Fianna Fáil and anti-partitionism, 1926-1951

Kelly, Stephen (2024) Fianna Fáil and anti-partitionism, 1926-1951. In: Irish Civil War. University College Cork, Cork. (Accepted for Publication)

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Abstract

Fianna Fáil was strongly associated with anti-partitionism since its foundation in 1926, but the party implemented no realistic policies in pursuit of its self-proclaimed ‘first political objective’: a thirty-two county republic. While in opposition before 1932, party resources were focused on securing a republican government in the twenty-six counties. Thereafter, successive Fianna Fáil governments implemented social and economic policy reforms, dismantled Ireland’s constitutional links with Great Britain and, in 1937, introduced a new Irish Constitution. Despite the territorial claim to Northern Ireland in Article 3 of Bunreacht na hÉireann, and sustained rhetorical attacks on the ‘illegality’ of partition and the ‘unnatural boundary’ with Northern Ireland, de Valera’s party failed to formulate any realistic or official long-term Northern policy during the interwar period.

Item Type:	Book Section
Faculty / Department:	Faculty of Creative Arts & Humanities > School of Humanities
Depositing User:	Stephen Kelly
Date Deposited:	21 Feb 2024 10:22
Last Modified:	16 Dec 2024 11:55
URI:	https://hira.hope.ac.uk/id/eprint/4151

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