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Lia Fáil (political Party)
Lia Fáil (named after Lia Fáil the "Stone of Destiny") was a minor nationalist political party and movement in Republic of Ireland, Ireland during the 1950s and the early 1960s. It espoused an extremist far right populist Agrarianism, agrarian ideology mostly driven by the party's founder and leader Father John Fahy (priest), John Fahy. Background Lia Fáil was founded on 1 November 1957 in Lusmagh, County Offaly as the "Ireland for the Irish Association" with Father John Fahy named as President of the organisation. However, by 1958 it was positioning itself to be a national organisation, renamed itself Lia Fáil and elected a "national" executive headed up by Eamon Ginnell, with Fahy holding no official role so as to maintain plausible deniability about his involvement to his superiors in the Catholic Church. Father Fahy had a far-reaching background in radical politics; during the 1930s he spent considerable effort aiding and abetting the remnants of Irish Republican Army ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Fahy (priest)
John Fahy (8 June 1893 – 19 July 1969) was an Irish people, Irish priest, Irish republicanism, republican, agrarianism, agrarian and Political radicalism, radical. He is perhaps best known for creating the political party Lia Fáil (political party), Lia Fáil, a far-right radical agrarian movement and newspaper in which Fahy expressed xenophobic and anti-semitic populist views amongst other views. Lia Fáil made national headlines in the early 1960s after some members were arrested for rural agitation but later escaped jail and went on the run, and Fahy aided and abetted them. Biography Early life Fahy was born in the townland of Burroge, in the parish of Killeenadeema, Loughrea, County Galway. He was one of a number of sons of John Fahy, a strong farmer and fervent member of the Irish National Land League, and Honoria Davock. He was ordained on 28 September 1919, serving in Dundee, Scotland, between 1919 and 1921. He served as the chaplain for a battalion of the Irish Vol ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |