Silent they lie, neath clay, the slain…
\nSpeak not of deeds done, but remain
\nIn history, names unknown,
\nOf battles fought, for land, king, throne,
\nBut great are they the stories talked
\nBy those folk who from the field walked
\nDo they immortality seek?
\nHeros, dead, of their deeds don’t speak.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Silent they lie, neath clay, the slain… Speak not of deeds done, but remain In history, names unknown, Of battles fought, for land, king, throne, But great are they the stories talked By those folk who from the field walked Do they immortality seek? Heros, dead, of their deeds don’t …<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[412],"tags":[161,413],"class_list":["post-253","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-1798-rebellion","tag-ballinamuck","tag-battle-of-ballinamuck","column","twocol"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p7EI4f-45","jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":4425,"url":"https:\/\/writingsinrhyme.com\/index.php\/from-ballinamuck-to-fiji-odyssey-of-a-stranger-from-clare\/","url_meta":{"origin":253,"position":0},"title":"From Ballinamuck to Fiji – Odyssey of a Stranger from Clare","author":"Tom\u00e1s \u00d3 C\u00e1rthaigh","date":"9th January 2019","format":false,"excerpt":"The strange and true tale of a man who survived the 1798 rebellion, only to end up with eight wives in Fiji - a place farther from his native County Clare than even the remote Ballinamuck of North Longford...","rel":"","context":"In "1798 Rebellion"","block_context":{"text":"1798 Rebellion","link":"https:\/\/writingsinrhyme.com\/index.php\/category\/irelands-wars\/1798-rebellion\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"Paddy Connel playing bookmaker at cockroach races in Fort William jail","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/writingsinrhyme.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/Paddy-Connel-playing-bookmaker-at-cockroach-races-in-Fort-William-jail.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1","width":350,"height":200},"classes":[]},{"id":5048,"url":"https:\/\/writingsinrhyme.com\/index.php\/blackbirds-at-ballinamuck-sing-in-the-trees\/","url_meta":{"origin":253,"position":1},"title":"Blackbirds at Ballinamuck Sing in The Trees","author":"Tom\u00e1s \u00d3 C\u00e1rthaigh","date":"3rd September 2021","format":false,"excerpt":"The blackbirds at Ballinamuck sing among the trees Where the rebels, prone, were slain, English cavalry chased through where horses could run To kill the walking wounded who remain. 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