Part of a series of articles on Connolly: workersliberty.org/connolly James Connolly, in support of Jim Larkin, led the workers of Dublin in the great Labour War of 1913-14. The attempt to get strike-bound children to families in Britain and Northern Ireland that would take care of them during the strike was a major event in the Labour War.
Part of a series of articles on Connolly: workersliberty.org/connolly James Connolly, in support of Jim Larkin, led the workers of Dublin in the great Labour War of 1913-14. The attempt to get strike-bound children to families in Britain and Northern Ireland that would take care of them during the strike was a major event in the Labour War.
In County Longford, our genealogists discovered a gem in a ballad in honor of the 1916 Easter Rising hero Rosie Hackett. While traveling through Ireland on a genealogical hunt our writers discovered a true gem in Thomas Igoe's Rosanna "Rosie" Hackett: A Ballad".
These ten people are, unfortunately, often overlooked when considering Ireland's long and fascinating history, but that doesn't mean these ten Irish historical figures didn't make a global impact.