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Ireland and the Union, c1774–1923

Events and significance of the Dublin general strike 1913–14

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Overview

Recall questions on what caused the Lockout, its scale, Bloody Sunday 1913, William Martin Murphy, the kiddies scheme, and how it ended.

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Key term

What caused the Dublin Lockout?

Numbers

How many workers were involved?

Key term

What happened on Bloody Sunday 1913?

Questions from this subtopic

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  1. 1

    What caused the Dublin Lockout?

    Model answer

    Murphy's demand that his tramway employees leave the ITGWU, and the employers' federation's decision to lock out any worker refusing to renounce the union.

  2. 2

    How many workers were involved?

    Model answer

    Around 20,000 workers were locked out by some 300 employers, affecting perhaps 100,000 people including their families.

  3. 3

    What happened on Bloody Sunday 1913?

    Model answer

    Police baton-charged a banned meeting in Sackville Street on 31 August, injuring hundreds, a day after police batons had fatally injured two men on the quays, which hardened the dispute.

  4. 4

    What was the significance of William Martin Murphy?

    Model answer

    Dublin's leading employer and newspaper proprietor, who organised the employers' federation and used his papers against Larkin.

  5. 5

    What was the kiddies scheme?

    Model answer

    The plan to send strikers' children to sympathetic families in Britain, blocked by Catholic clergy who feared they would lose their faith.

  6. 6

    How did the Lockout end?

    Model answer

    After six months of hardship the workers returned in January 1914 on the employers' terms, most having to sign the pledge against the union.

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