Labour
Women on Wednesday: Louisa Bennett
Decade of Centenaries and Dictionary of Irish Biography are collaborating on showcasing women of the early twentieth century who strove for Irish Independence; for female suffrage; to improve the lives of women in poverty; and to improve the standard of care for children. These women worked hard throughout their lives to improve the lives of…
Read MoreLabour and the North and the National Question
History Ireland Hedge School @ Mechanics Institute, Galway (in association with the ICTU, the Irish Centre for the Histories of Labour and Class, NUI Galway and supported the Commemorations Unit of the Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht) 8pm Friday 8th November Labour and the North and the National Question James Connolly, executed for his…
Read More‘Labour, Gender, and Class in the Struggle for Irish Independence, c. 1918-24′
A major conference, ‘Labour, Gender, and Class in the Struggle for Irish Independence, c. 1918-24′, has been organised by The Irish Centre for the Histories of Labour and Class in NUI Galway, in conjunction with the Irish Congress of Trade Unions, and supported by the Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht, at NUI Galway, 7-9 November.…
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