The weekly wages of a DMP or RIC constable during his first years of service were by no means high, slightly more than the wages of a labourer during a full week of summer employment, or just over a pound (20–22 shillings). The report of the Committee of Inquiry into the Royal Irish Constabulary and … Read more
Elizabeth Gurley Flynn was born in 1890 in New Hampshire. Her mother, Anne Gurley, emigrated from Loughrea to Boston in 1877; her father, Thomas Flynn, was born to Irish immigrants living in Maine in 1859. Her father was an itinerant cartographer during her youth, bringing her into contact with the everyday brutalities of America’s industrial … Read more
The lockout brought much hardship to families, affected trade and occupied both the infirmary and the court house. It therefore drew reactions from various and diverse groups. The GAA quickly showed their support for the locked-out men by staging challenge matches to raise funds. Even funds from the Leinster hurling final between Dublin and Kilkenny … Read more
A provincial coastal town, Wexford had a strong seafaring tradition, its quayside having established trade links with Britain and a railway that connected the town to Dublin. Besides having its own distillery and flour mills, it was a busy trade town with regular agricultural markets, thus ensuring a high level of commercial activity. But the … Read more
20 January: Larkin arrives from Liverpool. End April: Police reports suggest that Larkin has recruited 2,978 dockers. 26 April: Sam Kelly dismisses union men on his coal quay. All strike. 6 May: Dockers walk out at the Belfast Steamship Co. (BSC), and when they seek to return on Larkin’s advice they are locked out. 8 … Read more