Honour be his.

His integrity almost cancelled the shame and darkness of those disastrous times.
[Illustration: The Widow McCormack's House, near Ballingarry] I can add nothing to the testimony that established the fortitude, manliness and dignity of the prisoners, as beyond precedent or example.
That their bearing, one and all, was truly noble, friends and foes took pride in attesting.[11] It was a solemn and a glorious sight; and men, through all time, will turn to that Clonmel dock to learn the inestimable and imperishable value of sincere and lofty convictions and a truly heroic soul.
Of the speeches that follow, it will be observed that Mr.O'Brien's was delivered before the fate of his comrades was known.

No man had ever greater need of vindicating others if not himself.

No man ever possessed in a higher degree the capacity and strength to do so.

He was satisfied it was the last opportunity he would ever have on earth for explanation.