{"id":19196,"date":"2023-08-16T15:45:31","date_gmt":"2023-08-16T22:45:31","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/mixhart.ca\/blog\/?p=19196"},"modified":"2024-07-11T08:08:16","modified_gmt":"2024-07-11T15:08:16","slug":"the-harts-of-ancient-tara-ireland","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.mixhart.ca\/index.php\/the-harts-of-ancient-tara-ireland\/","title":{"rendered":"The Harts of Tara, Ireland"},"content":{"rendered":"

The Harts of Tara, Ireland<\/h3>\r\n

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Rematriate<\/strong>: to restore a people to their rightful place in sacred relationship with their ancestral land and life ways.<\/p>\r\n<\/blockquote>\r\n

Tara, where it all started…<\/h4>\r\n

I am an Irish Canadian. My ancestry is half Irish. My Irish forebears sought refuge in Canada, compelled to flee their homeland during the brutal period of Irish colonization by England in the 19th century. I arrived in Ireland on a personal quest to uncover the true nature of my rightful connection and sacred bond with the land that once belonged to my ancestors.\u00a0<\/p>\r\n

My ancestors lived in the ancient Irish and Norse Northern Temperate Rainforests for millennia. However, the term \u201cIrish\u201d is modern and English. The \u201cIrish\u201d are Gaels. Gaeilge, is the language of the Gaels. Gael means \u201cforest people.\u201d<\/strong>\u00a080% of Ireland was covered in ancient oak and yew rainforests prior to deforestation. I want to know what it means to be a person of\u00a0the Northern\u00a0Rainforests<\/strong>:\u00a0from the rainforests of my British Columbia, Canadian home, to the rainforests of my European ancestors.<\/p>\r\n