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Dying at the end of a rope in an English jail, rebel Roger Casement displayed the courage that defined him
Roger Casement was knighted in 1911 by the same British authorities who would execute him in 1916 for leading the Easter Rising and attempting to overthrow their rule.

Roger Casement was knighted in 1911 by the same British authorities who would execute him in 1916 for leading the Easter Rising and attempting to overthrow their rule.

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Mick Clifford

  • A Rebel and a Traitor: A fugitive, the manhunt and the Birth of the IRA 
  • Rory Carroll
  • HarperCollins, €15.99

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