The planting of the seed. Out of the dark into the dawn. An account of the founding of the Irish Transport and General Workers' Union and the role it played in the period up to the rising in 1916 O'Shannon, Cathal, 'The planting of the seed. Out of the dark into the dawn. An account of the founding of the Irish Transport and General Workers' Union and the role it played in the period up to the Rising in 1916', published by the National Executive Council of the Irish Transport and General Workers' Union. Printed and designed by Brindleys Limited Dublin.