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Sam Nolan: tribune of Dublin labour
1930-2024
Sam Nolan
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Born in 1930, his parents were committed socialists, his carpenter father a union activist and Communist Party of Ireland member.
Young Sam followed his father’s trade and, in 1947, joined the Socialist (later Democratic) Youth Movement and, by 1952, was serving on the executive of the Irish Workers League (IWL).
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