To the Leaders of Our Working People (Classics of Irish History) - Softcover

Softcover

ISBN 10: 190062141X ISBN 13: 9781900621410

Publisher: Univ College Dubli, 2019

Synopsis

This publication contains Standish James O'Grady's important but little-known pieces from ""The Irish Worker"", written in 1912-13. Although O'Grady has usually been regarded as a Protestant unionist, he was always a maverick and, later in life, shared the columns of ""The Irish Worker"" with socialists such as Jim Larkin, James Connolly and Sean O'Casey. He makes militant statements against capitalism and uses military vocabulary to advocate a commune system. He would not have supported armed insurrection, yet his rhetoric is a stirring call for action.

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Review:

"Ed Hagan, professor of English at Western Connecticut State University, and a stalwart of the Irish studies community in the US, has done us a service by resurrecting a series of articles written by Standish O'Grady." Irish Democrat Dec 2002/Jan 2003 "adds to our knowledge of the complexities of the intellectual fervour of the labour movement at the beginning of the last century." Paidraig O Snodaigh, Books Ireland, Summer 2003 "add[s] significantly to our understanding of O'Grady ... [he] was one of the most stimulating critics of Victorian Ireland; scholars have yet to fully comprehend the extent of his influence and his knack for rubbing ideological sore spots." Irish Economic and Social History 2004 "University College Dublin Press has now published over thirty 'Classics of Irish History'. These contemporary accounts by well known personalities of historical events and attitudes have an immediacy that conventional histories do not have. Introductions by modern historians provide additional historical background and, with hindsight, objectivity." Books Ireland Nov 2007 "Scholars of nineteenth-century Irish and Irish-American politics should reacquaint themselves with these classics, part of a long running and immensely useful series from University College Dublin Press." Irish Literary Supplement Fall 2008

About this edition

• Publisher: Univ College Dubli
• Publication date: 2019
• ISBN 10: 190062141X
• ISBN 13: 9781900621410
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 152
• Editor: Hagan Edward