![]() He had an education up to the age of about ten in the local Catholic primary school. His father and grandfathers were labourers. He was born in St Patrick's Roman Catholic parish, in the Cowgate district of Edinburgh known as "Little Ireland". He spoke with a Scottish accent throughout his life. His parents had moved to Scotland from County Monaghan, Ireland, and settled in the Cowgate, a ghetto where thousands of Irish people lived. Early LifeĬonnolly was born in an Irish immigrant slum in Edinburgh in 1868, the third son of John Connolly and Mary McGinn. He was executed by firing squad following the Rising. ![]() He opposed British rule in Ireland, and was one of the leaders of the Easter Rising of 1916. ![]() With James Larkin, he was centrally involved in the Dublin lock-out of 1913, as a result of which the two men formed the Irish Citizen Army (ICA) that year. ![]() He was a member of the Industrial Workers of the World and founder of the Irish Socialist Republican Party. ![]() He also took a role in Scottish and United States. He left school for working life at the age of 11. James Connolly (Irish: Séamas Ó Conghaile 5 June 1868 – ) was a Scottish-born Irish republican and socialist leader.Ĭonnolly was born in the Cowgate area of Edinburgh, Scotland, to Irish parents. ![]()
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