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".