Unions
Dublin Council of Trade Unions-Remembering the Rising
This 8-page booklet entitled “Remembering the Rising” from the Dublin Council of Trade Unions has featured articles on Peadar Macken, Richard O’Carroll and Joseph Patrick Nannetti and a facsimile of the Dublin Trades Council minutes for April and May 1916. It also includes a brief history of the Dublin Trades Council and its involvement in the build up to the 1916 Easter Rising.
Unite the Union-Remembering James Connolly
A 7-page booklet entitled “Remembering James Connolly” a speech by Andrew Murray Unite Chief of Staff on the occasion of the unveiling of a memorial plaque to James Connolly on 15th May 2016 at Unite House, Dublin.
Unite the Union-1916 A Worker’s Year
A leaflet for the event “1916 a workers year” held on 25th July 2016 at the Complex, Little Green Street, Dublin.
Impact Trade Union-Four Lives-Roots in the 1916 Rising
This 45-page booklet compiled and written by Shay Cody was officially launched on Thursday 28th January 2016 by Minister of State for New Communities, Culture, Equality and Drug Strategy Aodhán O’Riordáin at the Union’s Dublin Office. The launch was attended by members of the Ceannt, Connolly and O’Donovan families. The booklet published in an edition of 5,000 copies highlights the role played by four members of the Impact Trade Union in the 1916 Easter Rising; Con O’Donovan was a member of the IRB and the Irish Volunteers. He fought in the Four Courts. Seán Connolly was a member of the Irish Citizen Army. He was the first insurgent killed in action during the Rising from a sniper’s bullet from Dublin Castle. Harry Nicholls was a Captain in the 4th Battalion of the Dublin Brigade of the Volunteers. He was based in St. Stephen’s Green during the hostilities and Éamonn Ceannt one of the Seven Signatories of the Proclamation.
Technical Engineering and Electrical Union {TEEU} Centenary Badge
TEEU-Irish Craft Workers-In a Time of Revolution
This 51-page Centenary booklet was written by Pádraig Yeates about the foundation of the TEEU Trade Union which arose from its members participation in the 1916 Easter Rising.
SIPTU -Bronze Centenary Badge
SIPTU-Double Sided Small Poster
Poster for a plaque unveiling on Friday 11th March 2016 for the Citizen Army at the Marino College of Further Education, North Strand, Dublin.
SIPTU-Double Sided Small Poster
Poster for the Reading of James Connolly’s Play “Under Which Flag” which took place on Saturday 26th March 2016 at the City Hall
SIPTU-Equality Exhibition 2016 Small Poster
Poster for a Photographic Exhibition and Debate entitled “100 Years of Women @ Work” held on Thursday 31st March 2016 at the Liberty Hall Theatre.
SIPTU-Glórtha 1916 Small Poster
Poster for a Traditional Music and Poetry Night entitled “Freedom Doesn’t Fall From The Sky” held on Friday 1st April 2016 at the Liberty Hall Theatre.
SIPTU-Liberty Newspaper March 2016
This 1916 Centenary edition contains 37-pages and is well illustrated throughout. Articles of particular interest include; “Back where it belongs,” Connolly’s Harp Flag seized as a war trophy in 1916 returns to Liberty Hall; How the 1916 Rising changed the world; Shot strapped in a chair; The men who printed the Proclamation; The Rising outside the City of Dublin; The SIPTU 1916 Rising Tapestry; The civilian dead and killings by the military; Essential handbooks on Easter 1916; The Citizen Army dead and the Wolfe Tone Games-Frongoch 1916.
SIPTU-Liberty Newspaper February 2016
The February edition includes a copy of the Centenary Programme of Events for the SIPTU Trade Union.
A further selection of my Irish Collectables and Memorabilia which is a work in progress can be viewed here
Remembering The 1916 Rising 