Irish Citizens Army
New Menace Developing in Plans for Re=esfablishment ARMS TO REALISE GOAL (United Prssa Association— By Electric Telegraph Copyright.) Received 1.30 p.m to-day. LONDON! Sept. 16. The “Sunday ‘Times” Dublin correspondent says that a new menace is developing, in the plans to re-estab-lish the Irish citizen army which, affiliated with Labour, fought- against the British in 1916, the leader, James Connolly, being wounded and subsequently executed. The army was formed in 1913 to assist the formation of a workers’ republic. The aims are to re-establish order, combat Fascism, secure Socialist republic rules, and permit the use of arms to realise the goal.
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Hawera Star, Volume LIV, 17 September 1934, Page 5
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104Irish Citizens Army Hawera Star, Volume LIV, 17 September 1934, Page 5
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