The document summarizes a student group's entry in The Centenary essay competition to celebrate the 100th anniversary of the foundation of the Labour Party and the 1913 Lockout in Ireland. The competition tasked students with creating a project on the causes and implications of these events. The group created a timeline, pictures, poetry, a reenactment movie, 40-page essay, newspaper article, and portraits of key figures. Their project earned them a trip to Brussels to see the European Parliament. The document expresses thanks to teachers and classmates for their support and involvement in the project.

1. The Centenary essay
competition!!!
Bread and butter
question...

2. What was it about?
• 2012 - 2013 is the 100th anniversary of the
foundation of the Labour Party and of the
1913 Lockout. To celebrate these events
The Centenary Committee launched an
Essay Competition around this theme.
• The subject of the competition was based
on the causes of these events, their story
and their results and implications up to the
present day.

3. The prize..
• A trip to Brussels for 20 pupils
and four teachers/adults to see
the workings of the European
Parliament!!!

4. Members...

5. The first time Mr. Mc Taggart mentioned
the competition was in History class in
mid September, and instantly the four
of us thought that it would be a good
idea. By the end of class, we had
formed our group and had planned our
project with Brussels in mind...

6. What we did?
• Timeline
• Pictures
• Poetry
• Re-enactment
• 40 page essay
• Newspaper article
• Cover art
• Forgotten figure
• 4 portraits of key figures – James Connolly,
‘Big’ Jim Larkin, William O’Brien, William
Martin Murphy.

8. The movie...
• This movie took approximately two classes
to rehearse and film with the help of Miss
Sweeney and her 4th year and TY drama
classes.
• Thanks all who participated in this clip!
Your help was much appreciated!!!
• 1913 lockout- a re-creation - YouTube

9. Production of the movie

11. As a final word...
We would like to thank everyone
for helping us with our project,
whether it be their support, or
involvement in the movie, it was
much appreciated!!!

12. We would also like to thank our
teachers for their support,
especially Mr. Mc Taggart for
helping us with our project the
whole way through, between
overlooking the project and for
giving us original ideas, and not
forgetting letting us work in a
lot of his history classes!!!
THANK YOU!!!