Irish Embassy in London - Irish Republicans attach a banner to the balcony on the anniversary of James Connolly's death 12th May 1936.
A Battle Hymn of the Irish Citizen Army (ICA) words by Constance Markievicz.
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Tuesday, September 10, 2013
Wednesday, December 21, 2011
Liberty Hall - Dublin
This is a 24 minute documentary on the Dublin building Liberty Hall.
The home of the Irish Transport & Workers Union (ITGWU
) now SIPTU.
It was broadcast on RTE1 on the 11th of May 2009.
made by Paddy Cahill.
"Oh! then tell me Sean O'Farrell
where the gathering is to be?""At the oul spot by the river that's
well known to you and me ...."
where the gathering is to be?""At the oul spot by the river that's
well known to you and me ...."
This beautiful verse from "Rising of the moon" by John Keegan Casey, to commemorate the rebellion of 1798, may have inspired Sean O'Casey to lovingly refer to Liberty Hall the headquarters of the Irish Transport & General Workers Union, as "the oul spot on the river".
Irish Labour & Working Class History Web Site
The old Northumberland Hotel (Duke of Northumberland was former Lord Lieutenant of Ireland) in Beresford Place, Dublin was acquired by the ITGWU in 1911 and in 1914 purchased for the sum of £3,500, renaming it Liberty Hall.
In 1916, the Irish Proclamation of Independence was printed (by Christopher Brady) in the basement and James Connolly led the Irish Citizen Army and volunteers from the Hall to commence the Easter Rising of 1916.
The British gunship Helga moored in the Liffey reduced the Hall to ruins.
By the 1950's Liberty Hall had become so neglected that it was agreed to established a fund to build a new Liberty Hall.
The New Liberty Hall opened on May Day 1965.
Sunday, November 06, 2011
ICA: The Military Wing of the Irish Trade Unions
"An armed organisation of the Irish working class is a phenomenon in Ireland. Hitherto the workers of Ireland have fought as parts of the armies led by their masters, never as a member of any army officered, trained and inspired by men of their own class. Now, with arms in their hands, they propose to steer their own course, to carve their own future."
(James Connolly, Workers' Republic 30 October 1915)
The Irish Citizen Army (Arm Cathartha na hÉireann) or ICA, was the armed wing of the Irish trade unions established in Dublin in 1913, Ireland for the defence of worker’s demonstrations from police attacks.
The Irish Citizen Army took part in the Easter Uprising of 1916 and in response the British army destroyed their headquarters at liberty Hall
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