Big Jim Larkin, The Dublin Lockout 1914

Jim Larkin was an Irish labor leader who was instrumental in the activities of the 1914 Irish lockouts. He later served in Parliament. The button shows a figure of Larkin, which is famously enshrined in a statue near Liberty Hall in Dublin.

Today marks 71 years since his death.img_9364

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