Roger Casement

The Easter Rising in Ireland, 1916

ROGER CASEMENT

Roger CasementPrior to the rising and thanks to Hobson, Casement and Childers, guns were landed at Howth and Wicklow. Casement went to Germany where he published the Irish cause in German newspapers.

His efforts to secure weapons were dealt a severe blow when he and the weapons they were attempting to smuggle into the country were captured on Banna Strand.

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