Roger Casement


Roger Casement

Roger David Casement, irl. Ruairí Dáithí Mac Easmainn (born 1 September 1864 in Sandycove, Dublin, 3 August 1916 in London) is an Irish politician, patriot, diplomat of the United Kingdom, poet and national activist. Curriculum vitae

From 1892 to 1911 he worked in the consular services of the United Kingdom. He reported on the scandalous treatment of blacks in the Free State of Congo and Indians in Brazil, for which he was granted a nobility. Despite these merits for the United Kingdom, his feeling of Irish patriotism increased largely due to the resistance of Ulster. In 1914 he went to America. Right after the outbreak of World War I he traveled from New York to Berlin to gain German support for the plans of independent Ireland. For 18 months he had attempted to create a "free Irish brigade" which was to consist of prisoners of war, held in Germany. On April 21, 1916 he boarded a German warship to Ireland. Having landed near Tralee and, according to Alan Palmer, apparently hoped to stop the rebellion in two days. This was due to the fact that he was aware of the impossibility of providing military support by the Germans. Easter Rising in the current phase of the First World War. A few hours after he was taken to the mainland he was arrested. Recognized as guilty on trial for treason, he was sentenced to death and hanged. Earlier, the British intelligence had sought to discredit him by distributing the so-called "gallows" among his opponents. Black memoirs in which Casementa alleged homosexuality and his erotic fantasies. Bibliography

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