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

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

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 ...

Some of the famous criminals he dispatched during his tenure included the infamous Dr Crippen, who was convicted of poisoning and dismembering his wife; George Smith, the 'brides in the bath' murderer ...

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 a fantastic line-up of special guest speakers for the 2025 History Festival which will explore ...

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

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

Roger David Casement, known as Sir Roger Casement, CMG, between 1911 and 1916, was a diplomat and Irish nationalist executed by the United Kingdom for treason during World War I. He worked for the ...

Roger Casement had been in Africa for twenty years and knew the Congo situation well enough to become Morel’s greatest asset and ally after his journey into the interior. Casement saw women and ...