(Reprinted in The Irishman, 12 Jan 1850, and reproduced in Rachel O'Higgins, 'Ireland and Chartism: A study of the influence of Irishmen and the Irish Question on the Chartist Movement.' Thesis: TCD, 1959, appendix iv) Objects: 1st. The elevation of the character and condition of the working classes, so that our artisans may understand their … Continue reading Objects and Rules of the Irish Democratic Association (1850)
Manifesto of the National Labour League to the Working Men of Ireland (1887)
[No extant copy of the manifesto is known to exist. It is reproduced here from two long quotations from it that were published by the Irish Times on 14 Oct and 21 Oct 1887. The two sources have been merged below. Fintan Lane was first to rediscover the manifesto, and quoted from the 21 Oct … Continue reading Manifesto of the National Labour League to the Working Men of Ireland (1887)
Peadar O’Donnell. For or Against the Ranchers? Irish Working Farmers in the Economic War. (1932)
The ranchers and big farmers are sore distressed about Ireland these days. In fact, they say they are going to leave us; that this is no longer a country fit for their kind to live in. They do not seem to have noticed that for many, many years Ireland was no country for the small … Continue reading Peadar O’Donnell. For or Against the Ranchers? Irish Working Farmers in the Economic War. (1932)
Christine Kinealy. ‘Patrick O’Higgins’ (2016)
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Vincent Geoghegan. ‘The emergence and submergence of Irish socialism, 1821-51.’ (1993)
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