The Dubliners – ‘JAMES LARKIN’: Big Jim Larkin (21 January - TopicsExpress



          

The Dubliners – ‘JAMES LARKIN’: Big Jim Larkin (21 January 1876 – 30 January 1947) Irish trade union leader and socialist activist, born to Irish parents in Liverpool, England. Growing up poor he received little formal education and began working in a variety of jobs while still a child. A full-time trade union organizer, Larkin moved to Belfast in 1907 and founded the Irish Transport and General Workers Union, the Irish Labour Party, and later the Workers Union of Ireland.
Posted on: Sun, 11 May 2014 11:00:51 +0000

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