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[[M. Mag Congail]]|founders=[[Ruairí Ó Brádaigh]] | [[M. Mag Congail]]|founders=[[Ruairí Ó Brádaigh]] | ||
[[Dáithí Ó Conaill]]|newspaper=Saoirse – Irish Freedom|youth_wing=Fianna Éireann|womens_wing=Cumann na mBan|wing1_title=Military Wing|wing1=[[Continuity Irish Republican Army]] (alleged)|political_orientation=[[Irish Republicanism]]<br>[[Irish Republicanism#Abstentionism/Electoralism|Abstentionism (Irish Republican)]]<br>[[Irish Republicanism#Irish_Republican_Legitimism|Irish Republican Legitimism]]<br>[[Euroscepticism]]<br>[[Anti-Imperialism]]<br>[[Socialism]]<br>[[Secularism]]<br>[[Direct Action]]<br>[[Éire Nua]]<br>[[Internationalism | [[Dáithí Ó Conaill]]|newspaper=Saoirse – Irish Freedom|youth_wing=Fianna Éireann|womens_wing=Cumann na mBan|wing1_title=Military Wing|wing1=[[Continuity Irish Republican Army]] (alleged)|political_orientation=[[Irish Republicanism]]<br>[[Irish Republicanism#Abstentionism/Electoralism|Abstentionism (Irish Republican)]]<br>[[Irish Republicanism#Irish_Republican_Legitimism|Irish Republican Legitimism]]<br>[[Euroscepticism]]<br>[[Anti-Imperialism]]<br>[[Socialism]]<br>[[Secularism]]<br>[[Direct Action]]<br>[[Éire Nua]]<br>[[Internationalism]]|seats1_title=Galway County Council|seats1=1/39|website=https://republicansinnfein.org/|twitter=https://x.com/RepublicanSF}} | ||
'''Republican Sinn Féin''' is an [[Irish Republican]] political party in [[Northern Ireland|Occupied Northern Ireland]] and the [[Republic of Ireland|Collaborator Republic of Ireland]]. It split from [[Provisional Sinn Féin]] in 1986 due to the party's abandonment of [[Irish Republicanism#Abstentionism/Electoralism|abstentionism]].<ref name=":0">{{Web citation|newspaper=Republican Sinn Fein|title=About Us - Republican SINN FÉIN Poblachtach|url=https://republicansinnfein.org/about-us/}}</ref> | '''Republican Sinn Féin''' is an [[Irish Republican]] political party in [[Northern Ireland|Occupied Northern Ireland]] and the [[Republic of Ireland|Collaborator Republic of Ireland]]. It split from [[Provisional Sinn Féin]] in 1986 due to the party's abandonment of [[Irish Republicanism#Abstentionism/Electoralism|abstentionism]].<ref name=":0">{{Web citation|newspaper=Republican Sinn Fein|title=About Us - Republican SINN FÉIN Poblachtach|url=https://republicansinnfein.org/about-us/}}</ref> | ||
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Republican Sinn Féin is staunchly Irish Republican, abstentionist, and committed to the armed struggle and direct action to liberate Ireland.<ref name=":0" /><ref name=":1" /> | Republican Sinn Féin is staunchly Irish Republican, abstentionist, and committed to the armed struggle and direct action to liberate Ireland.<ref name=":0" /><ref name=":1" /> | ||
It is considered an Irish Republican Legitimist organization, with it claiming to be the legitimate successor of the original Sinn Féin party of 1905 | It is considered an Irish Republican Legitimist organization, with it claiming to be the legitimate successor of the original Sinn Féin party of 1905.<ref>{{Web citation|newspaper=Republican Sinn Fein|title=About Us|url=https://republicansinnfein.org/about-us/|quote="has direct and unbroken continuity with the original Sinn Féin organisation founded in 1905."}}</ref> Due to this the party opposes the government of the Republic of Ireland, as it was founded by the Anglo-Irish Treaty of 1922, as well as the occupation government in Northern Ireland.<ref>{{Web citation|newspaper=Republican Sinn Fein|title=About Us|url=https://republicansinnfein.org/about-us/|quote=Sinn Féin is abstentionist. We do not take seats if elected to Stormont or Leinster House. Instead we lend our support to the de-facto Dáil Éireann. | ||
We do not recognize the legitimacy of these parliaments in Ireland, both of which were created by acts of the British parliament in Westminster as a denial of the wishes of the Irish people. | We do not recognize the legitimacy of these parliaments in Ireland, both of which were created by acts of the British parliament in Westminster as a denial of the wishes of the Irish people. | ||
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== Current Status == | == Current Status == | ||
Republican Sinn Féin maintains a small presence, with one Galway City Councilor being a member of RSF, though officially they are an independent representative due to RSF's lack of legal status. Due to it's terrorist designation by the United States State Department and its affiliation with designated terrorist organizations by the UK such as Na Fianna Éireann, Cumann na mBan and the Continuity IRA Republican Sinn Féin has faced police repression and harassment by the PSNI in Northern Ireland.<ref>{{Web citation|newspaper=Republican Sinn Fein|title=South Armagh Republican family subjected to constant harassment|date=2024-02-19|url=https://republicansinnfein.org/2024/02/19/south-armagh-republican-family-subjected-to-constant-harassment/}}</ref> They have also faced censorship online, with their Facebook pages being taken down in 2021.<ref>{{Web citation|newspaper=Republican Sinn Fein|title=Sinn Féin Poblachtach Facebook pages taken down!|date=2021-09-21|url=https://republicansinnfein.org/2021/09/21/sinn-fein-poblachtach-facebook-pages-taken-down/}}</ref> | Republican Sinn Féin maintains a small presence, with one Galway City Councilor being a member of RSF, though officially they are an independent representative due to RSF's lack of legal status. Due to it's terrorist designation by the United States State Department and its affiliation with designated terrorist organizations by the UK such as Na Fianna Éireann, Cumann na mBan and the Continuity IRA Republican Sinn Féin has faced police repression and harassment by the PSNI in Northern Ireland.<ref>{{Web citation|newspaper=Republican Sinn Fein|title=South Armagh Republican family subjected to constant harassment|date=2024-02-19|url=https://republicansinnfein.org/2024/02/19/south-armagh-republican-family-subjected-to-constant-harassment/}}</ref> They have also faced censorship online, with their Facebook pages being taken down in 2021.<ref>{{Web citation|newspaper=Republican Sinn Fein|title=Sinn Féin Poblachtach Facebook pages taken down!|date=2021-09-21|url=https://republicansinnfein.org/2021/09/21/sinn-fein-poblachtach-facebook-pages-taken-down/}}</ref><references /> | ||
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== Further reading == | == Further reading == | ||
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[[Library:Saol Nua – A New Way of Life|Saol Nua – A New Way of Life]] on the Prolewiki library | [[Library:Saol Nua – A New Way of Life|Saol Nua – A New Way of Life]] on the Prolewiki library | ||