Tag: Irish Labour History

Obituaries

Keiran Jack McGinley (1954 – 2024)

The Irish labour movement, and especially its labour history community, is mourning one of its most respected and recognisable figures, Dr Kieran Jack McGinley who died suddenly on 25 November. Throughout his life, Jack, as he was generally known, was a passionate advocate for workers’ rights either through his trade union activism or public campaigns, all the while giving forty-five years of service to Trinity … Continue reading Keiran Jack McGinley (1954 – 2024)

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Labour history news

ILHS publishes directory of historic trade unions online

The Historical Directory of Trade Unions in Ireland, first published in 2017 by the Irish Labour History Society and the Working Class Movement Library, is now online. Both the original 616-page directory, edited by Francis Devine and John B. Smethurst, and a substantial 38-page update compiled by Devine, can be found on the ILHS website, and are free to download in PDF format. The directory, … Continue reading ILHS publishes directory of historic trade unions online

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MA & BA bursaries

Ciarán Kelly (Trinity College Dublin) on the Irish Labour Party and Trade Union Congress, 1918-1923

My thesis examines the policy and activism of the Irish Labour Party and Trade Union Congress (ILP&TUC) during the late revolutionary period (c.1918 to 1923). I seek to understand how the party responded to, and navigated, the various socioeconomic crises (unemployment, poverty, wage inequality, and cost of living) which plagued the island of Ireland post-First World War. My thesis also considers the issues of British, … Continue reading Ciarán Kelly (Trinity College Dublin) on the Irish Labour Party and Trade Union Congress, 1918-1923

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Books etc, Labour history news

Visions of labour and class in Ireland and Europe: conference proceedings

The Irish Labour History Society (ILHS) embarked on an ambitious programme to mark its fiftieth anniversary involving an international conference in Dublin titled ‘Visions of Labour and Class’ and a collection of essays exploring the role of labour history in Irish historical narratives – Labour History in Irish History (reviewed in Labour History Review). Both were graced by the involvement of Irish President, Michael D. … Continue reading Visions of labour and class in Ireland and Europe: conference proceedings

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Labour History Review

Book reviews in Labour History Review volume 89 (2024), Issue 1

The books listed below are reviewed in Labour History Review (2024), 89, (1), 73-93. Read more. Mike Mecham reviews John Cunningham, Francis Devine, and Sonja Tiernan (eds), Labour History in Irish History: Essays Celebrating Fifty Years of the Irish Labour History Society, Dublin: Umiskin Press, 2023, pp. 451, p/b, £25, ISBN 978 18381 11212 Martin Spence reviews Michael Tichelar, Labour in the Suburbs: Political Change in Croydon during the Twentieth … Continue reading Book reviews in Labour History Review volume 89 (2024), Issue 1

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Saothar 48: Irish Labour History Society journal out now

The 2023 issue of Saothar, the journal of the Irish Labour History Society, is out now. Saothar 48 includes the following articles. Dominick Haugh – Limerick Pork Butchers’ Society – The Formative Years 1871-1890;Hugo McGuinness – William Graham, internationalism, and the 1886 Dublin Glass Bottle Makers Strike;Peter Murray – “Sweated Jewish Labour” and Garment Industry Trade Unions in Early 20th Century Dublin;Luke Crowley Holland – The Labour Movement in … Continue reading Saothar 48: Irish Labour History Society journal out now

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Events

Visions of labour and class in Ireland and Europe

The Irish Labour History Society (ILHS), with the Irish Congress of Trade Unions (ICTU) and its Northern Ireland Committee, is holding its third international conference in Dublin from 14-17 September 2023. The event will feature national and international experts and labour movement practitioners in over 30 events at four venues. Titled Visions of Labour and Class in Ireland and Europe, the conference will include 10 … Continue reading Visions of labour and class in Ireland and Europe

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Ireland’s President marks fifty years of the Irish Labour History Society

The President of Ireland, Michael D. Higgins, has planted a tree and unveiled a commemorative plaque in memory of trade union and labour leader Tom Johnson, author of the Democratic Programme of the First Dáil, at an event to mark the fiftieth anniversary of the Irish Labour History Society (ILHS). Tom Johnson, who was born in Liverpool on 17 May 1872, died sixty years ago … Continue reading Ireland’s President marks fifty years of the Irish Labour History Society

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Books etc, SSLH news

Communist lives in twentieth century Ireland

Above: Mike Mecham presents Meirian Jump of the Marx Memorial Library with a copy of Left Lives in Twentieth-Century Ireland, Vol. 3: Communist Lives, edited by Francis Devine and Patrick Smylie (Umiskin Press, Dublin, April 2020). An inscription in the book reads, ‘Presented by Umiskin Press, Dublin, to the Marx Memorial Library in recognition of its major contribution to the preservation and enhancement of Socialist … Continue reading Communist lives in twentieth century Ireland

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