Editing Ancient Order of Hibernians (section)

=== After 1916 ===
After the 1916 [[Easter Rising]] the organisation declined outside of Ulster, its members absorbed into [[Sinn Féin]] and the [[Irish Republican Army]] (the IRA).{{sfn|Garvin|2005|p=109}} In many areas the organisation provided by the AOH was the nearest thing to a paramilitary force. On the other hand, on 13 June 1916 Joe Devlin chaired an AOH Convention in Dublin that approved the proposed [[partition of Ireland]] by 475 votes to 265.<ref>Wm O.Brien, ''The Irish Revolution'' (1923) Chapter XVII "The final surrender of the six counties [https://www.libraryireland.com/irish-revolution/final-surrender-six-counties.php] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190131040202/https://www.libraryireland.com/irish-revolution/final-surrender-six-counties.php|date=31 January 2019}}</ref>

Many [[Irish republicanism|republican]] leaders in the 1916–1923 period, among them [[Seán Mac Diarmada]], [[J. J. Walsh]], and [[Rory O'Connor (Irish republican)|Rory O'Connor]], had been "Hibs" before the formation of the [[Irish Volunteers]] in 1913.{{sfn|Garvin|2005|p=109}}

The AOH is also significant as a link between the new nationalist organisations and the century-old tradition of popular militant societies. More directly, it lingered on as a [[Pro-Treaty Sinn Féin|pro-Treaty]] support organisation. Some Hibernians fought in the [[Irish Brigade (Spanish Civil War)|Irish Brigade]] in the [[Spanish Civil War]]. The quasi-Fascist [[Blueshirts]] movement of the 1930s may, in fact, have owed as much to the Ribbon tradition which it so much resembled, as it did to continental analogies.{{sfn|Garvin|2005|p=110}}