#1913Lockout

by Eoghan Brunkard on Mar 3rd, 2014 - 2296 Views

  The RADE group (a rehabilitation organisation who focus on recovering from addiction through arts, drama and education) finish their centenary celebrations of the 1913 Lockout with one final performance of their excellent play “A Hundred Years Ago” in Liberty Hall theatre tomorrow night (04/03/14)... 

by FRG.ie Admin on Nov 30th, 2013 - 5067 Views

Social historian IDA MILNE discusses the changing view of the role of women in the history of the 1913 Lockout What women’s voices do we hear from the Lockout narrative? Perhaps the best known, in 2013 terms, would be that of Rosie Hackett, the meek-looking and tiny Jacob’s biscuit factory worker,... 

by FRG.ie Admin on Nov 29th, 2013 - 3670 Views

‘I always felt it was worth it, to see the trouble the police had getting [the banner] down. No one was arrested. If it took 400 policemen to take four women, what would the newspapers say?’ Last month Dublin City Councillors voted to name the newest bridge over the River Liffey in honour of trade... 

by Fountain Resource Group on Nov 29th, 2013 - 10613 Views

A housing inquiry in 1914 found that 16 members of Dublin Corporation owned tenements and it was clear that Corporation members intervened to foil the enforcement of regulations against their properties While Dublin may have been regarded as the “second city” of the British Empire in the... 

by Eoghan Brunkard on Nov 27th, 2013 - 2283 Views

The organisation RADE, whose speciality is promoting recovery from drug abuse through performance in drama and entertainment, has this year decided to produce a play based on the Lock Out in honour of its centenary. People recovering from addiction have donned bonnets and caps to recapture the spirit... 

by Damien Hughes on Nov 15th, 2013 - 3199 Views

The Casadh treatment centre, based in Newmarket, are to premiere their first ever film, at Liberty Hall on Eden Quay in Dublin 1 on Friday the 29th of November 2013. The Dublin 8 drug treatment programme have been doing sterling work here in our community for many years, and this film is yet another... 

by Alan Finn on Jul 25th, 2013 - 6884 Views

In 1913 a man by the name of Jim Larkin was appalled by the way some employees were treating the men, so he urged those workers to strike. This strike went on for nearly 6 months, and it had a huge knock on effect for the workers, who had their wages suddenly stopped. There where public meetings, riots...