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Irish Socialist History

Irish Socialist History

Commemorating the 1916 Easter Rising

02/03/2022 By Conor Kostick 1 Comment

James Connolly Ireland's most famous socialist

Ireland’s 1916 Easter Rising: commemorating revolution Commemorations of Ireland’s revolutionary years have been underway since 2016. In 2016, the Easter Rising was celebrated by the people of Ireland as having been essential to the establishment of the Irish Republic. Quite rightly, the events of 24 April 1916, Easter Monday, were seen as being a pivotal […]

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The Kilmichael Ambush

15/10/2020 By Conor Kostick 15 Comments

A burned out lorry after the Kilmichael Ambush

The Kilmichael Ambush took place on 28 November 1920, when Tom Barry, Commandant of the Third West Cork Flying Column, led his Irish Republican Army unit into battle against two lorries, each carrying ‘Auxiliaries’, veteran soldiers especially recruited to support the police and organise reprisals against the Irish national movement. The ambush was a major […]

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The Connaught Rangers’ Mutiny of 1920

11/03/2020 By Conor Kostick 14 Comments

Dagshai Prison India

One of the most extraordinary acts of defiance against the British Empire took place in India on 28 June 1920 when four Irish soldiers, members of the British army, thousands of miles from home, decided to protest against the suppression of the independence movement in Ireland. The soldiers belonged to the Connaught Rangers and were […]

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The Biggest General Strike in Irish History

09/01/2020 By Conor Kostick 9 Comments

Mountjoy prison general strick 1920

On Tuesday 13 April 1920 a general strike took place in Ireland that was by far the greatest strike in Irish history. All over the country there was a complete stoppage and not only that, in some regions and towns the workers took over the running of society, declaring ‘soviets’ and workers’ councils to be […]

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