{"id":2593,"date":"2016-03-12T11:45:04","date_gmt":"2016-03-12T11:45:04","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.writingsinrhyme.com\/?p=2593"},"modified":"2016-04-03T13:53:30","modified_gmt":"2016-04-03T13:53:30","slug":"1916-war-and-revolution","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/writingsinrhyme.com\/index.php\/1916-war-and-revolution\/","title":{"rendered":"1916 &#8211; War and Revolution"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_2594\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-2594\" style=\"width: 650px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.writingsinrhyme.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/New-York-Times-reports-on-the-Easter-Rising-1916-April-28.jpg\" alt=\"New York Times reports on the Easter Rising---1916-April-28\" width=\"650\" height=\"488\" class=\"size-full wp-image-2594\" srcset=\"https:\/\/writingsinrhyme.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/New-York-Times-reports-on-the-Easter-Rising-1916-April-28.jpg 650w, https:\/\/writingsinrhyme.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/New-York-Times-reports-on-the-Easter-Rising-1916-April-28-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/writingsinrhyme.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/New-York-Times-reports-on-the-Easter-Rising-1916-April-28-332x249.jpg 332w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 650px) 100vw, 650px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-2594\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">New York Times reports on the Easter Rising&#8212;1916-April-28<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>1916 &#8211; a year to most<br \/>\nRemembered for slaughter of the Somme<br \/>\nYouth sacrificed by generals incompetence<br \/>\nAgainst the odds sent to die<br \/>\nLittle hope of winning<\/p>\n<p>1916 &#8211; a year to most<br \/>\nRemembered for the glory of Easter Week<br \/>\nYouth sacrificed by generals idealism<br \/>\nAgainst the odds the generals went to die<br \/>\nDeath itself was the winning.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"100%\" height=\"450\" scrolling=\"no\" frameborder=\"no\" src=\"https:\/\/w.soundcloud.com\/player\/?url=https%3A\/\/api.soundcloud.com\/tracks\/257088410&amp;auto_play=false&amp;hide_related=false&amp;show_comments=true&amp;show_user=true&amp;show_reposts=false&amp;visual=true\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<blockquote><p>The difference between the Easter Week rebels and the other conflicts at the time in 1916 was that the generals were the ones to die when it was all over. That shows the truth and the passion of the rebellion as opposed to the war itself, and lies behind its mythical status today and the long term success of the separatist cause&#8230;<\/p>\n<p>Of course, not all Irish were on the separatist side, whether through conviction or circumstances, amny were fighting under the British flag.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/irishpost.co.uk\/10-facts-about-the-irish-men-who-fought-for-the-british-during-the-1916-easter-rising\/\">http:\/\/irishpost.co.uk\/10-facts-about-the-irish-men-who-fought-for-the-british-during-the-1916-easter-rising\/<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>1916 &#8211; 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 &#8211; a year to most Remembered for the glory of Easter Week Youth sacrificed by generals idealism Against the odds the generals &#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":[476,120,97],"tags":[2711,1028,2710,2318,1762],"class_list":["post-2593","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-1916-easter-rising","category-non-rhyming-poems","category-the-great-war","tag-deaths","tag-dublin","tag-easter-rising","tag-easter-week","tag-spoken-word","column","twocol"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p7EI4f-FP","jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":2546,"url":"https:\/\/writingsinrhyme.com\/index.php\/civilians-slain-an-empire-saved\/","url_meta":{"origin":2593,"position":0},"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":2187,"url":"https:\/\/writingsinrhyme.com\/index.php\/1916-a-futile-effort-betrayed\/","url_meta":{"origin":2593,"position":1},"title":"1916 &#8211; A Futile Effort Betrayed","author":"Tom\u00e1s \u00d3 C\u00e1rthaigh","date":"11th August 2015","format":false,"excerpt":"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\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":"Thobald Wolfe Tone - 1798 Rebellion Leader","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.writingsinrhyme.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/Thobald-Wolfe-Tone-1798-Rebellion-Leader.jpg?resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200},"classes":[]},{"id":2486,"url":"https:\/\/writingsinrhyme.com\/index.php\/ireland-is-not-for-sale\/","url_meta":{"origin":2593,"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. 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