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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]].

The ITGWU was at the centre of the [[syndicalist]]-inspired [[Dublin Lockout]] in 1913 and the events left a lasting impression on the ITGWU and hence on the Irish [[Labour Movement]].

After Larkin's departure for the [[United States]] in 1914 in the wake of the Lockout, [[William X. O'Brien]] became the union's leading figure. He later served as general secretary for many years.