The Irish Left Archive hopes to collate first-hand political reminiscences or observations from people involved in Irish Left political activity over the years. We'd be grateful to anyone who has been involved in political parties, campaigns or activism who would like to provide us an account of their personal experience.
The Irish Left Archive is an online archive of materials relating to Irish left politics, freely accessible and easy to download and reproduce.
It was initiated by the Cedar Lounge Revolution.
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New: Election Interventions—Historical & Contemporary
Document | 18th November 2024Updated: International Marxist Tendency in Ireland
Organisation | 15th November 2024Updated: Revolutionary Communists of Ireland
Organisation | 15th November 2024New: The Good Friday Agreement: Capitalism, Poverty, Imperialism And The Police State
Document | 12th November 2024New: The Coffee Circle Papers: Paper 5 – Economic Growth: Who Needs It?
Document | 4th November 2024
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MP on "Revolutionary Communists of Ireland" | 13th November 2024, 00:07 - Re: International Marxist Tendency in Ireland
Aonrud on "Fightback, Conference Special, March 2011" | 12th September 2024, 07:21 - clare daly and mick wallace
peter huiskes on "Independents 4 Change" | 3rd September 2024, 20:34 - International Marxist Tendency in Ireland
Pádraig Malone on "Fightback, Conference Special, March 2011" | 31st August 2024, 12:26 - Re: Re: Re: SW paper front cover of same
E on "Divorce: Vote Yes" | 18th August 2024, 15:29
Collections
The British Left on Ireland
Since the Irish Left Archive began it has included documents from the British left on Ireland, and these have accumulated over the years to cover a wide range of groups. This collection shows some of the positions taken by the British left over the course of the last several decades.
Wood Quay Protests
Documents related to the Wood Quay protests of 1978 and 1979, which sought to preserve the Viking site found on the planned site of Dublin Corporation's new offices.
The Hunger Strikes
Materials relating to the Hunger Strikes of 1980/1 in the archive.
Articles
Traveller Activism in the 1980s: The Committee for the Rights of Travellers and Mincéir Misli
Committee for the Rights of Travellers
Commentary from
Aonrud
John Swift (1896-1990)
John Swift
Commentary from
John P. Swift
The Path to Marriage Equality in GCN: Part 3
Gay Community News
Commentary from
Tomboktu
The Path to Marriage Equality in GCN: Part 2
Gay Community News
Commentary from
Tomboktu
The Path to Marriage Equality in GCN: Part 1
Gay Community News
Commentary from
Tomboktu