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Sinn Fein

 Organization

Dates

  • Existence: 1905-11-28    
  • Existence: 1970-01-17    

Biographical note

Sinn Fein is an Irish republican and democratic socialist political party in the Republic of Ireland and Northern Ireland. The original organization was founded in 1905 by Arthur Griffith. Its members founded the revolutionary Irish Republic and its parliament, the First Dáil, and many of them were active in the Irish War of Independence. A split in 1970 at the start of the Troubles led to the modern Sinn Fein party, with the other faction eventually becoming the Workers' Party.

Social Networks and Archival Context (SNAC) Identifier

Found in 2 Collections and/or Records:

Sinn Féin, 1918-1982

 File — Multiple Containers
Scope and Contents From the Series: Series includes extensive research files related to Maire Comerford's life as an Irish republican and nationalist. Materials primarily contain newspaper clippings, as well as artifacts, correspondence, notes, photographs, and printed material and other ephemera. Notable topics include the Irish War of Independence, the Irish Civil War, nationalism, the Northern Ireland conflict, and the fight for political prisoners' rights. Also important to Comerford were women's rights, Irish agriculture,...
Access Note

Collection is open for research.

Dates: 1918-1982

Sinn Féin, constitutions, 1925-1967

 File — Box 4, Folder: 6
Scope and Contents From the Series: Series includes extensive research files related to Maire Comerford's life as an Irish republican and nationalist. Materials primarily contain newspaper clippings, as well as artifacts, correspondence, notes, photographs, and printed material and other ephemera. Notable topics include the Irish War of Independence, the Irish Civil War, nationalism, the Northern Ireland conflict, and the fight for political prisoners' rights. Also important to Comerford were women's rights, Irish agriculture,...
Access Note

Collection is open for research.

Dates: 1925-1967