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PEOPLE will gather at the Roger Casement Memorial near Banna Strand at 12 noon this Saturday to remember once again and to commemorate the life, work and sacrifices of Roger Casement. Casement was arrested in Ardfert on Good Friday 1916, imprisoned in London, convicted of treason at the Old Bailey […]
ADMIRERS of Roger Casement will gather at 12 noon on Good Friday, April 18, at Lios Mhic Easmainn (formerly McKenna’s Fort), Ardfert, to commemorate the life and courage of Roger Casement (1864 – 1916). Guest speaker at this year’s commemoration will be local historian Pádraig Ó Concubhair, NT, Léana Mór. […]
ROGER Casement will once again be celebrated at The Gathering at Lios Mhic Easmainn (Casement Fort), Ardfert, at 12 noon on Good Friday, March 29. People from all walks of life are expected to be in attendance on the 108th anniversary of ‘the landing’ on Banna Strand and Dr Tim […]
THE annual Roger Casement Gathering will take place in Lios Mhic Easmainn (McKennas’ Fort), Ardfert, at 12 noon on Good Friday, April 7. This coming together is to remember and to honour Casement who arrived from Germany in a German submarine and landed on Banna Strand 107 years ago. He […]
A SPECIAL event will take place this Saturday at 3pm in Ardfert to remember Roger Casement. Dr Tim Horgan, historian, will give a short talk as gaeilge and béarla at McKenna’s Fort, Ardfert to commemorate Conradh na Gaeilge activist and humanitarian, Roger Casement. Donnchadh Ó hAodha, cathaoirleach of Dáil na Mumhan, Conradh na Gaeilge, will […]
By Brian Caball A GATHERING of up to 40 people attended the Roger Casement Commemoration in Lios Mhic Easmainn on Saturday last. The patriot’s execution in Pentonville Prison, London, 103 years ago to the day, was recalled and his humanitarian work in The Congo and in The Putumayo as well […]
THE Annual Roger Casement Commemoration will take place at Casement Fort (McKenna’s Fort), Ardfert, at 3pm on Saturday next, August 3. Two short short talks will be given, one by Donncha Ó hAodha, President of Dáil na Mumhan, Conradh na Gaeilge, and the other by Mícheál Ó Ruairc, Irish scholar, […]
THE Roger Casement Commemoration will take place this Sunday at 3pm at the Banna Strand Memorial. This occasion will mark the 50th anniversary of the unveiling of the monument. A talk will be given by Dr Tim Horgan, author of the recently published ‘Fighting for the Cause’, and a wreath […]
THIS year’s Tionól Mhic Easmainn/Casement Autumn Gathering will take place in The Meadowlands Hotel, Tralee, at 8pm on Friday next, September 15. This year’s lecture, entitled ‘Saving Roger Casement: The Exiled Children’s Misplaced Trust’, will be given by Dr Robert (Bob) Schmuhl of Notre Dame University, Indiana, USA. Dr Schmuhl, author of ‘Ireland’s […]
THE great grandniece of Roger Casement paid a visit to Tralee, Ardfert and Ballyheigue this week as part of events to mark the centenary of his death. Margaret Farrington-Curtis – who was accompanied by her husband Ken – is from Melbourne and it was her first visit to Ireland. Casement’s brother, Charles, […]
