Roger David Casement (Irish name: Ruairí Mac Easmainn)
1 September 1864 – 3 August 1916
Place of birth	Sandycove, Dublin, Ireland
Place of death	Pentonville Prison, London
Allegiance	Irish Republican Brotherhood Irish Volunteers
Years of service	1917–1917
Rank	Member of the Provisional Committee of the Irish Volunteers.[1]
Battles/wars	Easter Rising
Awards	CMG

Roger David Casement (Irish: Ruairí Mac Easmainn;^[1] 1 September 1864 – 3 August 1916), known as Sir Roger Casement, CMG between 1905 and July 1916, was an Irish patriot, poet, revolutionary and nationalist by inclination. He was a British diplomat by profession and is famous for his activities against human rights abuses in the Congo and Peru, but more well known for his dealings with Germany prior to Ireland's Easter Rising in 1916. A patriotic Briton early in his life, his experience in abuses in the Congo returned him to anti-Imperialist and ultimately Irish Republican political opinions. A formal Irish-language name consists of a given name and a surname, as in English. ... is the 244th day of the year (245th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... 1864 (MDCCCLXIV) was a leap year starting on Friday (see link for calendar) of the Gregorian calendar or a leap year starting on Sunday of the 12-day-slower Julian calendar. ... is the 215th day of the year (216th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... 1916 (MCMXVI) was a leap year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar). ... Image File history File links No higher resolution available. ... Sandycove is a small village on the east coast of County Dublin. ... Statistics Province: Leinster County Town: Dublin Code: D Area: 921 km² Population (2006) 1,186,821 County Dublin (Irish: Contae Bhaile Átha Cliath), or more correctly today the Dublin Region[1] (Réigiúin Átha Cliath), is the area that contains the city of Dublin, the capital and largest city... HMP Pentonville Pentonville Prison in 1842 HM Prison Pentonville is a prison built in 1842 in North London. ... This article is about the capital of England and the United Kingdom. ... The Irish Republican Brotherhood (IRB; Bráithreachas na Poblachta in Irish) was a secret fraternal organisation dedicated to fomenting armed revolt against the British state in Ireland in the nineteenth century and early twentieth century. ... Irish Volunteers - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia /**/ @import /skins-1. ... Combatants Irish Volunteers, Irish Citizen Army, Irish Republican Brotherhood British Army Royal Irish Constabulary Commanders Patrick Pearse, James Connolly Brigadier-General Lowe General Sir John Maxwell Strength 1250 in Dublin, c. ... On the Orders insignia, St Michael is often depicted subduing Satan. ... is the 244th day of the year (245th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... 1864 (MDCCCLXIV) was a leap year starting on Friday (see link for calendar) of the Gregorian calendar or a leap year starting on Sunday of the 12-day-slower Julian calendar. ... is the 215th day of the year (216th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... 1916 (MCMXVI) was a leap year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar). ... On the Orders insignia, St Michael is often depicted subduing Satan. ... The poor poet A poet is a person who writes poetry. ... For other uses, see Revolution (disambiguation). ... Irish nationalism refers to political movements that desire greater autonomy or the independence of Ireland from Great Britain. ... This page is about negotiations; for the board game, see Diplomacy (game). ... Combatants Irish Volunteers, Irish Citizen Army, Irish Republican Brotherhood British Army Royal Irish Constabulary Commanders Patrick Pearse, James Connolly Brigadier-General Lowe General Sir John Maxwell Strength 1250 in Dublin, c. ... Fianna Fáil - The Republican Party (Pronounced fee-na fall.) (English: Soldiers of Destiny) is the largest political party in the Republic of Ireland. ...

Origins

Casement was born in Sandycove, Dublin to a Protestant father, Captain Roger Casement of (The King’s Own) Regiment of Light Dragoons, himself the son of a bankrupt Belfast shipping merchant (Hugh Casement) who later moved to Australia. Captain Casement served in the 1842 Afghan campaign. Casement's mother Anne Jephson of Dublin (whose origins are obscure), had him rebaptised secretly as a Roman Catholic when he was three in Rhyl; she died in Worthing when her son was nine. By the time he was thirteen, his father was also dead, having ended his days dependent on the charity of relatives. Roger was afterwards raised by Protestant paternal relatives in Ulster, where he was educated at Ballymena Academy. He lived in early childhood at Doyle's Cottage, Lawson Terrace, Sandycove, County Dublin.^[2] Sandycove is a small village on the east coast of County Dublin. ... Dublin city centre at night WGS-84 (GPS) Coordinates: , Statistics Province: Leinster County: Dáil Éireann: Dublin Central, Dublin North Central, Dublin North East, Dublin North West, Dublin South Central, Dublin South East European Parliament: Dublin Dialling Code: +353 1 Postal District(s): D1-24, D6W Area: 114. ... Protestantism is a general grouping of denominations within Christianity. ... This article is about the city in Northern Ireland. ... The First Anglo–Afghan War lasted from 1839 to 1842. ... The Roman Catholic Church, most often spoken of simply as the Catholic Church, is the largest Christian church, with over one billion members. ... Rhyl (IPA: Welsh: Y Rhyl) is a seaside town located on the Irish Sea, in the administrative county of Denbighshire and the traditional county of Flintshire, North Wales, United Kingdom, at the mouth of the River Clwyd (Welsh: Yr Afon Clwyd). ... For other uses, see Worthing (disambiguation). ... This article is about the nine-county Irish province. ... Ballymena Academy (founded 1828) is a grammar school located in the County Antrim market town of Ballymena. ... Sandycove is a small village on the east coast of County Dublin. ... Statistics Province: Leinster County Town: Dublin Code: D Area: 921 km² Population (2006) 1,186,821 County Dublin (Irish: Contae Bhaile Átha Cliath), or more correctly today the Dublin Region[1] (Réigiúin Átha Cliath), is the area that contains the city of Dublin, the capital and largest city...

The Congo: The Casement Report

In 1904, Sir Roger Casement, then the British Consul, was commissioned by the British government and delivered a long, detailed eyewitness report exposing human rights abuses in the Congo Free State: The Casement Report. The Congo Free State had been in the possession of King Leopold II of Belgium since 1885, when it was granted to him by the Berlin Conference. Leopold exploited the territory's natural resources (mostly rubber) as a private entrepreneur, not as Belgian King. Casement's report would be instrumental in Leopold finally relinquishing his personal holdings in Africa. The Casement Report was a 1904 document by British diplomat Roger Casement (1864-1916) detailing abuses in the Congo Free State which was under the private ownership of King Leopold II of Belgium. ... Leopold II (Léopold Louis Philippe Marie Victor (French) or Leopold Lodewijk Filips Marie Victor (Dutch) (April 9, 1835 – December 17, 1909) was King of the Belgians. ...

When the report was made public, the Congo Reform Association, founded by E.D. Morel, with Casement's support, demanded action. Other European nations followed suit, as did the United States, and the British parliament demanded a meeting of the 14 signatory powers to review the 1885 Berlin Agreement. The Belgian Parliament, pushed by socialist leader Emile Vandervelde and other critics of the King's Congolese policy, forced Léopold to set up an independent commission of inquiry, and in 1905, despite the King's efforts, it confirmed the essentials of Casement's report. Edmund Dene Morel, originally Georges Edmond Pierre Achille Morel de Ville (July 10, 1873 – November 12, 1924) was a British journalist, author and socialist politician. ...

On November 15, 1908, four years after the Casement Report, the parliament of Belgium took over the Congo Free State from Leopold and its administration as the Belgian Congo. is the 319th day of the year (320th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... 1908 (MCMVIII) was a leap year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar). ... The Casement Report was a 1904 document by British diplomat Roger Casement (1864-1916) detailing abuses in the Congo Free State which was under the private ownership of King Leopold II of Belgium. ... Motto: Travail et Progres (Work and Progress) The Belgian Congo Capital Léopoldville/Leopoldstad Political structure Colony Governor  - 1908-1910 Baron Wahis  - 1946-1951 Eugène Jacques Pierre Louis Jungers  - 1958-1960 Henri Arthur Adolf Marie Christopher Cornelis History  - Established 15 November, 1908  - Congolese independence 30 June, 1960 The Belgian...

Peru: Abuses against the Putumayo Indians

In 1906 Casement was sent as consul to Pará, transferring to Santos, Brazil and lastly was promoted to consul-general in Rio de Janeiro. He had the occasion to do work similar to that which he had done in Congo among the Putumayo Indians of Peru when he was attached as a consular representative to a commission investigating murderous rubber slavery by the British-registered Peruvian Amazon Company effectively controlled by Julio Arana and his brother. This involved two visits to the region one in 1910 with a follow-up in 1911. Flag of Pará See other Brazilian States Capital Belém Largest City Belém Area 1. ... Motto: Patriam Charitatem et Libertatem Docui (Latin: To the homeland I taught charity and liberty) Location in the state of São Paulo and Brazil Coordinates: , Country Brazil Region Southeast State São Paulo Settled 1546 Incorporated 1839 Government  - Mayor João Paulo Tavares Papa (PMDB) Area  - City 280. ... This article is about the Brazilian city. ... Categories: Departments of Colombia | Stub ... This does not cite any references or sources. ...

After his return to Britain he repeated his extra-consular campaigning work by organising Anti-Slavery Society and mission interventions in the region which was disputed between Peru and Colombia. Some of the men exposed as killers in his report were charged by Peru and others fled. Conditions in the area undoubtedly improved as a result but the contemporary switch to farmed rubber in Malaya etc was a godsend to the Indians as well. The Anti-Slavery Society was founded in Britain in 1823. ... Map of Peninsular Malaysia Peninsular Malaysia (Malay: Semenanjung Malaysia) is the part of Malaysia which lies on the Malay Peninsula, and shares a land border with Thailand in the north. ...

Casement wrote extensively (as always) in those two years including several of his notorious diaries, the one for 1911 being unusually discursive. They and the 1903 diary were kept by him in London with other papers of the period, presumably so they could be consulted in his continuing work as 'Congo Casement' and the saviour of the Putumayo Indians. This article is about the capital of England and the United Kingdom. ...

Irish revolutionary

Casement resigned from colonial service in 1913. The following year, he joined the Irish Volunteers and befriended Eoin MacNeill, the organisation's chief of staff. When the First World War broke out in 1914, he attempted to secure German aid for Irish independence, sailing for Germany via America. He viewed himself as a self-appointed ambassador of the Irish nation. While the journey was his idea, he managed to persuade the exiled Irish nationalists in Clan na Gael to finance the expedition. Many members of Clan na Gael never trusted him completely, as he was not a member of the Irish Republican Brotherhood (IRB), and held views considered by many to be too moderate. Irish Volunteers - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia /**/ @import /skins-1. ... Eoin MacNeill (May 15, 1867 - October 15, 1945) was an Irish scholar, nationalist and revolutionary. ... “The Great War ” redirects here. ... Motto: (Out Of Many, One) (traditional) In God We Trust (1956 to date) Anthem: The Star-Spangled Banner Capital Washington D.C. Largest city New York City None at federal level (English de facto) Government Federal constitutional republic  - President George Walker Bush (R)  - Vice President Dick Cheney (R) Independence from... With Irish immigration to the United States of America in the 18th_century there arose Irish ethnic organizations. ... The Irish Republican Brotherhood (IRB; Bráithreachas na Poblachta in Irish) was a secret fraternal organisation dedicated to fomenting armed revolt against the British state in Ireland in the nineteenth century and early twentieth century. ...

Casement drafted a "treaty" with Germany, which stated that country's support for an independent Ireland. Most of his time in Germany, however, was spent in an attempt to recruit an "Irish Brigade" consisting of Irish prisoners-of-war in the prison camp of Limburg an der Lahn, who would be trained to fight against England.^[3] The Irish Brigade was an attempt to raise a group of soldiers from nationalist-minded Irishmen serving in the British Army that had been captured and held Prisoners of War (POW) by the Imperial German army in World War I. On December 27, 1914, Roger Casement, signed an agreement in... Geneva Convention definition A prisoner of war (POW) is a soldier, sailor, airman, or marine who is imprisoned by an enemy power during or immediately after an armed conflict. ... Limburg an der Lahn (Limburg on the Lahn river) is a German town and the capital of the district Limburg-Weilburg in the west of Hessen. ...

The effort proved unsuccessful, as all Irishmen fighting in the British army did so voluntarily, and was abandoned after much time and money was wasted. The Germans, who were sceptical of Casement but nonetheless aware of the military advantage they could gain from an uprising in Ireland, offered the Irish 20,000 rifles, 10 machine guns and accompanying ammunition, a fraction of the amount of weaponry Casement had hoped for.^[4] A rifle is any long gun which has a rifled barrel. ... A machine gun is a fully-automatic firearm that is capable of firing bullets in rapid succession. ...

Casement did not learn about the Easter Rising until after the plan was fully developed. The IRB purposely kept him in the dark, and even tried to replace him. Casement may never have learned that it was not the Volunteers who were planning the rising, but IRB members such as Patrick Pearse and Tom Clarke who were pulling the strings behind the scenes. Combatants Irish Volunteers, Irish Citizen Army, Irish Republican Brotherhood British Army Royal Irish Constabulary Commanders Patrick Pearse, James Connolly Brigadier-General Lowe General Sir John Maxwell Strength 1250 in Dublin, c. ... Patrick Henry Pearse (also known as Pádraig Pearse; Irish: ; 10 November 1879 – 3 May 1916) was a teacher, barrister, poet, writer, nationalist and political activist who was one of the leaders of the Easter Rising in 1916. ... Thomas James (Tom) Clarke (Irish name: Tomás Ó Cléirigh; 11 March 1857 – 3 May 1916) was an Irish revolutionary leader and arguably the person most responsible for the 1916 Easter Rising. ...

Roger Casement's grave in Glasnevin Cemetery.

The German weapons never reached Ireland. The ship in which they were travelling, a German cargo vessel, the Libau, was intercepted, even though it had been thoroughly disguised as a Norwegian vessel, Aud Norge. All the crew were German sailors, but their clothes and effects, even the charts and books on the bridge, were all Norwegian. The British, however, had intercepted German communications and knew the true identity and exact destination of the Aud. After it was intercepted, the ship's captain scuttled the Libau. Roger Casement grave in glasnevin cemetery, Dublin. ... Roger Casement grave in glasnevin cemetery, Dublin. ... German battlecruiser Derfflinger scuttled at Scapa Flow. ...

Capture, Trial and Execution

Casement left Germany in a submarine, the U-19, shortly after the Aud sailed. Believing that the Germans were toying with him from the start and purposely providing inadequate aid that would doom a rising to failure, he decided he had to reach Ireland before the shipment of arms and convince Eoin MacNeill (who he believed was still in control) to cancel the rising. USS Virginia, a Virginia-class nuclear attack (SSN) submarine Alvin in 1978, a year after first exploring hydrothermal vents. ... Unterseeboot 19 (U-19) has been the designation of two submarines of the German Navy. ... Eoin MacNeill (May 15, 1867 - October 15, 1945) was an Irish scholar, nationalist and revolutionary. ...

In the early hours of 21 April 1916, three days before the rising began, Casement was put ashore at Banna Strand in Tralee Bay, County Kerry. Too ill to travel, he was discovered at McKenna's Fort (an ancient ring fort now called Casement's Fort) in Rathoneen, Ardfert and subsequently arrested on charges of treason, sabotage and espionage against the Crown. is the 111th day of the year (112th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... 1916 (MCMXVI) was a leap year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar). ... Banna Strand Banana Strand is an Atlanic ocean beach extending from Ballyheigue in the North to Barrow Harbour at its southern edge, located in County Kerry. ... Tralee Bay is located in on the west coast of County Kerry, Ireland. ... Statistics Province: Munster County Town: Tralee Code: KY Area: 4,746 km² Population (2006) 139,616 Website: www. ... Rathoneen is a townland of Ardfert in County Kerry, Ireland and is most notable for the home of Casements Fort, an ancient Celtic ringfort where Roger Casement was hiding after landing at Banna Strand in the Aud. ... Ardfert (Ard Fhearta in Irish) is a parish in the barony of Clanmaurice, County Kerry, Ireland, anciently in the territory of Ui Fearba/Hy Ferba. ... This article does not cite any references or sources. ... “Saboteur” redirects here. ... Spy and Secret agent redirect here. ...

Following a highly publicized trial, he was stripped of his knighthood. To their embarrassment, the courts found little legal basis to prosecute Casement because his crimes had been carried out in Germany and the Treason Act seemed to apply only to activities carried out on British soil. However, closer reading of the medieval document allowed for a broader interpretation, leading to the accusation that Casement was "hanged by a comma". The court decided that a comma should be read in the text, crucially widening the sense so that "in the realm or elsewhere" meant where acts were done and not just where the "King's enemies" may be. After an unsuccessful appeal against the death sentence, he was hanged at Pentonville Prison in London on 3 August 1916, at the age of 51. He converted to Catholicism while awaiting execution and went to his death, he said, with the body of his God as his last meal. A statue of an armoured knight of the Middle Ages For the chess piece, see knight (chess). ... Hanging is the suspension of a person by a ligature, usually a cord wrapped around the neck, causing death. ... HMP Pentonville Pentonville Prison in 1842 HM Prison Pentonville is a prison built in 1842 in North London. ... This article is about the capital of England and the United Kingdom. ... is the 215th day of the year (216th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... 1916 (MCMXVI) was a leap year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar). ...

Among the people who pleaded for clemency for him were Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, who became acquainted with Casement through the work of the Congo Reform Association, and George Bernard Shaw. Edmund Dene Morel couldn't visit him in jail, being under attack for his pacifist position. On the other hand, Joseph Conrad could not forgive Casement for his treachery toward Britain. // Sir Arthur Ignatius Conan Doyle, DL (22 May 1859–7 July 1930) was a Scottish born author most noted for his stories about the detective Sherlock Holmes, which are generally considered a major innovation in the field of crime fiction, and the adventures of Professor Challenger. ... The Congo Reform Association exposed gross and rampant abuses of labor in King Leopold II of Belgiums Congo Free State, leading to the annexation of Congo by Belgium in 1908. ... George Bernard Shaw (26 July 1856–2 November 1950) was an Irish dramatist, literary critic, and socialist. ... George Edmond Morel de Ville ( Paris, 15th July 1873, Devonshire, 12th November, 1924), better known as Edmund Dene Morel (anglicised form of his name), was an Anglo - French journalist and politician. ... Pacifism is the opposition to war or violence as a means of settling disputes or gaining advantage. ... // Joseph Conrad (born Teodor Józef Konrad Nałęcz-Korzeniowski, 3 December 1857 – 3 August 1924) was a Polish-born novelist who spent most of his adult life in Britain. ...

The Black Diaries and Casement’s sexuality

Prior to his execution, photographs of a diary which the Crown claimed belonged to Casement were circulated to those urging commutation of his death sentence. These documents, supplied to King George V, the Archbishop of Canterbury, and others in Britain, Ireland and the United States, showed Casement to have been a promiscuous homosexual with a fondness for very young men, a crime at the time.^[5] In a time of strong social conservatism, not least among Irish Catholics, the "Black Diaries" undermined or at least stifled support for Casement. They also led some of Casement's opponents to suggest that details about colonial sexual atrocities in his reports were based on his personal fantasies, though this was not supported by evidence. The diaries may now be inspected at the British National Archives in Kew. George V (George Frederick Ernest Albert; 3 June 1865 – 20 January 1936) was the first British monarch belonging to the House of Windsor, which he created from the British branch of the German House of Saxe-Coburg-Gotha. ... The Archbishop of Canterbury is the spiritual leader and senior clergyman of the Church of England, recognized by convention as the head of the worldwide Anglican Communion. ... Homosexuality refers to sexual interaction and / or romantic attraction between individuals of the same sex. ... The term pederasty or paederasty can refer to a wide range of erotic practices, generally between adult and adolescent males. ... The National Archives building at Kew. ... Kew is a place in the London Borough of Richmond upon Thames in South West London. ...

Though some believed that the diaries were forgeries, much as Charles Stewart Parnell had been the target of the Pigott forgeries implicating him in the Phoenix Park Murders, others did not. H. Montgomery Hyde, the Unionist MP and barrister who wrote a book on Casement's trial, had no doubt that Casement had been a pederast. Forgery is the process of making or adapting objects or documents (see false document), with the intention to deceive. ... Charles Stewart Parnell, the uncrowned King of Ireland Charles Stewart Parnell[1] (27 June 1846 – 6 October 1891) was an Irish political leader and one of the most important figures in 19th century Ireland and the United Kingdom; William Ewart Gladstone described him as the most remarkable person he had... Richard Piggott (1838? - Madrid, 1889) was a journalist for The Times, well known for the Piggott forgeries. Piggott produced fake letters, which purported to indicate that Charles Stewart Parnell supported the Phoenix Park murders. ... The term Phoenix Park Murders is used to refer to the assassination in 1882 of the second and third in command of the British Dublin Castle government of Ireland by the Irish National Invincibles. ... Harford Montgomery Hyde (1907-1989) was a barrister, politician and author from Northern Ireland. ...

In an effort to settle the issue, an independent forensic examination of the diaries, funded by RTÉ and the BBC, was recently undertaken by Dr. Audrey Giles, an internationally respected figure in the field of document forensics. In comparing Casement's "White Diaries" (ordinary diaries of the time) with the "Black Diaries", which allegedly date from the same time-span, the study concluded, on the basis of detailed handwriting analysis, that the Black Diaries were genuine and had been written by Casement.^[6] Questioned document examination (QDE) is known by many names including forensic document examination, document examination, diplomatics, handwriting examination, and sometimes handwriting analysis, although the latter name is not often used as it may be confused with graphology. ... Graphology is the study of handwriting and its connection to behavior, personal information and other human traits. ...

This study, commissioned by a team of academics from Goldsmiths, University of London, was submitted to the forensic expert James Horan for peer review. Horan rejected the report. His main criticism was that there was no evidence that the comparative material used was the handwriting of Roger Casement. He noted that it was this problem which led to the mistaken authentication of the Hitler diaries. The comparative material given to Dr Giles by the team from Goldsmiths was taken from the Morel Archive at the London School of Economics. All of it passed through the hands of British Intelligence after Morel's arrest in 1917. The Main Building The Ben Pimlott Building The Library Warmington Tower Goldsmiths, University of London (founded in 1891 as Goldsmiths Technical and Recreative Institute, rebranded from Goldsmiths College, University of London in 2006[2]) is a constituent college of the University of London specialising in teaching of and research into... Peer review (known as refereeing in some academic fields) is a scholarly process used in the publication of manuscripts and in the awarding of funding for research. ... Hitlers Diaries Discovered (Stern) In April 1983, the German news magazine Stern published extracts from what purported to be the diaries of Adolf Hitler, known as the Hitler Diaries, which were subsequently exposed as forgeries. ... Mascot Beaver Affiliations University of London Russell Group EUA ACU CEMS APSIA Golden Triangle G5 Group Website http://www. ... The Secret Intelligence Service (SIS), more commonly known as MI6 (originally Military Intelligence [section] 6), or Her Majestys Secret Service or just the Secret Service, is the British external security agency. ...

The case for forgery of the Black Diaries has always been predicated on the fact that Casement was a uniquely admired and respected public figure in Britain among the 1916 leaders. It has also been claimed that the extremely active homosexual sex life described in the diaries is unlikely to be genuine, but it has been argued that this would not refute the authenticity of the diaries, as they may have been sexual fantasies.

State funeral

The Carriage on which Casement’s coffin was drawn during the State funeral

As was the custom at the time, Casement's body was buried in quicklime in the prison cemetery at the rear of Pentonville Prison, where he was hanged. The precise location of the prison cemetery is 51°32′44.05″N 0°06′54.62″W / 51.5455694, -0.1151722. In 1965, Casement's body was repatriated and, after a state funeral, was buried with full military honours in the Republican Plot in Glasnevin Cemetery in Dublin. The President of Ireland, Éamon de Valera, who in his mid-eighties was the last surviving leader of the Easter Rising, defied the advice of his doctors and attended the ceremony, along with an estimated 30,000 Irish citizens. Casement's last wish, to be buried at Murlough Bay on the North Antrim coast has yet to be fulfilled. Image File history File links Size of this preview: 800 × 600 pixelsFull resolution (2048 × 1536 pixel, file size: 1. ... Image File history File links Size of this preview: 800 × 600 pixelsFull resolution (2048 × 1536 pixel, file size: 1. ... Calcium oxide (CaO), commonly known as lime or quicklime, is a widely used chemical compound. ... Pentonville Prison is a prison built in 1842 in North London. ... State funerals in the Republic of Ireland and predecessor states since independence in 1921 have taken place on the following occasions: Former Taoiseach John A. Costello did not receive a state funeral, at the request of his family. ... Glasnevin Cemetery The round tower (centre) stands over the tomb of Daniel OConnell Glasnevin gravestones Glasnevin Cemetery, also known as Prospect Cemetery, is the main Catholic cemetery in Dublin, the capital of Ireland. ... Dublin city centre at night WGS-84 (GPS) Coordinates: , Statistics Province: Leinster County: Dáil Éireann: Dublin Central, Dublin North Central, Dublin North East, Dublin North West, Dublin South Central, Dublin South East European Parliament: Dublin Dialling Code: +353 1 Postal District(s): D1-24, D6W Area: 114. ... -1... Éamon de Valera (born with the name Edward George de Valera, IPA: [1][2]) (14 October 1882 – 29 August 1975) was one of the dominant political figures in 20th century Ireland. ... Combatants Irish Volunteers, Irish Citizen Army, Irish Republican Brotherhood British Army Royal Irish Constabulary Commanders Patrick Pearse, James Connolly Brigadier-General Lowe General Sir John Maxwell Strength 1250 in Dublin, c. ... This article or section does not cite its references or sources. ... Statistics Province: Ulster County Town: Antrim Area: 2,844 km² Population (est. ...

In the 1990s, doubts were cast as to whether the bones buried in Glasnevin were Casement's. It was suggested that when his prison grave was opened, it was impossible to distinguish his bones from those of other prisoners, and as result a skeleton was assembled from the bones found and arbitrarily described as Casement's.

In popular culture

Many landmarks, buildings and organisations in Ireland are named after Casement including:

• Casement Park, the Gaelic Athletic Association ground on Andersonstown Road in west Belfast
• Several Gaelic Athletic Association clubs, for instance the Roger Casements GAA Club in Coventry and the Roger Casements GAC in Portglenone
• Casement Aerodrome in Baldonnel, the Irish Air Corps base in Dublin
• Casement Station in Tralee, near the site of Casement's landing on Banna Strand
• Many streets, particularly in the north-west Dublin suburb of Finglas, and somewhat ironically in the loyalist heartland of Harryville, Ballymena, Co. Antrim although the street is actually named for his great-grandfather who was a solicitor in Henryville as it was then called.
• The Ballad - "Lonely Banna Strand" contains the story;

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A motor-car was dashing through the early morning gloom, A sudden crash, and in the sea they went to meet their doom Two Irish lads lay dying there just like their hopes so grand They could not give the signal now from lonely Banna Strand.

'No signal answers from the shore,' Sir Roger sadly said, 'No comrades here to welcome me, alas! they must be dead; But I must do my duty and at once I mean to land,' So in a boat he pulled ashore to lonely Banna Strand.

The German ships were lying there with rifles in galore. Up came a British ship and spoke, 'No Germans reach the shore; You are our Empire's enemy, and so we bid you stand. No German foot shall e'er pollute the lonely Banna Strand.'

They sailed for Queenstown Harbour. Said the Germans: 'We're undone The British are our masters man for man and gun for gun. We've twenty thousand rifles here, but they never will reach land. We'll sink them all and bid farewell to lonely Banna Strand.'

The R.I. C. were hunting for Sir Roger high and low, They found him at McKenna's Fort, said they: 'You are our foe.' Said he, 'I'm Roger Casement, I came to my native land, I meant to free my countrymen on the lonely Banna Strand.'

They took Sir Roger prisoner and sailed for London Tower, And in the Tower they laid him as a traitor to the Crown. Said he, 'I m no traitor,' but his trial he had to stand. For bringing German rifles to the lonely Banna Strand.

'Twas in an English prison that they led him to his death. 'I'm dying for my country,' he said with his last breath. He's buried in a prison yard far from his native land The wild waves sing his Requiem on lonely Banna Strand.

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Footnotes

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Bibliography

• Casement, Roger, The Crime against Europe. The causes of the War and the foundations of Peace. Berlin, The Continental Times, 1915.
• Casement, Roger, The Crime against Ireland, and how the War may right it. Berlin, no publisher, 1914.
• Casement, Roger: The Eyes of Another Race: Roger Casement's Congo Report and 1903 Diary. University College Dublin Press, 2004. ISBN 1-900-62199-1
• Casement, Roger, Gesammelte Schriften. Irland, Deutschland und die Freiheit der Meere und andere Aufsätze. Diessen vor München, Jos. Huber's Verlag, 1916. Second expanded edition, 1917.
• Casement, Roger, Ireland, Germany and freedom of the seas: a possible outcome of the War of 1914. New York & Philadelphia, The Irish Press Bureau, 1914. Reprinted 2005: ISBN 1-421-94433-2
• Casement, Roger, Roger Casement's diaries: 1910. The Black and the White. Edited by Roger Sawyer. London, Pimlico, 1997. ISBN 0-7126-7375-X
• Casement, Roger, Some Poems. London, The Talbot Press / T. Fisher Unwin, 1918.
• Casement, Roger The Amazon Journal of Roger Casement. Edited by Angus Mitchell. Anaconda Editions
• DaRosa, Peter, Rebels: The Irish Rising of 1916
• Dudgeon, Jeffrey, "Roger Casement: The Black Diaries with a Study of his Background, Sexuality and Irish Political Life", ISBN 0-9539287-2-1 (2002)
• Hochschild, Adam, King Leopold's Ghost
• Mitchell, Angus, Casement (Life & Times Series). Haus Publishing Limited, 2003. ISBN 1-904-34141-1
• Hyde, H. (Harford) Montgomery, 'Trial of Roger Casement', William Hodge, London 1960, Penguin edition 1964.
• Hyde, H. Montgomery, The Love That Dared not Speak its Name. Boston, Little, Brown, 1970.
• Inglis, Brian, Roger Casement, ISBN 0-14-139127-8 (2002)
• Reid, B.L., The Lives of Roger Casement. London, The Yale Press, 1976. ISBN 0-300-01801-0
• Sawyer, Roger, "Casement: The Flawed Hero"
• Singleton-Gates, Peter, & Maurice Girodias, The Black Diaries. An account of Roger Casement's life and times with a collection of his diaries and public writings. Paris, The Olympia Press, 1959. First edition of the uncensored Black Diaries.
• Wolf, Karin, Sir Roger Casement und die deutsch-irischen Beziehungen. Berlin, Duncker & Humblot, 1972. ISBN 3-428-02709-4

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External links

• Photographs of and about Casement in the National Library of Ireland (no charge for reproduction)
• Brief biography of Roger Casement
• A BBC investigation into the "Black Diaries"
• A BBC News analysis from 2006 of Roger's legacy amongst the different communities in Northern Ireland
• 1916 Rising timeline.
• Roger Casement's speech from the Dock at the end of his trial for treason.
• Report of the British Consul, Roger Casement, on the Administration of the Congo Free State.
• Times report on his execution
• Works by Roger Casement at Project Gutenberg
• BBC Radio 4 Documentary, September 1993, plus article in Ireland's Hot Press magazine
• Roger Casement's Gravesite
• A documentary about how King Leopold II of Belgium colonized the Congo.
• Short version of James J. Horan's review of the Giles report
• Kevin Mannerings and Marcel B. Matley, The “Black Diaries” Attributed to Sir Roger Casement. 2003-2004
• Sean Murphy, Irish Historical Mysteries: The Diaries of Roger Casement. A critical article