Britain came close to governing the world in 1918, when Ireland decided to part company with it. Britain's only rational purpose in making war on the German, Hapsburg and Ottoman Empires and destroying them was to establish itself in World dominance. For a moment in 1918/19 it thought it had done so. Winston Churchill was … Continue reading The Power And The Gory!
Irish History
The Geopolitics Of Casement
Review:The Crime Against Europe with The Crime Against Ireland, by Roger Casement, Athol Books, 2003 This book, when it came out in 2003, was the first time Roger Casement’s work had been published for almost 50 years. Brendan Clifford in his introduction refers to an academic book which states that: “The origins of the modern … Continue reading The Geopolitics Of Casement
History As Creative Story-telling
Book review: Rory Carroll, A Rebel And A Traitor [Roger Casement] (Dimensions, £17.50) History As Creative Story-telling Rory Carroll’s new book is neither a history nor a biography; it has elements of a political thriller or an adventure story but is not that either. This hybrid identity conceals it as a strategic narrative—a carefully … Continue reading History As Creative Story-telling
Letters to the Editor: Casement Diary Dispute
Dear IPR Editor, Jack Lane in his reply to my letter (Irish Political Review, April 2026) makes a huge amount of my simple statement of fact that the typed versions of the diaries might have existed before the manuscripts. I can’t prove the negative, that they didn’t come first, but there is zero evidence that … Continue reading Letters to the Editor: Casement Diary Dispute
The Brian P. Murphy OSB Archive. (Series 9)
The Evolution Of British Policy And The Emergence Of A Sinn Fein Publicity Department In The Years After The Easter Rising. Mss notes, Part 27 Gallagher and Childers The killing of [Alan] Bell had a direct and immediate effect on the Irish Bulletin for it led to the arrest of Frank Gallagher on 27th … Continue reading The Brian P. Murphy OSB Archive. (Series 9)
Labour Comment
James Connolly Some Rambling Remarks (The Irish Worker-Christmas Edition1912) NO ONE at all acquainted with Ireland at the present can doubt that the country is feeling the throbs accompanying the birth of great movements. Everywhere there are stirrings of new life—intellectual, artistic, industrial, political, racial, social stirrings are to be seen and felt on every … Continue reading Labour Comment
The Lost World Of The Putumayo
Review: The Amazon Journal of Roger Casement, edited by Angus Mitchell, Lilliput Press, Dublin, 1997. This book reproduces correspondence written by Roger Casement in 1910, as well as his Putumayo Diary covering the period 23rd September to 6th December 1910. The existence of the 'Putumayo Diary' represents a fatal weakness in the edifice that the … Continue reading The Lost World Of The Putumayo
The Brian P. Murphy OSB Archive. (Series 9)
The Brian P. Murphy OSB Archive. (Series 9) The Evolution Of British Policy And The Emergence Of a Sinn Fein Publicity Department In The Years After The Easter Rising. Mss notes, Mss notes, Part 26. 'The Trial of de Valera' At a dramatic meeting of the Friends of Irish Freedom on 19th March 1920 at … Continue reading The Brian P. Murphy OSB Archive. (Series 9)
Another ‘Biography’ Of Casement !
Book Launch: Report Another 'Biography' Of Casement ! Books on Roger Casement are becoming something of a growth industry. The latest is by Rory Carroll, the Irish correspondent of the Guardian, titled A Rebel And A Traitor. The leaflet below was made available on 25th March at a pre-publication event for the book, The Hunt For Roger Casement. … Continue reading Another ‘Biography’ Of Casement !
Roger Casement
by W. B. Yeats I SAY that Roger Casement Did what he had to do. He died upon the gallows, But that is nothing new. Afraid they might be beaten Before the bench of Time, They turned a trick by forgery And blackened his good name. A perjurer stood ready To prove their forgery true; … Continue reading Roger Casement
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