Dublin lock-out
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The Dublin lock-out was a major industrial dispute between approximately 20,000 workers and 300 employers that took place in Dublin, Ireland. The dispute, lasting from 26 August 1913 to 18 January 191
Dublin Metropolitan Police break up a union rally
Cartoon of William Martin Murphy preying over James Larkin.
Statue of James Larkin on O'Connell Street (Oisín Kelly 1977)
Proclamation banning a meeting in Sackville Street on 31 August 1913
James Larkin
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James Larkin, sometimes known as Jim Larkin or Big Jim, was an Irish republican, socialist and trade union leader. He was one of the founders of the Irish Labour Party along with James Connolly and Wi
Dublin lock-out
…unskilled workers often had to compete with one another for work every day, with the job generally going to whoever agreed to work for the lowest wages. James Larkin, the main protagonist on the side of the workers in the dispute, was a docker in Liverpool and a union organiser. In 1907, he was sent to Belfast as a…
William Martin Murphy – The central opposing figure during the lock-out
Members of the ICA outside of their Liberty Hall HQ in 1914
Aftermath of the Black Tom explosion, which Larkin was initially thought to have had some involvement with