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The Blueshirts, | The League of Youth, widely known as the Blueshirts, was an Irish [[fascist]] organization formed by Ned Cronin as the Army Comrades Association in February of 1932. Ned felt that free speech was hindered by acts of political violence by the IRA of the time, and created the group as a sort of security service of Irish veterans to protect political rallies and speeches. | ||
In 1932, the party claimed to be host to around 30,000 members, and in 1933 came under the leadership of Eoin O'Duffy - who then renamed the organization to be the National Guard. Under O'Duffy, the organization became much more overtly fascist, adopting the Roman salute and with it the party's famous blue uniform for which they are known. | |||
In August of 1933, the National Guard planned a march and rally in Dublin. Marxists and socialist elements of the IRA openly expressed that the march would be met with violence, but this would not be its end. Reportedly, then head of state Éamon de Valera was concerned by the popularity of the party and its plan to march on the capital -recalling the March on Rome by the Italian Blackshirts- and legally suppressed the march. O'Duffy obliged the ban of the march, and instead organized multiple smaller provincial marches. De Valera took this as an opportunity to eliminate the party, and banned it entirely, stating that the marches had violated the constitutional ban. | |||
In response, O'Duffy merged the remnants of the Blueshirts with other, tamer parties to create Fine Gael, renaming the National Guard to the Young Ireland Association, a part of the new party's Youth Wing. | |||
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Revision as of 17:30, 17 February 2023
The League of Youth, widely known as the Blueshirts, was an Irish fascist organization formed by Ned Cronin as the Army Comrades Association in February of 1932. Ned felt that free speech was hindered by acts of political violence by the IRA of the time, and created the group as a sort of security service of Irish veterans to protect political rallies and speeches. In 1932, the party claimed to be host to around 30,000 members, and in 1933 came under the leadership of Eoin O'Duffy - who then renamed the organization to be the National Guard. Under O'Duffy, the organization became much more overtly fascist, adopting the Roman salute and with it the party's famous blue uniform for which they are known. In August of 1933, the National Guard planned a march and rally in Dublin. Marxists and socialist elements of the IRA openly expressed that the march would be met with violence, but this would not be its end. Reportedly, then head of state Éamon de Valera was concerned by the popularity of the party and its plan to march on the capital -recalling the March on Rome by the Italian Blackshirts- and legally suppressed the march. O'Duffy obliged the ban of the march, and instead organized multiple smaller provincial marches. De Valera took this as an opportunity to eliminate the party, and banned it entirely, stating that the marches had violated the constitutional ban. In response, O'Duffy merged the remnants of the Blueshirts with other, tamer parties to create Fine Gael, renaming the National Guard to the Young Ireland Association, a part of the new party's Youth Wing.