Three sides of Liberty Hall have been covered with images commemorating the 1916 Rising. The banners include six images by Robert Ballagh, such as the scene in the GPO (see Revolution 1916 and the Visual History page on The Birth Of The Irish Republic), Connolly’s execution, and Frongoch internment camp in Wales, which held 1,800 republicans, who were afforded POW status and thus became a de facto education and training ground for republicanism. It was closed in December, 1916. (WP)
The text on the three banners is as follows:
1916 – 2016 SIPTU: ‘Ní saoırse go saoırse luċt oıbre’. ‘There is no freedom without the freedom of the working class.’ ‘The Citizen Army is open to all who accept the principle of equal rights and opportunities.’ ‘The first and last principle of the Citizen Army is the avowal that the ownership of Ireland, moral and material, is vested of right in the people of Ireland.’
1916 – 2016 SIPTU: ‘Organising for fairness at work and justice in society.’ ‘Organising for decent work, decent lives.’
1916 – 2016 SIPTU: ‘The struggle for workers’ rights continues.’ ‘”The cause of labour is the cause of Ireland. The cause of Ireland is the cause of labour. They cannot be dissevered.” James Connolly.’ ‘Laoċra Na Cásca 1916: Unfinished revolution of labour and feminism: recruits welcome.’ ‘Frongoch: internment camp becomes university of revolution.’
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