Army Comrades Association

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The Army Comrades Association was an Irish right-wing veterans' organization of the early 1930s that evolved into the political movement known as the Blueshirts.

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Army Comrades Association canonical 7

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Irish political organization
right-wing organization
veterans' organization
activeInPeriod early 1930s
activityType paramilitary-style organization
alsoKnownAs ACA
associatedWithColor blue shirts
country Ireland
evolvedInto Blueshirts
foundedInPlace Dublin
foundedInYear 1932
historicalContext Irish Free State politics
ideology Irish nationalism
right-wing
inspiredBy contemporary European paramilitary movements
membershipBase Irish Free State Army veterans
mergedInto Fine Gael
notableLeader Eoin O'Duffy
Ned Cronin
opposedTo Fianna Fáil
Irish Republican Army
politicalAlignment pro-Cumann na nGaedheal
linked to: Cumann na nGaedheal
predecessorOf Blueshirts
purpose to organize Irish Army veterans
to protect Cumann na nGaedheal meetings
relatedTo Irish Civil War veterans
status defunct
successorOrganization National Guard (Blueshirts)
linked to: Blueshirts
supportedGovernment Cumann na nGaedheal government
linked to: Cumann na nGaedheal
symbolism uniformed political movement

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Referenced by (7)

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Fine Gael foundedBy Army Comrades Association
Fine Gael predecessor Army Comrades Association
Fine Gael predecessor Army Comrades Association
subject linked to: FG
National Corporate Party precededBy Army Comrades Association
Blueshirts predecessor Army Comrades Association
Blueshirts alsoKnownAs Army Comrades Association
Organization of the Blueshirts relatedTo Army Comrades Association
subject linked to: organization of the Blueshirts