Saturday, 8 December 2012

2. The best presentation I have seen, and here's why.



The best presentation by far which I have ever seen is Barack Obama making his powerful speech in Dublin. At the beginning of his speech, Obama spoke some of our Irish language "Tá athas orm bheith in Éireann", this really touched all us native Irish as not many would try to learn our language. He then went on to talk about the pint of Guinness which he received, which again plays a huge part in our culture.


Barack then showed that he understand the suffering which took place in our country during the years of ‘The Great Hunger’. He told us the story of his great-great-great grandfather which showed that he had done a lot of research connected with our country and that he had a great interest in our history. He continued to talk about other important parts of our  history, going into great depth which again showed that he truly cared and respected our country.

At the end, Obama told us not to listen to people who say that that our country, although small, cannot do something, and to focus on what we have achieved and what we can still achieve. Obama showed true pride of even being just a small percentage irish, which truly touched me. He again ended the speech off with a phrase from our language ‘Is féidir linn!’ – ‘Yes we can!’ This powerful ending left me speechless and with nothing other than respect for the American president Barack Obama for truly showing us all that he cared and respected all of us Irish People.


The amount of people who gathered to meet and listen to Obama’s speech in the centre of Dublin on the 23rd of May 2011, the reaction they gave and the general atmosphere in Dublin that day makes it even easier for me to admit that this was in fact the best presentation I have ever seen!

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