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James Connolly
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Irish republican, trade unionist and socialist revolutionary
James Connolly was an Irish republican, trade unionist, and socialist revolutionary who played a significant role in Irish independence and labor movements. He matters because he represents an important intersection of working-class activism and Irish nationalism during a pivotal period in modern Irish history.
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- human
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
- Place of birth
- Edinburgh
- Place of death
- Dublin
- Occupation
- trade unionist
- Political party
- Irish Socialist Republican Party
- Languages spoken
- English language
- Conflict
- World War I
- Military branch
- British Army
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- James Connolly
- date of birth
- 1868-06-05
- date of death
- 1916-05-12
- cause of death
- gunshot wound
- manner of death
- capital punishment
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- James Connolly
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- Armenian Soviet Encyclopedia
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- Irish Citizen Army
- start of work period
- 1913-00-00
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James Connolly (Irish: Séamas Ó Conghaile; 5 June 1868 – 12 May 1916) was a Scottish-born Irish republican, socialist, and trade union leader, executed for his part in the 1916 Easter Rising against British rule in Ireland. He remains an important figure both for the Irish labour movement and for Irish republicanism.
He became an active socialist in Scotland, where he had been born in 1868 to Irish parents. On moving to Ireland in 1896, he established the country's first socialist party, the Irish Socialist Republican Party. It called for an Ireland independent not only of Britain's Crown and Parliament, but also of British "capitalists, landlords and financiers".
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