Rod Stewart, Grace, Las Vegas, June 16, 2018

[@paulinelarkin2464]

A very emotive song and terribly important to understand the era and situation in Irish history at that time!

[@dazza4345]

Thank you Rod from Ireland.

[@werewolf5674]

The fight for freedom never ends🇨🇮☘💚

[@kayleighforsyth9536]

Absolute respect to him for reading out the story behind this song.. such a powerful song 💚 Tiocfaidh ár lá 🇮🇪💚🤍🧡

[@Imyourhuckleberry01]

Just a pity Rod didn't get his facts right.

[@annastasialeonard125]

What a legend beautiful song from my homeland praise to Rod for singing it

[@72mossy]

Good man Rod. My grandfather was fought in the War of Independence around Templemore. Always have a lump in my throat with this song. It actually Pádraig which is Irish for Patrick. Pádraig Pierce was another leader and was shot as well. The bravery of these men was unquestionable. They knew what their faith was but went ahead with it to sway the public to fight to get the British out and unfortunately a lot of British don't know the Irish history and what done here in Ireland. That song is very true and tragic.

[@paulcasey4861]

Pierce was christened Patrick J...

[@paulcasey4861]

And it is Patrick H Pearse, not Pierce..

[@franklarkin5946]

Note the Celtic Cross he's wearing -- that says it all! He's one of us!

[@sonjacannon2744]

So love this song makes me cry everytime. Rod sings it so beautifully.

[@kathleendrames884]

What a beautiful and sad song tears rolling e

[@Elizabeth-iw3wd]

Listen to Liam McGrandles version, it is stunning. Especially IN Celtic Park, with the supporters joining in. He also recorded Grace with Rod which is beautiful too.

[@tonycarton8054]

so moving ,he does it well ...........a detail around an execution is brought to us

[@catherinemchugh9372]

Rod, thanks for singing a beautiful ballad. Rod Grace died in 1955 age 67, the poor lady was dead a week before she was found. They were 28yrs old, he was already a dying man with tuberculosis, got out of his hospital bed to join the rebels. Had to be supported to stand when getting married. All very sad.

[@01c4440]

Rod Stewart a legend and singing one of our own ballads ❤️❤️❤️❤️🙏🙏🙏🙏😎

[@dorothykuveke1217]

Before Rod even begins to sing this Irish love 🍀🌹song , I knew it's was going to be a sad tale between two Irish sweethearts🍀. Being of Irish descent🍀🌹🍀 as he sings the song.,, I anticipated the ending to be what it was, A very moving and touching ending🍀. I grew up with all my Irish relatives who came over during the potato famine and knew from living among them🍀🌹. What proud people they were,,, And how much they loved being Irish 🍀🍀🌹 They called themselves the Fighting Irish and they were proud of,🍀🌹 the type of people that they were and what they traditions stood for and they would fight to uphold the Liberty which they truly deserved🍀🌹Therefore being aware of The character of the Irish people🍀 as Rod sings the song. I'm not surprised with the details of this beautiful story of bravery and love❤ An Irish woman looks at her beloved man,, As a man who will be able to defend and protect his family and his people,, Even if it meant being killed 🍀🌹🍀. So when Grace and her husband were allowed the 15 minutes to get married, both of them knew it was the right thing to do. 🍀🌹 I have four brothers. I come from a Big Irish family ❤. My mother was the first with her family to come to America. So I knew ,, How much value and worth My parents Irish heritage meant🙏🍀🌹 Not only to them but all of their family,,, As in a song they too would fight and die for their country 🍀🌹🍀, More importantly, how proud they were of their country and all that Island stood for,,, Even if it meant dying for their freedom was an honorable act 🌹🍀🌹 That was the mindset of a true Irishman who loved his land aka his country. Grace knew what she was getting into, As I grew up with people of that mentality. Its just a beautiful, heartfelt and true story of love,, And bravery 🍀❤. Not only for a loved one but also for the love of your country AKA Ireland 🌹🍀🌹

[@ashpal-1]

a wonderful powerfull song by rod stewart although i am english god bless ireland

[@johngillespie9632]

God save Ireland and Rod Stewart , stay well and happy Rod !

[@bg-gq7bf]

You have the same name as my Grandfather. I share your surname . Great name :)

[@MartinFaherty-bc6sv]

What awounderfulsong by the lovely Rod Stewart long may you liveRo

[@michelle88960]

Bloody hell Rod you have got me in tears.

[@franklarkin5946]

I'm with you Michelle

[@benbhoy9]

Brilliant as usual Rod ..... 👌 Grace and Joseph .... what a Love Song .......💚

[@gonedetectinguk4578]

god bless joseph plunket amazing song well done rod hall hail 🇨🇮 from scotland

[@alexbrown-ks1hq]

child shagging vermin no famine now so fuck off home

[@gonedetectinguk4578]

alex brown what ?

[@alexbrown-ks1hq]

he ws not a priest but an uncle fester tribute act that just followed the smell of wee boys

[@alexbrown-ks1hq]

better sending them to die than shagging them like your priests

[@aoifed8913]

Love the colours but what's the Ivory Coast flag got to do with it??

[@niallmac44]

One of the most tragic love songs "he" has written? He did not write it. As has been well established it was written by Frank and Sean O'Meara.

[@checker3694]

Yes, I reversed video three times, I could not believe he said that, I can only think he had a senior moment 😅

[@annettemccullagh2549]

A very sad song makes me cry every time I listen to it but it happened 😪😪

[@elainecave9363]

Means so much to me this song

[@breigesheppard8339]

Amazing Brilliant love this song and love you ROD 👏👏♥️💚🍀🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻

[@mickeyh53]

A great rendition of a touching Irish classic folk song..& being sung by a true Celt makes it sound all the better. Michael Hart

[@paulmcguire2740]

Most beautiful song ever

[@kathleendrames884]

What a beautiful and sad song love song Rod can sing and make anything sound great Philly. Girl.

[@eliedinamarcal3455]

É brilhante demais ROD STEWART é perfeito 👏👏👏👏❤❤❤

[@fergalgaskin6826]

Grace Gifford and Joseph Plunkett were actually 28 when they got married, and Grace died on 13th December 1955

[@werewolf5674]

Grace died in 1969 in Dublin. She never married again.

[@paulrichardson2893]

Good song by a excellent singer there will never another Rod 😮

[@ingridgustafsson3929]

Rod Stewart is a amazing singer, FACT ! Thanks for sharing! 🎤🎧🤗💕🇸🇪

[@paddyholdcroft6497]

Afraid to say it, for fear of another upRISING, but I think this version is BETTER than Jim McCann's version. And, I loved Jim's version. And, Grace died in 1955...

[@mauraorourke9849]

​@@paddyholdcroft6497aw no though Rod does it proud you just can't say that. Nobody can compare with Jim singing Grace

[@Bayanko-j4g]

It takes my stress away lovely song very meaningful ❤️

[@genivalmoura8321]

Estás musicas recordam me opassado ó saudade obrigado 😍😅

[@susanmccusker6386]

Love this song

[@santoy1000]

God belss you sir 🍀

[@suecarrigan4765]

Rod Stewart was given a copy of graces poetry, slowly and very gently he started to cry, I cried along side him, it was truely I beautiful love story, I knew from the first time I met my love that I would never want or need any other man after that

[@mauraorourke9849]

You are lucky in love & I am happy for you❤. However as far as I.know Grace was an artist & cartoonist. Joseph Mary Plunkett was the poet. In fact in the last verse of the song '"I love so much that I can see His blood upon the rose" is from the title of one if his poems "i see His blood upon the Rose"

[@dodegraham9512]

Beautiful song, written by Frank and Sean O'Meara. Well sung though Rod.

[@catherineomahony6750]

Go raibh maith agut rod. 🙏💕

[@glasgowsgreenandwhite4714]

My unborn daughter is called grace she’s here in March

[@dominicmurphy8913]

from the heart ....way to go Rod

[@redrobin2830]

The intro is loosely accurate but some of the facts are off. Grace and Joseph were both 28 at the time (not early 20s and Rod has them at 21 and 22 in an earlier performance) They were not “childhood sweethearts” but met when in 1913 when both were active republicans. He was a friend of her brother in law William MacDonagh who was also involved in the Easter Rising and was executed the previous day to Joseph. Grace died in 1955 not 1969. Pedantic points I realise but why spoil a beautiful true story with inaccuracies. Great song. Glad you extended it’s audience Rod.

[@torquemada3273]

Aye okay Tim Pat Coogan....the more that sing this beautiful song the better😉

[@murielmcauley3020]

Thomas MacDonagh not William MacDonagh

[@paulroberts6408]

Peter Robinson your chatting shit

[@FelecianaBagbaguen-hy7wk]

Makes me emotional ..known the syory backnthen..

[@jerusiaelienai8749]

Amo essa voz e a interpretação a firma como sente a música 😁 i love you rid

[@bingsfilms2009]

You have a much better seat than me. Rod played in Toronto on August 10.

[@veraquinn9555]

Omg really tis is an Irish rebellion song and what the English did to us!!!

[@cathalmcwilliams3033]

The guy is a fucking legend!!

[@paulmagee941]

Well done Rod 👍👍👍👍👍

[@marykelly1478]

Beautiful Rod thank you.

[@olivermoynihan9804]

Great stuff...fair play to you rod

[@niallmac44]

Grace was my grandaunt, the sister of my grandmother Muriel Gifford MacDonagh who also lost her husband, Thomas MacDonagh at that time. He was executed the day before Joe. If you want to hear it sung right look for Jim McCann's performance.

[@momoomom7284]

You must be very proud of your family, I read the book The Rebel Sisters ,Grace and her sisters were true heroes

[@Lissadell1916]

Your Grandfather will never be forgotten and I been to his graveside many, many times at Arbour Hill to pray for him and his comrades. (I find it so peaceful there). Regarding the singing, my only issue is the fact that Sir Rod is also a "Commander of the British Empire" of course, a medal which bears the image of King George V (who was King at the time of the Rising) and also bears the words "For God and the Empire" an Empire which your Grandfather, The IRB and many others in the past, gave their lives fighting against of course. God bless all the Brave Men and Women of the Easter Rising, they will never be forgotten.

[@jixuscrixus]

I’ve heard a few versions of this wonderful song, I’ve never heard a bad one yet. Best I’ve heard has been 50,000 Celtic fans singing as one at Celtic Park, it’s been one of their favourites for the last few years.

[@bigkev5495]

Hail Hail rod ......class ..utlr...

[@berniemccormack8812]

Good on you rod thank you

[@josy1980]

Strange half off Celtic fans over in Scotland slept on this song for years. Only appreciating it now. Rod does it well. Jim Mc canns the best at it tho

[@claireEire]

Donna Taggart's version is better

[@fergalgaskin6826]

Caoimhe Mooney sings it even better，check it out on KZbin it’s brilliant

[@paulqhoops]

Wit bawbag we were singing hence rod got it

[@2007bing]

God bless Ireland 🇮🇪

[@kugelmottekugel3006]

❤

[@johnscialfa7391]

why did he say he wrote it?amazing vocals though

[@aoifed8913]

Did he just say he wrote it??? He did NOT!

[@franreilly7139]

Yes he did in fairness the people wouldn't shut up while he tried to explained what the song was all about also he did say he didn't right the song after the show was over i am from Dublin her grave is beside my family's plot ✌

[@skippership7]

Its a shame Rod did not continue and tell you the whole story of Grace and the 1916 rebels, for example, it was the Irish Free State that threw Grace herself into prison along with 1000's of Irish republicans, just a few years after the Rising, the same Irish Free State that executed many times more Irish Republicans than the British did in 1916, many of whom of course fought with Joe in the Easter Rising. What selective memories some people have! But a lovely song.

[@alanwatson5644]

Rod Stewart didn't write this song

[@elmamurray2437]

Well who wrote it!!!!!!

[@elmamurray2437]

No really caring cos rod sung it fae the heart.

[@aponzio1]

@@elmamurray2437 Seán and Frank O'Meara wrote the song in 1985

[@pattyshekell2285]

Sir Rod said it was the greatest love song ever written not that he wrote it. E

[@Alexmcgruer3]

@@pattyshekell2285 I heard that differently. "This is one of the most tragic love songs I've ever written: I would like to ...." 1:04 to 1:10. I don't think it was on purpose. Grace also died in 1955 but this is all semantics because anyone that knows and sings this song knows about who wrote it. It is a nice song and he makes it grerat. :)

[@johnwishart3851]

did I hear that right ?? "song youv written "? dinnae think so !!..

[@torquemada3273]

Considering Rod didn't know the song or it's history until the Glasgow Celtic Support taught him it I'm guessing that he meant 'sung' not written....Slainte mo chara....him and his background band do a helluva version though 😉

[@UCqkdtMiE5ZquD_lF9prae4Q]

আমাদের অবশ্যই স্বাধীনতার জন্য আকাঙ্খা করতে হবে......... Lyrics: As we gather in the chapel here in old Kilmainham Jail I think about these past few weeks, oh will they say we've failed? From our school days, they have told us we must yearn for liberty Yet all I want in this dark place is to have you here with me Oh Grace just hold me in your arms and let this moment linger They'll take me out at dawn and I will die With all my love I place this wedding ring upon your finger There won't be time to share our love for we must say goodbye Now I know it's hard for you my love to ever understand The love I bare for these brave men, the love for my dear land But when Pádraic called me to his side down in the GPO I had to leave my own sick bed, to him I had to go Oh, Grace just hold me in your arms and let this moment linger They'll take me out at dawn and I will die With all my love I'll place this wedding ring upon your finger There won't be time to share our love for we must say goodbye Now as the dawn is breaking, my heart is breaking too On this May morn, as I walk out, my thoughts will be of you And I'll write some words upon the wall so everyone will know I loved so much that I could see his blood upon the rose Oh, Grace just hold me in your arms and let this moment linger They'll take me out at dawn and I will die With all my love I'll place this wedding ring upon your finger There won't be time to share our love for we must say goodbye For we must say goodbye আমরা এখানে পুরানো কিলমাইনহাম জেলে চ্যাপেলে জড়ো হই আমি এই গত কয়েক সপ্তাহ সম্পর্কে চিন্তা করি, ওহ কি তারা বলবে আমরা ব্যর্থ হয়েছি? আমাদের স্কুল জীবন থেকে, তারা আমাদের বলেছে যে আমাদের অবশ্যই স্বাধীনতার জন্য আকাঙ্খা করতে হবে তবুও এই অন্ধকার জায়গায় আমি যা চাই তা হল আপনি এখানে আমার সাথে থাকবেন ওহ গ্রেস শুধু আমাকে আপনার বাহুতে ধরে রাখুন এবং এই মুহূর্তটিকে দীর্ঘায়িত করতে দিন তারা আমাকে ভোরবেলা নিয়ে যাবে এবং আমি মারা যাব আমার সমস্ত ভালবাসা দিয়ে আমি আপনার আঙুলে এই বিবাহের আংটি রাখি আমাদের বিদায় বলার জন্য আমাদের ভালবাসা ভাগ করে নেওয়ার সময় থাকবে না এখন আমি জানি এটা কঠিন তোমার জন্য আমার ভালবাসা কখনও বুঝতে আমি এই সাহসী পুরুষদের জন্য যে ভালবাসা, আমার প্রিয় ভূমির প্রতি ভালবাসা কিন্তু যখন প্যাড্রেক আমাকে জিপিওতে তার পাশে ডেকেছিল আমাকে আমার নিজের অসুস্থ বিছানা ছেড়ে যেতে হয়েছিল, তার কাছে আমাকে যেতে হয়েছিল ওহ, গ্রেস শুধু আমাকে আপনার বাহুতে ধরে রাখুন এবং এই মুহূর্তটিকে দীর্ঘায়িত করতে দিন তারা আমাকে ভোরবেলা নিয়ে যাবে এবং আমি মারা যাব আমার সমস্ত ভালবাসা দিয়ে আমি এই বিয়ের আংটি তোমার আঙুলে রাখব আমাদের বিদায় বলার জন্য আমাদের ভালবাসা ভাগ করে নেওয়ার সময় থাকবে না এখন যেমন ভোর হচ্ছে, আমার হৃদয়ও ভেঙে যাচ্ছে এই মে সকালে, আমি বাইরে হাঁটার সময়, আমার চিন্তা আপনার হবে এবং আমি দেয়ালে কিছু শব্দ লিখব যাতে সবাই জানতে পারে আমি এত ভালবাসতাম যে আমি গোলাপের উপর তার রক্ত ​​দেখতে পেতাম ওহ, গ্রেস শুধু আমাকে আপনার বাহুতে ধরে রাখুন এবং এই মুহূর্তটিকে দীর্ঘায়িত করতে দিন তারা আমাকে ভোরবেলা নিয়ে যাবে এবং আমি মারা যাব আমার সমস্ত ভালবাসা দিয়ে আমি এই বিয়ের আংটি তোমার আঙুলে রাখব আমাদের বিদায় বলার জন্য আমাদের ভালবাসা ভাগ করে নেওয়ার সময় থাকবে না কারণ আমাদের অবশ্যই বিদায় জানাতে হবে

[@henrydownes6301]

Rod has Heart and always will

[@MrRoderick42]

Lovely :-)

[@mariaalvespereira8713]

Maravilhoso

[@anastasijabutolina8750]

Самый миленький!!! Самый хорошенький!!! Самый классный !!! Самый супер !!!

[@estherweir2143]

Sold your soul all to keep green freebies coming and to please idiots disappointed as a loyal fan

[@2271graham]

HAIL HAIL Rod.

[@topoftheprops5051]

Icon of a singer but stated he wrote the song, false he covered it.

[@odonetetomaz1271]

tudo de bom 🎵🎼🎤

[@samuelmccormick539]

Well done not as good as a Irish man but a great effort love your singing

[@johnclarke8833]

Sir Roderick David Stewart CBE.... 👍

[@torquemada3273]

So whit....Christy Moore sings the song of the International brigade and he's not Spanish and get's the number of them wrong...Slainte...ay ar ay😄😄😄

[@tomac6533]

@@torquemada3273 and why was it call the International Brigades education yourself before making a fool of yourself is that egg on your face 😂😂😂😂en.wikipedia.org/wiki/International_Brigades

[@sentimentaloldme]

_Go hálainn ar fad_

[@vespamorelli7090]

01:10 “One of the most tragic love songs I’ve ever written???” You didn’t write it Rod !!!

[@alanwatson5644]

Vespa Morelli though I was the only one who twigged it

[@bradcox333]

Rod seems a little confused in his old age

[@michelle88960]

Vespa Morelli maybe he got mixed up, and meant to say the saddest song ever written.

[@imedi]

yes think it was nothing more than that

[@fergalgaskin6826]

And he got his facts wrong,they were both 28, and Grace died at 67 on the 13th December 2017. Ireland’s greatest statesman Eamon de‘Velera granted her a civil list pension to keep her out of poverty. All that said it’s a fabulous tune no matter who sings it. God bless Ireland

[@allybongo22]

superb performance up the rha rod

[@allrise3056]

@1:05 “...I’VE ever written”!?! Someone help me with this. Who exactly wrote this oft-covered “Grace”?

[@Lissadell1916]

Frank and Seán O'Meara

[@allrise3056]

@@Lissadell1916 Bless you.

[@Kenco1984]

No, Rod, you didn`t write it.

[@henrymagennis6518]

Up a celtz. .. rods a ra man ni 👽👽👽👽👽👽👽👽👽👽🖑🖐

[@RichT24]

He said songs he written ffs

[@mariaalvespereira8713]

👏👏👏👏👏👏

[@samspade5824]

Tiocfaidh ar la.

[@Adrian-lj9mg]

Sam Spade Piss off with your IRA chat

[@darrenreilly4200]

💛💚💛💚

[@ryanbyrne259]

Darren Reilly on you go rod the mod brilliant old faces fan he

[@kathleenhughes4539]

Thank God get rid of the haters xxx

[@jamespoutch436]

its powerful rod but you never wrote that,catch moment maybe.the soil of ireland is in it and always will be

[@jamespoutch436]

ps good man

[@terricounihan3434]

Sorry did he say iv ever written o no Rod you didn't write that song 2 irish men did and you met them on irish TV

[@davekennedy8626]

I’m hoping that Rod just mis-spoke. If he didn’t, f*ck him all that know him.

[@totes32]

Sang by a man who entertained the Black Watch & The Para's and went to play apartheid Israel, i don't get it with Rod does he sing anything for a pound?

[@markbateman9222]

You don't get it do you? The aim was always to become rich and famous, fast cars, mansions, sleep with beautiful women etc. etc. In order to achieve this he had to produce the greatest music in the history of western civilisation. If you find his touring schedule so objectionable that it outweighs the music - don't listen!!

[@TheGaloglas]

Your right.He is a great singer who can pull in the crowds and the money.The meaning of the song means nothing to him,why should it ? He does it well,though not as well as others. I would have loved to have heard him singing it when he was at the top of his game.

[@larrydelamb]

Rod had the absolute decency not to perform this song which obviously means a lot to him personally while Jim McCann was still alive. Maith an fear Rod. Go hiontanch ar fad a chara.

[@catherinekennedy8961]

@@TheGaloglas you are completely wrong he visited that jail he also is a huge Celtics fan who always sing that song in the stands... He doesn't need that song on its own to make money

[@TheGaloglas]

Catherine, I'm not completely wrong as it's my opinion. See some of the comments above mine I'm being tame.I'm not having a go at him. I've actually had a pint with him many years ago and he's a nice enough guy.And singing the song at Parkhead isn't a gauge. Many Celtic fans and those who have run the club have a history of unionism but will still happily sing songs about Irish freedom. After all he is SIR Rod.

[@jamiemcnealis6768]

Didn't write it but hey ho

[@johnwishart3851]

yir daughter n her pal (the sisterhood) do a far better rendition.. let them record it !!

[@KeshHarp]

Tiocfaidh ar la agus ni siochann go soairse!

[@davidbosquette6604]

Watch Jim McCann please to know how this story really should be told.

[@ballyogan18]

No Rods version Is brilliant much more emotional than Jim mcCann who ever he is

[@davidbosquette6604]

@@ballyogan18 You need the ears tested mate 🤣🤣🤣

[@ballyogan18]

I did couldn’t hold a patch to Rod s version each one to there own never heard of Jim Mccann

[@davidbosquette6604]

@@ballyogan18 If your listening to "Grace"and you've not heard of Jim McCann then I'm afraid you don't know music. No disrespect but Jim is miles superior. Miles.

[@torquemada3273]

@@ballyogan18 Hangs out with the Dubliners but not a patch on Rod's version though fine singer😉

[@dalecollins2085]

Rod, Get a farking haircut.....