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

 * 1) Draw a clover.
 * 2) Fill the stem and petals in light blue.
 * 3) Draw a red cross on middle of the petals.
 * 4) Draw in the eyes.

You're done!

Cairde

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

Neodrach

 * [[File:Republicanismpix.png]] Republicanism- I am the true successor to the IRA!
 * [[File:Reactsoc.png]] Reactionary Socialism- You're a bit too extreme even for me!
 * [[File:Dsa.png]] Democratic Socialism - Sinn Fein hasn't won an election in years laddie!
 * [[File:ML.png]] Marxism–Leninism- You're the reason the IRA broke apart stop blaming me!
 * [[File:Leftnat.png]] Left-Wing Nationalism- Tiocfaidh ár lá! (Our day will come!)

Naimhde

 * [[File:BritFash.png]] British Fascism - Black and Tans!
 * [[File:Blacknat.png]] Black Nationalism & [[File:Native.png]] Indigenism - Black and Tans!
 * [[File:Con-t.png]] Toryism- I wont lead the league of youth with the Union Jack tied to my neck!
 * [[File:Monarch.png]] Monarchism- That's 800 years, ya bastard!
 * [[File:laicism.png]] Laicism - PÓG! MO! THÓIN! (KISS! MY! ASS!)

Wikipedia

 * Army Comrades Association (Blueshirts)
 * National Corporate Party (Greenshirts)
 * Irish Brigade (Spanish Civil War)

Videos

 * Irish Fascists | Stuff That I Find Interesting
 * Fine Gael and the Blueshirts | 1933 - 1934 | The Emergency - E03
 * Ireland's 1932 General Election, The Blueshirts, & The Rise of Sinn Féin | Unemployed Historian
 * The Blueshirts - Irish Blueshirt Michael Patrick Lynch Killed 13 August 1934
 * 600 Irish Blueshirts Conceal Uniforms
 * Blackshirts (1934)
 * Liverpudlians! - Listen To General O'duffey (1932)
 * O'Duffy's Men Back From Spanish War.

Alternate History

 * What If Ireland Became Fascist? | Alternate History

Literature

 * Crusade In Spain by Eoin O'Duffy (Missing Book)