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 1914, is often viewed as the most severe and significant industrial dispute in Irish history. Central to the dispute was the workers' right to unionise.
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, 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 William O'Brien, and later the founder of the Irish Worker League, as well as the Irish Transport and General Workers' Union (ITGWU) and the Workers' Union of Ireland. Along with Connolly and Jack White, he was also a founder of the Irish Citizen Army. Larkin was a leading figure in the Syndicalist movement.
Officers of the Dublin Metropolitan Police break up a union rally during the lock-out
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.
