An Interview with Patrick Quinlan from the National Party

Welcome to another in our series of interviews with prominent figures and rising stars in contemporary Irish nationalism!

Today we're talking to Patrick Quinlan from the National Party, a rapidly growing and influential political organisation in Ireland, one of the few if not the only such group with actual elected representatives. Read on to learn about engaging with the system, winning hearts and minds, and the political future for Irish nationalism!

Perhaps you could tell us a little bit about yourself to begin with?

I'm Patrick Quinlan, a proud Irish nationalist and the first elected councillor for the National Party in Blanchardstown-Mulhuddart, Fingal County Council. 

From Dublin I've spent my life rooted in working-class communities like this one, where I've seen firsthand the erosion of our national identity and resources. Before politics, I worked in various from desk jockey to brickies apprentice, which gave me a grounded perspective on the struggles of ordinary Irish families. 

My entry into public life was driven by a deep conviction that Ireland must be defended against globalist policies that prioritise everyone but us. As a family man, my fight is very much personal, as I seek to secure a future for my children and all Irish youth in their homeland.

What first drew your interest to Irish nationalism, was it a sort of road to Damascus event or was it more of an ongoing process?

It was more of an ongoing process, building over years of witnessing Ireland's steady decline under unchecked immigration and EU bureaucratic overreach. The real turning point came during the 2018 abortion referendum, where I campaigned vigorously for the pro-life side, believing the Irish people would reject that moral evil. 

When we lost—despite the grassroots energy against the regime's media blitz—it hit me like a lightning rod: if we could be gaslit into celebrating the slaughter of our unborn, no sacred line remains.

That was the catalyst, however my commitment to the Nationalist cause was solidified during a local “House the Irish First” protest where I spent many nights reading the works of Pearse and other authors. 

The protest showed me how a community coming together could sow the seeds of a nationalist revival, with many such protests beginning to take place shortly thereafter when the plantation went full steam ahead with the implementation of Roderic O’Gorman TD.'s White Paper on Immigration (which we campaigned against locally, growing support for the party). 

Have you received any unwelcome responses to your involvement from your friends, family or colleagues at work? 

Absolutely.

Standing for truth in Ireland today invites smears and isolation.

Some acquaintances distanced themselves, calling me "far-right" after swallowing media narratives, however this only meant I naturally gravitated back to my friends from my youth, the lads I grew up with, played ball with, fought and bled with.

Work has been another animal because you never know who’s ready to drive a knife into your back to ascend the corporate ladder. In my current work I have no such issues, It’s simply a case of shopping around until you find an employer that values results over politics. I have had a few jobs rug pull or more accurately “manage” me out of the business but sure look, it's the price of authenticity; true friends and nationalists have only drawn closer, turning what could be loneliness into a tighter network of like-minded fighters.

How would you say recent changes in Ireland have affected you personally and your local area in general? 

Personally, skyrocketing rents and the inflated demand for housing has squeezed me out of the LEA, but a little longer commute Is better than the alternative – Leave the country or sink into depression. It’s hard watching mates and family alike emigrate while the “new Irish” flood in with a welcome mat of state supports and NGOs to help them “integrate” properly. 

Locally in Blanchardstown-Mulhuddart, the immigration surge has transformed once-cohesive communities: non-Irish nationals now make up over half the housing list (51% as of 2011 data, and it's worse now, though the council hides updates). Schools overflow, GPs are booked solid, and tensions simmer. 

Protests in Mulhuddart halted builds because locals are leapfrogged.

It's not progress as the likes of PBP, Sinn Fein alongside FF/FG and the rest of the regime tell their working-class voters, it's displacement. 

What changes would you like to see happening in your local area?

I’d simply like for total transparency between Fingal County Council and the Irish people within its boundaries. 

When FCC builds housing even given the current climate, it should be at cost and be afforded only to local Irish families (outside Fingal’s remit I know, but hey a man’s got to have dreams). Revive community spirit with youth programs with a pertinent focus on Irish culture, language and heritage.

It is the party's belief that a lot of young people namely young men are not afforded a real deterrent to engaging in seriously damaging anti-social behaviour and are at risk due to the lack of this deterrent to entering a world of criminality.The deterrent being more of a sound worldview from a young age a sense of I like this, I’ll look after this in their environment.

I’d like to see green spaces protected from overdevelopment, something at risk in the greater west Dublin area. 

How did you first get involved with the National Party?

I connected with the party during the 2018 abortion referendum, drawn to their unapologetic defence of life and nation.

Amid the chaos, I saw a group of genuine nationalists who were energetic and said all the right things.

I was particularly impressed by Stephen Redmond and his local campaigns.

After a few chats with the lads we started canvassing, building the party’s profile through real engagement, and by 2024, I was running in the local elections for the party.

It's been grassroots all the way: pounding pavements in Mulhuddart, Corduff, Mountview, Blakestown and beyond to win that historic seat.

We understand there may have been some internal disputes over leadership of the National Party - what can you tell us about those?

The National Party is interested in the long, gruelling work of electoral politics.

We are thankful that attempts to discredit the party by dragging it into pageantry and Hollywood parody of authentic nationalism have been thwarted, and we are now ready to move on in a professional manner that has and will continue to yield productive results.

We will now renew our focus on electoral wins, stronger and uncontested.

What was your first day like working with Fingal County Council?

Exhilarating yet eye-opening, like stepping into the machine we aim to dismantle.

Standing among a sea of establishment faces, they were clearly shook, their nightmare manifest - I simply said hello and quickly got to work.

What are the most difficult challenges would you say you've faced as a Councillor? 

Bureaucratic stonewalling tops the list, from simple requests by a constituent to get a leaky down pipe fixed, it was never repaired, in fact Fingal blamed her for the leak and told the person to “repair it yourself” because the bathroom was renovated years ago, imagine being punished by the council for looking after the council property?

To even asking for updates on peoples social housing applications and being told if Mr x or Mrs Y wants that information, they can ask us themselves, like “HELLO! Elected rep here asking at their request” the stone walling is insane because it’s not me that’s at a loss here, I can flush my toilet and not watch sewerage spew out into the kitchen, I can pay my rent and paint the walls if I need to and I have a relatively nice landlord who takes care of the repairs as they arrive; it’s the Irish people I’m trying to help, that FCC has a duty to help that are being forgotten about and I simply refuse to allow that to happen and will always be a staunch advocate for them and their needs. 

Of course there’s the obvious, the sitting councillors who would not support basic calls for transparency when pushed by a vote to do so.

Motions for foreign national data on housing lists get voted down or buried, hiding the 51% figure that's only grown since it’s last release in 2011. 

An IPAS centre that was operating in the village for two years, was subsequently shut down after I went poking my nose in it’s business but we don’t know exactly why, but it’s vacant, and we do know for a fact that I floored a motion to have it converted into a special school for children with acute learning needs, again this motion was shot down by every councillor. 

But their hate for myself and their efforts to conceal the truth only fuel the love I have for my people; every "no" from the regime is a "yes" to our fight and a reason to keep going. 

For the next elections, how would you reply to people who ask why they should vote for you instead of more established candidates?

The "established" candidates delivered this mess: 100k migrants yearly inflating housing, €2 billion on IPAS producing de-facto kingpins while Irish people, our people sleep rough and often enough face exile to a foreign land while their replacements the “new Irish” flood in. 

Vote for myself as I've proven my mettle as the first elected NP candidate, winning by pounding doors and not making false promises.

My party will legislate Irish Homes for Irish people, we are the only party that has the will to do what is necessary and repatriate foreign nationals to their respective homelands in their tens of Thousands. 

I am ensuring that when a 2030 general election rolls around that the public will have a full understanding of our party, our principles and policies, including topics such as Defence, Education, Tusla reform, Housing strategy, Departmental reform, Energy, Irish language, Irish Prisons, Immigration & Remigration amongst many others. 

They tinker; we transform.

Make no mistake, we offer a real solution to Ireland’s problems. Our children’s future demands a nationalist alternative, not more globalist continuity politics. 

How have you found dealing with the various groups in the Irish Ireland movement? 

Despite fractures, groups like Ireland First and The Irish People share our core: sovereignty, remigration, family values. Hosting continental European nationalists in Dublin this year highlighted bonds beyond borders, from traditional morals to economic patriotism. 

Challenges arise in alliances, as seen in the National Alliance's initial teething pains and what that has thought me is that it’s more about shared workability & collaboration however it comes, and the National Party is certainly not one to turn down a broad right attempt at working towards each other’s shared interests which amplifies our common voice against the globalist tide.

In the long term, tell us about where you'd like to see Ireland and the Irish Ireland movement going.

I see it as Pádraig Pearse saw it from the steps of the GPO: not a dream, but a summons. In the Ireland of my children’s children, the Tricolour will fly over a nation that has remembered its name.

Dublin will wake to the sound of Irish spoken in the streets, not as a curiosity but as the heartbeat of daily life. 

The land itself will be reclaimed: the 1916 Proclamation’s promise of “cherishing all the children of the nation equally” will mean Irish homes for Irish families, no more tented exiles while hotels brim with strangers.

Remigration will have emptied the IPAS barracks; the buildings that once housed them now housing genuine tourists who will get an authentic Irish experience, from a nation and people truly sovereign and not merely a “plastic paddy” twist on capitalism.

Our Defence Forces manned by sons of the soil, not puppets of a capitalist empire.

The Atlantic will be our moat, the Irish Sea our shield. And when the EU’s federal chains finally snap, and they will, Ireland will stride forth into a Europe of free nations, her voice clear, her borders sealed, her soul unbowed. The Irish Ireland movement? It will no longer be a protest; it will be the state.

From every parish pump to the Áras, nationalists will govern with the same fierce love that drove Pearse to the scaffold.

We will not ask permission to exist; we will declare it, as he did, in the language of resurrection. And in that near future on an Easter Monday, when the sun rises over the Hill of Tara, the ghosts of our martyrs will walk again not in sorrow, but in triumph. For we will have kept the faith. We will have made the Republic. 

Many thanks to Patrick for the clear and very informative chat, and stay tuned for more to follow!

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