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The Wolfe Tone Societies ((アイルランド語:Muintir Wolfe Tone)〔(National Archives Ireland ) – Tuairisc: The news-letter of the Wolfe Tone Society, Number One〕) evolved from the commemorative Directories which the IRA helped set up in 1963 to mark the bicentenary of the 1763 birth of Wolfe Tone.〔〔English p85〕 In 1964 the Directories were dissolved and replaced with the Wolfe Tone Society. Its chief objective is the establishment of an 'united Irish Republic.'〔〔http://www.iol.ie/~rjtechne/century130703/1960s/wtsconst.htm〕 ==History== In 1963 to celebrate the bi-centenary of Wolfe Tone's birth, Irish republicans formed the Wolfe Tone Bi-centenary Directories.〔 Due to the support shown at the commemoration, it was decided at a meeting of the Directories in Dublin, July 1964, to disband the Directories and replace it with the "Muintir Wolfe Tone", or Wolfe Tone Society.〔〔(CAIN ) – Century of Endeavour〕 One of the key intellectuals who joined the societies was Roy Johnston, of Protestant background. He sought to encourage Protestants in Northern Ireland to support the nationalist cause.〔English pp85-86〕 This organisation decided that it should focus on trying to "influence cultural and political trends in the country" and using democratic means to weaken the Unionist government of Northern Ireland. Its main bases of strength were in Belfast and Dublin.〔(CAIN ) – "We Shall Overcome" .... The History of the Struggle for Civil Rights in Northern Ireland 1968 – 1978 by NICRA (1978)〕 In 1984, a Wolfe Tone Society was founded in London from the amalgamation of several London based Irish republican groups. It supports Sinn Fein,〔(An Phoblacht ) – Wolfe Tone AGM rejects criminalisation〕 and holds major meetings and republican commemorations at the Camden Irish Centre in London, which are attended by Sinn Féin members. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Wolfe Tone Societies」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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