{"id":4448,"date":"2019-02-10T04:06:26","date_gmt":"2019-02-10T04:06:26","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.writingsinrhyme.com\/?p=4448"},"modified":"2019-02-10T04:06:26","modified_gmt":"2019-02-10T04:06:26","slug":"dervogilla","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/writingsinrhyme.com\/index.php\/dervogilla\/","title":{"rendered":"Dervogilla"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure style=\"width: 900px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.rostapestry.ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/Panel02-The-Abduction-of-Dervorgilla.jpg\" width=\"900\" height=\"686\" alt=\"Dermots passion, in stealing Teirnans wife, would have an effect on a nation that would last longer than the better known wars of Troy over Helen...\" class=\"size-medium\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Dermots passion, in stealing Teirnans wife, would have an effect on a nation that would last longer than the better known wars of Troy over Helen&#8230;<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Dervogilla &#8211; the Helen of Hibernia!<br \/>\nBeauty great to a land she brings<br \/>\nTragedy of a thousand years of<br \/>\nDeath and passions between kings&#8230;<br \/>\nPeasants fight the wars and die<br \/>\nBeauty fades with advancing age<br \/>\nRemembered in hatreds in centuries to come<br \/>\nFolly rued by historian, student and sage.<\/p>\n<p>Dermot &#8211; The Paris of our land!<br \/>\nYou a lover for your bed did find<br \/>\nPhyriic victory for your clan whose heirs were lost<br \/>\nYour son beheaded &#8211; another Enna made blind! (1)<br \/>\nO&#8217; Connor the Brehon laws enforced:<br \/>\nSuch is as High King his role<br \/>\nFor breaking the seventh writing on stone (2)<br \/>\nBy the Finger of God which also marks your soul!<\/p>\n<p>Ireland &#8211; the Troy of our modern times<br \/>\nAmong whom blood over passions still spilled<br \/>\nThis sin, alas, draws a high price<br \/>\nThe dead know not why they were killed<br \/>\nIn a war caused by wars caused by a war<br \/>\nFought over the sins of a lustful king<br \/>\nWho to fight the man that he had wronged<br \/>\nA husband to his child daughter to our land did bring! (3)<\/p>\n<p>(1) Rory O\u2019Connor High King of Ireland, held Dermot\u2019s legitimate heirs as hostages to ensure the good behaviour of the Leinster King. When this was not forthcoming,  the eldest boy Enna was blinded which made him  quite incapable of inheriting his father\u2019s territory, and the second boy was beheaded;<\/p>\n<p>(2) The seventh commandement of the Ten Commandment prohibits adultry, said to be written on the Tablets of Stone brought down from Mount Sinai by Moses by the very Finger of God.<\/p>\n<p>(3) Dermot gave his daughter, merely 15 at the time, to the Norman de Clare as a bride. The husband McMurrough brought brought with him the troubles that have stayed with us to this day&#8230;<\/p>\n<p>Reference:<br \/>\nhttp:\/\/www.rostapestry.ie\/the-panels\/2-the-abduction-of-dervogilla\/<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Dermots passion, in stealing Teirnans wife, would have an effect on #Ireland that would last longer than the better known wars of Troy &#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":[2875,3915,178,3631,145,2409,159],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-4448","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-arrival-of-the-normans","category-irish-high-kings","category-irish-romances","category-legends","category-love-poems","category-the-ten-commandments","category-wanderings-of-the-gael","column","twocol"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p7EI4f-19K","jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":500,"url":"https:\/\/writingsinrhyme.com\/index.php\/the-excommunication-of-st-columba\/","url_meta":{"origin":4448,"position":0},"title":"The Excommunication of St. Columba","author":"Tom\u00e1s \u00d3 C\u00e1rthaigh","date":"2nd July 2012","format":false,"excerpt":"A sinner as is every man Columba for his family had great pride Swift of tongue and hot of temper He challenged all who in his path did stride. 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