The League of Communist Republicans (LCR) was a Marxist-Leninist and Irish republican micro-organisation that split from Sinn Féin and the Provisional IRA in 1986. The league was almost exclusively made up of republican prisoners in HM Prison Maze and their families; In total the membership was approximately 25 to 30 prisoners and a similar number of family members. Founding members included Tommy McKearney, Tom McFeely, James Tierney, Eugene Bryne and Oliver Corr.