Loyalism and Labour in Belfast: The Autobiography of Robert McElborough 1884-1952

by Robert McElborough

Robert McElborough was a Belfast trade unionist of little education, who spent most of his life living in the Sandy Row district and working on the tramways and in the gas industry. An active organizer in two loyalist trade unions, he fought proudly on the workers side for wages and conditions as a descendant of an Ulster Scot.



This selection from his autobiography provides a unique record of Protestant working-class life, and a trenchant...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 185918278X
• ISBN13: 9781859182789
• Release Date: July 2002
• Publisher: Cork University Press
• Length: 96 Pages
• Weight: 0.23 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.3" x 5.1" x 7.9"