James Connolly |
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James Connolly, Commandant-General Dublin Division, was born in Edinburgh, in 1868. He stood for the Freedom of Ireland, not as a mere geographical unit, but for the emancipation of the ex ploited people of Ireland. A patriot because he was a separatist, but his clear mind went further, applying clear-cut social policy that definitely classes him as a Workers' Republican. He fills a unique place in Irish history, a place not yet fully appreciated by this generation. Only Fintan Lalor had ever dared to think as Connolly thought.
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" Irish democracy ought to strive consistently after the separation of their country from the yoke that links her destinies with those of the British Crown." " Shoot away!" he said at his courtmartial, " but I am dying for Ireland.'' |
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The manner of his death is a lasting indictment of militarism. Badly wounded in the fight, he was carried to Kilmainham Jail on a stretcher, and shot while he was propped up in a chair on the 12th of May, 1916. Connolly's published works are: Erin's Hope (1907), The New Evangel (1901), Socialism Made Easy (1909), Labour. Nationality and Religion (1910), Songs of Freedom (1907), Labour in Irish History (1910), Re-conquest of Ireland (1915), Labour in Ireland (1915).
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