Fianna Fáil

Fianna Fáil, the dominant political party in the Republic of Ireland since the 1930s. Constituted in May 1926, Fianna Fáil comprised opponents of the Anglo-Irish Treaty (1921) that had brought the Irish Free State into existence. The party was established and led by Eamon de Valera, who had been imprisoned in 1923 for supporting republican armed resistance to the treaty. Members of Fianna Fáil at first refused to be seated in Dáil Éireann (Irish Assembly)...