Irish Labour History Society Annual Conference 2006
20th - 21st October 2006, Liberty Hall, Dublin
90th Anniversary James Connolly (1868 - 1916)
Full Conference Admission (including Clé Club Social) EUR10
Individual Sessions EUR5
Session 1 - Friday 20th October, 7.30 p.m.
Chair - Hugh Geraghty, President, I.L.H.S.
"James Connolly and the Great Divide: Ireland, Europe and the First World War"
Professor John Horne, Trinity College Dublin
Followed by an Open Forum
Session 2 - Saturday 21st October, 10.30 a.m.
Chair - John Carr, General Secretary I.N.T.O.
"Labour & republicanism the unimportance of James Connolly"
Professor Emmet O'Connor, University of Ulster
"James Connolly & 1916"
Dr John Newsinger, Senior Lecturer, Bath Spa University
"James Connolly & Trade Unionism: The Struggle for an Independent Working Class Politics"
Dr Colin Whitston, Senior Lecturer, Industrial Relations, Keele University
Followed by an Open Forum
Break 1.00 pm - 2.30 p.m.
Session 3 - Saturday 21st October, 2.30 p.m.
Chair - Francis Devine, Education Dept. SIPTU
"Connolly the Internationalist"
Michael D. Higgins TD, President, Labour Party
"WWI - Why Connolly wanted a German victory"
Manus O'Riordan, Senior Research Officer, SIPTU
"James Connolly & Labour women of 1916"
Sinead McCoole, Curator/Keeper of the Jackie Clarke Library, Ballina, Co. Mayo
Followed by an Open Forum
Conference concludes at 6.00 p.m.
Irish Labour History Society Forthcoming Event:
Saturday 9th December, 11.30 a.m.
ILHS Beggars Bush
Eamonn McCann discusses
"George Best, Working Class Hero"
The Influence of Sport in Working Class Culture.
Eddie Soye, [mailto]soyee@gofree.indigo.ie[/mailto]