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(Redirected from James Larkin, Jr) Irish Labour Party politician and trade unionist (1904–1969) For other people named James Larkin, see James Larkin (disambiguation).

James Larkin Jnr
Teachta Dála
In office
February 1948 – March 1957
ConstituencyDublin South-Central
In office
June 1943 – February 1948
ConstituencyDublin South
Personal details
Born(1904-08-20)20 August 1904
Liverpool, England
Died18 February 1969(1969-02-18) (aged 64)
Bray, County Wicklow, Ireland
Political partyLabour Party
Other political
affiliations
SpouseJosie Larkin
Children4
Parent
RelativesDenis Larkin (brother)
EducationSt. Enda's School

James Larkin Jnr (20 August 1904 – 18 February 1969) was an Irish Labour Party politician and trade union official.

He was born in Liverpool, England, the eldest of four sons of James Larkin, trade union leader, and Elizabeth Larkin (née Brown), daughter of a baptist lay preacher from County Down. After the family's move to Dublin in 1909, James was educated at St. Enda's School, Rathfarnham, the only school that would accept the young Larkins owing to the reputation of their father. James endured much hardship as a child during the period of his father's intense union activity, including eviction from the family home in Auburn Street.

He first stood for election as an Irish Worker League candidate at the September 1927 general election for the Dublin County constituency but was unsuccessful. His father, James Larkin, was a successful candidate for the Dublin North constituency at the same general election. The younger Larkin was one of two candidates for the Revolutionary Workers' Groups in the 1930 newly reformed Dublin City Council elections, and he was elected. He was also an unsuccessful independent candidate at the 1932 general election for the Dublin South constituency. On the foundation of the Communist Party of Ireland in 1933, Larkin became its chairman.

He attended the International Lenin School with Padraic Breslin and Sean Murray.

He was first elected to Dáil Éireann as a Labour Party Teachta Dála (TD) for the Dublin South constituency at the 1943 general election, where he sat in the same Dáil as his father. He was re-elected at the 1944 general election for the same constituency. At the 1948 general election, when the constituency was divided, he was elected for the Dublin South-Central constituency and was re-elected at the 1951 and 1954 general elections. He did not contest the 1957 general election.

See also

References

  1. O'Connor, Emmet (May 2020). "'Greater son: James Larkin Junior, 1904-1969'". Retrieved 16 December 2022.
  2. Ferriter, Diarmaid. "Larkin, James". Dictionary of Irish Biography. Retrieved 13 October 2022.
  3. "Communist Party of Ireland History" (PDF).
  4. "Delegated to the "New World"". 6 February 2013.
  5. White, Lawrence William (2009). "Breslin, Padraic". In McGuire, James; Quinn, James (eds.). Dictionary of Irish Biography. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.
  6. "James Larkin Jnr". Oireachtas Members Database. Retrieved 9 April 2009.
  7. ^ "James Larkin, Jnr". ElectionsIreland.org. Retrieved 9 April 2009.
Trade union offices
Preceded byJames Larkin General Secretary of the Workers' Union of Ireland
1947–1969 		Succeeded byDenis Larkin
Preceded byLouie Bennett President of the Irish Trades Union Congress
1949 		Succeeded bySam Kyle
Preceded byHelen Chenevix President of the Irish Trades Union Congress
1952 		Succeeded byCon Connolly
Preceded byJohn Conroy President of the Irish Congress of Trade Unions
1960 		Succeeded byNorman Kennedy
Irish Congress of Trade Unions
General Secretaries
Affiliates
Predecessors
Teachtaí Dála (TDs) for the Dublin South constituency
This table is transcluded from Dublin South (Dáil constituency). (edit | history)
Dáil Election Deputy
(Party)		 Deputy
(Party)		 Deputy
(Party)		 Deputy
(Party)		 Deputy
(Party)		 Deputy
(Party)		 Deputy
(Party)
2nd 1921 Thomas Kelly
(SF) 		Daniel McCarthy
(SF) 		Constance Markievicz
(SF) 		Cathal Ó Murchadha
(SF) 		4 seats
1921–1923
3rd 1922 Thomas Kelly
(PT-SF) 		Daniel McCarthy
(PT-SF) 		William O'Brien
(Lab) 		Myles Keogh
(Ind)
4th 1923 Philip Cosgrave
(CnaG) 		Daniel McCarthy
(CnaG) 		Constance Markievicz
(Rep) 		Cathal Ó Murchadha
(Rep) 		Michael Hayes
(CnaG) 		Peadar Doyle
(CnaG)
1923 by-election Hugh Kennedy
(CnaG)
March 1924 by-election James O'Mara
(CnaG)
November 1924 by-election Seán Lemass
(SF)
1925 by-election Thomas Hennessy
(CnaG)
5th 1927 (Jun) James Beckett
(CnaG) 		Vincent Rice
(NL) 		Constance Markievicz
(FF) 		Thomas Lawlor
(Lab) 		Seán Lemass
(FF)
1927 by-election Thomas Hennessy
(CnaG)
6th 1927 (Sep) Robert Briscoe
(FF) 		Myles Keogh
(CnaG) 		Frank Kerlin
(FF)
7th 1932 James Lynch
(FF)
8th 1933 James McGuire
(CnaG) 		Thomas Kelly
(FF)
9th 1937 Myles Keogh
(FG) 		Thomas Lawlor
(Lab) 		Joseph Hannigan
(Ind) 		Peadar Doyle
(FG)
10th 1938 James Beckett
(FG) 		James Lynch
(FF)
1939 by-election John McCann
(FF)
11th 1943 Maurice Dockrell
(FG) 		James Larkin Jnr
(Lab) 		John McCann
(FF)
12th 1944
13th 1948 Constituency abolished. See Dublin South-Central, Dublin South-East and Dublin South-West.


Note that the boundaries of Dublin South from 1981–2016 share no common territory with the 1921–1948 boundaries. See §History and boundaries

Dáil Election Deputy
(Party)		 Deputy
(Party)		 Deputy
(Party)		 Deputy
(Party)		 Deputy
(Party)
22nd 1981 Niall Andrews
(FF) 		Séamus Brennan
(FF) 		Nuala Fennell
(FG) 		John Kelly
(FG) 		Alan Shatter
(FG)
23rd 1982 (Feb)
24th 1982 (Nov)
25th 1987 Tom Kitt
(FF) 		Anne Colley
(PDs)
26th 1989 Nuala Fennell
(FG) 		Roger Garland
(GP)
27th 1992 Liz O'Donnell
(PDs) 		Eithne FitzGerald
(Lab)
28th 1997 Olivia Mitchell
(FG)
29th 2002 Eamon Ryan
(GP)
30th 2007 Alan Shatter
(FG)
2009 by-election George Lee
(FG)
31st 2011 Shane Ross
(Ind) 		Peter Mathews
(FG) 		Alex White
(Lab)
32nd 2016 Constituency abolished. See Dublin Rathdown, Dublin South-West and Dún Laoghaire.
Teachtaí Dála (TDs) for the Dublin South-Central constituency
This table is transcluded from Dublin South-Central (Dáil constituency). (edit | history)
Dáil Election Deputy
(Party)		 Deputy
(Party)		 Deputy
(Party)		 Deputy
(Party)		 Deputy
(Party)
13th 1948 Seán Lemass
(FF) 		James Larkin Jnr
(Lab) 		Con Lehane
(CnaP) 		Maurice E. Dockrell
(FG) 		John McCann
(FF)
14th 1951 Philip Brady
(FF)
15th 1954 Thomas Finlay
(FG) 		Celia Lynch
(FF)
16th 1957 Jack Murphy
(Ind) 		Philip Brady
(FF)
1958 by-election Patrick Cummins
(FF)
17th 1961 Joseph Barron
(CnaP)
18th 1965 Frank Cluskey
(Lab) 		Thomas J. Fitzpatrick
(FF)
19th 1969 Richie Ryan
(FG) 		Ben Briscoe
(FF) 		John O'Donovan
(Lab) 		4 seats
1969–1977
20th 1973 John Kelly
(FG)
21st 1977 Fergus O'Brien
(FG) 		Frank Cluskey
(Lab) 		Thomas J. Fitzpatrick
(FF) 		3 seats
1977–1981
22nd 1981 Ben Briscoe
(FF) 		Gay Mitchell
(FG) 		John O'Connell
(Ind)
23rd 1982 (Feb) Frank Cluskey
(Lab)
24th 1982 (Nov) Fergus O'Brien
(FG)
25th 1987 Mary Mooney
(FF)
26th 1989 John O'Connell
(FF) 		Eric Byrne
(WP)
27th 1992 Pat Upton
(Lab) 		4 seats
1992–2002
1994 by-election Eric Byrne
(DL)
28th 1997 Seán Ardagh
(FF)
1999 by-election Mary Upton
(Lab)
29th 2002 Aengus Ó Snodaigh
(SF) 		Michael Mulcahy
(FF)
30th 2007 Catherine Byrne
(FG)
31st 2011 Eric Byrne
(Lab) 		Joan Collins
(PBP) 		Michael Conaghan
(Lab)
32nd 2016 Bríd Smith
(AAA–PBP) 		Joan Collins
(I4C) 		4 seats
from 2016
33rd 2020 Bríd Smith
(S–PBP) 		Patrick Costello
(GP)
34th 2024 Catherine Ardagh
(FF) 		Máire Devine
(SF) 		Jen Cummins
(SD)
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