AHC: Fascist Ireland

Basically my challenge, if you accept it, is to have a Fascist Ireland with any POD after the Easter Rising. Bonus points if you have said Fascist Ireland join the Axis.
 
The best candidate is Eoin O'Duffy and the Irish Blue Shirts to come to power. This could happen in a few situations, I was personally toying with the idea of a much larger Easter Rising along with the Germans arms arriving too. This would give enough difference to really change things enough where a Blue Shirt takeover of Ireland is much more likely.
 
The best candidate is Eoin O'Duffy and the Irish Blue Shirts to come to power. This could happen in a few situations, I was personally toying with the idea of a much larger Easter Rising along with the Germans arms arriving too. This would give enough difference to really change things enough where a Blue Shirt takeover of Ireland is much more likely.

How would a more successful/bloody Rising play into Duffy and the Blue Shirts? apart from the time gap, you have the likely heavier causalities and the butterflies that would produce.

Maybe a more bloody Civil War with losses to the leadership on both sides hardens resolve in regards to each other, and when FF (or whatever the Anti Treaty side is) wins the election (whenever) the Pro Treaty side refuses?
 

samcster94

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The odds are low, and even if it happened, they'd likely be neutral out of fear of the British(which they'd use anti-British propaganda).
 
The odds are low, and even if it happened, they'd likely be neutral out of fear of the British(which they'd use anti-British propaganda).

As opposed to OTL Anti-British views/publishing? But yeah if you mean WW2, it would be neutral, the reality of geography won't change, however it might lead to a more militarised Free State (to the extent that was possible)
 
I recall reading that Conor Cruise O'Brien was constantly fearful of a right-wing nationalist take over in Ireland in the early 1970s. Now this is most likely only the fantasies of the Cruiser, though it is an interesting idea if the Arms Crisis individuals get control of Fianna Fail and try to get up to some business with the military.

I think Eoin O'Duffy is probably the best candidate for this. In order to get him into a leadership position politically, I'd suggest getting rid of W.T. Cosgrave, who was generally the main stop gate in the newly formed Fine Gael preventing the party from sliding towards fascism. If he decides to throw the towel in earlier or if someone decides to gun him down O'Higgins, then the fascistic elements in the party could gain more of a foothold. Though I really can't see O'Duffy defeating Dev, let alone winning an election, hell you could potentially see the MacDermot wing of the party bolt to reform the NCP in the event of O'Duffy gaining power in FG.
 
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