Flowers on the grave of Roger Casement in Glasnevin Cemetery, Dublin, photographed September 2026.

Born in 1864 in Sandycove, Co. Dublin, Casement had a distinguished career during which he exposed the horrendous conditions under which the indigenous population of Congo were exploited to produce rubber, and later the Peruvian Amazon Company enslaved Putumayo Indians also to produce rubber.  He was awarded a knighthood in 1911.  After his retirement in 1913 he became involved in the Irish Nationalist movement, and attempted to persuade Germany, then at war with Britain, to support the cause.  He was captured in April 1916 he was arrested and charged with treason.  He was found guilty, and hung at Pentonville Prison on 3 August 1916.  His remains stayed at the Prison until 1965, when they were removed and reinterred at Glasnevin.  An estimated 30,000 people attended his state funeral.