Today marks the anniversary of the execution of Irish patriot Roger Casement. He was the last of the Easter Rising leaders to be executed, being hanged in Pentonville Prison. His legacy as a human rights activist and freedom fighter continues to inspire us and many others who are struggling for equality across the globe. This recording of 'Banna Strand' by Fintan Warfield is available free to download here: https://soundcloud.com/fintanwarfield/lonely-banna-strand | Sinn Féin Ireland

#OTD in Irish History: 23 Feb 1965 – Roger Casement’s body is returned from England to be re-interred at Glasnevin Cemetery in Dublin. ‘Self-government is our right, a thing born in us at birth; a thing no more to be doled out to us or withheld from us by another people than the right to life itself.’ Roger Casement was born at Sandycove, Co Dublin in 1864. He joined the British colonial service and was knighted in 1911 for his work on behalf of African and South American native workers who were

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