Top US museum names Tara 'must-see' site

America’s influential Smithsonian Institute has included the Hill of Tara in a list of must-see endangered sites, it was revealed today.

The museum and research centre has put Ireland’s ancient seat of kings on a par with the Church of the Nativity in Bethlehem, thought to mark the birthplace of Jesus Christ, and the well-worn Route 66 through the heart of the US.