Irish Monetary Reform Association
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The Irish Monetary Reform Association (also known as the Monetary Reform Party) was a minor
The party was founded by Seamus Lennon, a former anti-Treaty Sinn Fein TD, in County Carlow in 1940.[2] It echoed many ideas associated with the earlier Social Credit Party, but also emphasised Catholic social teaching and campaigned against communism and what it claimed was Jewish and Freemason influence on Irish economic policy. The party won a number of seats in the local elections of 1942, and one of their new councillors, Oliver J. Flanagan, was elected TD for the constituency of Laois–Offaly in 1943.
Flanagan became the most prominent member of the party, and, as such, it is difficult to draw conclusions about the party apart from those about Flanagan himself. Early on, he played on certain themes of the
Notes
- ^ Manning (1972)
- ^ a b c "The Monetary Reform Party". "The Others" The Alan Kinsella Podcast. 11 May 2021. Retrieved 29 November 2021.
- ^ a b Loughman, Michael. "Oliver J. Flanagan". Retrieved 3 July 2022.
- ^ "Lia Fáil". "The Others" The Alan Kinsella Podcast. 3 November 2020. Retrieved 29 November 2021.
References
- Barberis, Peter, John McHugh and Mike Tyldesley, 2005. Encyclopedia of British and Irish Political Organisations. London: Continuum International Publishing Group. ISBN 978-0-8264-5814-8
- Manning, Maurice, 1972. Irish Political Parties: An Introduction. Dublin: Gill and Macmillan. ISBN 978-0-7171-0536-6