James Connolly (Irish: Séamas Ó Conghaile; [1] 5 June 1868 – 12 May 1916) was a Scottish-born Irish republican, socialist, and trade union leader, executed for his part in the 1916 Easter Rising against British rule in Ireland.

James Connolly was a revolutionary socialist, a trade union leader and a political theorist. His execution by firing squad after the Easter Rising, supported by a chair because of his...

James Connolly was a Marxist union leader and revolutionary who was a leading participant in the Easter Rising (April 24–29, 1916) in Dublin against British rule. In 1896, soon after his arrival in Dublin, Connolly helped found the Irish Socialist Republican Party.

Jun 5, 2024 · The life story of 1916 Easter Rising Leader James Connolly. James Connolly, the Edinburgh man calling the military shots from the GPO during the 1916 Easter Rising, was the “heart” of...

James Connolly was a trade union leader who became one of the main driving forces of the 1916 Easter Rising. His execution, for which he had to be strapped in a chair because of he was weak from being wounded in the Rising, still resonates as a powerful image in Irish nationalist circles.

JAMES CONNOLLY AND THE EASTER RISING JOHN NEWSINGER MAY 9, 1916, WHILE AWAITING EXECUTION at the hands of the British military in Dublin, James Connolly complained to his daughter Nora that his part in the Easter Rising would be misunderstood by other socialists. "They will never understand why I am here," he told her. "They

The second part of TG4’s documentary on the Easter Rising focuses largely on the role James Connolly played in the events. Connolly was only briefly mentioned in the first video, but we learned that he was already a great socialist leader.

On this day, May 12, 1916, Easter Rising leaders Seán MacDiarmada and James Connolly were executed for their role in the rebellion. The 1916 Easter Rising took place over the course of five...

One hundred years ago today, on May 12, 1916, James Connolly became the last of the Easter Rising leaders to be put to death. So weakened was he from injuries incurred during the fighting, he had to be bound to a chair to face his executioners in the Stonebreakers’ Yard at …

The Easter Rising Proclamation was produced by James Connolly, Patrick Pearse and their fellow rebel leaders prior to the April 24th 1916 attempt to seize control of Dublin. Its text proclaimed the formation of a Provisional Government to oversee Ireland’s transition to an independent republic: Irishmen and Irishwomen,