Who Fears to Wear the Red Hand Badge?
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The 2014 lecture programme of the Old Drogheda Society opens on Wednesday, 15th January when the Society presents “Who Fears to Wear the Red Hand Badge?”, an illustrated talk about the Great Dublin Lockout of 1913, its local impact and its aftermath. The lecture will be held in the Governor’s House, Millmount, Drogheda at 8.00 p.m.
Francis Devine, the labour historian, author, poet and singer and his colleague, Fergus Russell, will tell the story of the Lockout through the songs and stories of the time, accompanied by contemporary images. Francis has collected the contemporary songs and poems relating to the dispute and the singing of these songs, most of which have not been heard for a century, will bring the events of Dublin city and county vividly to life.
Representatives of the Millmount Research Unit provide a presentation on the reporting of the dispute in the local newspapers at the time. The presentation will deal with the conflict within the communities of North Dublin, the response of the Church to the industrial unrest and the political developments arising from the dispute that prepared the way for a refocusing on the National Question and opened the path to the 1916 Rising.
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