Speech from the Dock-Clancy Brothers & Tommy Makem 5/11

Chicago PBS July 1962

Quote from Liam Clancy, www.liamclancy.com
"That's Robert Emmet's famous "Speech from the Dock". Robert Emmet was the eloquent leader of the United Irishmen who led an unsuccessful uprising in Dublin against British rule in Ireland in 1803. He was 25 years old when he was convicted of high treason and sentenced to death. When asked in court if he had anything to say before the sentence was passed he made that incredible speech - impromptu! It was delivered to a stunned courtroom on September 19, 1803 and has since been included in every collection of great speeches of the world."

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• Liam
• Paddy
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• Emmett

[1916supermc]

tiocfaidh ar la

[Dreoilin]

just wow!!!!

[karlasechler]

Great vid. Keep up the good work.

[JoeSmithAu]

In case you missed it - it's the great Liam Clancy's voice. It is also on YouTube.

Key in "Speech from the docks-Clancy". Nice to see Liam so young ( 27 ), leap down from the bar ( after being coaxed ) by the brothers, grab the chairback and go! Emmet's words are stirring and Liam's delivery is absolutely perfect.

It was July 1962.

Thanks.

Joe

[MsShaunaM]

I, in my own quest, have gone back to these words time and time again. But to hear them spoken with such a passion, I feel like I was there. Thank you for posting this video.

[Edenhv]

does any1 know where i can get a cleaner sound version of this vid?

[1diesel1]

what the fuck does bergen-belsen have to do with Emmets "speech from the dock?" Have you all gone mad?

[GenoTheGiant]

It Is Acctualy from NET National Educational Television

[MrRizikoo]

@LogNaSionna

Ahhh you might be a proof that stupidity is genetic, but on the otherhand you are stupit enough that a bullet might be a cheaper part of research.

You have no proof in your comment nor in history just a timeline. I can give you 100.000 deaths for that matter. You will not be able to put up your words with proof. And since you´re saying ´SHIT´ put up some sources that you qoute ..

10 to 1 you will be out qouted :)

[Aaronabbey]

Great speech I want to learn it

[LogNaSionna]

@cnollet1

There were some 55,000 to 60,000 prisoners in Bergen-Belsen when the British took control of the camp. The new administrators proved no more capable of mastering the chaos than the Germans had been, and some 14,000 Jewish inmates died at Belsen in the months following the British takeover.

Bergen-Belsen Camp: The suppressed story

[LogNaSionna]

@cnollet1

The British commander who took control of the camp after the capitulation testified that crimes on a large scale had not taken place at Bergen-Belsen.