A chara, – This week marks the centenary of Roger Casement’s execution. His dying wish was to be buried at his home place at Murlough Bay, Co Antrim. This was not on the cards in 1965 when he was reinterred in Glasnevin, as British prime minister Harold Wilson feared that “a reburial there could provoke Catholic celebrations and Protestant reactions”. Casement’s last wish should be fulfilled now. Moving his remains to Co Antrim would show that unionists and nationalists can work together to respect the last wish of a son of both traditions without giving into to triumphalism.
– Is mise,
PATRICK BAMMING
Portland St,
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