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Jodie Clark: Proud Cork woman and Irish Community Activist
Jodie Clark’s involvement in the Irish in Britain Representation Group reflected the way in which the organisation drew in Irish working class people who were prepared to get stuck into grassroots organising. Women and men who experienced anti-Irish … Continue reading
My review of “Memoir: My Early Life” by Joe Mullarkey (2021)
In his memoir Joe Mullarkey, one of the key members of the Irish in Britain Representation Group , reflects on what it means to be Irish and his experiences of being an activist in key events that affected the Irish … Continue reading
My review of “Feminism and the Servant Problem Class and Domestic Labour in the Women’s Suffrage Movement” Laura Schwartz
Both my mother and aunt’s first job in England after arriving from Ireland in the 1940s was as servants. Both of them hated it. My aunt ran away from her employer and my Dad had to return to … Continue reading
My review of Seeing Ourselves Women’s Self-Portraits Frances Borzello
First published in 1998 Frances Borzello’s “Seeing Ourselves Women’s Self Portraits” has never been out of print. And reading it I know why. It is not only very well written, it is a unique story of the history … Continue reading
My review of Twyford Rising Land and Resistance Helen Beynon with Chris Gillham
Twyford Down was the birthplace of ecological direct action in the UK and environmental campaigns of today have been shaped by the events that took place there. In this new, and inspiring history of the Twyford Rising, it is the … Continue reading
The Spirit of the Irish in Britain Representation Group continues …..
IBRG as a functioning organisation did not exist after 2005. Pat Reynolds did continue to be active in campaigns such as Christy McGrath and put out statements from time to time in the name of IBRG. He continued both personally … Continue reading
History of Irish in Britain Representation Group, part twenty five, 2005
Patrick Reynolds was one of the founders of IBRG and played a key role in its history. He is now writing up that history and putting it into the context of radical history in Britain and Ireland in the … Continue reading
History of Irish in Britain Representation Group, part twenty four, 2004
Patrick Reynolds was one of the founders of IBRG and played a key role in its history. He is now writing up that history and putting it into the context of radical history in Britain and Ireland in … Continue reading
History of Irish in Britain Representation Group, part twenty two, 2002
Patrick Reynolds was one of the founders of IBRG and played a key role in its history. He is now writing up that history and putting it into the context of radical history in Britain and Ireland in the … Continue reading
