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Irish Left Archive @leftarchive.ie · 26/09/2026

Saor Éire was founded #OnThisDay, Saturday the 26th September 1931, bringing together communist and left Republicans. www.leftarchive.ie/calendar/on-...

Website screenshot reading: 1931 Saor Éire held its founding conference: The founding conference of Saor Éire began on Saturday the 26th September 1931. The “organisation of workers and working farmers” was established by the left-leaning and communist wing of the IRA.

The organisation was strongly opposed by conservative and religious groups, banned by the Free State government, and ultimately had a short-lived existence.

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Irish Left Archive @leftarchive.ie · 26/09/2026

The state proscription of Saor Éire occurred within weeks. On 21st October several left and Republican organisations were banned by the state, as listed in this Irish Times article.

Newspaper clipping, reading: The following associations have been declared by order of the Executive Council to be unlawful associations:—

Saor Éire
The association styling and calling itself the Irish Republican Army sometimes known as the I.R.A. or Oglaigh na hEireann.
Fianna Éireann.
Cumman na mBan.
Friends of Soviet Russia.
The Irish Labour Defence League.
The Workers' Defence Corps.
The Women Prisoners' Defence League.
The Workers' Revolutionary Party (Ireland).
The Irish Tribute League.
The Irish Working Farmers' Committee.
The Workers' Research Bureau.

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