{"id":4559,"date":"2019-10-04T15:34:55","date_gmt":"2019-10-04T14:34:55","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.writingsinrhyme.com\/?p=4559"},"modified":"2019-10-04T15:37:30","modified_gmt":"2019-10-04T14:37:30","slug":"the-burning-of-limerick","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/writingsinrhyme.com\/index.php\/the-burning-of-limerick\/","title":{"rendered":"The Burning of Limerick"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_4560\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-4560\" style=\"width: 463px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.writingsinrhyme.com\/index.php\/the-burning-of-limerick\/fighting-the-vikings-at-limerick\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-4560\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-4560 size-full\" src=\"http:\/\/www.writingsinrhyme.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/Fighting-the-Vikings-at-Limerick.jpg\" alt=\"Fighting the Vikings at Limerick\" width=\"463\" height=\"94\" srcset=\"https:\/\/writingsinrhyme.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/Fighting-the-Vikings-at-Limerick.jpg 463w, https:\/\/writingsinrhyme.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/Fighting-the-Vikings-at-Limerick-300x61.jpg 300w, https:\/\/writingsinrhyme.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/Fighting-the-Vikings-at-Limerick-332x67.jpg 332w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 463px) 100vw, 463px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-4560\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Fighting the Vikings at Limerick<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Flames licked the night sky of Limerick<br \/>\nThe Norse knew their own fear<br \/>\nThat they had instilled to others<br \/>\nFor too long both far and near!<\/p>\n<p>The Dal gCais retreated:<br \/>\nThe battle for now was won,<br \/>\nThe enemy abroad hiding in the hills..<br \/>\nThis nights bloody work was done.<\/p>\n<p>An uncles murder avenged<br \/>\nSlaves taken for to sell or keep<br \/>\nThe battle able slain in the streets<br \/>\nThe Dal gCais went to sleep<\/p>\n<p>It was not the end of the fighting to be done<br \/>\nBut as the mornings day did break<br \/>\nThe Norsemans power was broken in the South<br \/>\nSoon, Dublin itself they must take!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The bloody story of the defeat of the Vikings at Limerick<\/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":[256,3915,3922],"tags":[4226,4225,4227,3919],"class_list":["post-4559","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-irish-heritage","category-irish-high-kings","category-wars-and-battles-of-the-kings-and-clans-of-ireland","tag-battle-of-limerick","tag-dal-gcais","tag-king-ivar-of-limerick","tag-vikings","column","twocol"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p7EI4f-1bx","jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":3515,"url":"https:\/\/writingsinrhyme.com\/index.php\/a-land-worth-fighting-for\/","url_meta":{"origin":4559,"position":0},"title":"A Land Worth Fighting For","author":"Tom\u00e1s \u00d3 C\u00e1rthaigh","date":"8th February 2017","format":false,"excerpt":"This is a land worth fighting for\" William of Orange - attrib. \"I fought to liberate the Protestants, not oppress the Catholics\" William of Orange King William, though made a champion of the Orange Order, was a fair general, making good Treatys with the surrendering cities. 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