The Republican Congress was an Irish Republican political organisation founded in 1934, when left wing republicans left the Irish Republican Army. The Congress was led by such IRA veterans as Peadar O'Donnell, Frank Ryan and George Gilmore. It was a socialist organisation and was dedicated to a "Worker's Republic" in Ireland. Two Councilers were elected as Republican Congress candidates in Westmeath and Dundalk in 1934. However, the organisation split during its first general meeting at Rathmines town hall in 1934 and failed to become major political party. Fianna Fáil - The Republican Party (Pronounced fee-na fall.) (English: Soldiers of Destiny) is the largest political party in the Republic of Ireland. ... Following the signing of the Anglo-Irish Treaty on 6 December 1921, the Irish Republican Army in the 26 counties that were to become the Irish Free State split between supporters and opponents of the Treaty. ... Peadar ODonnell was an Irish Republican and socialist activist and writer. ... Frank Ryan is the name of: Frank Ryan (Irish republican) (1902 - 1944) Frank Ryan (football player) (born 1936) Frank Dunie Ryan (Organized Criminal) (1942-1984) This is a disambiguation page — a list of articles associated with the same title. ... The color red and particularly the red flag are traditional symbols of Socialism. ... County Westmeath (Irish: An Iarmhí) is a county situated in the Irish Midlands, in the western part of the province of Leinster. ... Dundalk (Irish: Dún Dealgan) is the county town of County Louth in the Republic of Ireland, close to the border with Northern Ireland. ... Rathmines is a suburb on the southside of Dublin. ...
At the Republian rally at Bodenstown in 1934, clashes occurred between Republican Congress supporters and IRA members. Congress suporters among the crowd of about 17,000 were estimated at between 600 and 2000. The IRA leadership did not authorise banners other than its own and ordered the Congress banners to be seized. The clash was given a sectarian element by the attck on 36 Congress members from predominantly loyalist east Belfast, who caried a banner reading, "Unite Protestant, Catholic and Dissenter to break the connection with Capitalism". The banner was objected to by the IRA leaders as communist. Bodenstown is a small village near Sallins in county Kildare in the eastern Ireland. ... Sectarianism is an adherence to a particular sect or party or denomination, it also usually involves a rejection of those not a member of ones sect. ... For the township in Canada, see Loyalist, Ontario In general, a loyalist is an individual who is loyal to the powers that be. ... Communism - Wikipedia /**/ @import /w/skins-1. ...
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