Who was in charge of ITGWU and ICA in Larkin's absence in America?
James Connolly
Jack White
William O'Brien
None of the above
Answer
In the absence of James Larkin in America, James Connolly was in charge of the Irish Transport and General Workers' Union (ITGWU) and Irish Citizen Army (ICA). Connolly was a leading figure in the Irish labour movement and a socialist revolutionary. He was also a member of the Irish Republican Brotherhood (IRB), and played a key role in the Easter Rising in 1916.
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