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Ireland and the Union, c1774–1923

Working and living conditions for unskilled urban workers

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Recall questions on the Dublin tenements and mortality rates, the National Union of Dock Labourers, Larkin and Connolly, the ITGWU, and the Irish Citizen Army.

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What were working and living conditions like for unskilled Dublin workers?

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What was the significance of the National Union of Dock Labourers in 1907?

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What was William Martin Murphy's role?

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  1. 1

    What were working and living conditions like for unskilled Dublin workers?

    Model answer

    Very poor – low pay, insecure casual dock and carting work, and notorious overcrowded tenement slums with high mortality.

  2. 2

    What was the significance of the National Union of Dock Labourers in 1907?

    Model answer

    Jim Larkin organised Belfast dockers and carters in the 1907 strike, which briefly united Catholic and Protestant workers.

  3. 3

    What was William Martin Murphy's role?

    Model answer

    A Dublin employer and newspaper owner who led the employers against the ITGWU, triggering the 1913 confrontation.

  4. 4

    What was the Dublin Lockout of 1913–14?

    Model answer

    Murphy and around 300 employers locked out some 20,000 ITGWU workers from August 1913 to January 1914 to break the union; hunger forced many back, but the union survived.

  5. 5

    What was Jim Larkin's role?

    Model answer

    A charismatic union leader, founder of the ITGWU and the Irish Labour Party (1912), who championed the sympathetic strike.

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    What was James Connolly's role?

    Model answer

    A socialist and union leader who co-founded the Irish Citizen Army in 1913 to defend workers and later led in the Easter Rising.

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