage freaks oppose it. If its not snails, its some supposedly rare species of grass. If its not that, its because a few stones have been found that date from Viking times. Now its because a battle took place there centuries ago. Well, a battle took place in Clontarf in 1014, so presumably you believe all the houses and roads around there should be pulled down and the area restored to its 1014 state. The reality is that the heritage freaks are simply against all roads, full stop. They are simply the anti-motoring lobby in a new guise. Time these clowns grew up. A modern economy needs modern roads. These people want an economy where half the workforce consists of archaeologists leisurely digging around for bits of stone, fragments of wood, and the odd bit of pottery. Sorry, but such an economy is not viable these days.
Having had the benefit of listening to a reasoned discussion on this issue on RTE's Morning Ireland, what's presented above, could be charitably termed a rant.
The statement- NRA have announced their intent to destroy it - may get attention. Apparently, the road will skirt by one wing of the battlefield and it has been proposed that a viewing structure could be moved.
The NRA is being advised by a historian of the period. He discussed the issue with another historian on RTE who suggested that the road could be built nearby through a bog - apparently that would cost a lot of money.
The historian who opposes the NRA plan said that the NRA's adviser is the recognised expert on the Jacobite-Williamite campaign in Ireland.
The key issue is that the main site of the battlefield will not be destroyed.
"The reality is that the heritage freaks are simply against all roads, full stop" - John. I think the point being made is that roads can be built - such as at Cashel - without whacking heritage.
Re "The key issue is that the main site of the battlefield will not be destroyed" - Michael. Unlikely; since transpired that there are other ancillary roads - as well as the motorway - that impact on the site.
Lighten up lads, I think someone was taking the piss...