Category Archive: 1913 Lockout
May 04
1916: The destruction of Liberty Hall & Walter Carpenter
“For many years past, Liberty Hall has been a thorn in the side of the Dublin Police and the Irish Government. It was the centre of social anarchy, the brain of every riot and disturbance.” - Irish Times 1916 During the week of the Easter Rising Liberty Hall was extensively damaged by British artillery. Some …
Apr 10
The Lost Life of Paddy Lynch; GPO Garrison 1916
“I saw him being shot. He was not shot with his own gun. He was hit in the neck. It happened just outside the wall of O’Briens Mineral Water Factory in Moore Lane”. The photo above shows a bullet riddled building on Moore Lane, a shocking indication of the ferocity of the fighting which …
Jan 15
John Joseph Conroy – The volunteer who done it all .
John Joseph Conroy was barely 40 years old when he died from Tubercolosis on 15th January 1937. A past pupil of both St Laurence O’Tooles on Seville Place and the Wharf Boys School in East Wall, he had served time as an apprentice at the Dublin Dockyard Company. As a boy he had joined the …
Oct 03
“The Fighting Old Guard” : The O’Doherty family in the North Dock
“One of the cheeriest men in the ward, and one of the most particular as to the set of his hair.” During the 1916 Rebellion Michael O’Doherty of the Irish Citizen Army was wounded 12 times – 1 bullet hit his right eye; 2 his left arm; 1 his left jaw; 1 the left …
Sep 06
Kathleen Lynn: the rebel doctor and the North Docks – A history and appreciation
“A very busy evening…not home until very late.” On Thursday evening, the 8th June 1916, word spread among dockside workers that a very special republican prisoner was about to be deported. As the prisoner arrived on the quays a great cheer went up from the gathering crowd. The prisoner in question was Doctor Kathleen …
Jul 11
“Kathleen Lynn , a Truly Radical Woman” – Saturday July 18th –
On Saturday the 18th July the East Wall History Group will host the inaugural Sarah Lundberg Summer School. Held in conjunction with the Alternative Visions Oral History project, the event is in honour of our friend and colleague Sarah Lundberg, an Archivist , Historian and publisher who tragically passed away last year. The topic of …