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Peter Rigney

Dr. Peter Rigney is Industrial Officer of the Irish Congress of Trade Unions. A graduate of TCD he is author Trains Coal and Turf – Transport in Emergency Ireland and co-authored with Shay Cody and John O Dowd of The Parliament of Labour, a history of the Dublin Council of Trade Unions. He is Assistant archivist of the Irish Railway Record Society.

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Research paper thumbnail of The conflict on Irish Railways 1922 -1923

Research paper thumbnail of Austerity in Ireland

International Union Rights

Research paper thumbnail of review of "The Irish Difference" by Feargal Tobin

Locomotive Journal

this book sets out to analyse " the tumultuous history of Irelands breakup with Britain" It was p... more this book sets out to analyse " the tumultuous history of Irelands breakup with Britain"
It was publshed in ASLEF's
locomotive journal, the oldest trade union journal in continuous publication

Research paper thumbnail of The operation of the Great Southern Railway during the Emergency

Research paper thumbnail of The trade union pint: the unlikely union of Guinness and the Larkinsby Martin Duffy

Research paper thumbnail of Partition and the Railways Priorities and issues for the Irish railway companies, 1921-24

Journal Of the Irish Railway Record Society Jun 1921

While the Irish railway companies had a number of pressing issues facing them in July 1921 these ... more While the Irish railway companies had a number of pressing issues facing them in July 1921 these did not include partition. It was assumed that railways would be a matter for the ultimately inoperative Council of Ireland, which was established under the Government of Ireland Act of 1920 in order to discuss shared concerns of the northern and southern governments in Ireland.

Research paper thumbnail of Impact of austerity on ireland eesc paper

a paper delivered to the European Economic and Social Committee

Research paper thumbnail of The GSWR in 1918

Journal of the Irish Railway Record Society, 1998

an overview on the operation of Ireland's largest railway company in the final year of WW1

Research paper thumbnail of The railways of Louth in the Revolutionary Decade

County Louth and the Irish Revolution , 2017

This book chapter gives an overview of the role of the railway system in county Louth in the 1913... more This book chapter gives an overview of the role of the railway system in county Louth in the 1913 to 1923 period
One of a number of Essays in a book edited by Martin Maguire and Donal Hall

Research paper thumbnail of 1916 – A victory for railway labour

the fortune of railway unions in Ireland were reversed between the defeat of the september 1911 s... more the fortune of railway unions in Ireland were reversed between the defeat of the september 1911 srike and the government takeover of december 1916

Research paper thumbnail of The Great Southern and Western Railway in 1915

examines how the First World War played out in the weekly circulars of the GSWR. These booklets ... more examines how the First World War played out in the weekly circulars of the GSWR. These booklets contain details of special trains, revised commercial arrangements etc.

Research paper thumbnail of military service and railway staff 1914 -1923

Research paper thumbnail of The great southern and western railway and the 1916 rising

Research paper thumbnail of The Great Southern and Western Railway and the Great War - 1914

Research paper thumbnail of the planned evacuation of dublin 1940 to 1944

Research paper thumbnail of The wartime Irish railway system- problems and international perspectives

Research paper thumbnail of index to Parliament of Labour - prepared by Charles Callan

Research paper thumbnail of The engineers' strike in Inchicore railway works, 1902 ( Peter Rigney and Hugh Geraghty)

Research paper thumbnail of Leaving the lifeboat – the default debate in Ireland July 2011

Research paper thumbnail of records of the ITGWU in the NLI

Research paper thumbnail of The conflict on Irish Railways 1922 -1923

Research paper thumbnail of Austerity in Ireland

International Union Rights

Research paper thumbnail of review of "The Irish Difference" by Feargal Tobin

Locomotive Journal

this book sets out to analyse " the tumultuous history of Irelands breakup with Britain" It was p... more this book sets out to analyse " the tumultuous history of Irelands breakup with Britain"
It was publshed in ASLEF's
locomotive journal, the oldest trade union journal in continuous publication

Research paper thumbnail of The operation of the Great Southern Railway during the Emergency

Research paper thumbnail of The trade union pint: the unlikely union of Guinness and the Larkinsby Martin Duffy

Research paper thumbnail of Partition and the Railways Priorities and issues for the Irish railway companies, 1921-24

Journal Of the Irish Railway Record Society Jun 1921

While the Irish railway companies had a number of pressing issues facing them in July 1921 these ... more While the Irish railway companies had a number of pressing issues facing them in July 1921 these did not include partition. It was assumed that railways would be a matter for the ultimately inoperative Council of Ireland, which was established under the Government of Ireland Act of 1920 in order to discuss shared concerns of the northern and southern governments in Ireland.

Research paper thumbnail of Impact of austerity on ireland eesc paper

a paper delivered to the European Economic and Social Committee

Research paper thumbnail of The GSWR in 1918

Journal of the Irish Railway Record Society, 1998

an overview on the operation of Ireland's largest railway company in the final year of WW1

Research paper thumbnail of The railways of Louth in the Revolutionary Decade

County Louth and the Irish Revolution , 2017

This book chapter gives an overview of the role of the railway system in county Louth in the 1913... more This book chapter gives an overview of the role of the railway system in county Louth in the 1913 to 1923 period
One of a number of Essays in a book edited by Martin Maguire and Donal Hall

Research paper thumbnail of 1916 – A victory for railway labour

the fortune of railway unions in Ireland were reversed between the defeat of the september 1911 s... more the fortune of railway unions in Ireland were reversed between the defeat of the september 1911 srike and the government takeover of december 1916

Research paper thumbnail of The Great Southern and Western Railway in 1915

examines how the First World War played out in the weekly circulars of the GSWR. These booklets ... more examines how the First World War played out in the weekly circulars of the GSWR. These booklets contain details of special trains, revised commercial arrangements etc.

Research paper thumbnail of military service and railway staff 1914 -1923

Research paper thumbnail of The great southern and western railway and the 1916 rising

Research paper thumbnail of The Great Southern and Western Railway and the Great War - 1914

Research paper thumbnail of the planned evacuation of dublin 1940 to 1944

Research paper thumbnail of The wartime Irish railway system- problems and international perspectives

Research paper thumbnail of index to Parliament of Labour - prepared by Charles Callan

Research paper thumbnail of The engineers' strike in Inchicore railway works, 1902 ( Peter Rigney and Hugh Geraghty)

Research paper thumbnail of Leaving the lifeboat – the default debate in Ireland July 2011

Research paper thumbnail of records of the ITGWU in the NLI

Research paper thumbnail of how railwaymen and dockers defied an empire - the Irish munitions embargo of 1920

an account of a nine month industrial action in support of Ireland's struggle for independence

Research paper thumbnail of brexit a view from 2012

this sets out a view of the future as seen in 2012 from the viewpoint of Irish trade unions

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