We who speak here to-night are the voice of one of the ancient indestructible things of the world. We are the voice of an idea which is older than any empire and will outlast every empire.

One Padraic Pearse (b. Nov. 10,(?) 1879 - d. May 3, 1916)The son of an Irish mother and an English father, he was born at 27 Gt. Brunswick St., (now Pearse St.) in Dublin and educated at the Christian Brothers' School.

Venue: Croke Park, Dublin, Ireland, 19th July, 1972. The prmoter Harold Conrad had always wanted to put on a Heavyweight fight in Ireland and did so, obtaining a guarantee of $200,000 for Ali to fight Al Blue Lewis, a game ex-con from Detroit.