1 November 2014: ‘We serve neither king nor kaiser’: 2014 Irish Labour History Society Conference, Beggars Bush Barracks, Dublin 4
Liberty Hall (National Library of Ireland)
On Saturday 1 November the 2014 annual conference of the Irish Labour History Society took place in the ILHS premises in Beggars Bush, Dublin 4. The title of the conference was ‘We serve neither king nor kaiser”, which tooks as its theme Ireland during the period of the First World War, 1914-18. Speakers included Pádraig Yeates, Theresa Moriarty, John Cunningham, John Horne, Brendan Byrne, James Curry, Catriona Crowe, Brian Hanley, Ann Matthews and Peter Rigney.
Click here for the full conference programme.
Admission is €10 (including tea/coffee and sandwiches). All welcome. The ILHS asks that those attending please book in advance through www.irishlabourhistorysociety.
From Century Ireland: Trade union protest in Dublin against recruitment to British Army, September 1914