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“The Labour movement is like no other movement. Its strength lies in being like no other movement . . . Other movements dread analysis and shun all attempts to define their objects. The Labour movement delights in analysing, and is perpetually defining and re-defining its principles and objects.”—James Connolly |
| Sunday 11 October 2009
A celebration of Robert Tressell’s masterpiece 100 years of The Ragged-Trousered Philanthropists 
★Ronan Wilmot, Anthony Fox, and Simon Hubbard ★ Charlie Callan (Irish Labour History Society) ★ Jimmy Coughlan (Irish National Painters’ and Decorators’ Group, SIPTU) ▶Text ★ Eddie Glackin (Communist Party of Ireland) ★ Music by Eric Fleming Venue: New Theatre (43 East Essex Street) |
| Thursday 17 May 2007
James Connolly Memorial Lecture, 2007 Culture, class, and Connolly Guest speaker: Terry Eagleton (John Edward Taylor professor of English literature, University of Manchester, and socialist writer and critic) ▶Text Venue: Ireland Institute (27 Pearse Street, Dublin) |
| Saturday 13 May 2006
Ripples of Freedom All-day conference on the ideas of James Connolly to mark the ninetieth anniversary of his execution Venue: Ireland Institute (27 Pearse Street, Dublin) Socialism or barbarism? Can the world afford capitalism any longer? Paul O’Connell (Trinity College, Dublin) ▶Text Patricia McKenna (Green Party) Imperialism and war Seán Edwards (CPI, Dublin) ▶Text Frank Keoghan (People’s Movement) ▶Text Frank Cammock (CPI, Belfast) Socialism and national liberation The working class in the struggle for national freedom Guest speakers: David Granville (Britain) ▶Text Noel Carrillo Alfonso (Cuba) Avtar Sadiq (India) ▶Text Panel discussion |
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| Friday 12 May 2006
James Connolly Memorial Lecture, 2006 “The man looking over our shoulder” Speaker: Eugene McCartan (general secretary, Communist Party of Ireland) ▶Text Venue: Ireland Institute (27 Pearse Street, Dublin) |
| Tuesday 18 April 2006
Vanguard of the rebellion: The Irish Citizen Army, 1916 Speaker: Dr Ann Matthews (author of “The Rise and Demise of Women in Irish Politics, 1900–1941,” NUI, Maynooth) Venue: Ireland Institute (27 Pearse Street, Dublin) |
| Tuesday 21 March 2006
A comradeship of principle: Connolly and Pearse Speaker: Mícheál Mac Aonghusa ▶Text (writer on Irish politics and current affairs) Venue: Ireland Institute (27 Pearse Street, Dublin) |
| Tuesday 28 February 2006
Connolly, the World War, and 1916 Speaker: Manus O’Riordan (Head of Research, SIPTU, and author of numerous papers and pamphlets on Irish history) Venue: Ireland Institute (27 Pearse Street, Dublin) |
| Wednesday 12 December 2001
“Even the olives are bleeding”: The life of the poet and anti-fascist martyr Charlie Donnelly Michael O’Riordan (member of the International Brigade, Spanish Anti-Fascist War) Venue: New Theatre (43 East Essex Street, Dublin) |
| Friday–Sunday 20–22 April 2001
International conference: The Relevance of James Connolly in the 21st Century Patrons: Robert Ballagh Anthony Coughlan (Sociology Department, TCD) Mary Cullen (NUI, Maynooth) Liz Curtis Dublin Council of Trade Unions Tony Gregory TD Joe Higgins TD (Socialist Party) Joe Jamison (New York) Rev. Terence McCaughey (TCD) Martin McGuinness MP (Sinn Féin) Don Mullan (Bloody Sunday campaigner) Michael O’Reilly (national secretary, ATGWU) Michael O’Riordan (former general secretary, Communist Party of Ireland) Ruairí Quinn TD (Labour Party) Speakers Dr Priscilla Metscher ▶Text Prof. Thomas Metscher (University of Bremen) ▶Text Michael O’Reilly (national secretary, ATGWU) Jack O’Connor (president, SIPTU) ▶Text Aindrias Ó Cathasaigh (writer) Manus O’Riordan (Research Officer, SIPTU) ▶Text Joe Higgins TD (Socialist Party) Caoimhghin Ó Caoláin TD (Sinn Féin) ▶Text Proinsias de Rossa TD (President, Labour Party) Eugene McCartan (National Chairperson, Communist Party of Ireland) ▶Text Venue: New Theatre (43 East Essex Street, Dublin) |
| Tuesday 21 November 2000
Social partnership: Lessons for the trade union movement Noel Murphy (ATGWU) (in his personal capacity) Eddie Conlon (National Executive, Teachers’ Union of Ireland) (in his personal capacity) Chairperson: Seán Edwards Venue: Connolly Books (43 East Essex Street, Dublin) |
| Tuesday 24 October 2000
Police and the community: A Patten for the South? Johnny Connolly (author of Beyond the Politics of Law and Order) ▶Text Michael Finucane (solicitor) Chairperson: Kevin McCorry (Campaign for Democracy) Venue: Connolly Books (43 East Essex Street, Dublin) |
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