It gives speaker skill in rows about Liberal character (7,5)
I believe the answer is:
blarney stone
'it gives speaker skill in rows' is the definition.
The definition suggests a singular noun which matches the answer.
'liberal character' is the wordplay.
'liberal' becomes 'blarneys' (I can't explain this - if you can you should give a lot more credence to this answer).
'character' becomes 'tone' (tone can mean a character or mood).
'blarneys'+'tone'='BLARNEY STONE'
'about' is the link.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for blarney stone that I've seen before include "Something said to bestow the gift of the gab" , "Kissing it is said to confer the gift of the gab" , "Irish bestower of persuasive speech" , "What confers the gift of the gab" , "Tourist attraction" .)