Unquiet Ghost: The Bones of Roger Casement (with Rory Carroll)
About this episode
The episode discusses the return and burial of Roger Casement in Ireland, exploring the political implications and his life with guest Rory Carroll.
In 1965, the body of Roger Casement was returned to Ireland. No longer condemned to the grounds of Pentonville Prison, he would be buried in Dublin's Glasnevin Cemetery, where he is one of the first graves a visitor encounters today. There were political questions around Casement's body in the 1960s, and his final request was not honoured. Rory Carroll, author of the bestselling 'A Rebel and a Traitor: A Fugitive, the Manhunt and the Birth of the IRA' joins me to discuss Casement, life and afterlife.
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