Which British Prime Minister arranged for Sir Roger Casement's bones to be returned to Ireland?
Roger Casement execution, many formal requests for repatriation of Casement's remains were refused by British Governments. Finally, in 1965 Casement's remains were repatriated to the Republic of Ireland. Despite the annulment/withdrawal of his knighthood in 1916, the 1965 UK Cabinet record of the repatriation decision refers to him as Sir Roger Casement. Casement's last wish was to be buried at Murlough Bay on the north coast of County Antrim, in Northern Ireland, but Prime Minister Harold Wilson's government had released the remains only on condition that they could "not" be brought into Northern Ireland, as "the government feared that a reburial there
Cries from Casement as His Bones are Brought to Dublin Cries from Casement as His Bones are Brought to Dublin Cries from Casement as His Bones are Brought to Dublin is a radio play written by David Rudkin that examines the life and controversial legacy of Irish nationalist and British diplomat Roger Casement. It was first broadcast on BBC Radio in 1973. The project began in 1966 as a commission for Rudkin to contribute to a radio series on historical rebels, and morphed into a play about Casement when he realized that the social and political climate of the country at the time bore strong parallels to that of Casement's