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JAMES CONNOLLY 110th ANNIVERSARY

In the early hours of May 12th 1916, #JamesConnolly, was taken by stretcher from Dublin Castle to the stonebreakers yard in #Kilmainham Jail, strapped to a wooden chair, and executed by a #BritishArmy firing squad.

James Connolly was a Marxist, a patriot, an internationalist and the leader of the revolutionary working class in the #EasterRising. His execution was among the blackest crimes of imperialism against #Ireland and the international socialist movement.

Following the defeat of the Easter Rising and the arrest of the majority of its leaders, he was taken to Kilmainham Gaol and executed by firing squad for his part in its proceedings. 2/2

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James Connolly (Séamas Ó Conghaile) was born on 5 June 1868 to Irish parents in the Cowgate area of Edinburgh, Scotland, Connolly left school for working life at the age of 11, and became involved in socialist politics in the 1880s.

He opposed British rule in Ireland, and was one of the leaders of the Easter Rising of 1916, commanding the Irish Citizen Army throughout.

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Instead of being marched to the same spot where the others had been executed, at the far end of the execution yard, Connolly was tied to a chair and then shot.

Fuair siad bás ar son Saoirse na hÉireann. 2/2

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Eugene Debs on James Connolly's murder by the British #EugeneDebs #JamesConnolly #Landlordism https://jacobin.com/2022/03/eugene-debs-james-connolly-murder-irish-revolt

"The record of the successive hosts of foreigners who came amongst us and, finding Ireland a green and pleasant land, chose to abide there...let no Irishman throw a stone at the foreigner; he may hit his own clansman."
-James Connolly, 1908
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