Nov 11
This month marks the centenary of the founding of the Irish Citizen Army during the 1913 Lockout. Since August the Dublin workers had been at war with the Dublin Employers Federation which had set out to destroy the Irish Transport and General Workers Union (ITGWU). They had locked out thousands of men and were …
Oct 13
The East Wall History Festival 2013 will launch this Sunday, 13th October and continue until Saturday 26th October. See brochure for full details of all events. This year we have some exclusive material to screen and display. We are delighted to have received permission to screen two Radharc episodes that feature scenes from the …
Sep 24
Successful Culture Night event in the Sean O’Casey Community Centre Last Friday, 20th September was Culture Night 2013, and the Sean O’Casey Community Centre hosted a hugely successful programme of events on the theme of ‘working class’ culture. Here is a full report on an evening which included Dublin tenements, Dockers and 1913 photo exhibits …
Sep 22
As Dublin celebrates the return of Sam Maguire, there’s no better time to remember some of our own local heroes. East Wall has a proud history of sporting triumph and here is a great reminder from the Evening Herald in April 1938. As has been pointed out by Larry Redmond, ever knowledgeable on our sporting …
Sep 15
A wonderful commemoration event to mark the Merchants Road evictions took place this past weekend. In 1913 over sixty workers and their family members were evicted by their employer, the Merchants Warehousing Company during the Lockout. In this centenary year we remember them, and have commemorated these people and their sacrifice and courage. Here are …
Sep 09
During the 1913 Lockout over sixty East Wall families were evicted by the Merchants Warehousing Company. The photograph above is a particularly haunting image, showing an evicted family carrying their possessions along Merchants Road. The other two photographs, while not as poignant, also illustrate the events of that day. The first shows bailiffs gathered at …
