The Irish Labour History Society learned with great sadness of the death of our former President Brendan Byrne who passed away on 16 March 2023. A former trade union official (ITGWU/SIPTU), Brendan was a stalwart of the Society serving as President (2007-13), Treasurer (2003-07) and as a committee member (2002-03). He made a stellar contribution […]
Fighting For the Clerical Grades Dr Martin Maguire’s important study of the Civil, Public and Services Union is now available to purchase directly from the Irish Labour History Society. See ‘Fighting for the Clerical Grades’ A History of the Civil, Public and Services Union 1922-2017 (CPSU) – Irish Labour History Society
The Attempt To Smash The Irish Transport And General Workers Union has been newly added to this website. The Irish Labour History Society has just added this important 1924 partisan account of the split in the ITGWU to our website here. This split, following Larkin’s return from the United States of America in April 1923, […]
A City of Strikes The Cork General Lockout of 1909 Now Available For Sale! The latest Irish Labour History Society publication, A City of Strikes The Cork General Lockout of 1909 by Society member Dr Luke Dineen was recently launched. It is an important study of an often overlooked episode in Irish labour history, examining […]
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