The Irish Citizen Army was founded 1913

#OnThisDay 1913 The Irish Citizen Army was formed in Dublin by James Larkin, James Connolly & Jack White. The ICA was founded to protect trade union workers on strike from the police during the Dublin Lockout. They would later fight in the Easter Rising in 1916.

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