Carve his name, place in stone each letter,
\nTo do so… now it is the time…
\nThe call, a campaign to start, it rings out,
\nTo rectify the omission, the crime,
\nBecause he was not favoured by Napoleon,
\nSo say because of politics, more of Romance,
\nHe has been overlooked in official history
\nTo rectify this, this is now our chance.<\/p>\n
A fair call, in the spirit offered…
\nAs I weigh up its merits worth,
\nI think of how he dismissed the Irish
\nTo be rebuked by Teeling, enraged and hurt,
\nWho single handedly took out a cannon
\nLooked death in the face, faced it down and won,
\nOne man a leader by uniforms ranking
\nAnother a leader by use of gun.<\/p>\n
Token resistance, and then surrender,
\nWas it for that, all this way they came to fight,
\nTo raise folks passions – as a man his lovers
\nThen to leave the bedchamber in dark of night –
\nWhy raise a populace to rebellion
\nWhen he knew their safety on surrender he could not have sued
\nThough he tried, it is fair, he knew it impossible,
\nIs he part responsible for what ensued?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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