Blueshirtism

Not to be confused with Chinese Blueshirtism.

Blueshirtism is an authoritarian unity, culturally far-right, ideology based on the ideas of Clerical Fascism in Ireland. The ideology is practiced by the short-lived political party Army Comrades Association, later called the National Guard, then Young Ireland and for the final time, the League of Youth, well known as The Blueshirts.

The ideology is named simply after the party that is mentioned before. However, the members of that party are sometimes nicknamed "Blueshirts".

History

The history will be mainly about the party itself that uses the ideology as it's basis.

The 1932 Public Safety Act in Ireland was suspended, lifting bans on numerous organizations such as the Irish Republican Army, along with some of the organization's political prisoners released. In 1932, Ned Cronin founded the party known as the Army Comrades Association. The party is for the Irish army veterans, according to their name. They believe that freedom of speech is being 'repressed', and now providing security at events at Cumann na nGaedheal, leading to clashes between the Irish Republican Army and the Army Comrades Association. It had more than 30,000 members by September, 1932.

Some of these members later joined the irish republican army leading to yet another split between pro treaty factions of the IRA and anti-treaty factions within the IRA.

The league of youth formed as a sub-division of this movement Eoin O'Duffy the leader of the Monaghan Brigade of the Irish Republican Army and a prominent soldier in both the Spanish civil war and Irish wars of independence would eventually abandon the movement for being too pro-british so Eoin O'Duffy become a Greenshirt instead.

How to Draw

Draw a clover.
Fill the stem and petals in light blue.
Draw a red cross on middle of the petals.
Draw in the eyes.

You're done!

Color Name		HEX	RGB
	Moderate Blue	#5492D4	84, 146, 212
	Strong Red	#CF0103	207, 1, 3

Relations

Cairde

Clerical Fascism - Good lad!
Francoism - Better than the reds!
Hibernocracy - Tá Éire iontach! (Ireland is great!)
Irredentism - A land called Northern Ireland is like a pimple and we need to pot it.
Chinese Blueshirtism - We have a lot in common, including our names.
Corporatism - I will take part in a divided world of Capitalism and Communism.
Ultranationalism - I hope there is a icon called Irish Ultranationalism that exists within you.
Pērkonkrusts - Potatos and fascism, very based.