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Tag Archives: The 1913 Lockout
The Baton Charge! Batons from the National Museum
We are at the 100th anniversary of the 1913 Lockout, undoubtedly the most significant labour unrest in Irish history. One of the most notorious incidents, the DMP Baton Charge, took place on Sunday 31 August in O’Connell Street. The iconic … Continue reading
Jill Unkel on ‘Fashion at the [Horse] Show’
One of the leading French fashion magazines of the early twentieth century – Journal des Dames et des Modes – noted in May 1913 that: ‘More and more our Parisian racecourses are branches of the showrooms of our great artists … Continue reading
Brian Hanley talks about The Lockout
Posted in Labour History, Political History
Tagged Brian Hanley, Irish History, The 1913 Lockout
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Aideen Ireland on Anna Liffey Mills, 1913
In November 1992 the National Archives of Ireland received a donation of ninety-six documents relating to the Anna Liffey Mills, Lucan, Co, Dublin and covering the years 1884 – 1937. Nearly fifty items relate to the years 1912 – 14 … Continue reading
Unfinished Business on Why 1913 is Still Relevant
1913 Unfinished Business is an activist group working to reinvigorate class politics in Dublin using the centenary of the Lockout as an inspiration. We are a collective of young activists that have come together from a variety of backgrounds to … Continue reading
Donal Fallon on The Lockout
Donal Fallon of Come Here to Me talks about the lasting relevance of The Lockout
Posted in Labour History, Political History
Tagged Come Here to Me, Donal Fallon, Irish History, The 1913 Lockout
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Artanddiaspora blogs about AE’s thoughts on The Lockout
I’m Éimear O’Connor @artanddiaspora, and at the moment I’m blogging about my experiences, thoughts, places I’ve seen, and people that I’ve met during a research trip to New York. I wrote a book recently, and one of the comments made … Continue reading
Posted in Labour History
Tagged AE, Artanddiaspora, Éimear O'Connor, Dublin Tenements, George Russell, Irish History, New York, The 1913 Lockout
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Padraig Yeats Introduces the 1913 Lockout
The 1913 Lockout is the Cinderella of the decade of Centenaries. It does not easily fit into any tradition: Catholic, Protestant, Nationalist, Unionist or Republican, although it certainly influenced the latter. It was about class, Capital versus Labour. It was … Continue reading
The Hackers
As the day progresses, brilliant minds are brewing up big ideas here in the depths of the Dublin Civic Offices. Tech-man Mark Maguire from Decipher is in the midst of creating a Lockout Dossier of information on Storyscope, software that … Continue reading
Posted in Living the Lockout Project
Tagged Darkest Dublin, Dublin City Council, Hack the Lockout, Hackathon, Irish History, Storyscope, The 1913 Lockout, The Decipher Project, The Irish Congress of Trade Unions, The Irish Heritage Trust, The Royal Society of Antiquaries of Ireland, Word Cloud
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Living the Lockout Hackathon
100 years after the 1913 Lockout a congregation of computer programmers and historians have gathered to take part in the Hackathon, creating apps and websites relating to the events all those years ago. Fueled by obscene amounts of coffee, its … Continue reading
Dublin Tenement Experience 