{"id":4928,"date":"2021-02-07T14:08:44","date_gmt":"2021-02-07T14:08:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.writingsinrhyme.com\/?p=4928"},"modified":"2021-02-07T14:08:44","modified_gmt":"2021-02-07T14:08:44","slug":"the-ambush-at-clonfin","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/writingsinrhyme.com\/index.php\/the-ambush-at-clonfin\/","title":{"rendered":"The Ambush at Clonfin"},"content":{"rendered":"
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The North Longford Flying Column – was the fight worth it, when they ended up shooting fellow Irishmen in the following Irish Civil War?<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Man for man, and gun for gun,
\nMere peasants stood to the test,
\nWith faith in God and their fellow man,
\nThey fought, and came out best
\nAgainst troops of experience, battle hardened,
\nFor whom it was a job to do
\nThe then latest chapter in Irelands struggle…
\nIf all then had only knew
\nIn five years, all would be so different
\nCallaghan by his own would be killed
\nAs MacEoin proved worse than the Tans in Sligo
\nWould their hearts with pain had filled…
\nBut those dark days were yet to come
\nAmong the buthalan, grass and whin
\nWhen Irishmen proved better than Britains best
\nIn the ambush of Clonfin.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Man for man, and gun for gun, Mere peasants stood to the test, With faith in God and their fellow man, They fought, and came out best Against troops of experience, battle hardened, For whom it was a job to do The then latest chapter in Irelands struggle… If all …<\/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":[37,23],"tags":[115,4398,3434,4399],"class_list":["post-4928","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-irish-war-of-independence-1919-1921","category-north-longford","tag-ballinalee","tag-clonfin","tag-clonfin-ambush","tag-north-longford-flying-column","column","twocol"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p7EI4f-1hu","jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":3214,"url":"https:\/\/writingsinrhyme.com\/index.php\/ambush-at-dooney-rock\/","url_meta":{"origin":4928,"position":0},"title":"Ambush At Dooney Rock","author":"Tom\u00e1s \u00d3 C\u00e1rthaigh","date":"11th October 2016","format":false,"excerpt":"When we come at the end of time, To Peter sitting in state, He will smile on the three old spirits, - \"The Fiddler of Dooney\" (W.B. 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