Skerries in the Year of the Great Unrest

Paper 279

Lecture – 2011

Author – Martin, Janet

Detailing some of the events of 1911 and how it effected the people in the town of Skerries. Including Home Rule and the Irish Question, Jim Larkin and the Trade Union Movement, as well as Votes for Women. There was a lot going on in this year that had consequences in later years. 
(33 pages)


Themes: Social History, Politics, War & Rebellion

Skerries Historical Society
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