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A [[Presbyterian]],<ref name="CENSUS FORM" /> Halley was born at 19 Carew Street, Belfast on 15 January 1904, the son of James Halley, a soldier, and Julia McCormick. He became an official, and eventually Vice-Chairman, of the Amalgamated [[Transport and General Workers Union|Transport and General Workers' Union]].<ref name="AGTWU" /> |
A [[Presbyterian]],<ref name="CENSUS FORM" /> Halley was born at 19 Carew Street, Belfast on 15 January 1904, the son of James Halley, a soldier, and Julia McCormick. He became an official, and eventually Vice-Chairman, of the Amalgamated [[Transport and General Workers Union|Transport and General Workers' Union]].<ref name="AGTWU" /> |
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Haley joined the [[Independent Labour Party]], and when in 1932 |
Haley joined the [[Independent Labour Party]], and when in 1932 this disaffiliated from the [[Labour Party (UK)|British Labour Party]], he became a founder member of the small [[Socialist Party of Northern Ireland]], an integral part of the [[Northern Ireland Labour Party]].<ref name="notes">[https://web.archive.org/web/20091028150410/http://geocities.com/irelandscw/docs-SPNI.htm Notes on the Socialist Party of Northern Ireland]</ref> |
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In 1934, along with [[Jack Macgougan]], [[Jack White (Irish socialist)|Jack White]] and other northern trade unionists and socialists, he attended the convention in [[Athlone]] that established the broad "anti-imperialist" [[Republican Congress]], an initiative of a left split from the [[Irish Republican Army (1922–1969)|Irish Republican Army]].<ref>{{Cite book |last=Byrne |first=Patrick |url=https://www.leftarchive.ie/workspace/documents/22057-ir-rep-cong-94.pdf |title=The Republican Congress Revisited (with a foreword by Nora Harkin) |publisher=Connolly association Pamphlet |year=1994 |isbn=0952231700 |location=Dublin |pages=5, 15.}}</ref> From 1936 he was active, alongside [[Betty Sinclair]], Macgougan and others, in organising relief aid for the [[Second Spanish Republic|Spanish Republic]] during the [[Spanish Civil War|civil war]] with [[Francisco Franco|Franco]].<ref name=":0">{{Cite book |last=Courtney |first=Robert |title=Dissenting Voices: Rediscovering the Irish Progressive Presbyterian Tradition |publisher=Ulster Historical Foundation |year=2013 |isbn=978-1-909556-06-5 |location=Belfast |page=331-332}}</ref> |
In 1934, along with [[Jack Macgougan]], [[Jack White (Irish socialist)|Jack White]] and other northern trade unionists and socialists, he attended the convention in [[Athlone]] that established the broad "anti-imperialist" [[Republican Congress]], an initiative of a left split from the [[Irish Republican Army (1922–1969)|Irish Republican Army]].<ref>{{Cite book |last=Byrne |first=Patrick |url=https://www.leftarchive.ie/workspace/documents/22057-ir-rep-cong-94.pdf |title=The Republican Congress Revisited (with a foreword by Nora Harkin) |publisher=Connolly association Pamphlet |year=1994 |isbn=0952231700 |location=Dublin |pages=5, 15.}}</ref> From 1936 he was active, alongside [[Betty Sinclair]], Macgougan and others, in organising relief aid for the [[Second Spanish Republic|Spanish Republic]] during the [[Spanish Civil War|civil war]] with [[Francisco Franco|Franco]].<ref name=":0">{{Cite book |last=Courtney |first=Robert |title=Dissenting Voices: Rediscovering the Irish Progressive Presbyterian Tradition |publisher=Ulster Historical Foundation |year=2013 |isbn=978-1-909556-06-5 |location=Belfast |page=331-332}}</ref> |
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In 1944, with other Protestant trade unionists in west Belfast, Halley joined Nationalist Party dissidents around [[Harry Diamond (politician)|Harry Diamond]], and ex IRA volunteers in forming the [[Socialist Republican Party (Ireland)|Socialist Republican Party]].<ref name="AGTWU">Matt Merrigan, ''Eagle Or Cuckoo?: The Story of the ATGWU in Ireland''</ref> He stood for the party at the 1946 [[Belfast Central (Northern Ireland Parliament constituency)|Belfast Central]] by-election, but was defeated by [[Frank Hanna (politician)|Frank Hanna]] of the NILP by 5,566 to 2,783 votes.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.election.demon.co.uk/stormont/belfast.html |title=Northern Ireland Parliamentary Election Results: Boroughs: Belfast |access-date=9 August 2007 |archive-date=22 July 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180722074311/http://www.election.demon.co.uk/stormont/belfast.html |url-status=dead }}</ref> |
In 1944, with other Protestant trade unionists in west Belfast, Halley joined Nationalist Party dissidents around [[Harry Diamond (politician)|Harry Diamond]], and ex IRA volunteers in forming the [[Socialist Republican Party (Ireland)|Socialist Republican Party]].<ref name="AGTWU">Matt Merrigan, ''Eagle Or Cuckoo?: The Story of the ATGWU in Ireland''</ref> He stood for the party at the 1946 [[Belfast Central (Northern Ireland Parliament constituency)|Belfast Central]] by-election for the party, but was defeated by [[Frank Hanna (politician)|Frank Hanna]] of the NILP by 5,566 to 2,783 votes.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.election.demon.co.uk/stormont/belfast.html |title=Northern Ireland Parliamentary Election Results: Boroughs: Belfast |access-date=9 August 2007 |archive-date=22 July 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180722074311/http://www.election.demon.co.uk/stormont/belfast.html |url-status=dead }}</ref> |
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In 1948, along with MacGougan and the writer [[Denis Ireland]], Haley was a member of the Belfast 1798 Commemoration Committee.<ref>Courtney (2013), p. 342.</ref> After the government blocked a rally in the city centre, a crowd of 30,000 gathered in Corrigan Park in nationalist west Belfast where they heard Halley declare: "The people who destroyed [[Wolfe Tone|Tone]] in Ireland were those who feared the Protestant tradition of association with America, French Republicanism, Freedom and Democracy".<ref name=":0" /> |
In 1948, along with MacGougan and the writer [[Denis Ireland]], Haley was a member of the Belfast 1798 Commemoration Committee.<ref>Courtney (2013), p. 342.</ref> After the government blocked a rally in the city centre, a crowd of 30,000 gathered in Corrigan Park in nationalist west Belfast where they heard Halley declare: "The people who destroyed [[Wolfe Tone|Tone]] in Ireland were those who feared the Protestant tradition of association with America, French Republicanism, Freedom and Democracy".<ref name=":0" /> |
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Victor Halley (1904–1966)[1][2] was a trade unionist and socialist in Northern Ireland, who identified the cause of labour with the achievement of an all-Ireland republic.
A Presbyterian,[2] Halley was born at 19 Carew Street, Belfast on 15 January 1904, the son of James Halley, a soldier, and Julia McCormick. He became an official, and eventually Vice-Chairman, of the Amalgamated Transport and General Workers' Union.[3]
Haley joined the Independent Labour Party, and when in 1932 this disaffiliated from the British Labour Party, he became a founder member of the small Socialist Party of Northern Ireland, an integral part of the Northern Ireland Labour Party.[4]
In 1934, along with Jack Macgougan, Jack White and other northern trade unionists and socialists, he attended the convention in Athlone that established the broad "anti-imperialist" Republican Congress, an initiative of a left split from the Irish Republican Army.[5] From 1936 he was active, alongside Betty Sinclair, Macgougan and others, in organising relief aid for the Spanish Republic during the civil war with Franco.[1]
In 1944, with other Protestant trade unionists in west Belfast, Halley joined Nationalist Party dissidents around Harry Diamond, and ex IRA volunteers in forming the Socialist Republican Party.[3] He stood for the party at the 1946 Belfast Central by-election for the party, but was defeated by Frank Hanna of the NILP by 5,566 to 2,783 votes.[6]
In 1948, along with MacGougan and the writer Denis Ireland, Haley was a member of the Belfast 1798 Commemoration Committee.[7] After the government blocked a rally in the city centre, a crowd of 30,000 gathered in Corrigan Park in nationalist west Belfast where they heard Halley declare: "The people who destroyed Tone in Ireland were those who feared the Protestant tradition of association with America, French Republicanism, Freedom and Democracy".[1]
In 1950 and 51, with Diamond he led efforts within the Irish Labour Party to persuade it to organise north of the border. [1]
References
- ^ a b c d Courtney, Robert (2013). Dissenting Voices: Rediscovering the Irish Progressive Presbyterian Tradition. Belfast: Ulster Historical Foundation. p. 331-332. ISBN 978-1-909556-06-5.
- ^ a b Halley Family 1911 Census Form
- ^ a b Matt Merrigan, Eagle Or Cuckoo?: The Story of the ATGWU in Ireland
- ^ Notes on the Socialist Party of Northern Ireland
- ^ Byrne, Patrick (1994). The Republican Congress Revisited (with a foreword by Nora Harkin) (PDF). Dublin: Connolly association Pamphlet. pp. 5, 15. ISBN 0952231700.
- ^ "Northern Ireland Parliamentary Election Results: Boroughs: Belfast". Archived from the original on 22 July 2018. Retrieved 9 August 2007.
- ^ Courtney (2013), p. 342.