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For St. Patrick’s Day ☘️, we honor James Connolly, the leader of Ireland’s revolutionary socialist struggle.
Connolly founded the Irish Socialist Republican Party in 1898 and, in 1903, the Irish Transport & General Workers’ Union, which became the largest union in Ireland and led the 1913 Dublin Lockout.
Connolly also played a leading role in the Easter Rising of 1916 against Britain, waged at the height of WWI under the slogan: “England’s misfortune is Ireland’s opportunity.” On May 12, Connolly and other leaders of the rising were tried by a secret British court-martial that lasted only a few minutes and executed by firing squad.
Connolly believed sacrificing his life was necessary to inspire Irish people to take up arms against British rule, which indeed it would come to do in years and decades that followed. Shortly before his execution, his wife Lillie said to him: “Your life, James, your beautiful life,” to which he replied: “Well, Lillie, hasn’t it been a beautiful life, and isn’t this a good end?”
Connolly founded the Irish Socialist Republican Party in 1898 and, in 1903, the Irish Transport & General Workers’ Union, which became the largest union in Ireland and led the 1913 Dublin Lockout.
Connolly also played a leading role in the Easter Rising of 1916 against Britain, waged at the height of WWI under the slogan: “England’s misfortune is Ireland’s opportunity.” On May 12, Connolly and other leaders of the rising were tried by a secret British court-martial that lasted only a few minutes and executed by firing squad.
Connolly believed sacrificing his life was necessary to inspire Irish people to take up arms against British rule, which indeed it would come to do in years and decades that followed. Shortly before his execution, his wife Lillie said to him: “Your life, James, your beautiful life,” to which he replied: “Well, Lillie, hasn’t it been a beautiful life, and isn’t this a good end?”