Comments on: COMMUNIST PARTY OF IRELAND - MARCH 1941 http://dublinopinion.com/2010/04/03/communist-party-of-ireland-march-1941/ It's a group blog. What more do you need to know? Thu, 24 May 2012 08:08:26 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.2.1 By: Nick Wright http://dublinopinion.com/2010/04/03/communist-party-of-ireland-march-1941/#comment-78333 Nick Wright Sun, 08 Apr 2012 16:20:12 +0000 http://dublinopinion.com/2010/04/03/communist-party-of-ireland-march-1941/#comment-78333 "That looks like Gilsans in the some of the headlines." Gill Sans was launched at the 1928 Blackpool meeting of the Federation of master Printers and was denounced by one delegate as 'typographic Bolshevism". It became one of the most commercially successful typefaces ever designed. It was designed by Eric Gill and used on the Daily Worker (whose hammer and sickle designed for the Daily Worker masthead is today the emblem of the Communist Party of Britain). Available by mail order at http://tinyurl.com/d77t6q2 “That looks like Gilsans in the some of the headlines.”
Gill Sans was launched at the 1928 Blackpool meeting of the Federation of master Printers and was denounced by one delegate as ‘typographic Bolshevism”. It became one of the most commercially successful typefaces ever designed.
It was designed by Eric Gill and used on the Daily Worker (whose hammer and sickle designed for the Daily Worker masthead is today the emblem of the Communist Party of Britain).
Available by mail order at http://tinyurl.com/d77t6q2

]]> By: Conor McCabe http://dublinopinion.com/2010/04/03/communist-party-of-ireland-march-1941/#comment-72929 Conor McCabe Tue, 20 Apr 2010 16:03:53 +0000 http://dublinopinion.com/2010/04/03/communist-party-of-ireland-march-1941/#comment-72929 Thanks Michael, and duly noted. I'll work on the file size for next time. Thanks Michael, and duly noted. I’ll work on the file size for next time.

]]> By: Michael Callaghan http://dublinopinion.com/2010/04/03/communist-party-of-ireland-march-1941/#comment-72927 Michael Callaghan Tue, 20 Apr 2010 10:13:40 +0000 http://dublinopinion.com/2010/04/03/communist-party-of-ireland-march-1941/#comment-72927 only thing can you keep the file size down? 4mb is a lot for a leaflet. only thing can you keep the file size down? 4mb is a lot for a leaflet.

]]> By: Michael Callaghan http://dublinopinion.com/2010/04/03/communist-party-of-ireland-march-1941/#comment-72926 Michael Callaghan Tue, 20 Apr 2010 10:12:26 +0000 http://dublinopinion.com/2010/04/03/communist-party-of-ireland-march-1941/#comment-72926 Looking forward to seeing more from the collection you received on this website. Thanks for the work so far! Mike Callaghan Sligo Looking forward to seeing more from the collection you received on this website. Thanks for the work so far!

Mike Callaghan
Sligo

]]> By: Adrian Grant http://dublinopinion.com/2010/04/03/communist-party-of-ireland-march-1941/#comment-72882 Adrian Grant Thu, 15 Apr 2010 13:17:20 +0000 http://dublinopinion.com/2010/04/03/communist-party-of-ireland-march-1941/#comment-72882 I spent the last few days in the NAI going through the recently released dept of justice files on communist activity etc. in 1935-8. There is quite a bit of info on the CPI, Republican Congress, Anti Fascist League etc. There are weekly reports of CPI meetings etc in the Dublin Metropolitan Division in these years. There is also a lot of info on Ireland and the Spanish Civil War. I spent the last few days in the NAI going through the recently released dept of justice files on communist activity etc. in 1935-8. There is quite a bit of info on the CPI, Republican Congress, Anti Fascist League etc. There are weekly reports of CPI meetings etc in the Dublin Metropolitan Division in these years. There is also a lot of info on Ireland and the Spanish Civil War.

]]> By: Tomboktu http://dublinopinion.com/2010/04/03/communist-party-of-ireland-march-1941/#comment-72724 Tomboktu Mon, 05 Apr 2010 11:26:57 +0000 http://dublinopinion.com/2010/04/03/communist-party-of-ireland-march-1941/#comment-72724 Not quite the focus you had but ... that looks like Gilsans in the some of the headlines. I see from Wikipedia that it was designed in 1926, but for some reason I have always thought of it as a 1960s or 1970s typeface. Bit of a jolt to realise it is older than that. Not quite the focus you had but … that looks like Gilsans in the some of the headlines. I see from Wikipedia that it was designed in 1926, but for some reason I have always thought of it as a 1960s or 1970s typeface. Bit of a jolt to realise it is older than that.

]]> By: Malcolm Redfellow http://dublinopinion.com/2010/04/03/communist-party-of-ireland-march-1941/#comment-72711 Malcolm Redfellow Sun, 04 Apr 2010 14:44:19 +0000 http://dublinopinion.com/2010/04/03/communist-party-of-ireland-march-1941/#comment-72711 Thanks to Conor McCabe and Tom Rewdmond for keeping such historical (but important) ephemera available. I acquired a few in my student past, and keep intending to digitize and .pdf them. I got as far as scanning the text of a 1948 pamphlet by the Cumann Cuimhneacháin '98 (celebrating the 150th anniversary, and putting a Marxist slant on the Rising). It's still accessible at http://redfellow.blogspot.com/2008_03_01_archive.html Look for the posting-date of 5 March 2008. Thanks to Conor McCabe and Tom Rewdmond for keeping such historical (but important) ephemera available.

I acquired a few in my student past, and keep intending to digitize and .pdf them. I got as far as scanning the text of a 1948 pamphlet by the Cumann Cuimhneacháin ‘98 (celebrating the 150th anniversary, and putting a Marxist slant on the Rising). It’s still accessible at http://redfellow.blogspot.com/2008_03_01_archive.html
Look for the posting-date of 5 March 2008.

]]> By: Conor McCabe http://dublinopinion.com/2010/04/03/communist-party-of-ireland-march-1941/#comment-72709 Conor McCabe Sun, 04 Apr 2010 12:34:11 +0000 http://dublinopinion.com/2010/04/03/communist-party-of-ireland-march-1941/#comment-72709 Cheers Tom, I didn't want to use your name without your permission. And thanks again for the pamphlets, some great stuff from the broad Irish left among them, all of which I'll scan over the next few months and get up on the web. Cheers Tom, I didn’t want to use your name without your permission. And thanks again for the pamphlets, some great stuff from the broad Irish left among them, all of which I’ll scan over the next few months and get up on the web.

]]> By: Tom Redmond http://dublinopinion.com/2010/04/03/communist-party-of-ireland-march-1941/#comment-72708 Tom Redmond Sun, 04 Apr 2010 12:26:34 +0000 http://dublinopinion.com/2010/04/03/communist-party-of-ireland-march-1941/#comment-72708 I am the comrade who gave Conor my collection of pamphlets going back forty years. I knew he would make the best use of them. Other stuff I have put into the CPI to be added to the archive. For example I have the minutes of the Resease Frank Ryan committee ! Conor is again right that we plan to put them into the most accessable library. Apart from just CPI material we have files of the Left Alternative of the late 70s and the Socialist Forum of the early 80s and left magazines like Gralton, Ripening of Time, etc If Donal, above, wanted something specific in the meanwhile he could approach Eugene in Connolly Books who might be able to oblige. Dr. Ann Mathews the historian as the achivist has done a great job. I am the comrade who gave Conor my collection of pamphlets going back forty years. I knew he would make the best use of them.
Other stuff I have put into the CPI to be added to the archive.
For example I have the minutes of the Resease Frank Ryan committee !
Conor is again right that we plan to put them into the most accessable library. Apart from just CPI material we have files of the Left Alternative of the late 70s and the Socialist Forum of the early 80s and left magazines like Gralton, Ripening of Time, etc
If Donal, above, wanted something specific in the meanwhile he could approach Eugene in Connolly Books who might be able to oblige.
Dr. Ann Mathews the historian as the achivist has done a great job.

]]> By: Conor McCabe http://dublinopinion.com/2010/04/03/communist-party-of-ireland-march-1941/#comment-72701 Conor McCabe Sat, 03 Apr 2010 21:35:49 +0000 http://dublinopinion.com/2010/04/03/communist-party-of-ireland-march-1941/#comment-72701 The John McDonnell deposit in the Irish Labour Museum has a lot of stuff relating to the CPI, including a full run of Irish Socialist (1961-75) as well as pamphlets by Paddy Carmody, who was the editor of Irish Socialist for much of that period. Paddy Carmody wrote under the pseudonym of A. Raftery. Carmody worked for Dublin Corporation and was once sacked for his political activity. He was reinstated after his union fought the case, but I don't think he used his real name on any publication after that. The John McDonnell deposit in the Irish Labour Museum has a lot of stuff relating to the CPI, including a full run of Irish Socialist (1961-75) as well as pamphlets by Paddy Carmody, who was the editor of Irish Socialist for much of that period.

Paddy Carmody wrote under the pseudonym of A. Raftery. Carmody worked for Dublin Corporation and was once sacked for his political activity. He was reinstated after his union fought the case, but I don’t think he used his real name on any publication after that.

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