Irish Socialist Republican Party

The Irish Socialist Republican Party was a small but pivotal Irish political party founded in 1896 by James Connolly. Its aim was to establish an Irish workers' republic. The party split in 1904 following months of internal political rows.

For the party founded in Belfast in 1944, see Socialist Republican Party (Ireland). For the party founded in Dublin in 1974, see Irish Republican Socialist Party.

Irish Socialist Republican Party
LeaderJames Connolly
FoundedMay 1896
Dissolved1904
Preceded byDublin Socialist Club
Succeeded bySocialist Party of Ireland (1904)
IdeologySocialism
Irish republicanism
Anti-imperialism
Marxism
Political positionLeft-wing
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