1913 Tram at Howth Prawn Festival
The 1913 Tram is on display at this weekend’s Prawn Festival in Howth (April 26th-28th). At least it did not have far to travel as the Museum is around the corner in the Deerpark and Howth Demesne.
Archive for April, 2013
Sleeping on Dynamite: Casimir and Constance in 1913
This extract from Pat Quigley’s new book ‘The Polish Irishman: The Life and Times of Count Casimir Makievizc (Liffey Press) gives a flavour of this beatifully written and unusual take on Bohemian Dublin in the years leading up to the Easter Rising. Colourful characters, arcane organisations and the dog taken prisoner of war in 1916 […]
Pictures, Words and Music from Dockers commemoration – ‘No more on the Docks I’ll be seen’
Over three hundred and fifty people attended the service organised by the Dublin Dock Workers Preservation Society in St Laurence O’Toole’s Church on Saturday 20th April 2013. Included in the gathering were Emer Costello (MEP), Maureen O’Sullivan TD and Pascal Donoghue TD, Councillor Lucy McRoberts (representing the Lord Mayor), and Councillors Nial Ring, Christy Burke and […]
‘Shot down like a dog’ – The Finglas Riot of 1913
‘Hundreds of rioters advance on the two lone policemen in a darkened Finglas street, the only light coming from the windows of the pub. ‘The police retreat in the face of a barrage of stones and sticks hurled by the huge crowd; more stones are hurled at the pub shattering the plate glass windows. The […]
Dockers’ procession and mass in Dublin
The Dublin Dockers’ Preservation Society organised a procession and mass to commemorate dockers and their contribution to building the port and city. On Saturday evening (April 20th, 2013) current and former dockers turned up in great numbers, with their families, to march down Seville Place to the church of St Lawrence O’Toole’s on Sherriff Street. […]
“Class War versus Social Compact? A Contemporary Analysis of the 1913 Lockout”
John Lovett Memorial Lecture, University of Limerick 2013 by Padraig Yeates 1913 hasn’t gone away. Of all the centenaries we will be celebrating in the coming decade this is the one where re-enactment could supersede commemoration because the issues of collective bargaining, union recognition, workplace representation and industrial democracy are even more contested today […]
New Centenary Edition of MISFIT by Captain Jack White (Co-Founder of the Irish Citizen Army)
By Phil Meyler In this centenary year it is worth remembering the enigmatic Captain Jack White (1879-1946), co-founder of the Irish Citizen Army during the Irish Transport Workers’ Union strike in 1913
Dublin’s 1913 Lockout as seen through the eye of a needle, but it’s not a tapestry
There is a great piece in today’s Irish Times (Saturday, April 6th) on the 1913 Tapestry by Patrick Freyne with a nice picture of Elizabeth Brennan, Cathy Henderson and Mary Hunter. To celebrate we are also reproducing below the first fully completed panel from the Tapestry by the Blanchardstown ICA Library Group. (I know the […]
From mascot to marksman – The story of William Halpin and the 1916 Rising
Willie Halpin is boy on the right at the front In 1916 Willie Halpin and his family were living at number 6 Valentine Terrace , now incorporated into West Road. Willie ( aged 29) worked as a plater in the Dublin Dockyard, was a trade union activist and a member of the Irish Citizen Army. […]
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