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\"Diur<\/a>
Diur – a cross community symbol for those who dies in the two World Wars?<\/figcaption><\/figure>
\nThe oak, strong and mighty, as is the warrior,
\nIn the face of the storm found,
\nFighting adversity, the winds, giving shelter and safety
\nTo all neath it gathered round…<\/p>\n

The qualities of both they are the same
\nThe warrior of which we have spoke,
\nGives direction and protection to those who seek it
\nAs neath its shade does the mighty oak!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The oak, strong and mighty, as is the warrior, In the face of the storm found, Fighting adversity, the winds, giving shelter and safety To all neath it gathered round… The qualities of both they are the same The warrior of which we have spoke, Gives direction and protection to …<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[256,213],"tags":[1256,1257,1253,1254,1255,1252,336],"class_list":["post-1110","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-irish-heritage","category-war","tag-alphabet","tag-british-legion","tag-diur","tag-ogam","tag-ogham","tag-poppy","tag-war-2","column","twocol"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/s7EI4f-diur","jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":1366,"url":"https:\/\/writingsinrhyme.com\/index.php\/walking-past-adamnans-church-in-birr\/","url_meta":{"origin":1110,"position":0},"title":"Walking Past Adamnans Church in Birr","author":"Tom\u00e1s \u00d3 C\u00e1rthaigh","date":"17th December 2014","format":false,"excerpt":"Its just another ruined church to some, but St Brendans Old Church in Birr is where a little known Irish saint wrote modern Europes first rules of war, and womens rights in battle, and not to fight in war, which is being eroded today. 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