Manchester University Press
9 Roger Casement and the aftermath of the Easter Rising
Abstract
In the weeks following the Easter Rising Eva Gore-Booth described Dublin as a 'city of mourning and death'. Hanna Sheehy Skeffington showed Gore-Booth a small package that she had recently received from Portobello barracks. The package included the final possessions of her murdered husband, his watch and collar and tie. Gore-Booth was motivated by the murder to publish a short play entitled The Death of Fionavar. The play consisted of the final three acts from The Triumph of Maeve: a Romance, a play that she had published eleven years earlier. On her return to London in May, Gore-Booth delivered one of the first Irish accounts of the Rising to a London society. Gore-Booth found it difficult to remain in London while Constance Markievicz was imprisoned in Dublin. Gore-Booth became a central figure in the campaign for the reprieve of Sir Roger Casement.
Abstract
In the weeks following the Easter Rising Eva Gore-Booth described Dublin as a 'city of mourning and death'. Hanna Sheehy Skeffington showed Gore-Booth a small package that she had recently received from Portobello barracks. The package included the final possessions of her murdered husband, his watch and collar and tie. Gore-Booth was motivated by the murder to publish a short play entitled The Death of Fionavar. The play consisted of the final three acts from The Triumph of Maeve: a Romance, a play that she had published eleven years earlier. On her return to London in May, Gore-Booth delivered one of the first Irish accounts of the Rising to a London society. Gore-Booth found it difficult to remain in London while Constance Markievicz was imprisoned in Dublin. Gore-Booth became a central figure in the campaign for the reprieve of Sir Roger Casement.
Chapters in this book
- Front matter i
- Dedication v
- Contents vii
- List of illustrations ix
- Preface xi
- Acknowledgements xv
- Abbreviations xvii
- Introducing the Gore-Booth family 1
- 1 Life in the big house 10
- 2 A pair of oddities 28
- 3 The birth of a rebel 45
- 4 Sadder and wiser women 68
- 5 Women who kick, shriek, bite and spit 91
- 6 Defending barmaids 111
- 7 World War One 135
- 8 Conscientious objectors and revolution 155
- 9 Roger Casement and the aftermath of the Easter Rising 179
- 10 Prison reform and military conscription in Ireland 203
- 11 Radical sexual politics and post-war religion 224
- 12 Final years 246
- Afterword 255
- Archival sources 265
- Major publications by Eva Gore-Booth 267
- Index 271
Chapters in this book
- Front matter i
- Dedication v
- Contents vii
- List of illustrations ix
- Preface xi
- Acknowledgements xv
- Abbreviations xvii
- Introducing the Gore-Booth family 1
- 1 Life in the big house 10
- 2 A pair of oddities 28
- 3 The birth of a rebel 45
- 4 Sadder and wiser women 68
- 5 Women who kick, shriek, bite and spit 91
- 6 Defending barmaids 111
- 7 World War One 135
- 8 Conscientious objectors and revolution 155
- 9 Roger Casement and the aftermath of the Easter Rising 179
- 10 Prison reform and military conscription in Ireland 203
- 11 Radical sexual politics and post-war religion 224
- 12 Final years 246
- Afterword 255
- Archival sources 265
- Major publications by Eva Gore-Booth 267
- Index 271
