Padraig Pearse speech at the grave of O'Donovan Rossa (past and present)
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- Опубликовано: 5 фев 2025
- Filmed and edited by Marcus Howard. This is a 2014 re-enactment of one of the most famous speeches in Irish history. It is of Pádraig Pearse delivering his graveside oration on August 1st 1915 for Jeremiah O'Donovan Rossa, a physical force revolutionary of the IRB and Fenian leader who was dedicated to achieving Irish independence through force of arms. I have edited the speech along with actual footage of the funeral from 1915 and added music. You are able to see video footage of Irish volunteers such as James Connolly, Tom Clarke, Thomas MacDonagh, Pádraig and William Pearse, Éamonn Ceannt, John MacBride and a young Eamon De Valera attending the funeral 8 months before the Easter Rising of 1916. Pearse was given the honour of delivering the graveside oration in 1915 and many who attended would soon become household names in Irish history.The oration roused Irish republican feeling and was a significant element in the lead up to the Easter Rising of 1916 which helped lay the foundations to the formation of the Irish Free State in 1922. All mentioned were executed by firing squad with the exception of Eamon De Valera. Pádraig Pearse is played here by the actor Edward Cosgrave 99 years after the event.
In 1865 O'Donovan Rossa and his comrade John Devoy get arrested and are to serve many years in prison. In 1867 the IRB went ahead with a rebellion. In an 1869 by-election, while still imprisoned, he was returned to the British House of Commons for the Tipperary constituency, in which he defeated the Liberal Catholic Denis Caulfield Heron by 1054 to 898 votes although this was declared invalid. After harsh treatment in prison they were given the choice to either stay in prison for the next 15 years or never to return to Ireland and the UK. So they chose self-exile and they ended their days in the USA. O'Donovan Rossa dies in New York at the age of 83.
His body was brought back as the IRB saw the value of having a massive funeral for him in Ireland.100 years ago you couldn't march down the street to proclaim your political beliefs but you could attend a funeral. So the IRB, the Irish Volunteers and the Irish Citizen Army came together to plan his funeral. Tom Clarke and Thomas MacDonagh planned a huge funeral as a demonstration of support for Irish independence. Some ways of remembering him have been the memorial in St. Stephen's Green and the O'Donovan Rossa bridge by The Four Courts in Dublin as well as streets bearing his name in Cork City and in Thurles, Tipperary as well as a number of GAA teams being named after him.
Music by Séamus Ennis
Nice oration done by actor Edward Cosgrave. Like your choice of Seamus Ennis on pipes as well. The wind adds a fantastic dimension of realism to this piece.
Why leave out the Irish language part at the start of the oration. Pearse didn't! "No free merely, but Gaelic as well", in his own words. Why prefer Cromwell's language to the Irish language?
irony
Yeah, Irish with sub titles would be best.
I am from Argentina and would have never learned what is said in this moving speech, which I will give my students to read and listen to, if it were in Irish, for I do not know the language. As English is a lingua franca, the people in the world can read this, listen to this speech, and understand and feel the tremendous emotion the speaker puts in his words. It is so moving. I learned English at Saint Ethnea's, a school in Argentina, a school formerly run by the Sisters of Mercy. I learned about the Irish culture and I love Ireland. So much so, that I visited Ireland and fell in love with the country and the people. I stayed at Dundrum D Dublin 14 at the Conways',, and also in Malahide. I travelled around the Republic -from Dublin to Galway and from Cork to Belfast. I also visited the Aran Island and bought an Aran. I love The Fields of Athenry by The Dubliners, by the way. My heart is with the beautiful Republic of Ireland. (When Irish Eyes are Smiling... )
most exellent. .........gaels must rise again and soon before its too late.....
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