Campaign launched in name of Irish revolutionary James Connolly
A NEW campaigning and social organisation has been launched in Britain in the name of Irish revolutionary James Connolly.
The James Connolly League launched in Manchester’s Irish World Heritage Centre over the weekend, with delegates from Ireland, England and Scotland.
Speakers included veteran Irish republican Tommy McKearney, Frankie Quinn of the 1916 Societies and trade union activist Kevan Nelson.
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