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Post by redstar1916 on Apr 4, 2006 22:22:16 GMT
Hey all, like the title would suggest, I'm looking for some information on Saor Éire, a group of Communists who split from the IRA, for my history topic. I haven't had much luck so far, the Wiki doesn't provide much information on them... Maybe you guys could help? Thanks  |
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Post by Papa C. on Apr 6, 2006 9:15:35 GMT
Hey all, like the title would suggest, I'm looking for some information on Saor Éire, a group of Communists who split from the IRA, for my history topic. I haven't had much luck so far, the Wiki doesn't provide much information on them... Maybe you guys could help? Thanks As far as I know, off hand, there were 2 different Saor Éire organisations and were in no way connected. One operated in the 20s or 30s. Who were actually part of the IRA and actually had IRA backing. They were denounced by Fianna Fail and the Catholic Church as a dangerous communist organisation. The other org operated in the late 60s. Here's some from WikipediaSaor Éire (meaning Free Ireland) was a left-wing political organisation established in September 1931 by communist-leaning members of the Irish Republican Army, with the backing of the IRA leadership. Notable among its founders was Peadar O'Donnell, former editor of An Phoblacht and a leading left-wing figure in the IRA. Saor Éire described itself as "an organization of workers and working farmers".
The organisation was attacked by the right-wing press and the Catholic Church as a dangerous communist group, and was quickly banned by the Free State government. The strength of reaction against it prevented it becoming an effective political organisation. O'Donnell and his supporters would attempt a similar initiative two years later with the establishment of the Republic Congress in 1933.
In later years Fianna Fáil accused Clann na Poblachta of being a revival of Saor Éire and name itself was used by dissident leftist republicans - some of whom were later associated with the Maoist-inspired INLA - in the late 1960s.I think Wikipedia put it better than me  ;D |
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Post by Papa C. on Apr 6, 2006 9:29:02 GMT
More from a different source
Saor Éire (Saor Éire is an Irish term for 'Free Ireland'.)
Initially established in Sept 1931 as a left-wing Republican group. It was banned on 17th Oct 1931. The group reappeared in 1967 as a minor Republican paramilitary group which was active in the 1960s and 1970s, when it was believed to be involved in bank robberies in the Republic of Ireland.
Saor Éire was reformed in 1967 by members of the Irish Republican Army, one of whom was Frank Keane the former head of the IRA Dublin Brigade, it was believed to have around between forty and sixty members of whom the majority were based in Dublin and Cork.
In 1975 Saor Eire made threats against both the Irish Republican Socialist Party (IRSP) and the Official Irish Republican Army (OIRA) at a time when both organisations were engaged in a feud in Belfast.
And more from an even different source
The two organisations using the name Saor Eire were not in any way connected. The first was a kind of political movement established by the IRA. The second was a minor paramilitary group which appeared to be influenced by a distorted version of Trotskyism.The two organisations were seperated by more than thirty years and as far as I know the second group did not claim to be a revival of the first. --IrrationallyAngry 04:44, 18 Apr 2005 (IST)
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Post by RedFlag32 on Apr 7, 2006 18:23:29 GMT
"Maoist-inspired INLA" ha brilliant
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phoenix2006
Comrade
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Post by phoenix2006 on Aug 21, 2006 19:07:54 GMT
Does this group still exist today or has it disappeared?
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Post by Papa C. on Aug 24, 2006 10:05:14 GMT
It has disappeared I believe.
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Post by voxpopuli on Sept 8, 2006 23:28:58 GMT
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Post by Papa C. on Sept 9, 2006 17:10:37 GMT
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Post by RedFlag32 on Sept 10, 2006 14:26:36 GMT
Maybe put some info on this groups history on the main page?
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Post by Papa C. on Sept 10, 2006 16:36:16 GMT
Good call. I'll put some up when I can get around to it. I'm hoping to put a lot more info on the main pages in the next few weeks but I just have to find the time to do it.
Cheers.
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Post by RedFlag32 on Sept 10, 2006 17:10:04 GMT
Good call. I'll put some up when I can get around to it. I'm hoping to put a lot more info on the main pages in the next few weeks but I just have to find the time to do it. Cheers. Well you have done an excellent job so far mate so fair due's.I just thaught it would be an idea as there isnt much info on the republican left,some people think its just an IRSM notion ye know,its good to get other evidence that it exsisted. |
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Post by Papa C. on Sept 12, 2006 10:58:33 GMT
Yeah, I like the way you think comrade. I've got a couple of pages up there now but I have to fix up the other pages to link to them.
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