Impression sketch
of Roger Casement. [online] See original image at: <https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Sir_Roger_Casement_(6188264610).jpg>
[Accessed: 01 May 2016]
i
Involved in the
Irish plan
To break free of
British Rule,
Sir Roger
Casement had formed
The idea of a
German Irish alliance.
He hoped to gain German
Support for the Irish
rebellion,
To provide
soldiers and 200,000
Rifles - but
Casement's plan failed.
Believing that
any uprising
Would falter
without German
Backing, Casement
returned
With intention to
halt the rebellion.
From German
hospitality,
The Irish
Nationalist travelled
Back to Ireland aboard
a U boat;
To land in
Ireland at County Kerry.
Yet a reoccurrence of
malaria
Made Casement too
ill to travel -
So he remained at
McKenna's Fort,
When he was then arrested
for treason.
ii
News of Sir
Casement's
Capture was
reported, to have
Stirred some
American people -
Particularly
among Irish Americans.
Prior to any
official release
Of events
unfolding in Ireland,
Coded information
was received
In the United
States - to be circulated.
In delayed mid
week reports
From New York,
supporters there
Of Sinn Fein and Clan-na-Gael,
had
Likely provided
rebels financial support.
A statement by 'New York World'
Critics suggested
that in the US, Irish
Revolutionaries always
left getting shot
Shot, or shooting
to unsophisticated cousins.
Those Irish
having been settled
In America, were
said to have ended
Feud with Britain
- they saw Irish uprising
Stamped Made In Germany, to be treachery.
Risking lives to
fight Germany
Were 200,000
Irishmen - a belief
Was a ruse of German
propaganda,
Without any true
link to the Irish people.
American opinion conceived
how
The Irish rising and Sir Casement's
Part were in fact reaction to Redmond,
Irish MP - possessing old-fashioned
ideals.
Opinions
continued to emerge,
As the rebellion
in Ireland carried
On - New York newspapers
variously
Agreed that loyal
Irish held no illusions.
The revolt was
put down to be
Another bungling event
of war-led
Berlin - with parallel
guilt to Belgium
Invasion of selfishness
behind the offence.
Opinion of German
ambition
Had no respect
for Ireland, other
Than to prompt hate
for Britain - usage
Of Ireland was the
greatest betrayer of war.
by Jamie Mann.
Anon.,1916.
American Views On The Dublin Revolt - A Futile Attempt. The Daily Telegraph,
[online] 28 April 1916.
P.7. Col.7. Available at:
<http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/ww1-archive/12209365/Daily-Telegraph-April-28-1916.html> [Accessed: 1 May 2016].
Source: File: Roger Casement. Online. Available at:
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roger_Casement>
[Accessed 1 May 2016]
Source: File: Roger Casement: How did a hero come to be considered
a traitor? By Peter Crutchley. 25 November 2013. Online.
Available at: <http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-northern-ireland-25017936>
[Accessed 1 May 2016]
Mann, J., 2016. 100 years Ago - Poems by Jamie
Mann. [letter] (Personal communication, 1 May 2016).
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