None of the leaders of 1916 have touched the Irish as much as has Casement. He dreamed of the destiny of Ireland. And he was hung for his dreams. When his body, or the remains and traces of his body, came home to a free Ireland, a sovereign Ireland, then the Irish for whom he... Continue Reading →
A review of the play “Deepcut” written by Phillip Ralph and performed at the Edinburgh Festival
Written by a Welshman, from the valleys, about a Welsh soldier, also from the valleys, who died from gunshots from her own weapon while on guard duty at the railway gate of Deepcut garrison, perhaps more commonly known to the soldiers who served there, as Blackdown. As a piece of theater it is at once,... Continue Reading →