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
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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 !
Concerning the Black Diaries
The book, “Anatomy of Lie – Decoding Casement” by Paul R. Hyde published last year creates a new paradigm for assessing the infamous case of the alleged Black Diaries of Roger Casement; it establishes the case that there is no verifiable evidence that these diaries existed in 1916 before Casement’s execution. Hyde makes a convincing … Continue reading Concerning the Black Diaries
The B&ICO !
It seems that an account of the B&ICO should be given, and that I will have to give it. I was not in any sense a founder of it, but I was around at the time and I knew its founders, Pat Murphy and Liam Daltun; Gerry Golden might be named as a third (all … Continue reading The B&ICO !
ORGANISED LABOUR
%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%% April 2026 @@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@ NATIONAL TRAINING FUND—Near €1.4bn surplus in State training fund is ‘ridiculous’ and ‘outrageous’. Accumulated surplus in National Training Fund now stands at €1.37bn, Dail's Public Accounts Committee is told. A near €1.4 billion surplus in a key State training fund has been criticised as 'outrageous' at the Public Accounts Committee. … Continue reading ORGANISED LABOUR
Reclaiming Roger Casement
Review: Roger Casement In Irish History, 2005, Royal Irish Academy, edited by Mary E. Daly This book consists of a collection of essays on various themes concerning Roger Casement. While most of the media attention focused on a report of the handwriting expert Audrey Giles on the so called Black Diaries, there are other parts … Continue reading Reclaiming Roger Casement
Basil Thomson the Writer
Angela Clifford, writing in January’s Irish Political Review, focused attention on the remarkable man who was Roger Casement’s main interrogator. Sir Basil Thomson is well worth looking at closely. He can never be entirely ignored by anyone telling the Casement story, but he may be—and normally is—marginalised. He always seems to get less notice than he deserves. It has … Continue reading Basil Thomson the Writer
When Special Branch Tried To ‘Do A Casement’ On Me !
Reading John Minahane's account of the targeting of Roger Casement put me in mind of an incident which happened to me in November 1985. It was an attempt to discredit me, to put me 'beyond the pale'—and it was because I helped to promote political views which conflicted with a core objective of the British … Continue reading When Special Branch Tried To ‘Do A Casement’ On Me !
Ideology And State
Fascism is the political system by means of which the Versailles states—set up by Britain and France, but chiefly by Britain—at the end of the First World War, without regard for viability—established unchallengeable authority for themselves. Those states were not the product of a struggle for national freedom. Many of them had no national history. … Continue reading Ideology And State
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