Just before falling through the gallows to his death in 1916, Roger Casement delivered his final words: “I die for my country.” In the history of rebellion and martyrdom, it wasn’t an untypical last ...

London, 16 May 1916 - The trial of Sir Roger Casement opened in London yesterday at Bow Street. He is charged with high treason, relating to events where he is believed to have organised and ...

- Myles Dungan’s talk will explore the fascinating life and legacy of ‘Captain’ Charles Cunningham Boycott, an English land ...

By Timothy J. Killeen The invention of vulcanized rubber (1839), followed by the popularization of bicycles (1870s) and the ...

Ashford Castle in Mayo has announced its impressive line-up for the 2025 History Festival with prices starting at €1,180.

Berlin, 30 November 1914 - Sir Roger Casement has travelled to Berlin for talks with the German authorities. Sir Roger was in America when war broke out raising funds for the Irish Volunteers and ...

Having taken the scalp of Lamh Dhearg in the semi-final, Roger Casement’s, Portglenone, are hoping to make history in the Antrim SFC by winning their first title in their history. Portglenone ...

Joseph Conrad met Roger Casement in Congo in 1890. Both men would later write about the "great lie of colonialism" as per The Dream of the Celt author Mario Vargas Llosa. Roger Casement was ...

and Sir Roger Casement, who was hanged for being a spy. But perhaps his most famous hanging, and one that some believed affected him to the point it contributed to his own death, was that of Edith ...

Casement Park, which first opened in 1953, is a GAA stadium in west Belfast named after Sir Roger Casement. Sir Roger was an Irish revolutionary who was executed in London for treason in 1916.

County Limerick at his family’s request] were reinterred at Glasnevin Cemetery next to the remains of Roger Casement and in front of the appropriately named Republican Plot where many famous ...

ASHFORD Castle has announced details of its 2025 History Festival, featuring four of Ireland’s leading historians, ...