Cumann na nGaedheal

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Cumann na nGaedheal was a major early 20th-century Irish political party that governed the Irish Free State in its formative years following independence.

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All labels observed (4)

Label Occurrences
Cumann na nGaedheal canonical 15
Cumann na nGaedheal government 2
Pro-Treaty Sinn Féin 1

Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Irish political party
political party
alsoKnownAs CnaG
country Ireland
dissolved 1933
electoralStronghold middle-class voters
rural Ireland
focus international recognition of the Free State
law and order
state-building
formedGovernmentAfter Irish Civil War
foundedBy Arthur Griffith
Michael Collins
W. T. Cosgrave
pro-Treaty Sinn Féin members
governed Irish Free State
headquartersLocation Dublin
historicalEra interwar period
ideology Christian democracy
conservatism
pro-Treaty nationalism
implementedPolicy establishment of Garda Síochána
fiscal conservatism
public order and security measures
stabilisation of Irish Free State institutions
inception 1923
inGovernmentFrom 1923
inGovernmentUntil 1932
language English
Irish
lostPowerTo Fianna Fáil
lostPowerYear 1932
mergedInto Fine Gael
nameMeaning Society of the Gaels
notableLeader Kevin O'Higgins
W. T. Cosgrave
notableMember Desmond FitzGerald
Ernest Blythe
Patrick Hogan
operatedIn Irish Free State
opposedBy Fianna Fáil
anti-Treaty republicans
parliamentaryBody Dáil Éireann
partyColor blue
position centre-right
precededBy pro-Treaty IRA
surface form: pro-Treaty Sinn Féin
successor Fine Gael
supported Anglo-Irish Treaty

Referenced by (19)

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Fine Gael foundedBy Cumann na nGaedheal
Fine Gael predecessor Cumann na nGaedheal
Pro-Treaty forces politicalWing Cumann na nGaedheal
this entity surface form: Pro-Treaty Sinn Féin
Pro-Treaty forces politicalWing Cumann na nGaedheal
Eoin O'Duffy memberOf Cumann na nGaedheal
W. T. Cosgrave leaderOf Cumann na nGaedheal
W. T. Cosgrave memberOfPoliticalParty Cumann na nGaedheal
Cosgrave memberOfPoliticalParty Cumann na nGaedheal
subject surface form: W. T. Cosgrave
George Gavan Duffy memberOf Cumann na nGaedheal
Richard Mulcahy memberOf Cumann na nGaedheal
Army Comrades Association politicalAlignment Cumann na nGaedheal
this entity surface form: pro-Cumann na nGaedheal
Army Comrades Association supportedGovernment Cumann na nGaedheal
this entity surface form: Cumann na nGaedheal government
FG predecessor Cumann na nGaedheal
subject surface form: Fine Gael
Richard Mulcahy (as party leader influence, historically associated) politicalParty Cumann na nGaedheal
subject surface form: Richard Mulcahy
Richard Mulcahy (as party leader influence, historically associated) associatedWith Cumann na nGaedheal
subject surface form: Richard Mulcahy
this entity surface form: Cumann na nGaedheal government
Blueshirts associatedWith Cumann na nGaedheal
Seán Mac Eoin memberOfPoliticalParty Cumann na nGaedheal
Thomas memberOfPoliticalParty Cumann na nGaedheal
subject surface form: W. T. Cosgrave
Thomas leaderOf Cumann na nGaedheal
subject surface form: W. T. Cosgrave