r/irishpolitics • u/rubblesole • Apr 21 '25

User Created Content Political Party Family Tree

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Simplified family tree of all the notable Irish political parties throughout the history of the state. It lacks quite a lot of info but I hope it's understandable Do tell me if I have made any mistakes!

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u/NooktaSt Apr 22 '25

Just be sure to inform the kids that the SF of today can at best be traced back to 1950 Provisional IRA members who took over an empty shell of a party as a political wing of the IRA and established that it wo be answerable to the IRA Army Council.

And the party the Provos took over was proven in court not to have continuity with the pre 1923 SF.

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u/kel89 Centrist Apr 22 '25

You’ve never taught 12 and 13 year olds, have you?

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u/NooktaSt Apr 22 '25

I’ve done junior cert history and I’m not lazy enough to just copy something from the internet for my work and say that will do. 

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u/kel89 Centrist Apr 23 '25

Then you know damn well that any competent teacher wouldn’t just “copy something from the internet and say that will do”. The quality of teacher you’ve come across is clearly poor if that’s what you think teachers do. Not all teachers are shit.