COMHAIRLE CONTAE ÁTHA CLIATH THEAS
SOUTH DUBLIN COUNTY COUNCIL

MEETING OF SOUTH DUBLIN COUNTY COUNCIL

Monday, October 08, 2012

QUESTION NO.23

QUESTION: Councillor D. Looney

To ask the Manager if the Council has any plans to commemorate the 100th anniversary of the 1913 Lockout next year, and to make a statement on the matter.

REPLY:

The following 3 years is going to see a surge in commemorations of Irish history starting next year with the centenary of the 1913 Lock Out.

The Council is aware of a national commemorative programme to the mark the major historic events of the early 20^th Century, including a programme for 2013.   An expert advisory group of historians has been formed and these will examine and provide guidance to ensure the authenticity and balance of the national commemorative programme

Based on this guidance South Dublin County Council will examine how this county can develop a programme of commemorative activities within the available budget allocation, which will aim to enhance the understanding by all members of the community of the significance that these historical events have had in the political, economic, social and cultural life of Ireland.

LIBRARY EVENTS

South Dublin Libraries are planning a range of activities during the decade of commemoration including events focusing on the 1913 Lockout.

Dr Miriam Moffitt of NUI Maynooth will give a series of four lectures on the 1913 lockout in Whitechurch Library beginning in October 2012, in the County Library in February 2013 and in Ballyroan Library in October 2013.

The Libraries Department have also just published a book entitled Dublin Fire Brigade and the Irish Revolution: The story of trade unionism and republicanism within a section of Dublin’s municipal workforce 1892-1923, which contains many references to Dublin during the lockout period.

SOURCE – the digital heritage section of the library website will soon include new material relating to the lockout which has been collected recently. Additional material from Liberty Hall will also be delivered along with a film of the events of 1913 currently owned by UCC.

Items relating to the 1913 Lockout which are currently available from SOURCE include: 

• Description: 1913 Report of the Departmental Committee into the Housing Conditions of the Working Classes in the City of Dublin

URI: http://sourcestaff.sdcclan.ie/handle/10599/9695

•  Description: Dublin Metropolitan Police baton used in the 1913 Lockout riots.

URI: http://sourcestaff.sdcclan.ie/handle/10599/9625

•  Description: Photograph of a group of men taken outside Liberty Hall during the 1913 Lockout, including Jim Larkin and James Connolly.

URI: http://sourcestaff.sdcclan.ie/handle/10599/9464

•  DMP summons issued to Thomas Mannion for illegally stopping his tram on the street between Sackville Street and Dame Street as part of strike action: 'On the 26th day of August 1913, between Sackville Street and Dame St within said district, being the conductor of a stage carriage to wit a tram car no. 196, was not in constant attendance on said vehicle when standing between said streets in which such vehicle was authorised to ply'

URI: http://sourcestaff.sdcclan.ie/handle/10599/9445

•  Description: British Government warning poster in the form of a proclamation, prohibiting a "Seditious Assembly" in Sackville Street. Signed in print E.G. Swifte.

URI: http://sourcestaff.sdcclan.ie/handle/10599/9446

•  Description: Irish Independent Newspaper Poster announcing the arrest of Jim Larkin and the results of the riot and DMP baton charges.

URI: http://sourcestaff.sdcclan.ie/handle/10599/9447

 The County Library is also planning a commemorative exhibition which will be aimed at local schools and will include a re-enactment of Larkin’s speech as part of the event.