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The ITGWU should not be confused with the [[United Kingdom|British]]-based [[Transport and General Workers Union]], which also organises in Ireland under the name ''Amalgamated Transport and General Workers Union'' (ATGWU).
==Mergers==
==General Secretaries==▼
The union absorbed numerous smaller trade unions:<ref>Arthur Marsh and John B. Smethurst, ''Historical Directory of Trade Unions'', vol.5, pp.465-467</ref>
:1914: Dublin Coal Factors' Association
:1915: Kilkenny Brewery Labourers' Trade Union
:1917: Irish Glass Bottle Makers' Society, Rathmines and District Workers' Union
:1919: Brewery Workers' Association (Cork), Carpet Planners of the City of Dublin, Dublin Saddlers and Harness Makers' Trade Society, Irish Land and Labour Association, Irish National Agricultural and General Workers' Union, Mullingar Trade and Labour Union, Queenstown and District Goverment Labourers' Union
:1920: United Building Labourers and General Workers of Dublin Trade Union
:1921: Amalgamated Society of Pork Butchers (Limerick and Waterford)
:1922: Meath Labour Union
:1923: Irish Automobile Drivers' Society
:1925: Irish Mental Hospital Workers' Union
:1938: Dublin Coal Factors' Association, Dublin United Tramway and Omnibus Inspectors' Association
:1941: Limerick Corporation Employees' Union
:1943: Tipperary Workingmen's Protective and Benefit Society
:1950: Cumann Teicneori Innealoireachta
:1953: Clothing Workers' Union (Derry)
:1976: [[National Union of Gold, Silver and Allied Trades]] (Irish branches)
:1977: Irish Shoe and Leather Workers' Union (Dundalk)
:1979: Irish Actors' Equity Association
:1981: Irish Racecourse Bookmakers' Assistants' Association
:1982: Irish Federation of Musicians and Associated Professionals (later split)
==Leadership==
▲===General Secretaries===
:1909: [[James Larkin]]
:1924: [[William X. O'Brien]]
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:1983: [[Christy Kirwan]]
===General Presidents===
:1909: [[Thomas Foran]]
:1939: [[Tom Kennedy (trade unionist)|Tom Kennedy]]
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:1981: [[John Carroll (trade unionist)|John Carroll]]
===Vice Presidents===
:1924: [[Tom Kennedy (trade unionist)|Tom Kennedy]]
:1940: [[William McMullen]]
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