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Alderman James McCarron (1851 – 10 October 1918) was an Irish trade unionist. McCarron came to prominence as a leading figure in the Amalgamated Society of Tailors and Tailoresses, based in Derry. In the early 1890s, he was the secretary of the local branch, and was imprisoned in the aftermath of a strike.〔C. Desmond Greaves, ''The Irish Transport and General Workers' Union'', p.6〕 Soon becoming the most prominent member of his union in Ireland,〔Ed. Adrian Gregory and Senia Paseta, ''Ireland and the Great War'', p.85〕 he was elected to the Parliamentary Committee of the Irish Trades Union Congress every year from 1894 until 1909,〔Emmet O'Connor, "Problems of reform in the ITUC, 1894-1914"〕 and served as President on three occasions, in 1899, 1907 and 1910.〔Donal Nevin, ''Trade Union Century'', p.437〕 In the mid-1890s, McCarron, was a proponent of land nationalisation,〔William Patrick Ryan, ''The Irish Labor Movement'', p.160〕 but he later joined the Labour Representation Committee,〔Dermot Keogh, ''The Rise of the Working Class in Ireland'', p.45〕 then later the new Irish Labour Party. He was elected to Derry City Council, becoming the group's leader, later an alderman,〔"(A Visitors Map to Derry City Cemetery )", Derry City Council〕 and Chairman of the Public Health Committee.〔Warre B. Wells and N. Marlowe, ''The Irish Convention and Sinn Féin'', p.88〕 McCarron was an Irish nationalist, but was a staunch defender of the role of British-based trade unions in Ireland.〔John W. Boyle, ''The Irish Labour Movement in the Nineteenth Century'', p.97〕 He was appointed as one of two representatives of the labour movement on the Irish Convention of 1917 and early 1918, which unsuccessfully considered the question of Irish home rule.〔David W. Miller, ''Church, State and Nation in Ireland 1898–1921'', p.366〕 In late 1918, McCarron set sail for Wales aboard the ''RMS Leinster'', with fellow trade unionist Patrick Lynch. On 10 October, the ship was torpedoed and sank, with McCarron and Lynch among the dead.〔C. Desmond Greaves, ''The Irish Transport and General Workers' Union'', p.221〕 A large memorial in the form of a Celtic cross was erected in his memory in Derry City Cemetery.〔 ==References== 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「James McCarron」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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