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History, Schmistory, bah, humbug!
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03-09-2012 02:42AM#1Why don't Irish politicians care about preserving historical sites?
The Irish Times announced today that the Blackrock Baths were being demolished after falling into disrepair. This seems to be the latest in a long line of historical sites that were either left to rot until they could not be salvaged, built or paved over, privatized, or preserved in such a way that they lose much of their historical significance. Off the top of my head, the bid to build a motorway by Tara, the failure to purchase Lissadell House, and the building of council offices over the Viking site in Dublin stand out as particularly egregious examples.
For a country that touts itself as a place of history and culture, why does it seem that there are there so few attempts by elected officials to actually preserve that history? Or am I missing something here?
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southsiderosie wrote: »Why don't Irish politicians care about preserving historical sites?
The Irish Times announced today that the Blackrock Baths were being demolished after falling into disrepair. This seems to be the latest in a long line of historical sites that were either left to rot until they could not be salvaged, built or paved over, privatized, or preserved in such a way that they lose much of their historical significance. Off the top of my head, the bid to build a motorway by Tara, the failure to purchase Lissadell House, and the building of council offices over the Viking site in Dublin stand out as particularly egregious examples.
For a country that touts itself as a place of history and culture, why does it seem that there are there so few attempts by elected officials to actually preserve that history? Or am I missing something here?
This was written nearly 100 years ago
"What need you, being come to sense,
But fumble in a greasy till
And add the halfpence to the pence
And prayer to shivering prayer, until
You have dried the marrow from the bone;
For men were born to pray and save;
Romantic Ireland's dead and gone,
It's with O'Leary in the grave."
http://classiclit.about.com/library/bl-etexts/wbyeats/bl-wbye-sept.htm
If you show a neolithic site to a good many of the irish political or merchant class, the first thing that'll pop into their mind is how many houses they can get into the acreage, or whether they'd be better with a gym and a nightclub with a chipper for good measure.0 -
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southsiderosie wrote: »Why don't Irish politicians care about preserving historical sites?
The Irish Times announced today that the Blackrock Baths were being demolished after falling into disrepair. This seems to be the latest in a long line of historical sites that were either left to rot until they could not be salvaged, built or paved over, privatized, or preserved in such a way that they lose much of their historical significance. Off the top of my head, the bid to build a motorway by Tara, the failure to purchase Lissadell House, and the building of council offices over the Viking site in Dublin stand out as particularly egregious examples.
For a country that touts itself as a place of history and culture, why does it seem that there are there so few attempts by elected officials to actually preserve that history? Or am I missing something here?
we are all missing the main point here, wtf does that mean 0 -
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southsiderosie wrote: »Why don't Irish politicians care about preserving historical sites?
The Irish Times announced today that the Blackrock Baths were being demolished after falling into disrepair. This seems to be the latest in a long line of historical sites that were either left to rot until they could not be salvaged, built or paved over, privatized, or preserved in such a way that they lose much of their historical significance. Off the top of my head, the bid to build a motorway by Tara, the failure to purchase Lissadell House, and the building of council offices over the Viking site in Dublin stand out as particularly egregious examples.
For a country that touts itself as a place of history and culture, why does it seem that there are there so few attempts by elected officials to actually preserve that history? Or am I missing something here?
I have wondered about those baths since the 70s, I have never been in them because they must have closed shortly before I arrived, then in recent years they were given a lick of paint which led me to believe that they would finally be ressurected/ and or modernised (but no), after decades of being abandoned and vandalised, only now are they to be demolished.
I would suggest that if they must demolish the baths they should at least build a modern homage to them, consisting of an indoor pool with flumes/water slides with a roof top bar/Cafe overlooking the sea - nice.0 -
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