Nora Connolly

A critical biographical study of Irish radical, Nora Connolly O'Brien (1893-1981), daughter of the Irish labour leader and revolutionary, James Connolly

'No longer clad in corduroy'? The Glasgow University Irish National Club, 1907-1917

Unique among university clubs in Britain, the Glasgow University Irish National Club emerged before the first world war among mainly second generation, Scots-born Irish students to assist in the campaign for Irish home rule. It was a useful adjunct to the home rule movement and helped the Irish and mainly catholic students at the university carve out a niche for themselves firstly within the institution and thereafter in wider society. This reflected a growing Irish catholic middle class desirous of playing a greater role in Scottish public life during a time of great transition for the Irish in Scotland

'That link must be preserved but there are other problems': the British Labour Party and Derry, 1942-62

A study of relations between the local labour organisations in Derry/Londonderry in Northern Ireland and the British Labour Party between 1942 and 1962