Joe Oliver Joe Oliver was President of Southall District of the Amalgamated Engineering Union (AEU) from 1940. A Communist, he was described as "an eloquent, inspiring speaker, factory management have learned to respect his skill […]
Michael O’Riordan Michael O’Riordan was born in Pope’s Quay, Cork, in November 1917. His parents had moved from Béal Átha an Ghaorthaidh to the city, where his father worked as a tram driver. He attended […]
Elsie Oliver Elsie Oliver was born Elsie Cousins in Woolwich on 30th October 1929, the daughter of Jimmy and Alice Cousins. (Elsie is pictured with an original copy of the Daily Worker from her father’s […]
Effie O’Hare With her husband, Dan O’Hare, Effie was part of the Communist Party leadership in the Vale of Leven and Dunbarton area, which was able to win a significant electoral voice for the Party […]
. Paddy O’Daire Patrick O’Daire was born on 22nd May 1905, the Glenties (Na Gleannta) a village in the northwest of Ireland in central CountyDonegal. Although very young at the time, he had played […]
L P O’Connor Born in 1917, O’Connor was born in southern Ireland and came to Britain in 1932. An executive member of Luton Trades Council, he served in Italy, North Africa and Sicily during the […]
Joe O’Connor A prominent republican in Ireland in the 1940s, O’Connor moved to Britain and joined the Communist Party. Active in the railworkers’ union, he was a long-standing member of the North London Council of the […]
Sean O’Casey A world famous Irish playwright, O’Casey worked as a labourer in his teens. In his 20s, he joined the revolutionary socialist movement and became, eventually, the secretary of the Irish Citizen Army, the […]
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