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Footage from Pathe News which they have listed on their site as 1920, but is more than likely from the 1913 lockout.
Firstly, Liberty Hall is intact, which means it’s pre-1916; secondly, Jim Larkin is in the footage, which means its pre-1914, as Larkin left for America that year.
Also, the clothes Larkin is wearing are the same as in this photo from 1913.
Part II of The Irish Story’s interview with the author of ‘Lockout: Dublin 1913′ is now online.
Great post on 1913 Dublin over on The Irish Story, which includes an interview with Padraig Yeates, author of Lockout: Dublin 1913.
Check it out here.
a continuation of Sunday’s post (with background information), the final 25 minutes of Sam Nolan talking about the Unemployment Protest Committee and Jack Murphy.
Part two: the election of Jack Murphy – writing speeches for Murphy – abstaining from the vote for Taoiseach – lack of impact in the Dáil – government cuts the food subsidies – Murphy on hunger strike – Murphy as a religious man – street protests and rallies – Steve Mooney – Summerhill march on the Dáil – Unemployed Committees in Cork and Waterford – The Catholic Church and the Unemployed Protest Committee – Archbishop McQuaid and Murphy – resignation as a TD –
Sam Nolan and the Unemployed Protest Committee, 1957: Part Two from conormccabe on Vimeo.
There’s a great post on the 1953 unemployed protest march over on Come Here To Me, which pushed me to finally get around to editing this footage of Sam Nolan talking about the unemployed protests later that decade, in 1957 and 1958.
This is the first thirty minutes of an hour-long clip. It was filmed in Sam’s home in Ballymun in February 2010. The interviewer is Mick O’Reilly. The second clip should be up sometime during the week.
By way of background, below the video is an extract from Communist Party of Ireland: Outline History which deals with the setting up of the committee and the subsequent election of John (Jack) Murphy as the first unemployed T.D. in Ireland.
Part one: Origins – building slump – Werburgh St public meeting – trade union support – Jack Murphy – local authority housing – ‘emigrate, fight or starve’ – the 1957 election – Dublin South Central Constituency – Peadar O’Donnell – selection of candidate – election campaign – Roddy Connolly
Sam Nolan and the Unemployed Protest Committee, 1957 from conormccabe on Vimeo.
Early in 1957 a group of building workers came together at the Werburgh Street (Dublin) Labour Exchange and discussed the prospects of finding employment. They decided that the only hope was to organise the unemployed to demand work. They borrowed a chair from a nearby shop and began a public meeting. From that meeting an Unemployed Protest Committee [UPC] was formed which included such persons as Liam O’Meara, Jack Murphy, Sam Nolan, Packey Early, Steve Mooney and Johnny Mooney.
Below is a clip from an interview with Sam Nolan of the Dublin Council of Trade Unions, where Sam discusses the 1979 tax marches. It’s taken from a series of interviews which have been conducted with Sam, and which chart his life as a political and trade union activist, going as far back as the 1940s when he first joined the Irish communist movement. The interviewer is Mick O’Reilly, former Irish regional secretary of the ATGWU.
The clip is 18 minutes long. By way of context there’s an extract from the Irish Times of 21 March 1979 below the video.
Sam Nolan on the 1979 tax marches from conormccabe on Vimeo.
HUGE SHOW OF STRENGTH BY PAYE WORKERS
Upwards of 150,000 PAYE workers took to the streets of Dublin today to demand tax reform in the largest demonstration in the history of the State. And in Cork, Galway, Limerick, Waterford, Dundalk and other centres throughout the Republic, tens of thousands of workers also downed tools and joined in protest over the tax system. But it was in the capital that the full wrath of the PAYE taxpayer was felt as Dublin experienced its greatest industrial shut-down ever.
Below is a short video file and the full audio of Arthur Scargill’s talk on the occasion of the 25th anniversary of the miners’ strike. Arthur gave insight on the background to the strike, its course and consequences, as well as some thoughts on the trade union movement and the European Union.
Enjoy.
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Liberty Hall, 31 October 2009
10-00 am THE FIRST 100 YEARS — AN OVERVIEW
PADRAIG YEATES -
VOICES OF EXPERIENCE
John Dwan
10-45 am Coffee break
11-00 am – THE PIONEERS
Each speaker to present papers 15/20 minutes
Chairman of Session Jack McGinley
Emmet O’Connor on Big Jim Larkin
Brendan Byrne on William O’Brien ,
Rayner Lysaght on Larkin/O’Brien conflict
Manus O Riordan on Young Jim Larkin
12-10 VOICES OF EXPERIENCE
Brendan O’Neill - Jimmy Cullen
12-30 pm THE ROLE OF WOMEN IN THE UNION
Chairman of Session ( to be finalised)
Speakers Teresa Moriarty
Mags O‘Brien – Mary Clancy
1-30 am Lunch break
2-30 pm VOICES OF EXPERIENCE
George Hunter –
2-45 pm Chairman Jimmy Somers
The ITGWU and the WUI in the 1950’s paper by Barry Desmond
The Union and its Relations with The Political Parties paper from Niamh Puirseil
3-45 pm VOICES OF EXPERIENCE
Denis Carr-
4-00pm LIBERTY HALL IN IRISH HISTORY
Chairman Catriona Crowe
A General Summary by DIARMAID FERRITER
5-00pm CONFERENCE ENDS
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