{"id":4980,"date":"2021-05-14T02:00:27","date_gmt":"2021-05-14T01:00:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.writingsinrhyme.com\/?p=4980"},"modified":"2021-05-14T02:00:27","modified_gmt":"2021-05-14T01:00:27","slug":"the-best-room","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/writingsinrhyme.com\/index.php\/the-best-room\/","title":{"rendered":"The Best Room"},"content":{"rendered":"
\"The<\/a>
The parlour in the Donohoe house in Lislea: by mothers father, brother and mother, outside Ballinalee.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Some Irish hate our past. One who shall not be named has made his latest Quixotic attack: it is on the old Irish concept of the “upper room” or the parlour, reserved for formal functions. A part of our heritage, the dining room has replaced it in use and concept. While whinging about the left and its lack of progress, he shows his contempt for the actual working classes who always lived the best life they could without whinging. He is, as he says himself, the semi-lumpenproletariat. Id remove the “semi” of that myself…<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

The parlour for the parties:
\nPeople of importance sent for tea,
\nReal friends got the kitchen…
\nWhere they sat among all to see:
\nA house lived in, loved in, a family<\/p>\n

Poor people putting the best foot forward:
\nJibed by the nyeuck at the door,
\nWho still exist unlike the Best Room…
\nWho exists in most places, no more,
\nThe dining room now exists where the parlour did before.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Some Irish hate our past. One who shall not be named has made his latest Quixotic attack: it is on the old Irish concept of the “upper room” or the parlour, reserved for formal functions. A part of our heritage, the dining room has replaced it in use and concept. …<\/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":[54],"tags":[237,4421,4424,4422,4423,4425,978],"class_list":["post-4980","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-ireland","tag-kevin-higgins","tag-oetry-ireland","tag-progressive-working-class","tag-the-best-room","tag-the-parlour","tag-wash-your-windows","tag-working-class","column","twocol"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p7EI4f-1ik","jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":3443,"url":"https:\/\/writingsinrhyme.com\/index.php\/let-death-not-sneak-in-our-door\/","url_meta":{"origin":4980,"position":0},"title":"Let Death Not Sneak In Our Door","author":"Tom\u00e1s \u00d3 C\u00e1rthaigh","date":"1st January 2017","format":false,"excerpt":"In the days gone by during the War On the family farm in old Lislea My mother but a child she was The family set down to pray As families did in those times To give thanks for the little that they had Though times were tough to have little\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "Family Stories"","block_context":{"text":"Family Stories","link":"https:\/\/writingsinrhyme.com\/index.php\/category\/family-stories\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"The Parlour in old Lislea - always kept for the important visitors as per Irish tradition...","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.writingsinrhyme.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/The-Parlour-in-old-Lislea.jpg?resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.writingsinrhyme.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/The-Parlour-in-old-Lislea.jpg?resize=350%2C200 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.writingsinrhyme.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/The-Parlour-in-old-Lislea.jpg?resize=525%2C300 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.writingsinrhyme.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/The-Parlour-in-old-Lislea.jpg?resize=700%2C400 2x"},"classes":[]},{"id":5026,"url":"https:\/\/writingsinrhyme.com\/index.php\/memories-of-grandmother-at-drumnahara\/","url_meta":{"origin":4980,"position":1},"title":"Memories of Grandmother at Drumnahara","author":"Tom\u00e1s \u00d3 C\u00e1rthaigh","date":"11th August 2021","format":false,"excerpt":"The shaking hands that set the plate Of ice cream and jelly that vibrate With an old woman's smile under curled hair I remember the jelly, wobbling there. 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