Jim Larkin, Matt Talbot and the 1913 Dublin Lockout

In the September 2013 issue of Pioneer Magazine, official publication of the Pioneer Total Abstinence Association of the Sacred Heart (PTAA), of which Matt Talbot was a member, one article may be of particular interest at 

http://www.pioneerassociation.ie/images/stories/pioneercovers/magazine/september2013.pdf, pages 16-17.

 

In the article titled, “Jim Larkin, Matt Talbot, and the 1913 Dublin Lockout,” Sean Ua Cearnaigh provides a brief overview of the historical lockout and Matt Talbot’s role in it. As the author notes, Matt “was not a scab as some critics who did not know him tried to convey” but one in solidarity. 

 

More on this topic can be found at

http://venerablematttalbotresourcecenter.blogspot.com/2013/10/matt-talbot-and-1913-dublin-lockout_3.html)