On June 29, 1916, Sir Roger Casement was found guilty of treason for his role in the Easter Rising and was sentenced to death by hanging. Casement was the most prominent and intriguing figure ...

The amazing tale of how "My Fair Lady's" George Bernard Shaw and "Sherlock Holmes'" Arthur Conan Doyle fought to save Casement from the hangman’s noose. On August 3, 1916 the British executed ...

The 100th anniversary of the Easter uprising of 1916 saw the beginnings of a deeper appreciation of the achievements of Sir Roger Casement who was hanged as a traitor in Pentonville prison on 3 ...

The renowned human rights campaigner, Sir Roger Casement, was hanged in 1916 for his involvement in the Irish Nationalist revolt in Dublin - the Easter Rising. His guilt was never seriously in ...

London, 3 August 1916 - Sir Roger Casement was executed this morning in Pentonville Prison in London. At 9am, the hangman placed... In the first week of August 1917, on the first anniversary of ...

The external events were such as I noticed in the instance of Sir Roger Casement — such events as the open preparation of Ulster for armed rebellion; the violent suppression of the transport ...

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