Democratic Socialist Party (Ireland)

This article is about the political party dissolved in 1990. For the political party founded in 2015, see Social Democrats (Ireland).

Democratic Socialist Party
An Páirtí Sóisialach Daonlathach
Founder and leaderJim Kemmy
Founded1982
Dissolved1990
Merger ofLimerick Socialist Organisation
Socialist Party of Ireland
Merged intoLabour Party
IdeologyDemocratic socialism
Secularism
Anti-nationalism
Political positionLeft-wing

The Democratic Socialist Party (DSP) was a small left-wing political party in the Republic of Ireland. The party was formed by a merger of Jim Kemmy's Limerick Socialist Organisation and the Socialist Party of Ireland.[1] Jim Kemmy was an Irish politician and member of Dáil Éireann. He left the Labour Party in 1972.[2] A number of members of the British and Irish Communist Organisation also joined the party.[citation needed]

  1. ^ Peter Barberis; John McHugh; Mike Tyldesley; Helen Pendry (2000). Encyclopedia of British and Irish Political Organizations: Parties, Groups and Movements of the 20th Century. A&C Black. p. 212. ISBN 978-0-8264-5814-8. Archived from the original on 15 February 2017. Retrieved 27 January 2017.
  2. ^ The Dynamics of Irish Politics by Paul Bew, Ellen Hazelkorn, Henry Patterson, (1989).