Reference code
IE CA CP/3/16/4/66
Title
The Red Flag in Dublin / Mansion House Meeting
Date(s)
- 5 Feb. 1918 (Creation)
Level of description
Part
Extent and medium
1 p.; clipping
Name of creator
(24 November 1900-26 July 1970)
Repository
Archival history
Immediate source of acquisition or transfer
Scope and content
A report on a meeting of Irish socialists in the Mansion House, Dublin. The purpose of the meeting was to ‘congratulate the Russian people on the triumph they have won for democratic principles’. The speakers included Dr Kathleen Lynn, Constance Markievicz, William O’Brien, and Maud Gonne MacBride. The article reports that ‘The Red Flag’ was sung at the meeting. The article was published in the ‘Irish Times’ (5 February 1918).