{"id":3803,"date":"2017-07-15T01:22:55","date_gmt":"2017-07-15T00:22:55","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.writingsinrhyme.com\/?p=3803"},"modified":"2017-07-15T01:24:52","modified_gmt":"2017-07-15T00:24:52","slug":"when-they-stood-there-for-that-photo","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/writingsinrhyme.com\/index.php\/when-they-stood-there-for-that-photo\/","title":{"rendered":"When They Stood There For That Photo"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"&quot;When They Stood There For That Photo&quot; - Photo of the Carty family taken by Sean Mac Eoin\" width=\"660\" height=\"371\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/exWwz1HEJFg?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>When they stood there, for that photo<br \/>\nBefore my father was even born then<br \/>\nWho is now but in a picture a face<br \/>\nDid those women and men<br \/>\nWonder at the world to come<br \/>\nAnd ponder the coming times of change<br \/>\nThough they did not do this I think<br \/>\nFor their own times were as strange<br \/>\nTo have their day and to have it good<br \/>\nI think they were content<br \/>\nAs they stood to have their picture taken<br \/>\nBy a future war hero and candidate for President!<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>The verse above was written around 2007 or so, and centres on the photo below that was taken of our family at Aughagreagh by Sean Mac Eoin when he was the plainer sounding John Joseph McKeon. Known to us as the &#8220;Tipper McKeon&#8221; he is known to history as the &#8220;Blacksmith of Ballinalee&#8221;<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<figure id=\"attachment_3804\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-3804\" style=\"width: 958px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.writingsinrhyme.com\/index.php\/when-they-stood-there-for-that-photo\/carty-family-of-aughagreagh\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-3804\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.writingsinrhyme.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/Carty-family-of-Aughagreagh.jpg\" alt=\"Photo taken of our family outside our home in Aughagreagh by Sean MacEoin, known to us as &quot;Tipper&quot; McKeon, when he was known as John Joseph McKeon...\" width=\"958\" height=\"581\" class=\"size-full wp-image-3804\" srcset=\"https:\/\/writingsinrhyme.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/Carty-family-of-Aughagreagh.jpg 958w, https:\/\/writingsinrhyme.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/Carty-family-of-Aughagreagh-300x182.jpg 300w, https:\/\/writingsinrhyme.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/Carty-family-of-Aughagreagh-768x466.jpg 768w, https:\/\/writingsinrhyme.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/Carty-family-of-Aughagreagh-700x425.jpg 700w, https:\/\/writingsinrhyme.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/Carty-family-of-Aughagreagh-332x201.jpg 332w, https:\/\/writingsinrhyme.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/Carty-family-of-Aughagreagh-268x164.jpg 268w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 958px) 100vw, 958px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-3804\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Photo taken of our family outside our home in Aughagreagh by Sean MacEoin, known to us as &#8220;Tipper&#8221; McKeon, when he was known as John Joseph McKeon&#8230;<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>When they stood there, for that photo Before my father was even born then Who is now but in a picture a face Did those women and men Wonder at the world to come And ponder the coming times of change Though they did not do this I think For &#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":[22,23],"tags":[3718,2342,3717],"class_list":["post-3803","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-family-stories","category-north-longford","tag-john-joseph-mckeon","tag-north-longford","tag-sean-maceoin","column","twocol"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p7EI4f-Zl","jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":3214,"url":"https:\/\/writingsinrhyme.com\/index.php\/ambush-at-dooney-rock\/","url_meta":{"origin":3803,"position":0},"title":"Ambush At Dooney Rock","author":"Tom\u00e1s \u00d3 C\u00e1rthaigh","date":"11th October 2016","format":false,"excerpt":"When we come at the end of time, To Peter sitting in state, He will smile on the three old spirits, - \"The Fiddler of Dooney\" (W.B. 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