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Author: Conor McCabe
I write on class and Irish finance and am involved in activist education with political, trade union, and community groups
‘… a villainous and impudent combination…’ (1760)
It having been advertised in the Dublin Courier, that two waiters of good character were wanted by a vintner in this city; now, George Cartridge and John Connolly, two waiters at Mr. Hughes’s at the Rose in Dame Street, apprehending the said Mr. Hughes to be the author of the said advertisement, thereupon not only … Continue reading ‘… a villainous and impudent combination…’ (1760)
A Plan for Political, Economic and Social Reconstruction (1932)
[Produced by an Phoblacht and published in serial form, May to October 1932] political-economic-and-social-reconstruction-an-phoblacht-1932Download
Robert Tressell. Ragged Trousered Philanthropists. Chapter 15: The Great Money Trick (1914)
As Owen, having filled his cup with tea, sat down in his usual place, Philpot rose solemnly to his feet, and looking round upon the company said: 'Genelmen, with your kind permission, as soon as the Professor 'as finished 'is dinner 'e will deliver 'is well known lecture, entitled: "Money the Principal Cause of being … Continue reading Robert Tressell. Ragged Trousered Philanthropists. Chapter 15: The Great Money Trick (1914)
Heather Laird. Decentering the Irish Land War: women, politics and the private sphere (2013)
[Secondary works are posted because they are otherwise unavailable online.] laird-land-war-2013Download
Thaddeus O’Malley. The Working Man’s Bill of Rights (1848)
The Irish National Guard, 29 April 1848, Vol 1, no.2, p.6 [Note from Editor of The Irish National Guard at the start of the article]: This paper, drawn up by the workman’s tried friend, the Rev. Thaddeus O’Malley, embodies the points of the ‘Charter,’ which specially regard the workman. But it does something more and … Continue reading Thaddeus O’Malley. The Working Man’s Bill of Rights (1848)
Connolly: Yellow Unions in Ireland and Other Articles. (Irish Communist Organisation, 1968)
Volume two of the ICO's "Connolly's Suppressed Articles" series. Contains: The Problem of Trade Union Organisation (Forward, 23 May 1914) Yellow Unions in Ireland ((Forward, 20 June 1914) British Aluminium Co. Again (Forward, 28 June 1913) yellow-unions-in-irelan-ico-1968Download
Connolly: Press Poisoners in Ireland and other Articles (ICO / BICO, 1968;1972)
Pamphlet from the British and Irish Organisation containing three articles from James Connolly: Press Poisoners in Ireland - Forward 30 August 1913The Irish Nationalist Press - Forward 26 July 1913The Awakening of Ulster's Democracy - Forward 7 June 1913 Pamphlet originally published in 1968 by the Irish Communist Organisation. This is the 1972 reissue under … Continue reading Connolly: Press Poisoners in Ireland and other Articles (ICO / BICO, 1968;1972)
Máirtín Ó Cadhain. The Language Movement – A Movement Astray (1969; Trans. 1970)
[Produced by the Communist Party of Ireland in 1970. Translated by Seósamh Ó Díochan from the original text: Gluaiseacht na Gaeilge: Gluaiseacht ar Strae (1969).] ocadhain-1970Download
Programme of the Knights of the Plough (1892)
( An account of the inaugural meeting of the Knights of the Plough, held in Narraghmore, Co. Kildare on Sunday 19 June 1892. The report is from the Leinster Leader, Saturday 25 June 1892, p.7. The reference to the meeting was sourced from Fintan Lane, ' Benjamin Pelin, the Knights of the Plough and Social … Continue reading Programme of the Knights of the Plough (1892)
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