Jim Larkin statue photograph, O'Connell street

Photograph of memorial statue to Irish labor leader & trade union organiser, Big Jim Larkin (1876 - 1947), on O'Connell Street Dublin city center, with the G.P.O. visible on the left.
Born in Liverpool, England on January 21st 1876, Larkin was an Irish republican & a socialist. A staunch campaigner for workers rights he was one of the founders of The Irish Citizen Army founded Ireland's first National trade union, the Irish Transport & General Workers Union in 1909. It's known today as SIPTU - The Services Industrial Professional & Technical Union. In partnership with James Connolly, Larkin co-founded the Irish Labour party in 1912.

Jim Larkin, Irish Labor leader statue, O'Connell Street Dublin
Jim Larkin statue photograph © irelandposters.

On the front of the monument there's an inscription which is an extract from one of Larkin's speeches -
"The great appear great because we are on our knees - Let us rise."

1913 Dublin Lock-out & Jim Larkin.

Jim Larkin was one of the main organisers of the 1913 lock out strike, an industrial dispute over workers wages & conditions, along with their rights to orgnise as a trade union. William M. Murphy, owner of the Dublin United Tramway Company, objected to his workers rights to join Larkin's Transport & General Workers Union. By August 22 1913 he had fired 340 workers he suspected of being union members.

Larkin called for a strike against the Tramway Company on August 26th 1913, during the week of The Royal Dublin Society’s Dublin Horse Show. Following which he was arrested by police on charges of sedition and conspiracy. While on bail Larkin promised to address his supporters at a public meeting on Sackville Street on 31st August.

Larkin appeared at a balcony of the Metropole Hotel (destroyed during the 1916 Easter Rising hostilities) and was re-arrested. During the subsequent violence that erupted 2 men were killed and hundreds injured when police baton charged the large crowds, The event is known as Ireland's first Bloody Sunday.
Dublin Sackville Street, Jim Larkin 1913 Workers public meeting
A workers public meeting on Sackville Street 1913.
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