4-5 September 2015: Tionól Mhic Easmainn/Roger Casement autumn gathering, Tralee, Co. Kerry
On 4-5 September the 2015 Tionól Mhic Easmainn/Roger Casement autumn gathering took place at Fels Point Hotel, Tralee. This annual event is organised to commemorate and the examine the life and career of the colonial official humanitarian and Irish republican Roger Casement (1864-1916). Speakers included Prof. Gearóid Ó Tuathaigh (NUIG), Éamon Ó Cuív, TD, Tim Horgan, and Pádraig Ó Snodaigh. The event concluded with a guided walk from the Banna Strand Memorial to Lios Mhic Easmainn, Ardfert.
From UCD Decade of Centenaries: read the Dictionary of Irish Biography entry on Roger Casement.