This post tells the remarkable story of Jarrow-born Joseph Connolly, who served in the British Army during the Great War, was made a prisoner of war, became an Irish republican, joined the IRA, smuggled guns to Ireland, was imprisoned in Dartmoor, and afterwards worked for the British Labour Party. ‘These things I have done I […]
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In the North East of England, during the Irish War of Independence, a nun and several school teachers actively supported the Tyneside Brigade of the Irish Republican Army. This post will tell the story of these remarkable women. No women were allowed in the ranks of the Irish Volunteers, in contrast to the Irish Citizen […]
This post will explore the history of the Irish Labour Party in Gateshead and highlight the key role played by Mary Gunn in this important, but today almost forgotten, organisation that eased the transfer of Irish nationalist allegiance in the town to the British Labour Party. In 2018, in celebration of the centenary of women […]
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