sinn fein

     

Sinn Féin (IPA: /ˌʃɪnˈfeɪn/, Irish pronunciation: [ʃɪnʲ fʲeːnʲ]) is a political party in Irelan. Founded by Arthur Griffith in 1905, it is the principal party of Irish republicanism and its political ideology is left-wing. The name translates as "ourselves" or "we ourselves", though it has often been rendered as "ourselves alone".

Trivia about sinn fein

  • The Thatcher government imposed a broadcast ban on this political wing of the IRA
  • In 1905 journalist Arthur Griffith founded this political party, urging the Irish to not pay taxes to the British
  • November 28:Arthur Griffith forms this nationalist political party in Dublin
  • W.B. Yeats' love Maud Gonne was a founder of this Irish party whose name means "We Ourselves"