The Knitting and Stitching Show in the RDS from November 1st to 4th sounds like an unlikely place to find Labour History but it features a Double Panel from the 1913 Lockout Tapestry Project that will be officially launched by the President, Michael D Higgins, in Liberty Hall at 2.30pm next Tuesday (November 6th). The […]
Irish Socialist Republicanism 1909–36 by Adrian Grant from 6.30 to 8 p.m. on Monday 5 November in the Irish Labour History Society Museum, Beggars Bush Barracks, Haddington Road, Dublin 4. This book will be launched by Dr Brian Hanley School of History & Archives University College Dublin
Robert Ballagh and Cathy Henderson are giving a Public Lecture on ‘The 1913 Tapestry Project’ On: Sunday 14 October 2012, 3pm Introduction: Padraig Yeates. This is an ambitious community project commemorating the 1913 Lockout Admission is free and, who onows, you might want to get involved yourself! Early arrival is recommended as places are limited.
The theme of the Annual Conference of the Irish Labour History Society this year is – ONE HUNDRED YEARS OF THE LABOUR PARTY Venue: ILHS centre, Beggars Bush, Haddington Road, Dublin 4. Friday 7.30pm: Emmet O’Connor, ‘The Century of the Party: Much to acclaim or labour in vain? Saturday 10.00am: Address by Eamon Gilmore, Labour Party leader […]
The Working Class Movement Library, famous for its Irish collection, plays host on Saturday 13 October to a talk on ‘Ireland’s forgotten revolutionary’. Even for those who consider themselves reasonably well-versed in the history of the Irish rising of 1916 and of the tumultuous events of the years which followed, there’s every possibility that […]
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