Connolly Association
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The Connolly Association is an organisation based among Irish emigrants in Britain which supports the aims of Irish republicanism. It takes its name from James Connolly, an socialist republican, born in Edinburgh, Scotland and executed by the British army in 1916 for his part in the Easter Rising of the same year. It was formed in London in 1938 by members of various Irish organisations. It was originally named the Connolly Club, and its aims were: to work for the complete freedom of the Irish people and to provide a social and cultural centre for those promoting the teachings of James Connolly and to show solidarity with oppressed nations and peoples throughout the world - sentiments continued in the present CA constitution.
The Connolly Association produced a newspaper from 1939, known first as Irish Freedom and then from 1945 as The Irish Democrat.
