{"id":5239,"date":"2024-04-21T04:06:47","date_gmt":"2024-04-21T03:06:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/writingsinrhyme.com\/?p=5239"},"modified":"2024-04-21T04:06:48","modified_gmt":"2024-04-21T03:06:48","slug":"who-are-we-going-to-fight-now","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/writingsinrhyme.com\/index.php\/who-are-we-going-to-fight-now\/","title":{"rendered":"Who Are We Going to Fight Now"},"content":{"rendered":"
\"\"<\/a>
Our home place in Aughagreagh, North Longford. When the Tans never attacked, yet still the Free State army did during the Irish Civil War as if you were not with them, you were against them.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

As the British left, one man in jest
\nAsked “Who will we fight now”,
\nAll too soon was clear as many did fear
\nIt was a matter of when and how:<\/p>\n

For how could any man since the fight began
\nSee his island cleft in twain
\nNot with rage choke that the imperial yoke
\nOn the North East did remain…<\/p>\n

Bad things were done by those who lost and won
\n– Which was which history will decide –
\nBut the Black and Tan brigade, for all the horrors they made
\nNever to attack our family farm ever tried.<\/p>\n

The Free Stater’s shot, it has not been forgot
\nAt our home where my aunt then as a child did play
\nBullets whizzed her feet around the street (1)
\nOf our home at Aughagreagh.<\/p>\n

By my aunt was told when she was old
\nAs we were Neutral IRA
\nLoyal to the Republics flag flown, but Sean Mac Eoin
\nHad fought for the right to be wrong, my grandfather did say.<\/p>\n

Glossary:<\/p>\n

(1) street<\/em> is the back of the house, the yard is the front!<\/strong><\/p>\n

\"Battle<\/a>
Battle of Clonfin as told by Auxilary officer Thomas Jocelyn Wilford<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

As the British left, one man in jest Asked “Who will we fight now”, All too soon was clear as many did fear It was a matter of when and how: For how could any man since the fight began See his island cleft in twain Not with rage choke …<\/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":[22,37,23],"tags":[4533,3434,190,1313,4534,38],"class_list":["post-5239","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-family-stories","category-irish-war-of-independence-1919-1921","category-north-longford","tag-auxilary-division","tag-clonfin-ambush","tag-irish-civil-war-2","tag-ric","tag-royal-irish-constabulary","tag-sean-mac-eoin","column","twocol"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p7EI4f-1mv","jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":4928,"url":"https:\/\/writingsinrhyme.com\/index.php\/the-ambush-at-clonfin\/","url_meta":{"origin":5239,"position":0},"title":"The Ambush at Clonfin","author":"Tom\u00e1s \u00d3 C\u00e1rthaigh","date":"7th February 2021","format":false,"excerpt":"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... 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