{"id":3609,"date":"2017-03-12T01:38:41","date_gmt":"2017-03-12T01:38:41","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.writingsinrhyme.com\/?p=3609"},"modified":"2017-03-12T01:38:41","modified_gmt":"2017-03-12T01:38:41","slug":"that-ireland-that-he-dreamed-of","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/writingsinrhyme.com\/index.php\/that-ireland-that-he-dreamed-of\/","title":{"rendered":"That Ireland That He Dreamed Of"},"content":{"rendered":"
\"Tragic<\/a>
Tragic and horrific as the findings in Tuam are… they will prove to be the tip of the iceberg.
De Valera and those like him did not build an Ireland for those who lived outside the given norm, the underclass and the social misfits were not part of his vision, as they did not fit in.
Their babies fitted nicely in a septic thank though…<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

That Ireland that he dreamed of
\nFor which so many died
\nWas to be the nightmare we now think of
\nFrom which so many died.<\/p>\n

The comely maidens behind the walls
\nTheir babies to the highest bidders for sale
\nThese are the ones not they didn’t speak of
\nWhose children to homes across the Atlantic set sail.<\/p>\n

Those children left? Starved in a land of plenty
\nTo be buried in a septic tank
\nAll the children treated equal bar those he didn’t think of
\nWhose act of rebellion we have our freedom as it is to thank.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

That Ireland that he dreamed of For which so many died Was to be the nightmare we now think of From which so many died. The comely maidens behind the walls Their babies to the highest bidders for sale These are the ones not they didn’t speak of Whose children …<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[136,55,54],"tags":[3558,3562,3561,143,1490,3550,140,3563],"class_list":["post-3609","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-catholic-church-scandals","category-current-affairs-in-ireland","category-ireland","tag-comely-maidens","tag-roscrea","tag-sean-ross-abbey","tag-single-mothers","tag-taboo","tag-tuam","tag-tuam-mother-and-baby-home","tag-vision-for-ireland","column","twocol"],"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p7EI4f-Wd","jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":3597,"url":"https:\/\/writingsinrhyme.com\/index.php\/suffer-little-children\/","url_meta":{"origin":3609,"position":0},"title":"Suffer Little Children","author":"Tom\u00e1s \u00d3 C\u00e1rthaigh","date":"4th March 2017","format":false,"excerpt":"Many will say to Me on that day, \u2018Lord, Lord, did we not prophesy in Your name, and in Your name drive out demons and perform many miracles?\u2019 23 Then I will tell them plainly, \u2018I never knew you; depart from Me, you workers of lawlessness.\u2019 \u25c4 Matthew 7:23 They\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "Abortion"","block_context":{"text":"Abortion","link":"https:\/\/writingsinrhyme.com\/index.php\/category\/abortion\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"The burial site of the children in the Tuam Mother and Baby home","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.writingsinrhyme.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/The-burial-site-of-the-children-in-the-Tuam-Mother-and-Baby-home-259x300.jpg?resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200},"classes":[]},{"id":77,"url":"https:\/\/writingsinrhyme.com\/index.php\/dignity-after-death\/","url_meta":{"origin":3609,"position":1},"title":"Dignity After Death","author":"Tom\u00e1s \u00d3 C\u00e1rthaigh","date":"7th June 2014","format":false,"excerpt":"Dedicated to the children murdered through neglect in Orphanages in Ireland. { Disclaimer, this is a POV piece (point of view), and as Im of the pro life position, I highlight the hypocrisy of their use of the position I hold dear. 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