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A portrait statue erected to commemorate 100 years since Larkin’s arrival in Belfast. Larkin was a founding father of the Irish trade union movement. The statue is affixed to the wall of the ICTU and stands close to Waring Street, where Larkin led the Belfast dockers' strike of 1907. The strike took place from 26th April to 28th August 1907. The dockers both Protestant, and Catholic, had gone on strike after their demand for union recognition was refused. They were joined by carters, shipyard workers, sailors, firemen, boilermakers, coal heavers, transport workers and women from the city's largest tobacco factory Gallaghers. Although largely unsuccessful the dock strike led to the establishment of the Irish Transport and General Workers' Union.
Title
Big Jim Larkin (1874–1947)
Date
2006
Medium
bronze
Measurements
H 198 x W (?) x D (?) cm
Accession number
BT1_MO_S072
Acquisition method
commissioned by the Irish Congress of Trades Unions
Work type
Statue
Owner
The Irish Congress of Trades Unions
Custodian
The Irish Congress of Trades Unions
Work status
extant
Unveiling date
8th May 2006
