Tara Group Vows Legal Action Over Controversial Burial Site Dig


	Tara Group Vows Legal Action Over Controversial Burial Site Dig

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8-8-2007 11:33 PM

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ireland, national, monument, history, hill of tara, ancient, archaeology

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