Defunct political parties in the Republic of Ireland Test and Flashcards

National Democratic Party (Ireland)

The National Democratic Party was a minor party in the Irish Free State representing small farming interests.

League for a Workers' Republic

The League for a Workers' Republic (LWR) was a Trotskyist organisation in Ireland.

Progressive Democrats

The Progressive Democrats (Irish: An Páirtí Daonlathach, lit.: The Democratic Party), commonly known as the PDs, was a liberal and conservative-liberal political party in the Republic of Ireland.

National Centre Party (Ireland)

The National Centre Party, initially known as the National Farmers and Ratepayers League, was a short-lived political party in the Irish Free State.

Saor Éire

Saor Éire (IPA: [s̪ˠɯɾˠ eːɾʲə] / [s̪ˠiːɾˠ eːɾʲə], 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.

National Progressive Democrats

The National Progressive Democrats was a small socialist political party in the Republic of Ireland, active between 1958 and 1963.

National Labour Party (Ireland)

The National Labour Party was an Irish political party active between 1944 and 1950.

Farmers' Party (Ireland)

The Farmers' Party or Farmers' Union was an agrarian political party in the Irish Free State between 1922 and 1932.

Muintir na hÉireann

Muintir na hÉireann (Irish pronunciation: [mˠinʲtʲiɾʲ n̪ˠa ˈheːrʲən̪ˠ], meaning "People of Ireland") was a minor political party in Ireland, with socially conservative and populist policies.

World Socialist Party (Ireland)

The World Socialist Party was founded as the Socialist Party of Ireland in 1949 before changing its name a decade later.

British and Irish Communist Organisation

The British and Irish Communist Organisation (B&ICO) was a small but highly influential group based in London, Belfast, Cork, and Dublin.

Sligo/Leitrim Independent Socialist Organisation

Sligo/Leitrim Independent Socialist Organisation (SLISO) was a minor political party led by Sligo County Councillor Declan Bree.

Independent Fianna Fáil

Independent Fianna Fáil was a splinter republican party in the Republic of Ireland created by Neil Blaney after his expulsion from Fianna Fáil following the Irish Arms Crisis (1969–1970).

Natural Law Party

The Natural Law Party (NLP) was a transnational party founded in 1992 on "the principles of Transcendental Meditation", the laws of nature, and their application to all levels of government.

Fathers Rights-Responsibility Party

Fathers' Rights-Responsibility Party was an Irish political party, led by Liam Ó Gógáin and formed in 2007.

Libertas Ireland

Libertas Ireland was a political party in Ireland.

Ailtirí na hAiséirghe

Ailtirí na hAiséirghe (Irish pronunciation: [ˈalʲtʲi̞ɾʲiː n̪ˠə ˈhaʃeːɾʲiː], meaning "Architects of the Resurrection") was a minor radical nationalist and fascist political party in Ireland, founded by Gearóid Ó Cuinneagáin in 1942.

Cumann na nGaedheal

Cumann na nGaedheal (Irish pronunciation: [ˈkʊmən nə ˈŋeːl̪ˠ]; "Society of the Gaels"), sometimes spelt Cumann na nGaedhael, was a political party in the Irish Free State, which formed the government from 1923 to 1932.

Democratic Left (Ireland)

Democratic Left (Irish: Daonlathas Clé) was a democratic-socialist political party in Ireland between 1992 and 1999.

Christian Solidarity Party

The Christian Solidarity Party (Irish: Comhar Críostaí) is an unregistered minor political party in the Republic of Ireland.

Cumann Poblachta na hÉireann

Cumann Poblachta na hÉireann (Irish pronunciation: [kˠumʷənˠ pʷɔbʷɫəxt̪ˠə n̪ˠə heːɾʲən̪ˠ]; English: Republican Society of Ireland) was a political party established by the Irish Republican Army in 1936.

Clann na Poblachta

Clann na Poblachta ([kˠɫan̪ˠ n̪ˠə pʷɔbʷɫəxt̪ˠə] – English: Family (or Children) of the Republic) was an Irish republican political party founded by former Irish Republican Army Chief of Staff Seán MacBride in 1946.

Socialist Labour Party (Ireland)

The Socialist Labour Party (SLP) was a minor political party in the Republic of Ireland formed under the leadership of Matt Merrigan (Dublin Secretary of the ATGWU) and Noël Browne, TD in 1977.

United Left (Ireland)

United Left was a left-wing political party in Ireland founded in 2013.

Clann na Talmhan

Clann na Talmhan ([ˈkl̪ˠan̪ˠ n̪ˠə t̪ˠal̪ˠuːnˠ], English: Family/Children of the land, but formally known as the National Agricultural Party) was an Irish agrarian political party active between 1939 and 1965.

National League Party

The National League was a political party in Ireland.

Blueshirts

The Army Comrades Association (ACA), later the National Guard, then Young Ireland and finally League of Youth, but better known by the nickname The Blueshirts (Irish: Na Léinte Gorma), was a far-right organisation in the Irish Free State in the early 1930s.

National Corporate Party

The National Corporate Party (Irish: Páirtí Náisiúnta Corparáidíoch, PNC) was a fascist political party in Ireland founded by General Eoin O'Duffy in June 1934.

Republican Congress

The Republican Congress (Irish: An Chomhdháil Phoblachtach) was an Irish republican and Marxist-Leninist political organisation founded in 1934, when pro-communist republicans left the Anti-Treaty Irish Republican Army.

Christian Centrist Party

The Christian Centrist Party was a short lived conservative Christian political party in Ireland.

Communist Party of Ireland (Marxist–Leninist)

The Communist Party of Ireland (Marxist–Leninist) was an anti-revisionist political party based in Ireland, it had strong links with Party of Labour of Albania, Communist Party of Canada (Marxist-Leninist) and Revolutionary Communist Party of Britain (Marxist-Leninist).

Democratic Socialist Party (Ireland)

The Democratic Socialist Party (DSP) was a small left wing political party in the Republic of Ireland.

Aontacht Éireann

Aontacht Éireann (Irish pronunciation: [eːə̯n̪ˠt̪ˠəxt̪ˠ eːɾʲən̪ˠ]) (English: Irish Unity) was an Irish political party founded by Kevin Boland, a former Fianna Fáil government minister and advocate of Irish republicanism.

Irish Civil Rights Association

The Irish Civil Rights Association was a political organisation active in both Ireland and Britain.

Flashcards: Defunct political parties in the Republic of Ireland