{"id":1591,"date":"2015-04-07T10:12:52","date_gmt":"2015-04-07T10:12:52","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.writingsinrhyme.com\/?p=1591"},"modified":"2015-04-07T10:12:52","modified_gmt":"2015-04-07T10:12:52","slug":"destiny-followed-demands-sacrifice","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/writingsinrhyme.com\/index.php\/destiny-followed-demands-sacrifice\/","title":{"rendered":"Destiny Followed Demands Sacrifice"},"content":{"rendered":"
\"Landing<\/a>
Landing site of Miles Espana in Waterville – rocks in middle is where his son Eanna died according to legend<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Standing sentry where Sceine lies
\nHis love who died at sea
\nBefore Ameregin chanted the sacred verse
\nSo this Island of Destiny
\nFrom the Dannann could be seized
\nBy theses armies by swords and spells
\nTheir vicoty she was not to see
\nWhich legend today to us tells<\/p>\n

Washed by the waves, the cruel rocks
\nAgainst whom his head was dashed
\nWhown by his name they are washed today
\nAs they were washed by his blood on a time now past
\nEanna was not to have issue to rule
\nAny part of this land in his name
\nHe by Mistress Fate was cruelly denied
\nRobbed him of the Destiny for which his people came<\/p>\n

All men and people their destiny must follow
\nAs water flows to the sea, that is mans road
\nMiles lost his son, Amergin his wife before stepping on the shore
\nThat was theirr victories heavy load…<\/p>\n

\nAmergin – chielf poet of Miles Espana
\nSceine – Wife of Emergin
\nMiles Espana – Mythological founder of the Irish people. Married to Scots, daughter of a legendry Pharoe
\nEanna – youngest son of Miles, who fell from rigging dashing his head on rocks outide Waterville before the Milesians landed.<\/p>\n
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Standing sentry where Sceine lies His love who died at sea Before Ameregin chanted the sacred verse So this Island of Destiny From the Dannann could be seized By theses armies by swords and spells Their vicoty she was not to see Which legend today to us tells Washed by …<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[256,168,169,159],"tags":[1218,173,1497,1758,1759,1760,1757],"class_list":["post-1591","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-irish-heritage","category-irish-legend","category-myths-and-tales","category-wanderings-of-the-gael","tag-folklore","tag-irish-legend-2","tag-kerry","tag-miles-espana","tag-sceine","tag-tomb","tag-waterville","column","twocol"],"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p7EI4f-pF","jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":4503,"url":"https:\/\/writingsinrhyme.com\/index.php\/give-stonehenge-back-to-the-irish\/","url_meta":{"origin":1591,"position":0},"title":"Give Stonehenge Back to the Irish!","author":"Tom\u00e1s \u00d3 C\u00e1rthaigh","date":"17th April 2019","format":false,"excerpt":"One legend states the stones of Stonehenge came from Killare in Westmeath, the Hill of Uisneach. 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