Save Tara Trees Facebook campaign launched

A Facebook campaign has been set up to save the ‘fairy trees’ at the ancient Hill of Tara site, which organisers say are being "suffocated with heavy rubbish" by wish-makers.

Well-meaning visitors have been leaving hundreds of items, including hairbands, plastic cards, underwear, and even handcuffs tied to branches of two hawthorn trees near the Lia Fáil stone on the legendary Co Meath site.

The practice of rag-tying was deliberately diverted away from the original tree in a “gallant effort to save it”, according to Carmel Diviney, who has launched the Save Tara Trees campaign on Facebook.