The Centre Party was a political party in the Irish Free State in the early 1930s. It was jointly led by Frank MacDermott and James Dillon, the later of whom was the son of the last leader of the Irish Parliamentary Party, John Dillon. The Irish Free State (Irish: Saorstát Éireann) was (1922–1937) the name of the state comprising the 26 of Irelands 32 counties which were separated from the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland under the Irish Free State Agreement (or Anglo-Irish Treaty) signed by British and Irish... Events and trends Technology Jet engine invented First atom was split with a particle accelerator Golden Age of radio begins in U.S. Disney adopts a three-color Technicolor process for cartoons First Kit Kat in UK The photocopier is invented by Carlson Air mail service across the Atlantic Science... James Dillon (26 September 1902 - 10 February 1986) was an Irish politician and leader of Fine Gael from 1959 to 1965. ... In 1882 Charles Stewart Parnell, the leader of the Nationalist Party, formed the Irish Parliamentary Party (IPP), replacing the Home Rule League, as a parliamentary party with strict rules. ... John Dillon (September 4, 1851 - August 4, 1927) was an Irish nationalist politician. ...

The Centre Party merged with Cumann na nGaedheal and the Army Comrades Association to form Fine Gael, the main Irish opposition party, in 1933. Cumann na nGaedheal (League of the Gaels) was an Irish language name given to two Irish political parties. ... The Army Comrades Association (ACA), better known by its nickname The Blueshirts, was an Irish organisation set up by former police commissioner and army General Eoin ODuffy in the 1930s. ... Fine Gael (IPA in English and in Irish, approximate English translation: Family of the Irish) is the second largest political party in both the Republic of Ireland and Ireland as a whole. ... 1933 was a common year starting on Sunday (link will take you to calendar). ...