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Barking Town Square

Barking Town Square

Statue of James Connolly, one of the primary participants in the Easter Rising of 1916, outside the Falls Community Council. The base reads: Trade union organiser, Socialist, Internationalist and one of the leaders of the Easter Rising in 1916. Connolly along with his family lived among the working people of Belfast and helped organise Catholics, Protestants and dissenters to fight together for the common class interests. Born in Edingurgh 5 June 1868, he was executed by firing squad in Kilmainham Gaol, Dublin, 12 May 1916, for his part in the Easter Rising.

A dinner was held at the White Conduit House to celebrate the remission of the sentences passed against the Tolpuddle Martyrs, who had gained massive local support. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tolpuddle_Martyrs

The street was named in remembrance of the Tolpuddle Martyrs, a group of agricultural labourers who, in 1834, were convicted of swearing to a secret oath and sent off to Australia in punishment. 800,000 people signed a petition for their release, many of them from Islington. The Home Secretary agreed to release them in 1836. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tolpuddle_Martyrs