Labour in Ireland. (1) Labour in Irish History [1910]; (2) The Re-conquest of Ireland [1915]. With an Introduction by Cathal O’Shannon. Dublin: Three Candles, [1950]. Pp xvi, 264.Brown cloth boards, lettered in black, in publisher’s dust jacket. A near fine copy.

First published by Maunsel in 1910, James Connolly’s achievements were as a labour leader. In Belfast he led a successful docker’s strike. In Dublin he worked with Jim Larkin in the Irish Transport and General Worker’s Union, organising a series of strikes which culminated in the unsuccessful 1913 Dublin Lock-out.  He set up the Irish Citizen Army to defend the workers.

He is best remembered for his part in the 1916 Rising and his execution by firing squad, although injured and unable to stand, in Kilmainham Jail.