(Hunt and Clarke: London), 1827. Practical Directions for the Speedy and Economical Establishment of Communities on the Principles of Mutual Co-operation, United Possessions and Equality of Exertions and the Means of Enjoyments, (Strange and E. Wilson: London), 1830. See also Utopian socialism Notes References Connolly, James, 'The first Irish socialist: A forerunner of Marx' in Labour in Irish History, (Dublin, 1910; London, 1987) Dooley, Dolores, Equality in Community: Sexual Equality in the Writings of William Thompson and Anna Doyle Wheeler, (Cork University Press, Cork), 1996. Dooley, Dolores (Ed.), William Thompson: Appeal of One Half of the Human Race, (Cork University Press, Cork), 1997. Pankhurst, Richard, William Thompson (1775–1833) Pioneer Socialist, (Pluto Press, London), 1991. Lane, Fintan, 'William Thompson, class and his Irish context, 1775–1833', in Fintan Lane (ed.), Politics, Society and the Middle Class in Modern Ireland, pp. 21–47 (Palgrave Macmillan, Basingstoke), 2010. Lane, Fintan, ‘William Thompson, bankruptcy and the west Cork estate, 1808-1834′, in Irish Historical Studies, vol. xxxix, no. 153 (May 2014), pp 24–39. Thompson, Noel W., The People's Science: the popular political economy of exploitation and crisis, 1816–34, (Cambridge University Press), 1984. External links Cork's Praxis group on William Thompson Sunshine for Women on William Thompson Worker's Solidarity Movement page on William Thompson Pat O’Sullivan, William Thompson: The First Irish Socialist Irish Examiner article 1775 births 1833 deaths 19th-century Irish writers 19th-century philosophers 19th-century Anglo-Irish people British social reformers Consequentialists Irish cooperative organizers Feminist philosophers Irish anti-capitalists Irish atheists Irish feminists Irish male non-fiction writers Irish non-fiction writers Irish philosophers Irish socialists Irish vegetarianism activists Male feminists People from Cork (city) People from Rosscarbery Socialist feminists Utilitarians Utopian socialists