{"id":103,"date":"2014-06-18T11:35:43","date_gmt":"2014-06-18T11:35:43","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/writingsinrhyme.com\/?p=103"},"modified":"2014-08-09T11:38:53","modified_gmt":"2014-08-09T11:38:53","slug":"naoises-people","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/writingsinrhyme.com\/index.php\/naoises-people\/","title":{"rendered":"Naoise\u2019s People"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure style=\"width: 199px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20130815182050im_\/http:\/\/www.writingsinrhyme.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/06\/Naoise-Carries-a-Fleeing-Dierdre-199x300.jpg\" alt=\"\u201cNaoise Carries a Fleeing Dierdre\u201d Unknown artist. The physical features of Naoise do not fit in with the Celtic stereotype of the time. Are theses the pre-Celtic people? Are the the Cruitin, recently adpated by the Ulster Scots as their forefathers? Or a completely different people? Did they build Newgrange, Naul, the dolmens at Howth, Aughnacliffe and the fairy forts at Coolfin and all over Ireland?\" width=\"199\" height=\"300\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">\u201cNaoise Carries a Fleeing Dierdre\u201d Unknown artist. The physical features of Naoise do not fit in with the Celtic stereotype of the time. Are theses the pre-Celtic people? Are the the Cruitin, recently adpated by the Ulster Scots as their forefathers? Or a completely different people? Did they build Newgrange, Naul, the dolmens at Howth, Aughnacliffe and the fairy forts at Coolfin and all over Ireland?<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>He who she loved\u2026 of the black, black hair<br \/>\nRuby lips and cheeks, of the palest skin\u2026<br \/>\nNot of the Celts as described them days<br \/>\nWhat was the heart, that beat within?<\/p>\n<p>The Celts, warlike, tall and fair<br \/>\nSwept across Europe, wide, as if a flood\u2026<br \/>\nLeft their mark on every land<br \/>\nAs a wild raging torrent would\u2026<\/p>\n<p>The God, Nuada of the Silver Arm<br \/>\nBalor\u2026 the God of the Evil Eye<br \/>\nExist in Ireland, Wales and the Ukraine\u2026<br \/>\nEchos of a time gone by.<\/p>\n<p>But Naoise\u2026 he is in Ireland alone known,<br \/>\nAs if only there his people do exist\u2026<br \/>\nAre they the Cruitin, or others who built Newgrange?<br \/>\nWhose spirals are their calling card through times thick mist?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>He who she loved\u2026 of the black, black hair Ruby lips and cheeks, of the palest skin\u2026 Not of the Celts as described them days What was the heart, that beat within? The Celts, warlike, tall and fair Swept across Europe, wide, as if a flood\u2026 Left their mark on &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[168,169],"tags":[171,173,176,174,175,170,172],"class_list":["post-103","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-irish-legend","category-myths-and-tales","tag-deirdre","tag-irish-legend-2","tag-irish-love-legend","tag-legend-of-naoise-and-deirdre","tag-love-legend","tag-naoise","tag-naoise-and-dierdre","column","twocol"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p7EI4f-1F","jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":224,"url":"https:\/\/writingsinrhyme.com\/index.php\/are-both-one-blood\/","url_meta":{"origin":103,"position":0},"title":"Are Both One Blood?","author":"Tom\u00e1s \u00d3 C\u00e1rthaigh","date":"11th August 2013","format":false,"excerpt":"Some Arabs say that Celts they were, These Berber folk who in the Maghreb live, I see few similarities to my eye\u2026 To the residents of the sands that don\u2019t forgive, Weakness of man or heart must be restrained, People must be resilient to survive - Where water is scarce,\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Irish Legend&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Irish Legend","link":"https:\/\/writingsinrhyme.com\/index.php\/category\/ireland\/irish-legend\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"Berber sands of the Pre Sahara","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.writingsinrhyme.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/02\/Berber-Sands-in-the-Pre-Sahara.jpg?resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.writingsinrhyme.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/02\/Berber-Sands-in-the-Pre-Sahara.jpg?resize=350%2C200 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.writingsinrhyme.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/02\/Berber-Sands-in-the-Pre-Sahara.jpg?resize=525%2C300 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.writingsinrhyme.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/02\/Berber-Sands-in-the-Pre-Sahara.jpg?resize=700%2C400 2x"},"classes":[]},{"id":717,"url":"https:\/\/writingsinrhyme.com\/index.php\/where-the-sidhe-dance\/","url_meta":{"origin":103,"position":1},"title":"Where the S\u00eddhe Dance","author":"Tom\u00e1s \u00d3 C\u00e1rthaigh","date":"23rd September 2014","format":false,"excerpt":"The grass grows green where the S\u00eddhe dance Unseen by men in the fog The mushroom circle is kissed by the dew Round the trees at the edge of the bog... 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