James Larkin

James Larkin, sometimes known as Jim Larkin, was an Irish trade union leader and socialist activist, born to Irish parents in Liverpool, England.

He and his family later moved to a small cottage in Burren, southern County Down. Growing up in poverty, he received little formal education and began working in a variety of jobs while still a child. He became a full-time trade union organizer in 1905.

Date of birth:
21st January, 1876
Date of death:
30th January, 1947
"The question of religion was a matter for each individual’s conscience, and in a great many cases was the outcome of birth or residence in a certain geographical area."
― James Larkin
Topic(s): Religion
"We are now on the threshold of a newer movement, with a newer hope and a new inspiration."
― James Larkin
Topic(s): Hope
"Stop at home. Arm for Ireland. Fight for Ireland and no other land."
― James Larkin
Topic(s): Home
"There must be freedom for all to live, to think, to worship, no book, no avenue must be closed."
― James Larkin
Topic(s): Freedom
"We shall not fight for the preservation of the enemy, which has laid waste with death and desolation the fields and hills of Ireland for 700 years."
― James Larkin
Topic(s): Death

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