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EACH FOR ALL. IRISH TRANSPORT ALL FOR EACH.
FOR PROGRESS
GENERAL WORKERS UNION General Workers Union James Larkin,
General Secretary
Head Offices: LIBERTY HALL,
BERESFORD PLACE, DUBLIN January 27 1916
Dear Miss Carney I regret very much to learn
about the fire in your premises, and
hope the goods of the Union destroyed were
not of much significance. I shall try and
visit Belfast in the course of the coming
week to consult with you about new
premises. Yours truly
James Connolly
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Indonta
A letter from James Connolly (1868-1916) to Miss Carney acknowledging his regret at
hearing of the fire in her premises in Belfast and the destruction of union goods.
His writes of his intention to visit her to discuss new premises.James Connolly was
an active trade union and socialist organiser and commandant of the Irish Citizen
Army. In 1916 he joined the military committee (later Military Council) of the Irish
Republican Brotherhood and became intimately involved in the planning and execution
of the Easter Rising. He was a signatory of the Proclamation of the Irish Republic
and commander in chief of the rebel forces in Dublin during the Rising. He was executed
on 12 May.