In the Spanish Civil War, Irish public opinion was overwhelmingly pro-Franco. The ICF collected £43,331 for Spain in 1936-37. Leitrim and Donegal County Councils passed motions condemning the Second Republic as "delegation of authority to a Jaunta [sic] of Godless Communists" https://twitter.com/DBruadair/status/1349751054607544320
Kilkenny Corporation even awarded Franco the freedom of the City for his role as "defender of Christianity"
This pamphlet was widely circulated - author was English convert to Irish republicanism and member of FF executive
De Valera defended the gov's policy of neutrality during the war on the grounds that it was "better that the Spanish people should settle their differences free from outside interference and work out for themselves the form of Government most suited to their own ideals and needs"
The opposition (FG) wanted to stop recognising the Second Republic but he rejected this, pointing to the fact that the Vatican hadn't done so and they were attempting to be more Catholic than the Pope
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