Possible Clues:

• It gives speaker skill in rows about Liberal character
• Something said to bestow the gift of the gab
• Kissing it is said to confer the gift of the gab
• The place to kiss and make up?
• Oft-kissed Irish attraction
• Irish bestower of persuasive speech
• Ground near Selby that's out of fashion? Kiss performed there often
• Tourist attraction nearby stolen, unfortunately
• Boy, ten, learns about a special place in Ireland
• Local quarrel crosses line on small pitch - the visitors with the gift of the gab might have been touched by this