I'm coming to the end of the research part of the Connolly collected works project so I'm going to start posting as much of the out-of-print secondary material as I can, starting with Samuel Levenson's 1973 biography of Connolly. This does not mean I endorse (or even recommend) the texts, simply that they are secondary … Continue reading James Connolly, by Samuel Levenson (1973) →

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

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) →

Gerald O'Connor was the pen-name of Seán Mac Giollarnáth, a writer, judge, and Celtic scholar who was born on 13 September 1880 in Bogwood, Gurteen, near Athenry, Co. Galway.[1] He left for London sometime round the turn of the century and worked in the British Revenue Department at Somerset House.[2]  He was sworn into the … Continue reading James Connolly: A Study of his Work and Worth, by Gerald O’Connor/ Seán Mac Giollarnáth (1917) →