The Evolution Of British Policy And The Emergence Of A Sinn Fein Publicity Department In The Years After The Easter Rising Mss notes, Part 28 The Propaganda Battle Over The Death Of Thomas MacCurtain Following MacCurtain's funeral, nb date, which was marked by a united display of sympathy that crossed the divide of republicans and … Continue reading The Brian P. Murphy OSB Archive. (Series 9)
Irish History
Letters to the Editor re Casement
Dear Editor, I wrote in May’s Irish Political Review: "Ruling out official documentation as evidence means accepting that at least 30 named individuals were privy to the research and writing of extensive forgeries and the linked faking of memos,and that the deceit went unrecorded or unmentioned for decades by any of them. This is not … Continue reading Letters to the Editor re Casement
The Real Roger Casement!
Book Review: Casement by Angus Mitchell, Haus Publishing, 2026 The publication of this book is a timely antidote to the distorted image of Casement that has been presented in recent books, which portray him as a fragile person who was desperate to latch onto any cause to escape his mental frailties. An example of the … Continue reading The Real Roger Casement!
Basil Thomson And Maundy Gregory
In previous articles in this series I sketched the personality of Sir Basil Thomson, who was head of Scotland Yard in 1916 and the main interrogator of Roger Casement. He was a man of remarkably wide professional experience and much intellectual curiosity. He was also a gifted writer. Intellectually, Thomson was committed to defending the global power … Continue reading Basil Thomson And Maundy Gregory
The British Way Of Revisionism
LABOUR COMMENT RTE has become a training ground for the British broadcasting system. Fergal Keane MBE and Orla Guerin are the successful Irish broadcasters because they have become British broadcasters. Some time ago, Keane MBE was given a series of personal programmes on Radio 4 in which he regaled the British public with the awfulness … Continue reading The British Way Of Revisionism
The Power And The Gory!
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!
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)
