The Irish Republican Army, admired by Lenin,
lent money to the USSR...
In 1920, a secret loan deal was reached
between the proclaimed Irish Republic and the Soviet Union.
Russian crown jewels were given to the Irish Republic
n exchange for $20,000, the equivalent of over $250,000 today.
The jewels were not returned for another three decades.
[from Wikipedia]
The Irish Free State, alas! was largely taken over
by the Catholic Church, and Socialism (let alone Marxism)
was largely excluded until Ireland had to (and was glad to) join
the European Economic Community (now European Union) in 1972.
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