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{{Infobox union
| name = Irish Transport and General Workers' Union
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| native_name = Ceardchumann Iompair agus Ilsaothair na hÉireann
| image = [[File:Meuble héraldique Main.svg|200px]]
| founded = January 1909
| predecessor = [[National Union of Dock Labourers]]
| successor =
| current =
| dissolved_date = 1990
| dissolved_state = Merged into
| merged_into = [[Services, Industrial, Professional and Technical Union]]
| members =
| country = [[Ireland]]
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| website = <!-- {{URL|example.com}} -->
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}}
The '''Irish Transport and General Workers Union''', an [[Ireland|Irish]] [[trade union]], was founded by [[James Larkin]] in January 1909 as a general union.<ref>[http://www.irishlabourhistorysociety.com/index.php?page=tu_hist&title=History%20of%20Trade%20Unions History of Trade Unions], Irish Labour History Society. Retrieved 2013-06-01.</ref><ref>[http://www.nli.ie/pdfs/mss%20lists/itgwu.pdf Irish Transport and General Workers' Union papers], National Library of Ireland. Retrieved 2013-06-01.</ref> Initially drawing its membership from branches of the [[Liverpool]]-based [[National Union of Dock Labourers]], from which Larkin had been expelled, it grew to include workers in a range of industries. The ITGWU logo was the [[Red Hand of Ulster]], which is synonymous with ancient [[Gael]]ic [[Ulster]].
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