{"id":5048,"date":"2021-09-03T09:41:13","date_gmt":"2021-09-03T08:41:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/writingsinrhyme.com\/?p=5048"},"modified":"2021-09-03T09:41:13","modified_gmt":"2021-09-03T08:41:13","slug":"blackbirds-at-ballinamuck-sing-in-the-trees","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/writingsinrhyme.com\/index.php\/blackbirds-at-ballinamuck-sing-in-the-trees\/","title":{"rendered":"Blackbirds at Ballinamuck Sing in The Trees"},"content":{"rendered":"
\"Edenmore<\/a>
Edenmore Bog looking to Arvagh in Cavan<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

The blackbirds at Ballinamuck sing among the trees
\nWhere the rebels, prone, were slain,
\nEnglish cavalry chased through where horses could run
\nTo kill the walking wounded who remain.<\/p>\n

It was Irelands ‘Field of Blackbirds’,
\nInspiring folk to fight to this day and for coming days…
\nBoth sides look back with awe, and fear;
\nCurse their enemies, they for their own prays.<\/p>\n

The battle lost, but in the mind,
\nThe Battle it was not lost…
\nIt kept the fire of struggle still in the heart:
\nAnd THAT was worth the cost.<\/p>\n

I have not walked in Kosovo yet:
\nI will some day the travels urge to please…
\nI remember both who died who are remembered,
\nAs the blackbords sing in the trees.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The blackbirds at Ballinamuck sing among the trees Where the rebels, prone, were slain, English cavalry chased through where horses could run To kill the walking wounded who remain. It was Irelands ‘Field of Blackbirds’, Inspiring folk to fight to this day and for coming days… Both sides look back …<\/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":[412,23],"tags":[413,4462,2345,88,2342],"class_list":["post-5048","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-1798-rebellion","category-north-longford","tag-battle-of-ballinamuck","tag-field-of-blackbirds","tag-ireland","tag-kosovo","tag-north-longford","column","twocol"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p7EI4f-1jq","jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":4621,"url":"https:\/\/writingsinrhyme.com\/index.php\/remembering-ballinamuck-and-the-rebels-who-died\/","url_meta":{"origin":5048,"position":0},"title":"Remembering Ballinamuck and the Rebels Who Died","author":"Tom\u00e1s \u00d3 C\u00e1rthaigh","date":"26th February 2020","format":false,"excerpt":"Remembering the Irish who died at the Battle of Ballinamuck","rel":"","context":"Similar post","block_context":{"text":"Similar post","link":""},"img":{"alt_text":"Stack of turf in Edenmore Bog with Cairn Hill in background in North Longford","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.writingsinrhyme.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/Stack-of-turf-in-Edenmore-Bog-with-Cairn-Hill-in-background-in-North-Longford.jpg?resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200},"classes":[]},{"id":167,"url":"https:\/\/writingsinrhyme.com\/index.php\/the-wrecking-of-ballinamuck\/","url_meta":{"origin":5048,"position":1},"title":"The Wrecking of Ballinamuck","author":"Tom\u00e1s \u00d3 C\u00e1rthaigh","date":"11th June 2013","format":false,"excerpt":"In the years before the Famine, Greedy Lord Lorton, God damn the nyeuck* For the love of money and hatred of man Cleared the town of Ballinamuck... 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