{"id":4059,"date":"2017-10-14T20:16:50","date_gmt":"2017-10-14T19:16:50","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.writingsinrhyme.com\/?p=4059"},"modified":"2017-10-14T20:16:50","modified_gmt":"2017-10-14T19:16:50","slug":"the-death-of-niall-the-third-of-ireland","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/writingsinrhyme.com\/index.php\/the-death-of-niall-the-third-of-ireland\/","title":{"rendered":"The Death of Niall the Third of Ireland"},"content":{"rendered":"
\"Detail<\/a>
Detail of still from “Vikings”<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Republishing this old verse of mine, part of a series.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

When Niall the Third was of Ireland High King
\nThere came underneath his reign
\nFor the freedom of the clans of Ireland
\nA time of battle with the Dane<\/p>\n

And amidst the battles fray
\nBy the Callan rivers bursting banks aflow
\nA soldier was swept away
\nTo save his life, comrades were sent to go<\/p>\n

But quicker then the soldiers proud that he sent
\nHe himself swam him to save
\nThe waters for the warrior king was too strong
\nThe waters now is his grave!<\/p>\n

A heroic death of a king
\nWho died to save the lowest soldier of all
\nLike Christ died sinners to save
\nWhat a noble death to which a warrior can fall!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Republishing this old verse of mine, part of a series. When Niall the Third was of Ireland High King There came underneath his reign For the freedom of the clans of Ireland A time of battle with the Dane And amidst the battles fray By the Callan rivers bursting banks …<\/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":[20,256,3915,3914],"tags":[3920,3918,3921,1614,3917,3916,3919],"class_list":["post-4059","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-irelands-wars","category-irish-heritage","category-irish-high-kings","category-viking-wars-in-ireland","tag-battle-with-the-danes","tag-danes","tag-death-of-irish-high-king","tag-high-king","tag-irish-high-king","tag-niall-the-third-of-ireland","tag-vikings","column","twocol"],"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p7EI4f-13t","jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":4559,"url":"https:\/\/writingsinrhyme.com\/index.php\/the-burning-of-limerick\/","url_meta":{"origin":4059,"position":0},"title":"The Burning of Limerick","author":"Tom\u00e1s \u00d3 C\u00e1rthaigh","date":"4th October 2019","format":false,"excerpt":"The bloody story of the defeat of the Vikings at Limerick","rel":"","context":"In "Irish Heritage"","block_context":{"text":"Irish Heritage","link":"https:\/\/writingsinrhyme.com\/index.php\/category\/ireland\/irish-heritage\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"Fighting the Vikings at Limerick","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.writingsinrhyme.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/Fighting-the-Vikings-at-Limerick.jpg?resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200},"classes":[]},{"id":1843,"url":"https:\/\/writingsinrhyme.com\/index.php\/the-harp-of-king-brian-boru\/","url_meta":{"origin":4059,"position":1},"title":"The Harp of King Brian Bor\u00fa","author":"Tom\u00e1s \u00d3 C\u00e1rthaigh","date":"7th June 2015","format":false,"excerpt":"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=pNPLYN-LK0Y Its a mere 1001 years since the battle of Clontarf, and we understand little of the dynamics of the battle. 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