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Ireland and the Union, c1774–1923

British trade unions and the Dublin strike

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Overview

Recall questions on the aid sent by the TUC, why the sympathetic strike was refused, the fiery cross campaign, and the effect on relations between Irish and British labour.

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Who and when

What role did British trade unions play in the Lockout?

Who and when

What did Larkin ask British unions to do?

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What was the fiery cross campaign?

Questions from this subtopic

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  1. 1

    What role did British trade unions play in the Lockout?

    Model answer

    British unions sent food and funds to Dublin's workers but refused Larkin's call for sympathetic strikes in Britain, which contributed to the Lockout's failure.

  2. 2

    How did British unions support the Dublin workers?

    Model answer

    The TUC sent around £150,000 in aid and shiploads of food, the largest act of solidarity in British trade union history to that date.

  3. 3

    What did Larkin ask British unions to do?

    Model answer

    To black all Dublin goods in a sympathetic strike, which he argued was the only way to break the employers.

  4. 4

    Why did British unions refuse the sympathetic strike?

    Model answer

    Their leaders feared unofficial action, legal liability and losing control of their members, and rejected the proposal at a special TUC conference in December 1913.

  5. 5

    What was the effect of that refusal?

    Model answer

    It doomed the Dublin workers, ended the dispute in defeat, and left lasting bitterness between Larkin and the British union leadership.

  6. 6

    What was the fiery cross campaign?

    Model answer

    Larkin's speaking tour of Britain in 1913 attacking the union leaders for cowardice, which raised money and support but alienated the officials he needed.

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