Abstract
De Valera founded the Republican Party ?Fianna Fail' on the 23rd of March 1926. This party evolved as an initiative to fight for Ireland's independence. De Valera believed that a new political party was a necessity in order to oppose the partition of Ireland (which was established by the 1921 Treaty). Actually he was extremely disappointed by the lack of opposition of Sinn Fein against the 1926 Finance Bill. This Finance bill was opposed as the it was instrumental in the partition of Ireland. In the words coined by McCarthy, with respect to the Finance Bill, the bill had ?made the partition of Ireland official.' Hence, Fianna Fail was built on the basis of a strong anti-Treaty strategy, and more importantly against Congrave's Constitution of the Irish Free State (1922). This in turn gave Ireland the status of a dominion of Great Britain (McCarthy). As a matter of fact Fianna Fail's objective was different from Cosgrave's conservative government (Cumann na nGaedheal that became Fine Gael in1933) in very many respects. Therefore in this essay, we shall ponder into the extent to which Fianna Fail was a dissident party. We shall further reflect on the success of its achievements and accomplishments that was gained between 1932 and 1938. When De Valera came to power in 1932, the program of Fianna Fail was undeniably considered a revolutionary strategy to a certain extent. However, De Valera's government also strived to attain some stability between 1932 and 1938.
