Category Archive: 1913 Lockout

Jan 28

“A RADICAL GHOST” – REMEMBERING JIM LARKIN (150th BIRTHDAY)

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(‘Big Jim’ Larkin died was born 150 years ago on the 28th January 1874). What follows is an unedited extract from an essay by Joe Mooney and the late Sarah Lundberg, completed as part of the Alternative Visions Oral History Project. The final essay was one of two they contributed to “100 Years Later: The …

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Apr 18

“In the Shadows of the Gunmen: Sean O’Casey and the Irish Revolution”

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‘In the Shadows of the Gunmen: Sean O’Casey and the Irish Revolution’ Saturday 22nd April @ 2.30pm in Charleville Mall Library: This month marks the 100th anniversary of the premiere of ‘Shadow of a Gunman’ at the Abbey Theatre. This was the first of the famous Dublin Trilogy of plays by Sean O’Casey, and would …

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May 02

Remembering Jer O’Leary – Friday May 3rd at Liberty Hall

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More information can be found here : https://www.facebook.com/events/319121338801265/

Jun 27

East Wall resists evictions in the 1970’s

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“This is going back to the days of Adam and Eve- it just can’t happen in this day and age” This is a story from the front page of the Evening Press, from just over 45 years ago. The story features details of an attempt to evict seventeen families from Caledon Road. The tenants, some …

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Dec 26

The life of the SS Adela : A Tedcastle ship (1878 – 1917)

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The SS Adela was built in 1878 by Henry Murray and Co. at their Glasgow yard. The steamer was almost two hundred feet long with a gross tonnage weight of 685.  Built for Robert Tedcastle, the Vessel was intended for the cross-channel passenger and cargo trade. Constructed with the most modern innovations for the handling …

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Dec 13

The final voyage of the SS Hare – 14th December 1917

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The SS Hare set sail from Manchester to make the journey to Dublin on the evening of Thursday 13th December 1917. It was a familiar route for the steamer, one it had regularly travelled over the previous two decades, with many of the crew being old hands onboard. She was carrying a general cargo of …

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Dec 10

The SS Hare : A tale of solidarity, hope and stout

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The SS Hare was a steamship built in 1886 at Barclay Curle & Co. shipyard in Glasgow for G&J Burns Ltd. In 1899 ownership was transferred to George Lowen of Manchester. In partnership with Dublin business man D.J. Stewart, Lowen had established The Dublin & Manchester Steamship Company In 1897. Stewart was also the owner of the …

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Sep 29

Christopher Wolfe – A North Dock victim of World War One U-boat attack

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“Ah I’m going Liz, the lads will think I’ve swallowed the anchor”  These words were spoken by Christopher Wolfe to his wife on the 27th December 1917 . He left his home at Jane Place (off Seville Place) and that evening set sail on the SS Adela , a Tedcastle & McCormick steamer that had …

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May 24

1917 Submarine victims – Media coverage of appeal for family contacts

Great coverage in the  Southside People

  This year will mark the centenary of two u-boat attacks on Dublin Port ships, which led to a substantial loss of life from the Dublin Dockland communities. On 14th December 1917 the SS Hare was targeted as it travelled from Manchester to Dublin Port, while less than a fortnight later, on the 27th December the SS …

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Apr 14

1917 – James O’Neill, The Irish Citizen Army, and reorganization in the Docklands.

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 It is a Dublin Tradition that crowds gather for the midnight bells at Christ Church Cathedral to ring in the New Year. As the historic year of 1916 was passing into 1917 why should things be any different? Earlier in the week British Army Recruitment posters had been ripped from the railings and the Dublin …

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