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Each series of this podcast explores a different quote from James Connolly and our guests reflect on what it means to them. With guests ranging from journalists to civic leaders to community activists, we explore how Connolly’s writings remain relevant today.
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Michael Pierse
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Áras Uí Chonghaile
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Season 1
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Michael Pierse is an academic and former newspaper editor whose area of interest lies in the writings of Irish working-class people. Influenced heavily by his own upbringing in Dublin, he talks about his experiences of class discrimination and under-representation of working class people in literature and cultural expression.