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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
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Rory Carroll

Architect of the Easter Rising, hanged as a traitor: for Roger Casement, a pardon still seems far away

A photograph of Roger Casement.
‘Depending on viewpoint, he is seen as a rebel or a traitor. In truth, he was both.’ An undated photograph of Roger Casement. Photograph: George Rinhart/Corbis/Getty Images

More than a century after he was marched to the gallows, there is still something radioactive about Roger Casement, a name that continues to emit a faint crackle in British-Irish relations.

He was knighted in 1911 by King George V for distinguished imperial service, but then embraced radical Irish nationalism and sought German help for the 1916 Easter Rising.

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