Clann na Poblachta
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Clann na Poblachta was an Irish republican political party founded in 1946 by Seán MacBride, a former Chief of Staff of the anti-Treaty Irish Republican Army.
Seán MacBride served as the leader of Clann na Poblachta throughout its existence
1948 Irish general election
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The 1948 Irish general election to the 13th Dáil was held on Wednesday, 4 February following the dissolution of the 12th Dáil on 12 January 1948 by the President Seán T. O'Kelly on the request of Taoi
Clann na Poblachta
…by-elections (in Dublin County and Tipperary). The Taoiseach, de Valera, saw the threat posed by the new party, and in February 1948 he called a snap general election to try to catch Clann na Poblachta off guard. At the time Clann had hopes of replacing Fianna Fáil both as the majority republican party and as the…
De Valera, 1939
Gen. Richard Mulcahy cropped
Sean Mac Bride, 1940s
James Everett, 1949