Ned Cronin
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Edward J. Cronin, was an Irish army officer, senior member of Fine Gael and a leader of the Blueshirts.
Ned Cronin in blueshirt attire
Blueshirts
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The Army Comrades Association, later the National Guard, Young Ireland and finally League of Youth, known by the nickname the Blueshirts, was a far-right paramilitary organisation in the Irish Free St
Ned Cronin
…Edward J. Cronin (10 July 1897 – 1946), was an Irish army officer, senior member of Fine Gael and a leader of the Blueshirts. He was the son of John and Johanna Cronin. One of his children, Noel died in 1930 aged 10 months…
O'Duffy with Blueshirts (female members were termed "Blue Blouses").
Eoin O'Duffy speaking at a rally in 1934
All dressed in Blueshirt attire, Ned Cronin (left) and Eoin O'Duffy (centre) flank Ernest Blythe on the right, in this photograph from c. early 1934.