Letter from James O'Shea to Alice Stopford Green, 30 July 1916

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Letter from James O'Shea to Alice Stopford Green, 30 July 1916

1 Answered
August 2nd-1916 Muckross, Killarney, Co.Kerry 30/7/16 Madam I hope you received
Petition signed by me on
behalf of poor Sir Rodger.
I could easily have got a
million names attached.
But as our Public Boards
of Kerry are all unanimous
in not having the execution
& passed resolutions to that
effect, we believe it ought
to have more weight, with
in authority, for they truly
represent our people. I
enclose you one of those 2 Left hand page follows right hand page and have been transcribed previously in sequence, rather than as appear on page
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friendships between the
people of these Islands.
Let us all to day ask the
Great God to direct the
heart & mind of King
George to extend his
Clemency to Brave noble
Sir Rodger. If he does
hel do more to win the
hearts love of his Irish
people than actually his
dear departed father
King Edward the man
of Peace. I remain
Dear Madam
Yours most respectfully James O'Shea

In this letter, dated 30 July 1916, James O’Shea writes to Alice Stopford Green (1847-1929) to tell her of the unanimous opposition of the Public Boards of County Kerry to the execution of Roger Casement (who was charged with treason after being arrested just before the Easter Rising and alter hanged on 3 August 1916). He writes that he has signed a petition she had sent and suggests that she meet with the king, who O’Shea is sure can be convinced that granting Casement a reprieve will help foster a better relationship between Ireland and England.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

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Letters 1916, published by the Austrian Centre for Digital Humanities, Vienna, 2026 (https://letters1916static.github.io/letters1916-static/item__1307.html)