I think a lot of people on the online dissident right who understand the post-WW2 order fail to see how this also impacted the likes of Ireland and the IRA
Ireland has traditionally aligned itself with European powers given it is a European and Catholic country
- Habsburg Spain (1579, 1593 - 1603)
- Papacy Allies (1640s)
- France (Jacobite Era and 1798)
- Germany (WW1 and then Sinn Féin-IRA in WW2)
However, post WW2 - traditional European alliances were out the window
For one, NATO was formed and as Britain was in NATO that means other countries in NATO couldn’t back a paramilitary such as the IRA even if it wanted too - this effectively means even if the IRA may receive sympathetic support from other European populations it would never receive material support.
It should also be of note, something many foreign onlookers don’t seem to understand, is that Sinn Féin and the IRA are not the same as the government of the 26 county Free State which has been dominated by Fine Gael and Fianna Fáil who were right-centrist parties since the states inception who still run the country and since the 2000s have brought about extreme social liberalism and mass immigration. In fact, the Free State parties have always had a hostile approach approach to SF-IRA, even executing some during WW2 and outright censorship from 1960-90s.
So during the 1960s when tensions boiled in the 6 counties and the SF-IRA went looking for allies - the Free State wanted nothing to do with the Troubles up North - and European powers and the American state were absent.
American support for Ireland rested solely on the works of the like of NORAID and working class Irish Americans (…and the Irish Mob) and not the American state.
The 1950-80s also happened to be a period wherein Third World countries were having success in armed struggles and looking for allies. Therefore it’s not too much of a surprise that the IRA, isolated from European support post WW2, would start linking in with the likes of Gaddafi and Latin America countries Palestine for material support which would also increase sympathies between the respective movements as time went on as European countries were effectively neutered on the issue post WW2.
Therefore - Irish Nationalism is not inherently ‘Third Worldist’ - as traditionally it sought European aid but when the IRA went looking for allies post-WW2 it could only find allies outside of Europe/US given the change in the World Order.
The respective sympathies developed during this period however are well worth a criticism and drawback as I’d argue that certain Anti-European and Anti-Catholic elements have seeped into the likes of mainstream Shinners as they only think in terms of the developments of post-WW2 relationships and not the origins and roots of Irish nationality which extend back further - hence a proper understanding of the both the post-WW2 order and the original aims of Irish Nationalism are necessary as one with the other leads to schizo politics.