{"id":4612,"date":"2020-02-20T15:48:25","date_gmt":"2020-02-20T15:48:25","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.writingsinrhyme.com\/?p=4612"},"modified":"2020-02-19T16:21:26","modified_gmt":"2020-02-19T16:21:26","slug":"what-loss-to-gain-a-king","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/writingsinrhyme.com\/index.php\/what-loss-to-gain-a-king\/","title":{"rendered":"What Loss to Gain a King!"},"content":{"rendered":"

A Druid asks for what he himself wants:
\nThough he seeks the best for you,
\n– or so it seems when from him you hear –
\nWhat he wants you to do…<\/p>\n

Crafty Dil (of the Crecraighe<\/a>) bade
\nEoghan to share the bed of his daughter
\nEoghan agreed – on his way to a fight
\nWas to perish in the slaughter…<\/p>\n

His daughter, Muncha, to please her father
\nSlept with Eoghan as she by Dil was bade:
\nIt was her deathbed, the flag of stone
\nTo give birth to Fiacha, she on there lay…<\/p>\n

A cruel man, Dil foresaw it all –
\nLost mother and father to their son:
\nBut his grandson would be king of all:
\nThe Druid who lost all, had won!<\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a>
\u00a0<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

\nBackground –\u00a0<\/strong>
\nThe foundation story of the Clan Eoghanachta, with the tragic death of Eoghan, and the craftiness of D\u00edl the Druid…<\/p>\n

D\u00edl was from Ossory, and was “of the kindred of Fergus”, displaced Ulaidh settled in the south of Ireland as subject tribes.\u00a0 This is possibly the justification that the \u00dai Neill used for having the Clan Eoghancht banned from ever being High Kings of Ireland?<\/p><\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The foundation story of the Clan Eoghanachta, with the tragic death of Eoghan, and the craftiness of D\u00edl the Druid…<\/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":[76,54,256,3915,168,169],"tags":[4258,4259,4262,4260,4261],"class_list":["post-4612","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-folklore-and-legend","category-ireland","category-irish-heritage","category-irish-high-kings","category-irish-legend","category-myths-and-tales","tag-clan-eoghanachta","tag-dil-the-druid","tag-fergus","tag-ossory","tag-ulaigh","column","twocol"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p7EI4f-1co","jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":222,"url":"https:\/\/writingsinrhyme.com\/index.php\/king-congals-grief\/","url_meta":{"origin":4612,"position":0},"title":"King Congal\u2019s Grief","author":"Tom\u00e1s \u00d3 C\u00e1rthaigh","date":"11th January 2013","format":false,"excerpt":"Congal, the proud king, his wife a prince bore Alas, in giving to her son his life She lost hers, tragic the tale for telling A son the King gained but he lost his wife. 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