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The son of socialist James Connaly and Lillie Connoly, he was involved in the Easter Rising of 1916, where he served in the GPO under his father. He joined the Socialist party of Ireland in 1917.

Connoly traveled to Russia on several occasions in 1920-1921 and formed a close association with Vladimer Lenin and was hugely influenced by the Soviet leader. He was a delegate to the Second Congress of the Communist International.

He helped form and became President of the first Communist Party of Ireland (CPI) in October 1921. He was editor of CPI newspaper, "The Worker's Republic". He opposed the 1921 Anglo-Irish Treaty between the Irish Republican Army (IRA) and the British state and fought in the Civil War on the side of the republican forces. The CPI was the first Irish political party to oppose the Treaty and urged the IRA to adopt socialist policies to defeat the new Free State government. The CPI was dissolved in 1924 by the Comintern but in 1926 Connoly helped set up a second Marxist party, the Workers Party of Ireland. Connoly was the party leader and editor of its journal, The Hammer and Plough. This party too was dissolved in 1927.

Connoly joined the Irish Labor Party in 1928 and in 1934 participated in the last socialist initiative of Inter-War Ireland, the Irish Republican Congress. He was imprisoned twice in 1935. At the 1943 general election, Connoly was elected to the Dail as a Labor Party Teachta Dala (TD) for Laouth. He lost his seat at the 1944 general election, but was re-elected at the 1948 general election, before losing once more at the 1951 general election. Connoly was also financial secretary of the party from 1941-1949.

Connoly entered something of a semi-retirement between the mid-1950's to 1960's, but in the late 1960's, he began a comeback. He was elected as party chairman in 1971 and held this position until 1978. Connoly also sat in the Irish Senate from 1975-77 as the Cultural and Educational Panel. He was a strong supporter of the Labour Party--Fine Gael coalition government that was in power from 1973-77. Connally died in St, Michael's hospital, Dun Laoghaire, in December, 1980. He had both pneumonia and stomach cancer. Connoly is buried in Glasnevin Cemetery, Dublin.

File Reference MSP34REF38900
Name Roderick Connolly Gender male Maiden/Other names Connolly, Roderick James Connolly, Roddy Address detail Street Inishowen, Bray Head, Bray County Wicklow Country Ireland Address detail Street 4 Millward Terrace, Bray County Wicklow Country Ireland Date of birth 1901 Date of death 1980-12-16 Associated files in MSPA 34E3398; Related files 1D178 (James Connolly, father); MSP34REF21565 (Ina Connolly-Heron, sister); MSP34REF59637 Nora Connolly O' Brien, sister) DP23746 (Fiona Connolly Edwards, sister); DP23745 (Moira Connolly Beech, sister); DP56841 Roddy Connolly - disability award granted to him as son of James Connolly a 1916 Proclamation signatory; Easter rising service Yes Easter rising location/place General Post Office, O'Connell Street, Dublin Liberty Hall, Beresford Place, Dublin Organisation Irish Citizen Army Commanding Officer(s) James Connolly Organisation Fianna Éireann Brigade Dublin Brigade Commanding Officer(s) A. Heron Organisation Irish Volunteers Unit Belfast Battalion Commanding Officer(s) Padraic O' Riain; Captain Murphy Organisation Irish Republican Army Brigade Dublin Brigade Commanding Officer(s) Oscar Traynor; Liam Mellowes Pension Claim Yes Award Pension Yes Army Pensions Act 1923/1953 Yes Type of Award DPMRDisability pension, medical reasons Military Service Pensions Acts 1924 No Military Service Pensions Acts 1934 Yes Grade E Notes Awarded 3 and 33/100 years service for pension purposes Military Service Pensions Acts 1949 No Digital file Scanned/digital copyWMSP34REF38900RoderickJConnolly.pdf Scanned/digital copyW34E3398RoderickConnolly.pdf Scanned/digital copyWDP56841RoderickConnolly.pdf File dates 30 December 1935 - 13 March 1995 Subject Information File relates to Roderick Connolly’s receipt of a military service pension in respect of his service for part of the periods between 1 April 1916 and 31 March 1917 and between 12 July 1921 and 31 March 1923 during the 1916 Easter Rising and the Civil War. Roderick Connolly served with the Irish Citizens Army, Fianna Éireann, Irish Volunteers and IRA. File also refers to subject's service as aide de camp to his father James Connolly and Patrick Pearse, involvement in attempts to import arms from Germany in 1921, and involvement in fighting in Findlater's in Dublin at the outbreak of the Civil War. File includes typed transcription of sworn evidence given by the claimant before the Advisory Committee, Military Service Pensions Act 1934 as well as signed statements relating to his service from Charles Diamond, Robert Briscoe and William O' Brien and notes of evidence given by J. Hanratty. File further refers to subject's work with the Irish labour movement, membership of Seanad Éireann, his wife and son.

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