Number :
UK3611
Title :
William Beresford Taking Part In A Blue Shirt March, Carrick On Suir
Description :
League of Youth (Blue Shirts), marching through Carrick on Suir. The man centre with an arrow pointing towards him is William Beresford, brother of Lord Waterford. The Army Comrades Association (ACA), later named the National Guard and better known by the nickname The Blueshirts, was a right-wing, quasi-fascist, Irish political organisation active in the 1930s.
Photographer/Artist :
Unknown
Original Publisher : The Examiner, probably the Cork Examiner, 1934.
Image Date :
31st May 1934
Museum Contact : Fraher, Willie
Donor : Name Kept Private