Name: The 1913 Lockout :: Interview with Padraig Yeates. by The 1913 Lockout
Duration: 52 min 34 s
Description: The 1913 Lockout. Interview with Padraig Yeates.

A video interview/documentary on The 1913 Lockout.
Interviewee : Padraig Yeates
To be included as part of the centenary of The 1913 Lockout.
Interview was filmed for educational purposes, as part of a class project by Information & Library students at U.C.D.

This video interview with Padraig Yeates is broad in scope and covers the following topics.
1.	The lead-up to the 1913 Lockout.
2.	Describing Dublin in 1913.
3.	James Larkin and the formation of the ITGWU
4.	The beginning of the strike, its escalation and the end of the lockout.
5.	Padraig Yeates discussing his book on the subject and how he went about researcing  and writing it. (He also discusses how he went about evaluating material which is particularly relevant to our collection.)
6.	The impact of the lockout on society and culture.

The interview was filmed in Liberty Hall and is being used by the 1913 committee in their program of events.( http://1913committee.ie/blog/) The material is easily accessible on You Tube and is neatly divided into six different chapters. There is also an audio podcast free to download. Two attractive things about this interview is its uniqueness to the collection and also it is a free resource. It is hoped that its inclusion will make our collection more dynamic and current.

Format : Video Interview
Cost : Free Resource

Padraig Yeates is a leading historian on the subject of the 1913 Lockout. He has written extensively on it and is the author of Lockout: Dublin  1913 published in 2001.





The 1913 Lockout. Interview with Padraig Yeates.


The 1913 Lockout :: Interview with Padraig Yeates.

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