The Cork Socialist Party was a minor political party based in Cork, Ireland. It was founded in 1945, and was formed in the aftermath of the Irish Labour Party expelling the members and disbanding the Cork Liam Mellows Branch of the Party which had only been formed in 1944.Spanish Civil War veteran Michael O'Riordan was the secretary other notable members included Jim Savage and Gerry Higgins (who like O'Riordan had been a member of the Liam Mellows branch of the Irish Labour Party), other notable members were Derry Kelleher, Kevin Neville and Máire Keohane-Sheehan.