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James Connolly

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James Connolly

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Also known as James B. Connolly, James Brendan Connolly, James Brendan Bennet "Jamie" Connolly

American triple jumper (1868-1957)

Person · Open Library

Born
1868
Died
1916
Works
72

Top works

  • The Connolly-Walker controversy on socialist unity in Ireland
  • Socialism made easy
  • Sinn Féin & socialism
  • Connolly's suppressed articles
  • The Connolly/De Leon controversy on wages, marriage and the Church

via Open Library + Wikidata

Music · MusicBrainz

Type
Person
Gender
Male
Origin
United Kingdom
Active from
1942-11-24
britishscottishuk

via MusicBrainz · CC0

Listeners · Last.fm

Listeners
138
Total plays
841

From the rollicking welcome of "A Festive Song" to the defiant battle cry of "Watchword of Labor," Songs of Freedom accomplishes the difficult task of making contemporary music out of old revolutionary songs. Far from the archival preservation of embalmed corpses, the inspired performance of a rocking band turns the timeless lyrics of James Connolly into timely manifestos for today's young rebels. As Connolly himself repeatedly urged, nothing can replace the power of music to raise the fighting

via Last.fm · James Connolly

Quotes

  • When questions of “class” interests are eliminated from public controversy a victory is thereby gained for the possessing, conservative class, whose only hope of security lies in such elimination.

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Key facts

Born
James Brendan Bennet Connolly , October 28, 1868, Boston, Massachusetts
Died
January 20, 1957 (1957-01-20) (aged 88), Brookline, Massachusetts
Height
5 ft 8 + 1 ⁄ 2 in (174 cm)
Weight
159 lb (72 kg)
Country
United States
Sport
Athletics

via Wikipedia infobox

Sports profile

Sport
Soccer
Team
Crewe Alexandra
Position
Midfielder
Nationality
England

via TheSportsDB

~8 min read

Encyclopedic overview

James Brendan Bennet Connolly (Irish: Séamas Breandán Ó Conghaile, October 28, 1868 – January 20, 1957) was an American athlete and author. In 1896, he became the first modern Olympic champion.

Early life

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “James Connolly” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.

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