{"id":4364,"date":"2018-06-13T19:26:54","date_gmt":"2018-06-13T18:26:54","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.writingsinrhyme.com\/?p=4364"},"modified":"2018-06-13T19:26:54","modified_gmt":"2018-06-13T18:26:54","slug":"dance-of-the-mayfly-at-dromineer","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/writingsinrhyme.com\/index.php\/dance-of-the-mayfly-at-dromineer\/","title":{"rendered":"Dance of the Mayfly at Dromineer"},"content":{"rendered":"

The Mayfly swarm a few times a year depending on the species, however its from their time of emergence in may they have their name and reputation. I was in Dromineer during such an event, and it was quite a site to see…<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

They are dancing with the water
\nThey are thick in the air
\nA dance of merriment, of life itself
\nYet, a dance of death was there…<\/p>\n

They danced on Lough Dergs waters
\nDance to live before they die
\nFor all we do, we are the same
\nUs mortal men, and them, they mayfly.<\/p>\n

Sure, we dee the dawn, but the dance is the same
\nTo see we are replaced
\nIt shall be like we never were
\nThat for dance of life had not a taste.<\/p>\n

To be seen, with the zest of being
\nThe one time that they appear
\nThe Mayfly today had their day
\nOn Dergs lapping waters, at Dromineer.<\/p>\n

\"Dromineer<\/a>
Dromineer – with my little boat in the foreground<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The Mayfly swarm a few times a year depending on the species, however its from their time of emergence in may they have their name and reputation. I was in Dromineer during such an event, and it was quite a site to see… They are dancing with the water They …<\/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":[109,7,232],"tags":[4138,4139,4137,4136],"class_list":["post-4364","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-environment","category-life","category-nature-2","tag-dance-of-life","tag-dromineer","tag-life-of-mayfly","tag-mayfly","column","twocol"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p7EI4f-18o","jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":4419,"url":"https:\/\/writingsinrhyme.com\/index.php\/year-of-graves-and-waves\/","url_meta":{"origin":4364,"position":0},"title":"Year of Graves and Waves","author":"Tom\u00e1s \u00d3 C\u00e1rthaigh","date":"1st January 2019","format":false,"excerpt":"2018 was the year for graves and waves - we lost two members of the Tullamore Rhymers, and my little boat brought me from Killaloe to Lanesbo","rel":"","context":"In \"2018\"","block_context":{"text":"2018","link":"https:\/\/writingsinrhyme.com\/index.php\/tag\/2018\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"Little Vixen on the River Shannon... she is to be renamed \"Wyvern\"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/writingsinrhyme.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/Little-Vixen-on-the-River-Shannon.jpeg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1","width":350,"height":200},"classes":[]},{"id":210,"url":"https:\/\/writingsinrhyme.com\/index.php\/tae-lane-ep-launch\/","url_meta":{"origin":4364,"position":1},"title":"Tae Lane EP Launch – Blog","author":"Tom\u00e1s \u00d3 C\u00e1rthaigh","date":"28th June 2014","format":false,"excerpt":"There was plenty of other mens girls who I would loved to have got low down pleasures with at the Tae Lane gig in Hugh Lynches Bar in Tullamore tonight. 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