Cumann na Poblachta (; "Society of the Republic") was an

Irish republican Irish republicanism ( ga, poblachtánachas Éireannach) is the political movement for the unity and independence of Ireland under a republic. Irish republicans view British rule in any part of Ireland as inherently illegitimate. The develop ...

political party. The party was founded on 15 March 1922 by Éamon de Valera. It opposed the

Anglo-Irish Treaty The 1921 Anglo-Irish Treaty ( ga , An Conradh Angla-Éireannach), commonly known in Ireland as The Treaty and officially the Articles of Agreement for a Treaty Between Great Britain and Ireland, was an agreement between the government of the ...

and was composed of the anti-Treaty wing of Sinn Féin. The party did contest the

1922 Irish general election The 1922 Irish general election took place in Southern Ireland on Friday, 16 June. The election was separately called by a resolution of Dáil Éireann on 19 May and by an order of the Provisional Government on 27 May. The body elected was thus ...

but, in accordance with the

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/De Valera Pact, under the

Sinn Féin Sinn Féin ( , ; en, " eOurselves") is an Irish republican and democratic socialist political party active throughout both the Republic of Ireland and Northern Ireland. The original Sinn Féin organisation was founded in 1905 by Arthur Gri ...

banner like their opponents. The party commonly appended the title ''The Republican Party'' to its name. This subtitle was later adopted by the

Fianna Fáil Fianna Fáil (, ; meaning 'Soldiers of Destiny' or 'Warriors of Fál'), officially Fianna Fáil – The Republican Party ( ga, audio=ga-Fianna Fáil.ogg, Fianna Fáil – An Páirtí Poblachtánach), is a conservative and Christian- ...

party at its foundation in 1926, also led by de Valera. Its headquarters was at 23 Suffolk Street. The party's offices served as a meeting place for the Anti-treaty IRA. In 1923, after the pro-Treaty wing of Sinn Féin renamed itself as

Cumann na nGaedheal Cumann na nGaedheal (; "Society of the Gaels") was a political party in the Irish Free State, which formed the government from 1923 to 1932. In 1933 it merged with smaller groups to form the Fine Gael party. Origins In 1922 the pro-Treaty G ...

, Cumann na Poblachta continued to use the Sinn Féin name.

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