The Rhythm Of Time There’s an inner thing in every man, Do you know this thing my friend? It has withstood the blows of a million years, And will do so to the end. It was born when time did not exist, And it grew up out of life, It cut down evil’s strangling vines, Like a slashing searing knife. It lit fires when fires were not, And burnt the mind of man, Tempering leadened hearts to steel, From the time that time began. It wept by the waters of Babylon, And when all men were a loss, It screeched in writhing agony, And it hung bleeding from the Cross. It died in Rome by lion and sword, And in defiant cruel array, When the deathly word was ‘Spartacus’ Along the Appian Way. It marched with Wat the Tyler’s poor, And frightened lord and king, And it was emblazoned in their deathly stare, As e’er a living thing. It smiled in holy innocence, Before conquistadors of old, So meek and tame and unaware, Of the deathly power of gold. It burst forth through pitiful Paris streets, And stormed the old Bastille, And marched upon the serpent’s head, And crushed it ‘neath its heel. It died in blood on Buffalo Plains, And starved by moons of rain, Its heart was buried in Wounded Knee, But it will come to rise again. It screamed aloud by Kerry lakes, As it was knelt upon the ground, And it died in great defiance, As they coldly shot it down. It is found in every light of hope, It knows no bounds nor space It has risen in red and black and white, It is there in every race. It lies in the hearts of heroes dead, It screams in tyrants’ eyes, It has reached the peak of mountains high, It comes searing ‘cross the skies. It lights the dark of this prison cell, It thunders forth its might, It is ‘the undauntable thought’, my friend, That thought that says ‘I’m right!’ Bobby Sands MP
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Oni Hayes
12 years ago
Keep the name, It's named in memory of a brave local hero.
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Deirdre Grimley
12 years ago
RESPECT
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brenda gormley
12 years ago
i dont see why this park should be renamed after all we are entitled to the same rights as other religions its been named this for a long time; just because someone dosent like it to bad get over it leave the name alone such bravery to die on hunger strike forced by thatcher scum a hero he lived a hero he died
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Judith Watson
12 years ago
Don't change the name!!!!
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Jacqueline
12 years ago
Keep ere lit
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Daragh Mcdonald
12 years ago
No
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Frank Monkey
12 years ago
We didn't have the first one-sided conflict in history. We will not have a one-sided narrative of the peace, regardless of what those spineless footpads in the SDLP believe. If this mans community wishes him to recognised for his sacrifice in this way then make this clear to unionists and fair-weather nationalists.
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Darragh McGovern
12 years ago
No Irish Republican was a coward. Kaan is right. The English may seem nice on the outside, but it was them who invented Concentration camps during the Boer War, them who covered up the Irish Holocaust that they did, them who were the largest imperialist empire in the world.
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Darragh McGovern
12 years ago
NO. Don't rename Raymond McCreesh Park.
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Annette devlin
12 years ago
I do not condone the renaming of Raymond mc Creesh park it was correctly named after an Irish martyr a brave upstanding man that found himself having to go down in to the sewers of his oppressor to pursue the vermin that made his life and the lives ofhis family and community unbearable....
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Dympnaoshea
12 years ago
Do not re name this park!! Let the memory of our patriot dead live on in our community. Let us never forget the sacrifice these brave men gave in trying to gain freedom from Britian's cruel oppression!
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mel
12 years ago
Park name should not be changed
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Conor Duffin
12 years ago
Nothing wrong with naming a park after your patriot dead. People have been doing that over the whole world for centuries.
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Dessie McCrystal
12 years ago
Disgrace that they're even seeking to rename the park.. They should start by renaming all the streets and roads named after British royals and butchers such as Cromwell..
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Helen Bell
12 years ago
Lets not forget the Queen Elizabeth Bridge..................lol
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Helen Bell
12 years ago
Are you for real comparing the sacrifice of brave men British, Irish, French American etc in 2 world wars to those actions of a coward?
Go and get educated Declan
Why change it, great men should be remembered!!
The Rhythm Of Time There’s an inner thing in every man, Do you know this thing my friend? It has withstood the blows of a million years, And will do so to the end. It was born when time did not exist, And it grew up out of life, It cut down evil’s strangling vines, Like a slashing searing knife. It lit fires when fires were not, And burnt the mind of man, Tempering leadened hearts to steel, From the time that time began. It wept by the waters of Babylon, And when all men were a loss, It screeched in writhing agony, And it hung bleeding from the Cross. It died in Rome by lion and sword, And in defiant cruel array, When the deathly word was ‘Spartacus’ Along the Appian Way. It marched with Wat the Tyler’s poor, And frightened lord and king, And it was emblazoned in their deathly stare, As e’er a living thing. It smiled in holy innocence, Before conquistadors of old, So meek and tame and unaware, Of the deathly power of gold. It burst forth through pitiful Paris streets, And stormed the old Bastille, And marched upon the serpent’s head, And crushed it ‘neath its heel. It died in blood on Buffalo Plains, And starved by moons of rain, Its heart was buried in Wounded Knee, But it will come to rise again. It screamed aloud by Kerry lakes, As it was knelt upon the ground, And it died in great defiance, As they coldly shot it down. It is found in every light of hope, It knows no bounds nor space It has risen in red and black and white, It is there in every race. It lies in the hearts of heroes dead, It screams in tyrants’ eyes, It has reached the peak of mountains high, It comes searing ‘cross the skies. It lights the dark of this prison cell, It thunders forth its might, It is ‘the undauntable thought’, my friend, That thought that says ‘I’m right!’ Bobby Sands MP
Keep the name, It's named in memory of a brave local hero.
RESPECT
i dont see why this park should be renamed after all we are entitled to the same rights as other religions its been named this for a long time; just because someone dosent like it to bad get over it leave the name alone such bravery to die on hunger strike forced by thatcher scum a hero he lived a hero he died
Don't change the name!!!!
Keep ere lit
No
We didn't have the first one-sided conflict in history. We will not have a one-sided narrative of the peace, regardless of what those spineless footpads in the SDLP believe. If this mans community wishes him to recognised for his sacrifice in this way then make this clear to unionists and fair-weather nationalists.
No Irish Republican was a coward. Kaan is right. The English may seem nice on the outside, but it was them who invented Concentration camps during the Boer War, them who covered up the Irish Holocaust that they did, them who were the largest imperialist empire in the world.
NO. Don't rename Raymond McCreesh Park.
I do not condone the renaming of Raymond mc Creesh park it was correctly named after an Irish martyr a brave upstanding man that found himself having to go down in to the sewers of his oppressor to pursue the vermin that made his life and the lives ofhis family and community unbearable....
Do not re name this park!! Let the memory of our patriot dead live on in our community. Let us never forget the sacrifice these brave men gave in trying to gain freedom from Britian's cruel oppression!
Park name should not be changed
Nothing wrong with naming a park after your patriot dead. People have been doing that over the whole world for centuries.
Disgrace that they're even seeking to rename the park.. They should start by renaming all the streets and roads named after British royals and butchers such as Cromwell..
Lets not forget the Queen Elizabeth Bridge..................lol
Are you for real comparing the sacrifice of brave men British, Irish, French American etc in 2 world wars to those actions of a coward? Go and get educated Declan
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Raymond_McCreesh
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Raymond_McCreesh