The Blueshirts had been set up in 1931 called the Army Comrades Association. Dr. T F O'Higgins was the first Blueshirt leader. In 1933 ex-Police Commissioner Eoin O’Duffy was appointed as their new leader. The Blueshirt newspaper commenced publication from August 1933. Blueshirt propaganda was racist - and anti-Semitic, as in this extract from their journal:
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"The founders of Communism were practically all Jews. This can scarcely be a mere coincidence. It may appear singular that Marx, Engels, Lasalle, and Ricardo were all Jews".
 

Edition Count	Page Count	Years
		1933 - 193
30	256	*Out of print