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Stamp commemorating Connolly & the 50th anniversary of 1916.
Stamp commemorating Connolly & the 50th anniversary of 1916.
The Flag of the Irish Citizen Army.
The Flag of the Irish Citizen Army.
Tralee Trades and Labour Council, 1915. Connolly is in centre of second row.
Tralee Trades and Labour Council, 1915. Connolly is in centre of second row.
Members of the National Executive of the Irish Trade Union Congress and Labour Party, 1914.
Members of the National Executive of the Irish Trade Union Congress and Labour Party, 1914.
Connolly is standing on far left. Larkin is seated second from the right.
Irish Trade Union Congress outside Dublin City Hall, May 1914.
Irish Trade Union Congress outside Dublin City Hall, May 1914.
Connolly is standing second from the right. James Larkin is sitting in the centre of the second row.
Irish Citizen Army outside Liberty Hall, 1914.
Irish Citizen Army outside Liberty Hall, 1914.
The banner, 'We serve neither King nor Kaiser', was put up when Connolly became acting general secretary of the ITGWU following Larkin's departure for [...]
Irish Citizen Army, Dublin c. 1914.
Irish Citizen Army, Dublin c. 1914.
A company of the Irish Citizen Army at Croydon House, Croydon Park, Clontarf, Co. Dublin (the recreation centre of the ITGWU), 1914.
Irish Citizen Army drilling in the Phoenix Park, Dublin.
Irish Citizen Army drilling in the Phoenix Park, Dublin.
First recruits to the Irish Citizen Army drilling in the Phoenix Park, December 1913. James Connolly is second from the right.
Trade union leaders in Clarion Cafe, Manchester in November 1913.
Trade union leaders in Clarion Cafe, Manchester in November 1913.
Trade union leaders meet in the Clarion cafe, Manchester in November 1913. James Connolly is on the extreme right and next to him are 'Big' Bill Haywo [...]
Group photo in Liverpool, 1913.
Group photo in Liverpool, 1913.
Speakers photographed in Liverpool in support of Dublin workers . At back: 'Big' Jim Larkin and James Connolly. In front: Mrs Bamber (Liverpool Trades [...]
Drawing of Connolly by Seán O
Drawing of Connolly by Seán O'Sullivan, RHA.

'To the Linen Slaves of Belfast'.
Lillie Connolly and her youngest daughter, Fiona, c. 1915.
Lillie Connolly and her youngest daughter, Fiona, c. 1915.
Programme of meetings to be addressed by Connolly, August 1910.
Programme of meetings to be addressed by Connolly, August 1910.
Socialist Party of Ireland (SPI) leaflet announcing Connolly
Socialist Party of Ireland (SPI) leaflet announcing Connolly's return to Ireland.
Cover of Socialism Made Easy, published in Chicago in 1909.
Cover of Socialism Made Easy, published in Chicago in 1909.
The artist and poet, Ralph Chaplin, designed the cover of Connolly's pamphlet Socialism Made Easy (Chicago 1909). His name is visible beneath the harp [...]
Farewell dinner for Connolly, New York, 1910.
Farewell dinner for Connolly, New York, 1910.
Farewell dinner on the occasion of Connolly's departure from New York to return to Dublin, 14 July 1910.
Election leaflet in Yiddish.
Election leaflet in Yiddish.
Election leaflet in Yiddish in support of James Connolly in his campaign for election to Dublin Corporation for the Wood Quay Ward in 1902.
Two of Connolly
Two of Connolly's early publications.
Erin's Hope: The End and the Means was published by the Irish Socialist Republican Party in 1897. It consisted of three articles contributed by Connol [...]
Members of Irish Socialist Republican Party, 1901.
Members of Irish Socialist Republican Party, 1901.
Members of the Irish Socialist Republican Party (ISRP) photographed in the Phoenix Park, May 1901.
Ship Street Barracks, Dublin.
Ship Street Barracks, Dublin.
James Connolly served in the First Battalion of the King's Liverpool Regiment, 1892-1889. He was stationed in Cork, at the Curragh, and in Dublin in B [...]
Richmond Barracks, Inchicore, Dublin.
Richmond Barracks, Inchicore, Dublin.
One of eight barracks in Dublin, Inchicore could house up to 1600 soldiers.
Copy of Connolly
Copy of Connolly's birth certificate.
Copy of the birth certificate of James Connolly, recording his birth at 2.30 p.m. 5 June 1868 at 107 Cowgate, Edinburgh, Scotland.
Lillie Reynolds, wife of James Connolly.
Lillie Reynolds, wife of James Connolly.
Lillie Reynolds photographed before her marriage to James Connolly in Perth, Scotland, in April 1890.
The Cowgate slum area of Edinburgh.
The Cowgate slum area of Edinburgh.
The Cowgate slum area of Edinburgh, Scotland, where Connolly was born.
James Connolly photographed in 1911.
James Connolly photographed in 1911.
Connolly photographed in 1902.
Connolly photographed in 1902.
Postcard showing the GPO, 1916
Postcard showing the GPO, 1916
James Connolly lies wounded in a stretcher surrounded by his comrades inside a battle scarred GPO.
Commemmorative stamp of Connolly
Commemmorative stamp of Connolly
Connolly in 1911.
Connolly in 1911.
James Connolly with his wife and daughters, c. 1895.
James Connolly with his wife and daughters, c. 1895.
James Connolly and his wife, Lillie, and daughters, Mona and Nora. This is the earliest known photograph of Connolly and was taken in Edinburgh, Scotl [...]