**James Connolly** or '''Séamas Ó Conghaile '''(1868 - 1916) was a
founder of the [IWW](Industrial_Workers_of_the_World "wikilink"),
[anti-colonial](Anti-Colonialism "wikilink") and
[socialist](Socialism "wikilink") activist who fought to establish an
independent socialist republic in
[Ireland](Republic_of_Ireland "wikilink").