{"id":4742,"date":"2020-08-17T16:39:45","date_gmt":"2020-08-17T15:39:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.writingsinrhyme.com\/?p=4742"},"modified":"2020-08-17T16:39:45","modified_gmt":"2020-08-17T15:39:45","slug":"one-crown-murder-among-many","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/writingsinrhyme.com\/index.php\/one-crown-murder-among-many\/","title":{"rendered":"One Crown Murder Among Many"},"content":{"rendered":"
\"Laurie<\/a>
Laurie and Whittle Map of the County of Carlow from 1798<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Remember them and don’t forget,
\nWho in Ninety Eight there died,
\nMurdered by troops of the British Crown,
\nOn orders, for which they were never tried.<\/p>\n

Oh no, but them troops they well were paid
\nBy the standards at the time,
\nWhen the law was of might is right
\nMurder was duty, not a crime.<\/p>\n

They dont tell you all in the history books,
\nOf who the Crown killed in 98
\nThey want to appease the British, forget the wronged, the dead,
\nThey claim it is to suppress hate.<\/p>\n

It was not just rebels fleeing they killed,
\nThe victims words echo: the proof
\nPeter Fitzpatrick of Coshill, his wife Margaret murdered too
\nBy the one bullet under their own roof<\/p>\n

In embrace to protect each other in an act of love
\nAs each partner to protect each other should
\nTheir child to the neighbours ran crying:
\nParents dead, pigs from the floor drinking their blood.<\/p>\n

For such deeds here and far under Crowns command,
\nThe British Empire was built
\nTheir wealth with the blood of their victims flowed
\nLike the faux tears of colonial guilt.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Remember them and don’t forget, Who in Ninety Eight there died, Murdered by troops of the British Crown, On orders, for which they were never tried. Oh no, but them troops they well were paid By the standards at the time, When the law was of might is right Murder …<\/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":[412,1],"tags":[4313,4316,4315,4314],"class_list":["post-4742","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-1798-rebellion","category-uncategorized","tag-coshill","tag-crimes-of-britain","tag-innocents-murdered-in-1798","tag-massacre-in-1798","column","twocol"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p7EI4f-1eu","jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":3532,"url":"https:\/\/writingsinrhyme.com\/index.php\/the-turn-oot-remembered-by-both-sides\/","url_meta":{"origin":4742,"position":0},"title":"The Turn Oot Remembered By Both Sides","author":"Tom\u00e1s \u00d3 C\u00e1rthaigh","date":"17th February 2017","format":false,"excerpt":"Men of Eireann, forbidden oaths swearing Blood to shed for freedoms cause Bards songs sung of brave rebels from cart handles hung Modern bar room audiences clap their applause. 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