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Rathkeale, Co. Limerick 29 Aug 1916 Madam I was from home
when the enclosed was received
here. I regret therefore that
I had only a few hours to
procure signatures. Otherwise
I could have it more
extensively signed, as the
general feeling here is that
the execution of Roger Casement
would only perpetuate bitterness
and ill feeling. Your obt. Servant John J O'Mahony
Mrs. Stopford Green
Letter from John J. O’Mahony to Alice Stopford Green (1847-1929). A campaign was launched
featuring many prominent figures such as W.B. Yeats and George Bernard Shaw to secure
a reprieve for Casement but he was hanged on 3 August 1916. O'Mahony was a supporter
of the campaign and the letter refers to signatures for a petition.Alice Stopford
Green was an Irish historian and nationalist. While not a supporter of armed rebellion,
her house provided a space for leading nationalists to meet. Stopford Green had collaborated
with Roger Casement on Congo Reform and, after the Easter Rising in 1916, she tried
to save him from execution