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Sinn Fein
Sinn Feinnouna political organization in Ireland, founded about 1905, advocating the complete political separation from Great Britain of a unified Ireland.
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Sinn Féin
Sinn Féinnounan Irish republican political movement founded about 1905 and linked to the revolutionary Irish Republican Army: divided into a Provisional and an Official movement since a similar split in the IRA in late 1969
Sinn Fein
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a political organization in Ireland, founded about 1905, advocating the complete political separation from Great Britain of a unified Ireland.
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a member of this organization.
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Origin of Sinn Fein
From Irish sinn f éin “we ourselves”
Example Sentences
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Linda Dillon is a Sinn Fein MLA who lives in the Clonoe area and is calling for the issue to be resolved.
From BBC • Jun. 28, 2025
Former Sinn Fein president Gerry Adams, who helped broker the historic peace agreement, was in the gallery at the assembly to see O’Neill’s nomination.
From Seattle Times • Feb. 3, 2024
In May 2022, Sinn Fein overtook the D.U.P. in legislative elections and became Northern Ireland’s biggest party.
From New York Times • Jan. 29, 2024
The attack was condemned across all political parties, including the main opposition Sinn Fein.
From Reuters • Nov. 24, 2023
Campbell on Dunraven exploit, 164; warns Navy Department of German submarines visiting U.S. coast, 267 Sinn Fein, controversy with American sailors, 69; in league with Germany, 72Smith, Capt.
From The Victory At Sea by Hendrick, Burton J.
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