The Reds and the Green
The Irish fight for freedom inspired revolutionaries around the world. Yet the Comintern founded in 1919 struggled to build a lasting socialist presence in independent Ireland’s politics.
Emmet O’Connor is senior lecturer in the School of Arts and Humanities at Ulster University.
The Irish fight for freedom inspired revolutionaries around the world. Yet the Comintern founded in 1919 struggled to build a lasting socialist presence in independent Ireland’s politics.
In the years after the Easter Rising, Ireland saw a wave of worker militancy.