Illustration of Dublin, Ireland looking west along the River Liffey and showing the positions held by the Irish rebels. North of the Liffey, the General Post Office, headquarters of the rebellion, and Liberty Hall, from which the rebels had started on April 24, are in flames, bombarded by British forces. South of the River, forces led by Countess Markiewicz held St. Stephen's Green under fire from soldiers in the Shelbourne Hotel. Kilmainham Goal, where the captured rebels would be held, and where their leaders would be executed, is in the distance.

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Overhead view of Dublin, looking westward up the River Liffey, showing the positions held by Sinn Feiners during struggle with British forces.

Here is shown the scene of the Irish rebellion which figures in the capture of Sir Roger Casement, who now faces trial for high treason and a possible sentence to death. With him on the same charge will be tried Daniel J. Bailey, the Irish soldier, who landed on the Irish coast with Casement from a German submarine. The date of the trial has not been set, but it will probably take place in the near future.

Stamped date: May 19, 1916.

Stamp: From N.Y.H. Service New York City

Stamp: View of Dublin showing positions . . .

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Thursday, August 3, 1916

"Sir Roger Casement, an Ulster Protestant, who had acted for the rebels in Germany, was hanged in Pentonville prison on August 3, 1916. In his last days he became a convert to the Catholic faith, and received the last rites of the church on the scaffold."

Quotation Context

Sir Roger Casement, an Irish Patriot who had been knighted for his exposure of atrocities committed by the government of the Belgian Congo, struggled to raise a regiment to fight for Irish independence from the Irish prisoners of war in Germany. He returned to Ireland in a German submarine, as a surface ship tried to run 20,000 rifles and 1,000,000 rounds of ammunition to support a rebellion. Casement hoped to stop a rebellion he believed would fail, but was captured shortly after being put ashore on the west coast of Ireland. The Easter Rising went ahead on April 24, 1916, and ended in surrender on April 29. From May 2 to 12, fourteen rebels were shot in Dublin and one in Cork. Casement's was the last of the executions.

Source

King's Complete History of the World War by W.C. King, page 248, copyright © 1922, by W.C. King, publisher: The History Associates, publication date: 1922

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1916-08-03, 1916, August, Easter Rising, Casement, Roger Casement, Sir Roger Casement, execution