Connolly Association
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The Connolly Association is an organisation based among Irish emigrants in Britain which supports the aims of
History
It was formed in London in 1938 as the Connolly Club by members of the London branch of the
Throughout the 1950s and 1960s, the Connolly Association influenced trade unionists in Belfast who went on to establish the Northern Ireland Civil Rights Association in Northern Ireland. The Association continued to organise meetings throughout Britain and a number of new branches were established.[1]
The Connolly Association has produced a newspaper since 1939, known first as Irish Freedom and then from 1945 as the Irish Democrat. It supports the
Members
Notable members of the Connolly Association included C. Desmond Greaves,[2] Anthony Coughlan[3] Roy Johnston,[4] Luke Kelly, Eddie Dempsey, and Derry Kelleher.[4]
Notes
- ^ See The Left In Britain, 1956-1968 by David Widgery, Penguin, 1976.
- ^ See the Introduction to The Politics of James Connolly by Kieran Allen (1990)
- ^ Northern Ireland's '68: Civil Rights, Global Revolt and the origins of the Troubles by Simon Prince (2007)
- ^ a b Century of Endeavour by Roy H. W. Johnston (2003) (pp. 5, 214).