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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”
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A total of 17 Labour MPs are also standing down, along with nine from the SNP, two from Sinn Fein, one from Plaid Cymru and one Green - the party's only MP, Caroline Lucas.
From BBC • Apr. 19, 2024
The DUP agreed to return to power-sharing with the Irish nationalist party Sinn Fein earlier this year following a series of assurances about Northern Ireland’s constitutional position within the United Kingdom.
From Seattle Times • Mar. 29, 2024
But he agreed to talk to Gerry Adams, the head of the group’s political wing, Sinn Fein, even though the two were widely reported to be deeply suspicious of each other’s motives.
From New York Times • Feb. 9, 2024
The attack was condemned across all political parties, including the main opposition Sinn Fein.
From Reuters • Nov. 24, 2023
We think that if we could graft the Sinn Fein on to the Gaelic League, we'd be on the way to establishing Irish independence.
From Changing Winds A Novel by Ervine, St. John G. (St. John Greer)
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