Angus Mitchell - Roger Casement

The LIVES Series

JAMES CONNOLLY Lorcan Collins

MICHAEL MALLIN Brian Hughes

JOSEPH PLUNKETT Honor O Brolchain

EDWARD DALY Helen Litton

SEN HEUSTON John Gibney

ROGER CASEMENT Angus Mitchell

SEN MACDIARMADA Brian Feeney

AMONN CEANNT Mary Gallagher

JOHN MACBRIDE Donal Fallon

WILLIE PEARSE Roisn N Ghairbh

THOMAS MACDONAGH Shane Kenna

THOMAS CLARKE Helen Litton

THOMAS KENT Meda Ryan

CON COLBERT John OCallaghan

MICHAEL OHANRAHAN Conor Kostick

PATRICK PEARSE Run ODonnell

ANGUS MITCHELLAUTHOR OF16LIVES: ROGER CASMENT

Dr Angus Mitchell has published extensively on the life and legacy of Roger Casement and his significance to the history of human rights. He edited The Amazon Journal of Roger Casement (1997) and Sir Roger Casements Heart of Darkness (2003). His work has appeared in the Field Day Review, Irish Economic and Social History and Dublin Review of Books. He has lectured at universities in Ireland, Britain, Brazil and the USA.He is on the editorial board of History Ireland.

LORCAN COLLINS SERIES EDITOR

Lorcan Collins was born and raised in Dublin. A lifelong interest in Irish history led to the foundation of his hugely-popular 1916 Walking Tour in 1996. He co-authored The Easter Rising: A Guide to Dublin in 1916 (OBrien Press, 2000) with Conor Kostick. His biography of James Connolly was published in the 16 Lives series in 2012. He is also a regular contributor to radio, television and historical journals. 16 Lives is Lorcans concept and he is co-editor of the series.

DR RUN ODONNELL SERIES EDITOR

Dr Run ODonnell is a senior lecturer at the University of Limerick. A graduate of University College Dublin and the Australian National University, ODonnell has published extensively on Irish Republicanism. Titles include Robert Emmet and the Rising of 1803, The Impact of 1916 (editor), Special Category, The IRA in English prisons 19681978 and The OBrien Pocket History of the Irish Famine. He is a director of the Irish Manuscript Commission and a frequent contributor to the national and international media on the subject of Irish revolutionary history.

This biography is dedicated to the communities living near the waterways of the Congo and Amazon: their suffering is central to this story.

My greatest debt of thanks extends to Caoilfhionn N Bheachin. Her constancy and belief have sustained me during the writing of this book and our beautiful daughter, Isla Maeve, is the result of our long friendship and deep love.

In Limerick: Brian Murphy OSB, Tom Toomey and Pattie Punch.

In Spain: Eduardo Riestra of Ediciones del Viento and Sonia Fernndez Ords, as well as Justin, Carmen and Beibhinn Harman, Sinad Ryan, Ann Marie Murphy and the staff of the Irish embassy.

In Brazil: Laura PD de Izarra at the University of So Paulo, Mariana Bolfarine, Ambassador Frank Sheridan, Sharon Lennon, Tom Hennigan, Fernando Nogueira, Aurlio Michilis, Milton Hatoum, Elizabeth MacGregor, Filomena Madeiros, Liana de Camargo Leo, Beatriz Kopschitz X Bastos, Munira H Mutran, Juan Alvaro Echeverri (Colombia) and Mara Graciela Eliggi (Universidad Nacional de La Pampa, Argentina).

In Ireland: Jim Cronin and Rebecca Hussey. In Tralee: Sen Seosamh O Conchubhair and Dawn U Chonchubhair, and Donal J OSullivan, Padraig MacFhearghusa, Brian Caball, and Bryan ODaly. In Dublin: Tommy Graham, Brigid, Malachy, Alexander and Nina. The staff of the National Library of Ireland, especially Colette OFlaherty, Tom Desmond, Gerry Long, Gerard Lyne and the late and much lamented Maura Scannell. At the USAC summer school programme at NUI Galway: Mark Quigley, Mabh N Fhuarthin, Anne Corbett and Deagln Donghaile.

Thanks should also extend to Mairad Wilson, Frank Callanan, Declan Kiberd, Deirdre McMahon, Catherine Morris, Paula Nolan, Luke Gibbons, Seamus Deane, Kevin Whelan, Tom Bartlett, Martin Mansergh, Stephen Rea, Tanya Kiang and Trish Lambe at the Gallery of Photography, Tadhg Foley and Maureen OConnor, Maureen Murphy, Jordan Goodman , Mary Jane Smith, Amy Hauber, David P Kelly, Ronan Sheehan, Pierrot Ngadi of the Congolese Anti-Poverty Network, Dorothee and Michael Snoek, Moira Durdin Robertson , John OBrennan, Pat Punch, Michael McCaughan, Leo Keohane, Eoin McMahon, Sinead McCoole, Brock Lagan, Radek Cerny, Stephen Powell and Inigo Batterham.

My editors at The OBrien Press Ide n Laoghaire, Jonathan Rossney, Lorcan Collins and Ruan ODonnell applied the pressure when pressure was needed. I did my best!

Finally, I must acknowledge the unfaltering support of my wonderful mother, Susan Mitchell OBE, my brother Lorne, Susie, Yolanda, Torin, Rory and Oscar, my sister Colina, and my daughter Hazel: you are in my heart forever.