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 The Irish Left Archive is an online archive of materials relating to Irish left politics , freely accessible and easy to download and reproduce .

 It was initiated by the Cedar Lounge Revolution .

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 Kevin Rooney: IrishBorderPoll.com
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 Featured Document
 Irish Socialist, No. 123
 January 1973, from the Communist Party of Ireland.

 Featured Document
 Socialist Worker, Vol. 2, No. 146
 Socialist Workers’ Party, 2001

 Featured Document
 The Ripening of Time, No. 7
 Capital in Ireland, July 1977

 Timeline
 Timeline of the Irish Left
 An interactive timeline of Irish Left organisations and parties from 1900 to the present.

 Featured Document
 1916-1966
 Essays from the 50th Anniversary of the 1916 Rising, from the Irish Workers’ Party

 Snapshots of Political Action
 Palestine Solidarity Demonstration During Ireland-Israel Soccer Match
 Documents from the Ireland Palestine Solidarity Campaign in 2005.

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 Bibliography of Irish Left Publications
 A list of left periodicals in Ireland

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 In the Archive

   1231  Documents   436  Organisations   47  Internationals   217  Publications   875  People   20  Demonstrations   10  Collections   12  Articles 

 Snapshots of Political Action
 A project from Irish Election Literature and the Irish Left Archive
 Documents from demonstrations 

 Recent Material
 Joint Statement by the Irish Republican Socialist Party and The…

 (1987)

 Irish Republican Socialist Party, The Leninist group (CPGB) 

 Silence = Death

 (2026)

 Conradh na Saoirse Náisiúnta 

 Workers' Republic, Vol. 1, No. 1

 (1969)

 League for a Workers Republic 

 House Sick: TCDSU's Transition from Protest to PR

 (2025)

 People Before Profit 

 Marxism 2025

 (2025)

 Socialist Workers' Network 

 Joint Memorandum on Citizens’ Rights in Northern Ireland

 (1967)

 Irish Congress of Trade Unions, Northern Ireland Labour Party 

 Personal Accounts

 The Irish Left Archive hopes to collate first-hand political reminiscences or observations from people involved in Irish Left political activity over the years. We'd be grateful to anyone who has been involved in political parties, campaigns or activism who would like to provide us an account of their personal experience. 
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   Irish Left Archive Podcast 

 Exploring Left politics in Ireland past and present

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  Episode 72
 Kevin Rooney: IrishBorderPoll.com

 Fri, 30 Oct 2026
  Episode 71
 Newshound, with John Fay

 Mon, 28 Sep 2026
  Episode 70
 Eugene McCartan: Communist Party of Ireland

 Tue, 31 Mar 2026

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 Updated: The Leninist group (CPGB) 
  Organisation | 26th October 2026 
 Updated: The Leninist 
  Publication | 26th October 2026 
 Updated: Communist Party of Great Britain (Provisional Central Committee) 
  Organisation | 26th October 2026 
 New: Joint Statement by the Irish Republican Socialist Party and The Leninist Editorial Board 
  Document | 26th October 2026 
 Updated: Independents 4 Change 
  Organisation | 23rd October 2026 

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 C obrien on "Communism in Ireland" | 18th October 2026, 09:12 
 I was one of the 5 who produced Focalín. I know the name of the cartoonist and the other 3 of course. 
 TGT on "Focalín" | 9th August 2026, 00:00 
 Re: BICO publications online 
 Aonrud on "British and Irish Communist Organisation" | 3rd August 2026, 09:34 
 BICO publications online 
 Cathy Winch on "British and Irish Communist Organisation" | 1st August 2026, 08:02 
 very grateful for this site! 
 lm on "Economic Resistance" | 17th March 2026, 04:26 

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 The British Left on Ireland
 Since the Irish Left Archive began it has included documents from the British left on Ireland, and these have accumulated over the years to cover a wide range of groups. This collection shows some of the positions taken by the British left over the course of the last several decades. 
 Wood Quay Protests
 Documents related to the Wood Quay protests of 1978 and 1979, which sought to preserve the Viking site found on the planned site of Dublin Corporation's new offices. 
 The Hunger Strikes
 Materials relating to the Hunger Strikes of 1980/1 in the archive. 

 Articles

 Traveller Activism in the 1980s: The Committee for the Rights of Travellers and Mincéir Misli
  Committee for the Rights of Travellers

 Commentary from 
 Aonrud

 John Swift (1896-1990)
  John Swift

 Commentary from 
 John P. Swift

 The Path to Marriage Equality in GCN: Part 3
  Gay Community News

 Commentary from 
 Tomboktu

 The Path to Marriage Equality in GCN: Part 2
  Gay Community News

 Commentary from 
 Tomboktu

 The Path to Marriage Equality in GCN: Part 1
  Gay Community News

 Commentary from 
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 What you see now and what people saw fifty years ago  
 By: WorldbyStorm | Sat, 31 Oct 2026 10:14:00 
 Long wondered about this. What differences have emerged with respect to the consumption of imagery on the part of people in a digital media device saturated society? The most obvious one is the sheer number of images now available. To get some grasp of this consider that estimates suggest that between 2013 and 2025 the … 

 Drone over  
 By: WorldbyStorm | Sat, 31 Oct 2026 09:36:00 
 Meant to mention this months ago but it sort of got lost in the mix: Drone aerial delivery operator Manna has announced it is ceasing delivery operations in Ireland to concentrate its growth on the US, UK and other international markets. In a statement released this afternoon, the company said “the lack of a clear … 

 This Weekend I’ll Mostly Be Listening to… Madra Salach  
 By: irishelectionliterature | Sat, 31 Oct 2026 04:10:00 

 ILA Podcast #72: Kevin Rooney: IrishBorderPoll.com  
 By: Aonrud ⚘ | Fri, 30 Oct 2026 10:54:35 
 In this episode we talk to Kevin Rooney of the Irish Border Poll project. Kevin is a Republican activist originally from Belfast and now based in London. He established IrishBorderPoll.com to encourage discussion and promote debate in Britain about Ireland’s future and to advocate for a border poll, which the project does through its website … 

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