Centenary memorial for Alicia Brady, Jacob's factory striker - January 4th, Glasnevin Cemetery

Irish Women Worker's Network, 2013

A centenary memorial is being held at Glasnevin Cemetery on Saturday, January 4th at 2pm to commemorate 16 year old Jacob’s worker, Alicia Brady, who was fatally injured by the ricochet from a revolver fired by a strike breaker, or scab, called Patrick Traynor on December 18th 1913.

No photograph of Alicia Brady exists, instead this reproduction of the incident features in the Lockout Tapestry.

Read about the death of Alicia Brady here.

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