Come back to Crossakiel 1999
Come back to Crossakiel
for a night of trade union song
in honour of Jim Connell
the man who wrote

 
 

 

 For the index to the website on THE RED FLAG: the song, the man, the monument,
click here

For more about the 
life of Jim Connell 
and the 
history of the song, 
click here 

For more about the monument in Crossakiel 
and how it came to be,
click here   

For the song itself, 
lyrics, click here 
and  sound files, 
click here 
 
 
 
 
 
 

 
To commemorate the 70th anniversay of the death of Jim Connell and the 1st anniversary of the monument in Crossakiel, come back to Crossakiel on the 24th of April 1999.    Assemble at the monument at 6:45 pm.  Addresses will be given by Des Geraghty, Vice President of SIPTU, Mary Turner, President of the GMB and Cllr. Sean O'Shea of Lewisham Borough Council.  From 7 pm on, there will be music and song in the pubs of Crossakiel.  Performers will include Des Geraghty, Jimmy Kelly, Martin Whelan, Noel Pocock, Jimmy Jordan and lots more.  

For more information, 
           contact Cllr. Tommy Grimes at 046-41025
 

 
E-mail to the Jim Connell Memorial Committe:  
          cdkeane@iol.ie
E-mail to Bread and Roses Productions:
         breadandroses2@tinet.ie
 

This website is constructed by Helena Sheehan 
E-mail:   helena.sheehan@dcu.ie
 
 
 
 
 

 
  

 
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For information about Bread and Roses Productions, 
click here

For news of the CD, Songs of Irish Labour, which includes several versions of The Red Flag, 
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