Cumann

A cumann (Irish: association; plural cumainn) is the lowest local unit or branch of a number of Irish political parties.

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Traditionally Fianna F?il - The Republican Party and Sinn F?in have called their local branches by that term. Fine Gael also uses the term to describe its local branches in the Clare constituency.

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In Fianna F?il, the elementary units of the party are the cumann, the Comhairle Ceantair (area council) and the Comhairle D?il Cheantair (constituency council). The Comhairle Ceantair is a form of district unit covering a number of Cumainn over a geographic area (usually a County Council constituency), while the Comhairle D?il Cheantair is a collection of all the cumainn or all the Comhairl? Ceantair in a D?il (parliamentary) constituency.

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Fine Gael: Fine Gael (IPA in English and in Irish, approximate English translation: Family of the Irish) is the second largest political party in both the Republic of Ireland and Ireland as a whole. It was founded on 3 September 1933 following the merger of Cumann na nGaedheal, the Centre Party and the Blue...

Clare: Clare can refer to:...