Oration at the grave of O’Donovan Rossa

Padraig Pearse’s oration at Glasnevin cemetery in Dublin at the funeral of Irish Fenian leader Jeremiah O’Donovan Rossa was a significant event in the lead up to the Easter Rising of 1916. The following is the text of that famous oration.

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