21 April 1916 . Three days before the Easter Rising began in Dublin, a German submarine put Roger Casement ashore at Banna Strand in Tralee Bay, County Kerry.
THE BALLAD OF ROGER CASEMENT aka THE LONELY BANNA STRAND
On the twenty first of April, good Friday at the dawn.
A German boat was seen to float outside of Carrahane.
'With twenty thousand rifles, all ready for to land.
And waiting for a signal from the shores of Banna Strand.
Lonely Banna Strand (The Ballad of Roger Casement) ยท Derek Warfield & the Young Wolfe Toneshttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Pw5U-OIPtP8
Many other recordings of Banna Strand on Youtube https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=banna+strand+song
Roger Casement from Wikipedia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roger_Casement
Banna Strand (song) from Wikipedia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Banna_Strand_(song)
(Another) BALLAD OF ROGER CASEMENT aka ROGER CASEMENT https://omeka.cloud.unimelb.edu.au/execution-ballads/items/show/958
Roger Casement - Wolfhound https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_pPfwGU8T6Mhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_pPfwGU8T6M