{"id":2187,"date":"2015-08-11T19:06:27","date_gmt":"2015-08-11T19:06:27","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.writingsinrhyme.com\/?p=2187"},"modified":"2015-08-11T19:06:27","modified_gmt":"2015-08-11T19:06:27","slug":"1916-a-futile-effort-betrayed","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/writingsinrhyme.com\/index.php\/1916-a-futile-effort-betrayed\/","title":{"rendered":"1916 &#8211; A Futile Effort Betrayed"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_3290\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-3290\" style=\"width: 209px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-3290\" src=\"http:\/\/www.writingsinrhyme.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/Thobald-Wolfe-Tone-1798-Rebellion-Leader.jpg\" alt=\"Thobald Wolfe Tone - 1798 Rebellion Leader\" width=\"209\" height=\"309\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-3290\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Thobald Wolfe Tone &#8211; 1798 Rebellion Leader<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Was it for this that Theobald Wolf Tone<br \/>\nAcross his own throat drew the blade,<br \/>\nHis high ideals for which were fought<br \/>\nIgnored when the Free State made<br \/>\nThis land as bad and worse than the Kingdom before it<br \/>\nWhere only on paper people had rights<br \/>\nReligions\u00a0 everywhere in an unchristian land<br \/>\nRipped apart by sectarian fights&#8230;<br \/>\nIf the men who rose and died in 1916<br \/>\nIf those who the Alternative Ulster Covenant signed,<br \/>\nSaw what was to be made, would they still&#8217;ve rebelled<br \/>\nOr stayed at home, and let fate to itself be resigned?<br \/>\nWould they&#8217;ve donned uniform, turned on good neighbours,<br \/>\nThe land issue\u00a0 finally settled, or would they not<br \/>\nHave bothered &#8211; for all that changed was a flag &#8211;<br \/>\nWould they have bothered firing a shot?&#8221;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Was it for this that Theobald Wolf Tone Across his own throat drew the blade, His high ideals for which were fought Ignored when the Free State made This land as bad and worse than the Kingdom before it Where only on paper people had rights Religions\u00a0 everywhere in an &#8230;<\/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":[476,20],"tags":[561,2316,2318,2317,2319],"class_list":["post-2187","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-1916-easter-rising","category-irelands-wars","tag-561","tag-2316","tag-easter-week","tag-irelands-wars","tag-the-rising","column","twocol"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p7EI4f-zh","jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":2680,"url":"https:\/\/writingsinrhyme.com\/index.php\/when-the-bullets-they-were-flying\/","url_meta":{"origin":2187,"position":0},"title":"When The Bullets They Were Flying","author":"Tom\u00e1s \u00d3 C\u00e1rthaigh","date":"18th April 2016","format":false,"excerpt":"When the bullets they were flying When the hunger strikers were dying Every one of them were trying To break down the IRA. Now that the peace is made Of dying they need not be afraid In uniform they as charlatans parade Every one is a rebel today. If, back\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;1916 Easter Rising&quot;","block_context":{"text":"1916 Easter Rising","link":"https:\/\/writingsinrhyme.com\/index.php\/category\/irelands-wars\/1916-easter-rising\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"Commemmorations by the state parties of the 1916 rising makes me sick. Those who parade as dress up rebels today would have been the first to oppose the hunger strikers in their time.","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.writingsinrhyme.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/The-Hunger-Strikers-Irish-Heros-300x254.jpg?resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200},"classes":[]},{"id":2593,"url":"https:\/\/writingsinrhyme.com\/index.php\/1916-war-and-revolution\/","url_meta":{"origin":2187,"position":1},"title":"1916 &#8211; War and Revolution","author":"Tom\u00e1s \u00d3 C\u00e1rthaigh","date":"12th March 2016","format":false,"excerpt":"1916 - a year to most Remembered for slaughter of the Somme Youth sacrificed by generals incompetence Against the odds sent to die Little hope of winning 1916 - a year to most Remembered for the glory of Easter Week Youth sacrificed by generals idealism Against the odds the generals\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;1916 Easter Rising&quot;","block_context":{"text":"1916 Easter Rising","link":"https:\/\/writingsinrhyme.com\/index.php\/category\/irelands-wars\/1916-easter-rising\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"New York Times reports on the Easter Rising---1916-April-28","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.writingsinrhyme.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/New-York-Times-reports-on-the-Easter-Rising-1916-April-28.jpg?resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.writingsinrhyme.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/New-York-Times-reports-on-the-Easter-Rising-1916-April-28.jpg?resize=350%2C200 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.writingsinrhyme.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/New-York-Times-reports-on-the-Easter-Rising-1916-April-28.jpg?resize=525%2C300 1.5x"},"classes":[]},{"id":2486,"url":"https:\/\/writingsinrhyme.com\/index.php\/ireland-is-not-for-sale\/","url_meta":{"origin":2187,"position":2},"title":"Ireland Is Not For Sale","author":"Tom\u00e1s \u00d3 C\u00e1rthaigh","date":"13th January 2016","format":false,"excerpt":"Background: As with Tara, where our heritage was torn up to be sold for profit, there is the same happeneing at the site of the last stand of the 1916 Easter Rising. It is been resisted and is in the courts at the moment. All was quiet at the site\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;1916 Easter Rising&quot;","block_context":{"text":"1916 Easter Rising","link":"https:\/\/writingsinrhyme.com\/index.php\/category\/irelands-wars\/1916-easter-rising\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"The site of the last stand of the 1916 Rebellion: developers want to tear most of it down. 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Silent the clergy, bar a few most sided\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;1916 Easter Rising&quot;","block_context":{"text":"1916 Easter Rising","link":"https:\/\/writingsinrhyme.com\/index.php\/category\/irelands-wars\/1916-easter-rising\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"HMS Gloucester that shelled Galway city and county during 1916","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.writingsinrhyme.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/HMS-Gloucester-that-shelled-Galway-city-and-county-during-1916.jpg?resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.writingsinrhyme.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/HMS-Gloucester-that-shelled-Galway-city-and-county-during-1916.jpg?resize=350%2C200 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.writingsinrhyme.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/HMS-Gloucester-that-shelled-Galway-city-and-county-during-1916.jpg?resize=525%2C300 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.writingsinrhyme.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/HMS-Gloucester-that-shelled-Galway-city-and-county-during-1916.jpg?resize=700%2C400 2x"},"classes":[]},{"id":2546,"url":"https:\/\/writingsinrhyme.com\/index.php\/civilians-slain-an-empire-saved\/","url_meta":{"origin":2187,"position":4},"title":"Civilians Slain &#8211;  An Empire Saved","author":"Tom\u00e1s \u00d3 C\u00e1rthaigh","date":"10th February 2016","format":false,"excerpt":"The sight of the Dillon family emerging from their house waving a white flag in Moore Street being shot down by snipers \/ machine gunners of the British Army on the roof of the Rotunda is what convinced Pearse that it was time to surrender to prevent more civilian casualties.\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;1916 Easter Rising&quot;","block_context":{"text":"1916 Easter Rising","link":"https:\/\/writingsinrhyme.com\/index.php\/category\/irelands-wars\/1916-easter-rising\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"General James P Cullen speaking at Offaly Historical Society about the Easter 1916 Rebellion","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.writingsinrhyme.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/General-James-P-Cullen-speaking-at-Offaly-Historical-Society-about-the-Easter-1916-Rebellion.jpg?resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.writingsinrhyme.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/General-James-P-Cullen-speaking-at-Offaly-Historical-Society-about-the-Easter-1916-Rebellion.jpg?resize=350%2C200 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.writingsinrhyme.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/General-James-P-Cullen-speaking-at-Offaly-Historical-Society-about-the-Easter-1916-Rebellion.jpg?resize=525%2C300 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.writingsinrhyme.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/General-James-P-Cullen-speaking-at-Offaly-Historical-Society-about-the-Easter-1916-Rebellion.jpg?resize=700%2C400 2x"},"classes":[]},{"id":2632,"url":"https:\/\/writingsinrhyme.com\/index.php\/lesson-in-history-for-bob-geldof\/","url_meta":{"origin":2187,"position":5},"title":"Lesson in History for Bob Geldof","author":"Tom\u00e1s \u00d3 C\u00e1rthaigh","date":"3rd April 2016","format":false,"excerpt":"I have a lot of time for Bob Geldolf, but his recent comments comparing the 1916 leaders to jihadis was insulting to the Irish in the extreme, if an Orangeman came out with it he would be done for a hate crime. 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