Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
1905, from Irish, literally "we ourselves," from Old Irish féin "self," from PIE *swei-no-, suffixed form of root *s(w)e- (see idiom). Movement founded 1905 by Irish journalist and politician Arthur Griffith (1872-1922).
Wikipedia
Sinn Féin is an Irish political party.
Sinn Féin may also refer to:
- Sinn Féin (slogan), a slogan used by Irish nationalists in the late 19th and early 20th centuries
- Sinn Féin the Workers Party, former name of the Workers' Party of Ireland
- Sinn Féin Printing & Publishing Company, a publishing company founded by Arthur Griffith
- Sinn Féin (newspaper), a newspaper published by the above
- Republican Sinn Féin, a minor political party
Usage examples of "sinn fein".
A third was the Chief of Staff, IRA Army Council, addressing a public meeting in Belfast in his other role as a law-abiding and responsible local government councilor of the Sinn Fein polit.
The front man for Sinn Fein was a person of considerable charm, a man with a gift for presenting his point of view in a reasonable way.
All the parties to the peace process, including Sinn Fein, denounced the bombing.
There was a deadlock caused by a disagreement between Sinn Fein and the Unionists over whether the IRA’.
Catholics claim they finally got a majority, while the Orangemen are claiming fraud, and bloody Sinn Fein's all set to vote in reunification with Dublin, like the IRA wanted for years.
They were two separate bodies in those days, the same way that the Irish Republican movement is split up into the IRA, which is technically illegal, and the political wing, Sinn Fein, which is technically legal, although who knows where one begins and the other ends?
Normally much favored by Republicans and Sinn Fein supporters, at that time in the morning the clientele were mainly workers of every kind tucking into a full Irish breakfast.
He owned the Green Man, but more importantly, was an organizer for Sinn Fein, the political wing of the IRA, in London.
Some people have compared it to Sinn Fein, the public face of the IRA.