"To break the connection with England" Wolfe Tone

Sunday 4 August 2013

MEMBER'S OF THE ROGER CASEMENT CUMANN LAY A WREATH AT THE SPOT WHERE CASEMENT OFTEN REFERRED TO IN HIS LETTER'S AND WANTED BURIED.

As republicans we in the 32 county sovereignty movement are proud to stand here today and honour with pride the sacrifice that Roger Casement made to free Ireland from British rule , a goal still yet to be accomplished . Roger Casement was executed by the British by hanging on August 3rd 1916 after trying to land arms of the coast of County Kerry at Banna Strand on April 21st 1916, for use in the easter rising. It is especially significant that we remember him and the role he played in this centenary year of the formation of the 'Irish citizen army' and 'Irish volunteers' in which he played a significant part. After being executed he was buried in quicklime in Pentonville prison in England and remained there until 1965, before being returned to Ireland to be reinterred in Glasnevin cemetery after lying in state in Arbour hill were an estimated half a million people filed past his coffin. Although Roger casements remains were eventually returned to Ireland in 1965 it is here near Murlough bay , County Antrim that he referred to in his letters whilst awaiting his execution and wanted buried, a final wish yet to be achieved. It is therefore an honour for the Roger Casement Cumann of the 32 County Sovereignty movement to not only name our Cumann in memory of Casement in this centenary year but to hold our 1st commemoration here at this spot in County Antrim.          
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