Fianna Éireann
Na Fianna Éireann (The Fianna of Ireland), known as the Fianna ("Soldiers of Ireland"), is an Irish nationalist youth organisation founded by Constance Markievicz in 1909, with later help from Bulmer Hobson. Fianna members were involved in setting up the Irish Volunteers, and had their own circle of the Irish Republican Brotherhood (IRB). They took part in the 1914 Howth gun-running and (as Volunteer members) in the 1916 Easter Rising. They were active in the War of Independence and many took the anti-Treaty side in the Civil War.
| Fianna Éireann | |
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| Founder | Constance Markievicz |
| Dates of operation | 16 August 1909 - Present |
| Headquarters | Dublin |
| Active regions | Republic of Ireland Northern Ireland |
| Ideology | Irish republicanism Irish nationalism |
| Allies | Republican Sinn Féin (1986–present) Cumann na mBan (1914–present) Continuity Irish Republican Army (1986–present) |
| Designated as a terrorist group by | United Kingdom |
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| Website | nafiannaeireann.wordpress.com |
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The Fianna were declared an illegal organisation by the government of the Irish Free State in 1931. This was reversed when Fianna Fáil came to power in 1932, but re-introduced in 1938. During the splits in the Republican movement of the later part of the 20th century, the Fianna and Cumann na mBan supported Provisional Sinn Féin in 1969 and Republican Sinn Féin in 1986. The Fianna have been a proscribed organisation in Northern Ireland since 1920.