Grace - The Dubliners & Jim McCann | 40 Years Reunion: Live from The Gaiety (2002) 

Played this song as my Dad was brought to the crematorium....Still puts a lump in my throat every time....Miss you Dad.

The inhumanity of his death is a slant on those who ordered his execution. It's difficult not to be an emotionally moved after singing along with the heartening lyrics of this tragic love story. May they live together for all eternity. 🙏

Song was played at my daddy’s funeral on the 1st of march this year only 52 💔 love you daddy😢💔💔

I was on a tour bus leaving Kilmainham Gaol when the tour guide sang this. I don’t think there was a dry eye in the house afterwards.

It’s such a shame that people don’t know about or have forgotten the tragic story of Grace’s sister Muriel, which in some ways is as sad if not more so than Graces story and of course are events that increased the devastation and sense of loss for Grace herself and the children. Sad times indeed but a period of history the Irish people can be so proud of, times and events that still stand as a beacon of light for Irish freedom. It is their memory and deeds that keep the flame of liberty alive.

The love I bear for these brave men 💚💚🇮🇪🇮🇪🙏🙏

the men who died in 1916 would be turning in their graves watching our cowardly politicians

Anyone from Adelaide South Australia, will/should know of Martin Timmins who has unfortunately passed away now, and used to love singing this Solo!!!!.... He was a great man, who made us all proud.... xoxoxoxoxox

As we gather in the chapel here in old Kilmainham Gaol 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 Chorus: 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 bear for these brave men, my love for this Dear land But when Pádhraic called me to his side down in the G.P.O. I had to leave my own sick bed, to him I had to go Chorus: 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 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 love so much that all I could see his blood upon the Rose. Chorus: 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

Monumental. Magnificent and everything an Irishman could ever ask for. The true love of his woman and his dedication to his beliefs. You can't import that from any of those false flag nations. Our heroes were Irishmen. No nation on this earth have the hearts of Irishmen.

This song will always hold a special place in my heart. Thank you.

If I pass gfb,this is the main song I want played as I am laid to rest my ❤ bleeds for my country 🇮🇪 and its people 💪🏻🇮🇪💪🏻

"Will they say we failed?" None of the men of 1916 failed. On the contrary, given the state of Ireland in 2022, it is WE who have failed them.

This was my wedding song, was also my Dad's favourite 🍀☘️🇮🇪

The late great Jim McCann 🫶🏻🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿💚🇮🇪

I cannot sing or listen to this without weeping.

Has there ever been such an evocative account of someone knowing they are facing their last hours on this earth?

In memory of my wife babs you were my greatest grace ♥️

Beautiful...what a Legend🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

Beautiful song, beautiful story behind it. Proud to be Irish....

The greatest version of this song 🇮🇪🇮🇪🇮🇪🇮🇪

So much fun singing dancing to Irish tunes in Galway but nothing hits harder than this song damn

Fabulous in the extreme. His voice is haunting.

A young man who was a poet not a fighter and in bad health when you look at photos of Joseph you realise what bravery is all about and as we all know Grace never married again.

A wonderfull song. Come one Irland. Argentine is with you.

Go mbeannaí Dia ár dTíghráthair Marbh agus iad siúd go léir a fhreastalaíonn fós ina dtost. Tiocfaidh ar la. Go raibh Dia leat Jim M.

May be the saddest song of all time. It’s impossible to think what they were thinking and feeling as they said their marriage vows. I’ve been to that chapel. The air is heavy with sorrow. Kilmainham Jail. Visit when next in Dublin. ☘️💧🙏☘️🌹

Celtic fans have made it their own👍

My favourite Irish song of all time

This song can really give you a good understanding of the 1916 rising and sacrifice these men had to do

Glasgow always stood with you

One of the most beautiful tragedies in human history.

God bless all and happy Christmas to all the ones who have gone before us for us

Irish and glaswegian , wit me could ye ask fur...

Beautiful 🙏🇮🇪

So beautiful....song and voice ...Irish songs are so special! Thank you very much !

Touches me deeply 😥 , goodbye the only person I've truly loved in this life, I am so so sorry about it all, the craziness the hurt I caused....I wish I'd met you years ago and met your parents too and you'd met my grandparents. Life is so short for regrets. I have so many regrets , I wish I'd not been so angry all those years growing up and I wish I'd grown up.

Best version...before this one ,Jim done the best ever ..ever ...

Love this,My 1 year old Granddaughter her name is Grace and when I try to sing this i nearly always cry i Love this song so so much 😊!

What a singer , and another that didn’t get his time on earth . Very, very , sadly missed .

For crying out loud. The saddest song and story ever. Ten years ago I last saw my mother. She had such grace. Am heartbroken 💔

As an immensely proud Irish-American, Grace is one of my dearest songs, taught it to my children (My daughter's middle name is Grace) as toddlers. Together as a family we traveled to Ireland and Northern Ireland and learned and walked the grounds of the GPO and Kilmainham Goal, me as a grand-child and namesake for a 1916 Uprising Survivor and my children, my son is also a namesake of his great grandfather. Fast forward to 2016 my son a Sgt. in the United States Marines Corps attended the 100th Anniversary celebration of the uprising as a member of then Vice-President Biden's security detail, walking the street toting a gun just like his Great Grandfather that day in 1916. I still get chills when I hear this song and yes I do tear up.

When the Celtic fans sing it wow

Saw an old lady silence a Temple Bar pub singing this a few weeks ago and became obsessed with it. What an incredible, moving song

My heart breaks every time 💔

Brilliant song gets me every time

Beautiful , found this and it haunts me .

Simply Beautiful ❤

Love this song

I love it, I need not say nothing else.

Best version ever...

I watched Jim singing this on RU-vid 15 years ago before it became popular

Only way to end my night! Mon the hoops!!!🇮🇪🇮🇪🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🍀🍀

Used to hear this song around the pubs in Shepherds Bush

I heard my brother singing this at weddings/birthdays etc for years and then i found out the true meaning behind it, it's one of the saddest songs of all time if you know the backstory

The outstanding Jim McCann … take a bow 🍀🍀🍀🇮🇪💚

This will be played at my funeral my wife will make sure of that 💚🇮🇪🇮🇪🇮🇪🙌🏻

One of favourite songs, iv been in the chaple of kilmanam 5 times,and will go again without a bought 💔

This song is amazing breaks my heart

Free ireland

Hi Jim I seem to know you already but I've been listening to you years I find it so lovely and horrible well why not to dwell on the past I always love you music most of it The fool on the Hill Take care with love

rod stewart breaks protocol and adds this to his album no huns will be buying this up the provos

A great singer and musician. As a guitarist he was second in the Dubs only to Eamonn Campbell.

Shay checking in from dublin Ireland thank you ❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤

Been there with my wife and 2 teenage sons a feeling u cannot explain

My Dad , my brother and myself all served in plunkett Barracks , The Curragh , Ireland.....the cavalry barracks. We have 92 years culminative service there. Not too ling since their " crown forces" carried out this act of cowardice.🇮🇪

Ma wife song 🎵 died 😢 💔 co Cov. Id and a hiv to get hold of me for a

Brillant song so sad love from glasgow x

i love this song

The song was playing at my husband who die on 14 of July lovely hom every much best in work ma ❤❤

Love this song❤

Wow you have a wonderful history and as a Irish woman I'm proud of your son god bless him 🙏✌️all the way from Dublin. The USA are or where the police of the world Trump messed that up for a bit, won't go into that hopefully the USA will be that light of democracy again but tell your son how even though I don't know him I promise Irish people are grateful and how proud you must be of him. Oh as a little girl I did dance for the Dubliners I did Irish dancing for years and my aunt had a pub in Dublin and they would drink there this was back in the 80' there's nothing like Irish music it touches your heart ❤️ no matter where your from again God Bless your son 🙏

Joseph Plunkett ❤ Grace Gifford

love audra see u in heaven loce yu ge

Beautiful but very sad song 🎵 😢

❤ the Dubliners

This song breaks my heart 😥

😊😊😊😊 this makes me feel better today than yesterday 😁☺️😁

Marriage then death within minutes - inhumanity at its worst.

This song make me cry

Rip ❤️

Lyrics As we gather in the chapel here in old Kilmainham Gaol 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 Chorus: Oh Grace, just hold me in your arms and let thismoment linger They'll take me out at dawn and I will die With all my love, I place this wedding ring upon yourfinger 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 everunderstand, The love I bear for these brave men, my love for thisDear land But when Pádhraic called me to his side down in theG.P.O. I had to leave my own sick bed, to him I had to go Chorus: Oh Grace, just hold me in your arms and let thismoment linger They'll take me out at dawn and I will die With all my love, I place this wedding ring upon yourfinger 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 ofyou And I'll write some words upon the wall so everyonewill know I love so much that all I could see his blood upon theRose. Chorus: Oh Grace, just hold me in your arms and let thismoment linger They'll take me out at dawn and I will die With all my love, I place this wedding ring upon yourfinger There won't be time to share our love for we must say goodbye

Why have they cut out the usual introduction that Jim McCann used to have explaining the origin of this song Grace?

I love big fan

Love this song very sad story

😭😢😭I cry so hard when I listen to this song,,,I watch a movie called Duke,about a Veteran had a dog was his best friend,and he thought his dog had died because he took it to the clinic a Veterinary Clinic to have it put to sleep but he left a note but the doctor saved the dog's life and they tried to find the man that was the veteran and they reunited him and Duke it is a true story about a veteran and his dog a really great movie it sad and then it brings you tears of joy too,,, God Bless them Both and God bless all our veterans🏅

Lovey it is best Irish song ever 🇮🇪🇮🇪🇮🇪🇮🇪

"FOR THE LOVE OF ONE'S COUNTRY IS A TERRIBLE THING.."

heart breaking & still such a beautiful song.

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Saddest love song I've ever heard xxxxshanna

Irish songs always seem to have a very catchy story to them

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I am Irish

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It’s so sad because it’s true

Same here

Wonderful ❤

It are good Celtic song❤