Membership Renewal for 2020
ILHS Membership Subscription for 2020 is now due (and also open to new members). If you've previously paid by cash, cheque or postal order, you can now pay online via PayPal here. Membership for 2020 includes Saothar 45, the latest edition of the society's journal.
Membership Renewal for 2020
ILHS Membership Subscription for 2020 is now due (and also open to new members). If you've previously paid by cash, cheque or postal order, you can now pay online via PayPal here. Membership for 2020 includes Saothar 45, the latest edition of the society's journal.
Brendan Halligan {1936 – 2020}
Brendan Halligan who has died was a Labour icon through and through and a great friend of the Irish Labour History Society (ILHS). Born in 1936 and educated at UCD, where he qualified with a Masters in Economics in 1964 and after a short time working in the Public Service he was appointed as General Secretary of the Labour Party in 1967 a position he held until 1980. He worked with two Party Leaders Brendan Corish, and Frank Cluskey, and during the Coalition Government of 1983-1987 was one of the Taoiseach's (Liam Cosgrave) nominees to the Senate. He became a TD in 1976 winning a by-election in Dublin South West, and replaced Frank Cluskey as a MEP between 1983 and 1984 where he specialised in economic affairs and energy policy. ....more
Death notice on RIP.ie
“A Noble Adventure” The New Republic Speech in Retrospect
Here is the speech by Brendan Halligan presented at the history seminar in Wexford to mark the centenary of the birth of Brendan Corish.
Full speech here
US Labor Day Parade 2018
Fraternal greetings to our American Trade Union Comrades on the occasion of the celebration of Labor Day 2018 from the Irish Labour History Society.
Pictures from the Parade.
Leaflet distributed at the Parade.
A series of articles relating to the Lockout of 1913 in Dublin
The 26th of August 2013 marked the anniversary of the start of the 1913 Lockout and Strike. A chronology of events from this date in 1913 to December 1913 & January 1914 when the striking workers gradually began to return to work. The Lockout ended by degrees.
1913 Lockout
