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.

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Label Occurrences
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 NERFINISHED
Fine Gael Blueshirts NERFINISHED
National Guard NERFINISHED
color blue
country Ireland NERFINISHED
dissolutionYear 1935
formationYear 1932
1933
foundedBy Eoin O'Duffy NERFINISHED
former Free State Army officers
governmentAction subject to proposed banning by Fianna Fáil government
hasPart Army Comrades Association NERFINISHED
National Guard (Ireland) NERFINISHED
Young Ireland Association NERFINISHED
headquartersLocation Dublin NERFINISHED
ideology Irish nationalism NERFINISHED
anti-communism
authoritarianism
corporatism
quasi-fascism
inspiredBy German Brownshirts NERFINISHED
Italian Blackshirts NERFINISHED
leader Eoin O'Duffy NERFINISHED
membershipBase former National Army soldiers
pro-Treaty activists
mergedInto Fine Gael NERFINISHED
namedAfter blue shirts worn by members
notableLeader Ned Cronin NERFINISHED
Thomas F. O'Higgins NERFINISHED
opposed Fianna Fáil government NERFINISHED
Irish republicanism (anti-Treaty)
opposedBy Fianna Fáil NERFINISHED
Irish Labour Party NERFINISHED
Irish Republican Army NERFINISHED
paramilitaryRole protection of pro-Treaty public meetings
politicalPosition far-right
right-wing
politicalWingOf Fine Gael (early years)
precededBy Army Comrades Association NERFINISHED
region Irish Free State NERFINISHED
religion Roman Catholicism
supported Anglo-Irish Treaty NERFINISHED
Irish Free State NERFINISHED
supportedLeader Eoin O'Duffy NERFINISHED
symbol Celtic cross NERFINISHED
uniform blue shirt

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National Corporate Party hasPart Blueshirt movement
Irish Brigade (Spanish Civil War) politicalAssociation Blueshirt movement
this entity surface form: Blueshirts movement