Posts Tagged ‘Roger Casement’
30 Aug-1 Sept 2018: dlr Roger Casement Summer School/Festival, Dun Laoghaire, Co. Dublin
Between Thursday 30 August and Saturday 1 September 2018 dlr Lexicon Library hosted the second dlr Roger Casement Summer School/Festival, with the support of Dun Laoghaire Rathdown County Council. Roger Casement (1864-1916) was born in Sandycove, Co. Dublin, the youngest child of four of an Antrim family. He worked in various employments in Africa before starting…
Read More14 November 2017: ‘"The horror! The horror!" Joseph Conrad, Roger Casement and history’s heart of darkness’, Royal Irish Academy, Dawson St, Dublin 2
On Tuesday 14 November 2017 the Royal Irish Academy, 19 Dawson St, Dublin 2, hosted a lecture by Angus Mitchell entitled ‘”The horror! The horror!” Joseph Conrad, Roger Casement and history’s heart of darkness’. Poland’s greatest writer in the English language, Joseph Conrad, and Ireland’s multidimensional revolutionary, Roger Casement, shared a humble dwelling in Matadi, on the lower…
Read More15 September 2017: Tionól Mhic Easmainn/Roger Casement gathering, Tralee, Co. Kerry
On Friday 15 September 2017, the Tionól Mhic Easmainn/Roger Casement gathering took place at the Meadowlands Hotel, Tralee, Co. Kerry. 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), who was captured by the RIC at McKenna’s Fort, near Banna Strand…
Read More24-26 August 2017: Inaugural Roger Casement Summer School, Dun Laoghaire, Co. Dublin
From Friday 24 to Saturday 26 August DLR Lexicon Library hosted an inaugural two day event that discussing and celebrating the life, work and legacy Roger Casement. Roger Casement (1864-1916) was born in Sandycove, Co. Dublin, the youngest child of four of an Antrim family. He worked in various employments in Africa before starting his diplomatic career…
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