Blueshirt movement

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The Blueshirt movement was a 1930s Irish quasi-fascist paramilitary and political organization known for its authoritarian, nationalist ideology and support for Eoin O'Duffy.

All labels observed (2)

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Blueshirt movement canonical 1
Blueshirts movement 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf far-right organization
paramilitary organization
political movement
activityPeriod 1930s
alsoKnownAs Blueshirts
Fine Gael Blueshirts
linked to: Fine Gael

National Guard
color blue
country Ireland
dissolutionYear 1935
formationYear 1932
1933
foundedBy Eoin O'Duffy
former Free State Army officers
governmentAction subject to proposed banning by Fianna Fáil government
hasPart Army Comrades Association
National Guard (Ireland)
Young Ireland Association
headquartersLocation Dublin
ideology Irish nationalism
anti-communism
authoritarianism
corporatism
quasi-fascism
inspiredBy German Brownshirts
linked to: Sturmabteilung

Italian Blackshirts
linked to: Blackshirts
leader Eoin O'Duffy
membershipBase former National Army soldiers
pro-Treaty activists
mergedInto Fine Gael
namedAfter blue shirts worn by members
notableLeader Ned Cronin
Thomas F. O'Higgins
opposed Fianna Fáil government
Irish republicanism (anti-Treaty)
opposedBy Fianna Fáil
Irish Labour Party
Irish Republican Army
paramilitaryRole protection of pro-Treaty public meetings
politicalPosition far-right
right-wing
politicalWingOf Fine Gael (early years)
precededBy Army Comrades Association
region Irish Free State
religion Roman Catholicism
supported Anglo-Irish Treaty
Irish Free State
supportedLeader Eoin O'Duffy
symbol Celtic cross
uniform blue shirt

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National Corporate Party hasPart Blueshirt movement
Irish Brigade (Spanish Civil War) politicalAssociation Blueshirts movement
linked to: Blueshirt movement