‘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 […]
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. […]
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 […]
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
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 […]
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. […]
1913 Tram arriving outside Custom House on Tuesday, March 26th for One City One Book Launch of Strumpet City by James Plunkett Kelly, with a slogan for all seasons
Irish Times report by Patsy McGarry, March 26th, 2013 – Picture collage by James L Kelly courtesy of Dublin City Libraries Siptu president Jack O’Connor was struck yesterday by parallels between the Dublin of 2013 and that of 100 years ago. He had been at a photo shoot outside the Custom House, part of […]
Fred Bower’s Open Letter to British Soldiers – a Docker confronts Soldiers during Liverpool General StrikeRon Noone recalls a dramatic but largely forgotten episode from Larkin’s stormy career involving Larkin’s life long friend, Anarchist Stone Mason Fred Bower Fred’s “Open Letter to British soldiers” was sponsored by Jim Larkin. A month before the Liverpool General […]
Dublin City Council has launched its Decade of Commemorations Website and it is well worth a visit. Go to website below or click DCC link on left hand side of the page http://www.dublincity.ie/RecreationandCulture/DecadeofCommemorations/DecadeofCommemorations/Pages/DecadeofCommemorations.aspx