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Encyclopedia > Irish Socialist Republican Party

The Irish Socialist Republican Party was an Irish political party founded in 1896 by James Connolly. Its aim was to establish an Irish workers' republic. 1896 (MDCCCXCVI) was a leap year starting on Wednesday (see link for calendar). ... For the Olympic athlete, see James Connolly (athlete) James Connolly James Connolly (June 5, 1868 - May 12, 1916) was an Irish nationalist and socialist leader. ...


During it's lifespan the party probably never had more than 40 - 50 members and it only had one really active branch, the Dublin one, There were several attempts to create branches in Cork and Belfast in particular but they never came to much. WGS-84 (GPS) Coordinates: 53. ... WGS-84 (GPS) Coordinates: 51. ... WGS-84 (GPS) Coordinates: 54. ...


The party produced the first regular socialist paper in Ireland the Workers' Republic, ran candidates in local elections, represented Ireland at the Second International agitated over issues such as the Boer War and the 1798 commemorations. Politically the ISRP was before its time, putting the call for a independent "Republic" at the centre of its propaganda before Sinn Fein or others had done so.


A public meeting held by the party is described in Irish socialist playwright Sean O'Casey's autobiography Drums under the Window.


Connolly who was the full time paid organiser for the party subsequently left Ireland for the United States in 1903 (he returned in 1910 ) following internal conflict, in fact it seems to have been a combination of the petty infighting and his own poverty that caused Connolly to abandon his homeland, and the party became inactive. Connolly clashed with the party's other leading light, Edward Stewart over trade union and electoral strategy. It was revived in 1909 with the new name Socialist Party of Ireland, but once more fell into inactivity as Connolly, who was more inclined to see revolution as proceeding from 'one big union' than from a revolutionary party, became mainly engaged in the Irish Transport and General Workers' Union and the union-based Irish Citizen Army. 1903 (MCMIII) was a common year starting on Thursday (see link for calendar) of the Gregorian calendar or a common year starting on Friday of the 13-day slower Julian calendar. ... 1910 (MCMX) was a common year starting on Saturday (see link for calendar) of the Gregorian calendar or a common year starting on Sunday of the 13-day slower Julian calendar. ... The One Big Union was a concept which emerged in the late 19th and early 20th century amongst working class trade unionists. ... The Irish Transport and General Workers Union was founded by James Larkin as a general trade union (in line with the policy of the Industrial Workers of the World). ... The Irish Citizen Army (Irish name: Arm na Saoránach na hÉireann), or ICA, was a small group of trained volunteers established in Dublin for the defense of worker’s demonstrations from the police. ...


Connolly compared the collapse of the party to 'losing a child'.


Other notable figures in the 'first' ISRP included William O'Brien who became a leading figure in the Irish Trade Union movement, Cork man Con Lehane and Tom Lyng.



Following Connolly's execution by the British in 1916 and the 1917 February Revolution in Russia, the party was once more revived and in 1921 it became the first Communist Party of Ireland. 1916 (MCMXVI) was a leap year starting on Saturday (link will take you to calendar). ... 1917 (MCMXVII) was a common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar (see link for calendar) or a common year starting on Tuesday of the 13-day slower Julian calendar. ... The February Revolution (N.S.: March Revolution) of 1917 in Russia was the first stage of the Russian Revolution of 1917. ... The Communist Party of Ireland (CPI; Irish: Páirtí Cumannach na hÉireann) is a small all-Ireland Marxist party. ...


Further reading

  • Radical Politics in Modern Ireland: A History of the Irish Socialist Republican Party (ISRP) 1896-1904 David Lynch, Dublin, Irish Academic Press 2005. ISBN 0-7165-3356-1.
  • Communism in Modern Ireland: The Pursuit of the Workers' Republic since 1916, Mike Milotte, Dublin, 1984

External links

Radical Politics in Modern Ireland: A History of the Irish Socialist Republican Party (ISRP) 1896-1904 By David Lynch published by Irish Academic Press. see www.iap.ie

  • http://www.irishacademicireland.com/cgi-bin/sh000001.pl?REFPAGE=http%3a%2f%2fwww%2eirishacademicireland%2ecom%2facatalog%2fcatalogindex%2ehtml&WD=ireland%20politics%20modern%20radical&PN=IAP_Catalog_More_Politics_Titles_45%2ehtml%23aIAP487#aIAP487

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