{"id":3515,"date":"2017-02-08T15:19:31","date_gmt":"2017-02-08T15:19:31","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.writingsinrhyme.com\/?p=3515"},"modified":"2017-02-08T15:19:31","modified_gmt":"2017-02-08T15:19:31","slug":"a-land-worth-fighting-for","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/writingsinrhyme.com\/index.php\/a-land-worth-fighting-for\/","title":{"rendered":"A Land Worth Fighting For"},"content":{"rendered":"
\"Looking<\/a>
Looking down on Aughrim Village from the Jacobite positions which was a carpark during the Aughrim Horse Fair<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

This is a land worth fighting for”
\nWilliam of Orange – attrib.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

“I fought to liberate the Protestants,
\nnot oppress the Catholics”
\nWilliam of Orange<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

King William, though made a champion of the Orange Order, was a fair general, making good Treatys with the surrendering cities. He and his Williamite party were condemned in the Irish parliment for these “generous” terms by the Ultras such as Bishop Anthony Dopping of Clonmacnois and Trinity College. These later held sway with Queen Anne leading to a breaking of most of the Treaty of Limerick and the Treaty of Galway…<\/em><\/p>\n

A land worth fighting for, plains of Royal Meath
\nA kingdom, no, three, on his white steed
\nWith Dutch Dane and German as he did need
\nHe crossed Boyne’s narrow water
\nAnd faced James with French and Irish who with brave deed
\nRaced headlong both sides to slaughter.<\/p>\n

The battled ebbed, the battle flowed
\nThe battle sped up, and then it slowed
\nAnd in time, the field it showed
\nWilliam won the day
\nAnd the Irish troops, they soon it knowed
\nTheir King was away.<\/p>\n

The king to his servant said
\nThe Irish being cowardly had the battle fled
\nNot fighting as they should have, instead
\nOf standing their ground another bit
\nThe servant stated that in the race ahead
\nFrom the battle, the king beat the soldiers to it.<\/p>\n

And by Treaty inside Limericks wall
\nWhich is why the city by that name people still call
\nThe victor, and those who fall
\nMade solemn guarantee
\nThat those of faiths not of state, lands great and small
\nShall keep, and to worship be free.<\/p>\n

However those who succeeded the throne
\nHis traits of fairness had not shown
\nAnd freedom for Catholic was unknown
\nAnd to our shame
\nWe listened and spread the story that has grown
\nThat for bigotry William was to blame.<\/p>\n

The Boyne was a battle of Kings
\nNot for faith, but for other things
\nFor power, and all that brings
\nTo he who wins
\nAnd fools, beats drums and songs sings
\nAnd in time will suffer for his sins.<\/p>\n

Sure he wanted freedom from Rome’s diktat
\nAs do us all, though Catholic for that
\nAnd that was all that he was at,
\nThough others round him at his prime
\nWaited their moment and at their places sat
\nAnd struck after his time.<\/p>\n

What thinks he when he sees made
\nIn his honour the Orange parade
\nBigot tunes by his subjects played
\nBy those he fought to free
\nHow they from his vision have strayed
\nBy opposing for all faiths liberty!<\/p>\n

He stated loud, he stated well
\nThe history books to us they tell
\nThat cavalry charge he ordered, and with the shell
\nHe fought to liberate Protestants, as they did call
\nHim to do so, and for it his troops fell
\nNot to oppress Catholics at all.<\/p>\n

And the men of 98
\nWho wished for freedom for their faith
\nThis they often did state
\nThough Williamite
\nThey united to make a nation as a Republic great
\nWith their fellow Irishman, the Jacobite.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

This is a land worth fighting for” William of Orange – attrib. “I fought to liberate the Protestants, not oppress the Catholics” William of Orange King William, though made a champion of the Orange Order, was a fair general, making good Treatys with the surrendering cities. He and his Williamite …<\/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":[21,20,1094,1168],"tags":[2255,2341,3478,3473,28,3474,295,3476,3479,3475,3472,3477,29,3471,2258],"class_list":["post-3515","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-battle-of-the-boyne","category-irelands-wars","category-ulster-scots","category-williamite-wars","tag-battle-of-aughrim","tag-battle-of-the-boyne","tag-ginkel","tag-good-king-billy","tag-king-billy","tag-loyal-orders","tag-orange-order","tag-reformation","tag-seige-of-athlone","tag-ultras","tag-waqrs-of-ireland","tag-war-of-the-two-kings","tag-william-of-orange","tag-williamite-wars","tag-williamites","column","twocol"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p7EI4f-UH","jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":15,"url":"https:\/\/writingsinrhyme.com\/index.php\/basket-across-the-boyne\/","url_meta":{"origin":3515,"position":0},"title":"Basket Across the Boyne","author":"Tom\u00e1s \u00d3 C\u00e1rthaigh","date":"8th July 2014","format":false,"excerpt":"Smoke had cleared, blood clotted, breaths gone Flies feasted on the dead Victories armies raged the land Men fled to hills and bogs, prices on their head... 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