{"id":2053,"date":"2015-07-30T02:46:18","date_gmt":"2015-07-30T02:46:18","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.writingsinrhyme.com\/?p=2053"},"modified":"2015-07-30T02:55:04","modified_gmt":"2015-07-30T02:55:04","slug":"ill-go-where-im-sent","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/writingsinrhyme.com\/index.php\/ill-go-where-im-sent\/","title":{"rendered":"Ill Go Where Im Sent"},"content":{"rendered":"
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The sense of self sacrifice is palpable in Granard Municipal District. “I’ll go where I’m sent” says he. All opposition to the junket thwarted… the Celtic Tiger is still roaring in North Longford. #longforddeservesbetter<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
\"Am<\/a>
Am I too hard on them, or am I on the nail?<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Invitation received: all were excited
\nAgain their friends where they are twinned they would meet
\nIts not a junket: this, this is essential –
\nHow many to send to see them name a street?<\/p>\n

They will name it after the battle site
\nWe need to send two anyway someone said
\nNo one thought to ask was it for this those folk fought for
\nWas it for this all those men lie dead?<\/p>\n

Someone somewhere notices a charge in the atmosphere
\nA sign of discomfort at the junket: discontent
\nOne way to solve it: a ticket for him
\nSays he: “I’ll go where I’m sent!”<\/p>\n

Now we see how Ireland is banjaxed
\nLongford being but a small test sample
\nWe will do it all again and feck the country again…
\nThe street naming fiasco is the proof as an example!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Invitation received: all were excited Again their friends where they are twinned they would meet Its not a junket: this, this is essential – How many to send to see them name a street? They will name it after the battle site We need to send two anyway someone said …<\/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":[412,571,55,54,2,1],"tags":[161,1569,2345,2295,2293,2294],"class_list":["post-2053","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-1798-rebellion","category-austerity","category-current-affairs-in-ireland","category-ireland","category-satire","category-uncategorized","tag-ballinamuck","tag-france","tag-ireland","tag-junket","tag-longford-county-council","tag-street-naming","column","twocol"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p7EI4f-x7","jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":3940,"url":"https:\/\/writingsinrhyme.com\/index.php\/after-touring-st-mels-cathederal\/","url_meta":{"origin":2053,"position":0},"title":"After Touring St. Mels Cathederal","author":"Tom\u00e1s \u00d3 C\u00e1rthaigh","date":"12th September 2017","format":false,"excerpt":"Where the fire burned... its smell intimately familiar One statue survived, mere damage and dust of smoke Pictured on the walls: the ruins, it looks now that there was never any I listened, as the bishop of it spoke Of the sculpture of the Stations and the Church Mice Of\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "Ireland"","block_context":{"text":"Ireland","link":"https:\/\/writingsinrhyme.com\/index.php\/category\/ireland\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"Windows in Saint Mels Cathederal in Longford","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.writingsinrhyme.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/Windows-in-Saint-Mels-Cathederal-in-Longford-165x300.jpg?resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200},"classes":[]},{"id":4577,"url":"https:\/\/writingsinrhyme.com\/index.php\/home-made-explores-concept-of-home-for-longford-writers-group\/","url_meta":{"origin":2053,"position":1},"title":"“Home Made” explores concept of home for Longford Writers Group","author":"Tom\u00e1s \u00d3 C\u00e1rthaigh","date":"3rd December 2019","format":false,"excerpt":"The Longford Writers Group - featuring yours truly - launched their anthology of poems and stories in Longford Library, to the musical accompaniment of Bernie on the keyboard, and Valerie on vocals. 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