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\"Sword
Sword carried by John Drake through the streets of Dublin, with the Catholic clergy praying thanks for winning against the O’Byrnes, O’Tooles and O’ Meaghars<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

There is an Ulster saying “Dont dig too deep” into family backgrounds, as you would never know what you might find, and its true in the case of our family, who seem to be descended from a notorious former Lord Mayor of Dublin who defeated The O’Toole in Wicklow (about whom this poem is written) through savage means. From there, they settled in Meath, were on the wrong side of the Wars of the Roses, lost at The Boyne, ditto 1798… what a history. According to family lore after 1690 they settled in Oldcastle in Meath, and from there to Ballinulty from which my great grandmother was descended. Dont dig too deep indeed!<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

The O’Meagher by the Dodders banks were settled
\nBy the O Byrnes as payment in kind
\nFor battles faught and to be faught
\nFor their lands from the English to mind.<\/p>\n

In rampant rage, Walshes under General John Drake
\nDublin Mayor led Crown forces out
\nBloody was the battle – one sided
\nEnded in an merciless rout.<\/p>\n

In Dublin, by the church of the Friar Preachers
\nIn prayerful procession for victory walked
\nDeath in her guise as the Morrighan crow
\nUnseen, all seeing, the Wicklow skies it stalked.<\/p>\n

Fire hundred men without mercy slain
\nOf O Byrne, O Meagher an O Toole
\nOne massacre in history among many
\nOf the jackboot of English rule.<\/p>\n

Twenty thousand acres were the thirty pieces of silver
\nGiven of the frontierslands of Royal Meath
\nSo the Drakes came to Drakesrath
\nIn thanks for their loyal and savage deed.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

There is an Ulster saying “Dont dig too deep” into family backgrounds, as you would never know what you might find, and its true in the case of our family, who seem to be descended from a notorious former Lord Mayor of Dublin who defeated The O’Toole in Wicklow (about …<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[709,256],"tags":[713,711,338,24,710,717,714,716,715,712],"class_list":["post-485","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-establishment-of-the-pale","category-irish-heritage","tag-battle-of-bloody-banks","tag-defeat-of-the-otooles","tag-drake","tag-drake-family-history","tag-dublin-lord-mayor","tag-norman-irish","tag-old-english","tag-olde-english","tag-seanghaill","tag-wicklow","column","twocol"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p7EI4f-7P","jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":201,"url":"https:\/\/writingsinrhyme.com\/index.php\/thinking-of-gaza-as-it-turns-midnight-in-tullamore\/","url_meta":{"origin":485,"position":0},"title":"Thinking of Gaza as it Turns Midnight in Tullamore","author":"Tom\u00e1s \u00d3 C\u00e1rthaigh","date":"28th July 2014","format":false,"excerpt":"\"A common enemy makes friends of enemies\" ~ Anon Ireland and Palestine have a shared experience, bar in Palestine its a returning folk of the same blood, whereas those born there have changed religion, language and culture, and see the returnees as alien. 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