1913 Lockout by Josh Doran

James Larkin was involved in the 1913 lockout. He organised the strikes and set up unions. Workers went on strike because they were working for too long and they were not getting paid enough. 20,000 people went on strike. Factory owners brought in scabs to take their jobs. On the forth of December 2013,sixth class in St Laurence O’Tooles C.B.S went down to Merchant Road. We went down because it was the one hundred year anniversary of people being evicted from their homes. When we were there we saw a mural painted from a photograph that was taken that day. The artist was there and he told us about the mural. Joe from the East Wall History Society gave us the talk. Only two families from the road were not evicted because they were too sick. They were later evicted in the new year.

Our Dublin history Walk

History Occupations

During our history lesson we studied the school roll book for 1911. These are some of the jobs that the fathers of the boys did:
Confectioner ,railway guard ,labourer ,crane driver ,van man,
sailor ,printer, tailor ,shunter ,glazier
farmer, drover golfer, book binder ,iron moulder,
fireman, soldier ,stoker, coach maker ,carter,
blacksmith ,jockey, boxmaker, dairy man.

Place Names in Our Area

We learned about some of our local place names:
Coburg Place: was called after Queen Victoria's husband.
Commons Street: was named after the Commissioners of Dublin. It is said that Molly Malone lived here.
Guild Street / Mayor Street: These were called after titles in the Corporation of Dublin.
Seville Place: Some people think this street got its name from oranges.
It got its name from the capture of Seville in Spain by the British in 1812.
Sheriff Street: was named after one of the titles of office existing in the Corporation of Dublin in 1773.

Daniel O' Connell

By Karl

By Jordan D.

Daniel O' Connell was born in Co Kerry in 1775. He came from a Catholic family that was very wealthy so they managed to keep their land by giving the government money even in spite of the penal laws.

While he was over in France studying to be a lawyer he saw much bloodshed during the French Revolution and that was what turned Daniel O Connell against violence. O' Connell was a clever lawyer and a fine speaker. His aim was to abolish the penal laws.

When he got home to Ireland there was a election in Co. Clare to be come a member of parliament which is now in London because The Act of Union. He told all the members of the parliament that the penal laws were unfair and that is why the penal laws were abolished. All thanks to Daniel O Connell.

We created posters of Daniel O' Connell as 'The Liberator' to remind us of the story!

By Leon Bannerman.

The Act of Union

After the 1798 rebellion many people in Britain were afraid that Ireland might rebel again and get support from other countries. The best way to prevent this England felt was to unite the two countries under the one parliament . This parliament would meet at Westminister in London and the Irish Parliament would be dissolved.Lots of lands lords and people did not like this because they would lose land and power. On January 1st, 1801, the first day of the Act of Union kicked in. It lasted until 1922.
There were lots of ways that the act of union affected Ireland
1. Laws from Ireland were passed on to the parliament in Westminister in London
2. There was free trade between the two counties
3. Ireland sent 100 MP's to the parliament but there was almost 600 MP's altogether

But really Ireland wasn’t happy – they lost too much influence. We created 'Comic Strips' to tell the story in class, you can see them above!

By Jordan D.

By Nathan and Jordan.

The Awful Egyptians

We studied the Egyptians last week. We learnt about mummies and tombs and ancient beliefs and gods.
Mummies
When an Egyptian King, Queen or Noble died the Egyptians would preserve their bodies by wrapping their bodies in bandages. Their bodies would be dried out in chemical natron to prevent it from rotting away. This would take about 70 days to complete .
Tombs
When an Egyptian King, Queen or Noble die they would be put in a tomb, a tomb is like a coffin. The biggest tomb is a pyramid, a pyramid would be filled with all thier jewellery and all of their possessions. The pyramids had many secret passage ways and traps so when people tried to rob the pyramid they would get lost .
Ancient Beliefs
Ancient Egyptians believed that there was an afterlife. People who died were sent to the afterlife, first your heart had to be weighed and if your heart was lighter than the feather of truth you would be sent there. If your heart was heavier than the feather of truth you be sent to hell. The Kings, Queens and Nobles would go straight to the afterlife and their hearts would not have to be weighed..
Egyptian Gods
The people of Egypt believe in eight different gods and their names are Ra, Sobek, Isis, Seth, Osiris, Amon, Horus and Anubis . Anubis has the head of the jackal and Ra has the head of a falcon and sun disk .

By Eric Hyland

The Romans

We studied the Roman Empire recently and discovered many interesting things, cool things and gross things.

Julius Caesar

The first thing we learned about was Julius Caesar. We learned that Julius Caesar designed most of the great things in Rome such as the sewage system, he was one of the first to use housing estates and tall buildings. He was famous for wearing red boots. Unfortunately he was killed in the Senate because the power was going to his head. He wanted to become the most powerful emperor. He was killed by a man called Brutus.

Food

The next thing we learned was that Romans ate really weird food such as snails soaked in milk, boar's heads and brains soaked in sauce. Their main food was pottage, a bit like stew.

The Army

The next thing was the army. The Roman army was one of the tougest armys in the world. You would have to serve 25 years until they become a citizen of Rome.

Facts

Here are so more facts. In Rome children in Rome had no power. Their parents could get them executed for disobedience. After meals they would go to the vomititarium, probably becuase they ate gross food sometimes. They made one of the the first swimming pools. They called it the Romans baths.

By Jordan Doody

(The next Bono - you heard it here first!!)

The Famine

Today there are about 5 million people living on the island of Ireland. Around the time of Daniel O’Connell, the population was about eight million. Most of the people were very poor. They lived in tiny cabins on small patches of land and had to pay rent to the landlords who owned the land.

The blight
In September 1845 a strange new disease attacked the potato crop in Ireland.

The Famine

In September 1845 a strannge new dieseas called the Blight stroke Irelands potato crop.

It was a disaster many people died and lost lots over its chaos. Ireland was also affected but as usual they pulled through it many people had to work in workhouses.

The reason it affected them was because potatoes were all they had to eat and it was easy to grow.

Ireland has had their own bit of horrible history and here is some;

OWEN TRAINER; STEALING ONIONS; FLOGGED.

By Luke Bewley