Editing Conservatism (section)

==== Ireland ====
Conservatism in Ireland historically revolved around social policies relating to the [[Catholic Church in Ireland|Catholic Church]] as well as a commitment to [[Irish republicanism]], [[Irish neutrality]], [[anti-abortion movements#Ireland|anti-abortion]], [[anti-communism]], [[pro-Europeanism]], and, more recently, [[Opposition to immigration#Ireland|anti-immigration]].

During the presidency of [[Éamon de Valera]], a broad array of [[Éamon de Valera#Catholic social policy|Catholic social policies]] were enacted, mostly with the goals of winning devout, rural, conservative voters, most of whom welcomed these policies.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Oireachtas |first1=Houses of the |title=Orders of the Day. – Local Government Bill, 1931—Second Stage. – Dáil Éireann (6th Dáil) – Wednesday, 17 Jun 1931 – Houses of the Oireachtas |url=https://www.oireachtas.ie/en/debates/debate/dail/1931-06-17/21/#spk_405 |website=www.oireachtas.ie |language=en-ie |date=June 17, 1931}}</ref><ref>{{cite journal |last1=Kissane |first1=Bill |title=Éamon de Valéra and the Survival of Democracy in Inter-War Ireland |url=https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/0022009407075554 |journal=Journal of Contemporary History |pages=213–226 |language=en |doi=10.1177/0022009407075554 |date=April 1, 2007|volume=42 |issue=2 }}</ref> Such policies included writing into the [[Constitution of Ireland]] that a woman's place was in the home, prohibiting the [[importation]] or [[sales|sale]] of [[contraceptives]], and enactment of strict censorship laws.<ref>{{cite journal |last1=Ryan |first1=Louise |title=Constructing 'Irishwoman': Modern girls and comely maidens |journal=Irish Studies Review |url=https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/09670889808455611 |doi=10.1080/09670889808455611 |date=December 1, 1998|volume=6 |issue=3 |pages=263–272 }}</ref>

[[Fianna Fáil]] and its historic rival, [[Fine Gael]], are both considered historically to be conservative parties. However, there are some differences: mainly, Fianna Fáil is usually considered more republican,<ref>{{cite news |title=Micheál Martin: Fianna Fáil has more to offer than simplistic and divisive right-left politics |url=https://www.irishtimes.com/opinion/2023/06/22/fianna-fail-has-more-to-offer-than-simplistic-and-divisive-rightleft-politics/ |newspaper=The Irish Times |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=NYC Department of Records – Notable New Yorkers – Eamon De Valera |url=http://www.nyc.gov/html/records/html/features/devalera.shtml |date=February 8, 2004|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20040208005923/http://www.nyc.gov/html/records/html/features/devalera.shtml |archive-date=February 8, 2004 }}</ref> while Fine Gael tends to be more classically liberal.<ref>{{cite book |last1=Viola |first1=Donatella M. |title=Routledge Handbook of European Elections |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=7stgCgAAQBAJ&pg=PA247 |publisher=Routledge |language=en |date=August 14, 2015|isbn=978-1-317-50363-7 }}</ref><ref>{{cite book |last1=Prat |first1=Cesáreo R. Aguilera de |title=Political Parties and European Integration |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=ctGllqdyg7oC&pg=PA64 |publisher=Peter Lang |language=en |date=2009|isbn=978-90-5201-535-4 }}</ref>

Starting in 2022, a [[Irish anti-immigration protests|series of protests calling for a reduction in illegal immigration]] have become more commonplace in Ireland, mostly over the status of [[Transitional shelter|temporary asylum seeker shelters]] were unable to accommodate the more than 65,000 refugees.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Malekmian |first1=Shamim |title=How the Government Created an Opening for Anti-Immigration Activists to Exploit in East Wall |url=https://dublininquirer.com/2022/11/30/how-the-government-created-an-opening-for-anti-immigration-activists-to-exploit-in-east-wall/ |website=Dublin Inquirer |date=January 1, 1970}}</ref>