Marxists Internet Archive: History Archive: Ireland: The Irish Worker
The Irish Worker
(1911-1914, 1923-1925)
Introduction
The Irish Worker and People’s Advocate newspaper (after six months it would be called simply The Irish Worker) was launched on 27 May 1911 by the outstanding Irish revolutionary and labour leader James Larkin. Taken up by the Irish Transport and General Workers Union, the weekly paper would become a landmark publication in the history of the Irish labour press. With its vigorous style and large circulation the paper became the outstanding voice of the Irish labour movement.
Although Larkin was the editor and lead writer, the writings of many public figures and authors appeared in the paper. These included the actor Andrew Wilson who was sub-editor, the journalist and historian Standish O'Grady and playwright Seán O'Casey whose early writings were published in The Irish Worker. The artist Ernest Kavanagh provided vivid cartoons for the paper.
When Larkin was jailed during the 1913 Dublin Lock-out James Connolly took over as editor of the paper. The paper was suppressed by British authorities in December 1914. After his release from jail and labour’s defeat in the Dublin Lock-out Larkin left for America. Upon his return in 1923, The Irish Worker newspaper was relaunched. This time it was the voice of his political party, the Irish Worker League, associated with the Communist International.
Here we provide a complete run of The Irish Worker from 1911 through 1914 and a very limited run of the revived paper for 1923-1925.
Volume One: 1911-1912
Volume I, Number 1, May 27, 1911
Volume I, Number 2, June 3, 1911
Volume I, Number 3, June 10, 1911
Volume I, Number 4, June 17, 1911
Volume I, Number 5, June 24, 1911
Volume I, Number 6, July 1, 1911
Volume I, Number 7, July 8, 1911
Volume I, Number 8, July 15, 1911
Special Lock Out Edition, July 17, 1911
Volume I, Number 9, July 22, 1911
Volume I, Number 10, July 29, 1911
Volume I, Number 11, August 5, 1911
Volume I, Number 12, August 12, 1911
Volume I, Number 13, August 19, 1911
Volume I, Number 14, August 26, 1911
Volume I, Number 15, September 2, 1911
Volume I, Number 16, September 9, 1911
Volume I, Number 17, September 16, 1911
Volume I, Number 18, September 23, 1911
Volume I, Number 19, September 27, 1911
Volume I, Number 20, September 30, 1911
Volume I, Number 21, October 7, 1911
Volume I, Number 22, October 14, 1911
Volume I, Number 23, October 21, 1911
Volume I, Number 24, October 28, 1911
Volume I, Number 25, November 4, 1911
Volume I, Number 26, November 11, 1911
Volume I, Number 27, November 18, 1911
Volume I, Number 28, November 25, 1911
Volume I, Number 29, December 2, 1911
Volume I, Number 30, December 9, 1911
Volume I, Number 31, December 16, 1911
Volume I, Number 32, December 23, 1911
Volume I, Number 33, December 30, 1911
Volume I, Number 34, January 6, 1912
Volume I, Number 35, January 13, 1912
Volume I, Number 36, January 20, 1912
Volume I, Number 37, January 27, 1912
Volume I, Number 38, February 3, 1912
Volume I, Number 39, February 10, 1912
Volume I, Number 40, February 17, 1912
Volume I, Number 41, February 24, 1912
Volume I, Number 42, March 2, 1912
Volume I, Number 43, March 9, 1912
Volume I, Number 44, March 16, 1912
Volume I, Number 45, March 23, 1912
Volume I, Number 46, March 30, 1912
Volume I, Number 47, April 6, 1912
Volume I, Number 48, April 13, 1912
Volume I, Number 48, April 20, 1912
Volume I, Number 50, April 27, 1912
Volume I, Number 51, May 4, 1912
Volume I, Number 52, May 11, 1912
Volume I, Number 53, May 18, 1912
Volume Two: 1912-1913
Volume II, Number 1, May 25, 1912
Volume II, Number 2, June 1, 1912
Volume II, Number 3, June 8, 1912
Volume II, Number 4, June 15, 1912
Volume II, Number 5, June 22, 1912
Volume II, Number 6, June 29, 1912
Volume II, Number 7, July 6, 1912
Volume II, Number 8, July 13, 1912
Volume II, Number 9, July 20, 1912
Volume II, Number 10, July 27, 1912
Volume II, Number 11, August 3, 1912
Volume II, Number 12, August 10, 1912
Volume II, Number 13, August 17, 1912
Volume II, Number 14, August 24, 1912
Volume II, Number 15, August 31, 1912
Volume II, Number 16, September 7, 1912
Volume II, Number 17, September 14, 1912
Volume II, Number 18, September 21, 1912
Volume II, Number 19, September 28, 1912
Volume II, Number 20, October 5, 1912
Volume II, Number 21, October 12, 1912
Volume II, Number 22, October 19, 1912
Volume II, Number 23, October 26, 1912
Volume II, Number 24, November 2, 1912
Volume II, Number 25, November 9, 1912
Volume II, Number 26, November 16, 1912
Volume II, Number 27, November 23, 1912
Volume II, Number 28, November 30, 1912
Volume II, Number 29, December 7, 1912
Volume II, Number 30, December 14, 1912
Volume II, Number 31, December 21, 1912
Christmas Issue, Christmas 1912
Volume II, Number 32, December 28, 1912
Volume II, Number 33, January 4, 1913
Volume II, Number 34, January 11, 1913
Volume II, Number 35, January 18, 1913
Volume II, Number 36, January 25, 1913
Volume II, Number 37, February 1, 1913
Volume II, Number 38, February 8, 1913
Volume II, Number 39, February 15, 1913
Volume II, Number 40, February 22, 1913
Volume II, Number 41, March 1, 1913
Volume II, Number 42, March 8, 1913
Volume II, Number 43, March 15, 1913
Volume II, Number 44, March 22, 1913
Volume II, Number 45, March 29, 1913
Volume II, Number 46, April 5, 1913
Volume II, Number 47, April 12, 1913
Volume II, Number 48, April 19, 1913
Volume II, Number 48, April 26, 1913
Volume II, Number 50, May 3, 1913
Volume II, Number 51, May 10, 1913
Volume II, Number 52, May 17, 1913
Volume Three: 1913-1914
Volume III, Number 1, May 24, 1913
Volume III, Number 2, May 31, 1913
Volume III, Number 3, June 7, 1913
Volume III, Number 4, June 14, 1913
Volume III, Number 5, June 21, 1913
Volume III, Number 6, June 28, 1913
Volume III, Number 7, July 5, 1913
Volume III, Number 8, July 12, 1913
Volume III, Number 9, July 19, 1913
Volume III, Number 10, July 26, 1913
Volume III, Number 11, August 2, 1913
Volume III, Number 12, August 9, 1913
Volume III, Number 13, August 16, 1913
Volume III, Number 14, August 23, 1913
Volume III, Number 15, August 27, 1913
Volume III, Number 16, August 30, 1913
Volume III, Number 17, September 6, 1913
Volume III, Number 18, September 13, 1913
Volume III, Number 19, September 20, 1913
Volume III, Number 20, September 27, 1913
Volume III, Number 21, October 4, 1913
Volume III, Number 22, October 11, 1913
Volume III, Number 23, October 18, 1913
Volume III, Number 24, October 25, 1913
Volume III, Number 25, November 1, 1913
Volume III, Number 26, November 8, 1913
Volume III, Number 27, November 15, 1913
Volume III, Number 28, November 22, 1913
Volume III, Number 29, November 29, 1913
Volume III, Number 30, December 6, 1913
Volume III, Number 32, December 13, 1913
Volume III, Number 32, December 20, 1913
Volume III, Number 33, December 27, 1913
Volume III, Number 34, January 3, 1914
Volume III, Number 35, January 10, 1914
Special Election Edition
Volume III, Number 36, January 17, 1914
Volume III, Number 37, January 24, 1914
Volume III, Number 38, January 31, 1914
Volume III, Number 39, February 7, 1914
Volume III, Number 40, February 14, 1914
Volume III, Number 41, February 21, 1914
Volume III, Number 42, February 28, 1914
Volume III, Number 43, March 7, 1914
Volume III, Number 44, March 14, 1914
Volume III, Number 45, March 21, 1914
Volume III, Number 46, March 28, 1914
Volume III, Number 47, April 4, 1914
Volume III, Number 48, April 11, 1914
Volume III, Number 48, April 18, 1914
Volume III, Number 50, April 25, 1914
Volume III, Number 51, May 2, 1914
Volume III, Number 52, May 9, 1914Volume Four: 1914
Volume IV, Number 1, May 16, 1914
Volume IV, Number 2, May 23, 1914
Volume IV, Number 3, May 30, 1914
Volume IV, Number 4, June 6, 1914
Volume IV, Number 5, June 13, 1914
Volume IV, Number 6, June 20, 1914
Volume IV, Number 7, June 27, 1914
Volume IV, Number 8, July 4, 1914
Volume IV, Number 9, July 11, 1914
Volume IV, Number 10, July 18, 1914
Volume IV, Number 11, July 25, 1914
Volume IV, Number 12, August 1, 1914
Volume IV, Number 13, August 8, 1914
Volume IV, Number 14, August 15, 1914
Volume IV, Number 15, August 22, 1914
Volume IV, Number 16, August 29, 1914
Volume IV, Number 17, September 5, 1914
Volume IV, Number 18, September 12, 1914
Volume IV, Number 19, September 19, 1914
Volume IV, Number 20, September 26, 1914
Volume IV, Number 21, October 3, 1914
Volume IV, Number 22, October 10, 1914
Volume IV, Number 23, October 17, 1914
Volume IV, Number 24, October 24, 1914
Volume IV, Number 25, October 31, 1914
Volume IV, Number 26, November 7, 1914
Volume IV, Number 27, November 14, 1914
Volume IV, Number 28, November 21, 1914
Volume IV, Number 29, November 28, 1914
Volume IV, Number 30, December 5, 1914New Series: 1923
No. 1, June 16, 1923
No. 5, July 15, 1923
No. 8, August 4, 1923
No. 10, September 8, 1923
No. 14, October 6, 1923
No. 18, November 3, 1923
No. 22, December 1, 1923New Series: 1924
No. 26, January 5, 1924
No. 30, February 2, 1924
No. 34, March 1, 1924
No. 39, April 5, 1924
No. 43, May 3, 1924
No. 48, June 7, 1924
No. 52, July 5, 1924
No No., August 2, 1924
No. 59, September 6, 1924
No. 63, October 4, 1924
No. 67, November 1, 1924
No. 72, December 6, 1924New Series: 1925
Volume 2, No. 1, January 24, 1925
Volume 2, No. 3, February 7, 1925
Volume 2, No. 7, March 7, 1925
Volume 2, No. 11, April 4, 1925
Volume 2, No. 15, May 2, 1925
Last updated on 13 February 2025