(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 33 Ireland at the end of May 1920 Surveying the scene in Ireland at the end of May, General Macready was not a happy man. That the Irish Bulletin … Continue reading The Brian P. Murphy OSB Archive.
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Roger Casement : Letters to the Editor
Dear Irish Political Review Editor, I wish to deal with just a couple of points of accuracy in the Casement articles in October’s Irish Political Review where I get a dozen mentions - partly because I had a letter published. In defence of President Connolly from Paul Hyde’s many, often intemperate, attacks, I will only … Continue reading Roger Casement : Letters to the Editor
A Journalist And A Functionary!
Book Review Famous Trials 9: Roger Casement, Penguin Books, 1964, by H. Montgomery Hyde H. Montgomery Hyde (1907-1989) was an Ulster Unionist MP and officer of Military Intelligence, rising to the rank of Lieutenant Colonel. With that background, it is perhaps not surprising that the book is biased against Casement. But there are no rants … Continue reading A Journalist And A Functionary!
Roger Casement — Omertà
A free press is what makes a democracy free and distinguishes it from autocratic states. When the press complies with propaganda on any issue, a vital freedom is compromised and the people are betrayed. This process is known as ‘the manufacture of consent’. The refusal by the press in Ireland to challenge the Casement propaganda … Continue reading Roger Casement — Omertà
Good Friday Agreement: “Got F*** All”?
The late Brendan Hughes famously described the Good Friday Agreement as the “Got F*** All” agreement. He had a point in relation to the Republican objective: The Republican War was concluded by the IRA with Northern Ireland still part of the British State and Sinn Fein administering British rule within a new Stormont. The Good Friday Agreement did, of course, achieve an … Continue reading Good Friday Agreement: “Got F*** All”?
The Accusing Ghost or Justice for Casement
Book Review The Accusing Ghost or Justice for Casement, by Alfred Noyes, Gollancz, 1957 When this book was published in 1957 the controversy surrounding Roger Casement resembled a Kafka novel! There were rumours about Casement’s sex life but the 'proof', in the form of personal diaries, was not available for inspection. Indeed, the official position … Continue reading The Accusing Ghost or Justice for Casement
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 32 Before the end of May 1920, Sir John Anderson and 'Andy' Cope had taken up their appointments at Dublin Castle. However, it was not until early August 1920 that the … Continue reading The Brian P. Murphy OSB Archive. (Series 9)
Casement On The Couch!
Rory Carroll, the Ireland correspondent of the Guardian newspaper and author of A Rebel And A Traitor, was interviewed on 1st August by Pat Kenny on his Newstalk radio programme, for the commemoration of Casement’s execution on 3rd August 1916. When Kenny asked Carroll to comment on the content of the 'Black Dairies', he … Continue reading Casement On The Couch!
Roger Casement: Jeff Dudgeon Responds
In September Irish Political Review there were five Roger Casement articles over ten pages, with fifteen, mostly vituperative, mentions of me. One item concerned my response to a public challenge by the Group of Four led by Paul Hyde and Jack Lane to eliminate “serious doubts about the authenticity” of the Casement diaries. It was … Continue reading Roger Casement: Jeff Dudgeon Responds
Red Eddy—Gusty’s Brother
Reading Brendan Clifford’s article about the BICO in the August issue of the Irish Political Review jogged a few memories. I was a comrade of Eddy Spence in the Sixties: He was a member of the Communist Party of Northern Ireland (CPNI) and I was in its youth wing the Communist Youth League (CYL). As Brendan Clifford points out, Eddy … Continue reading Red Eddy—Gusty’s Brother
