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''See main articles: [[Provisional Irish Republican Army]]/[[Provisional Sinn Féin]]'' | ''See main articles: [[Provisional Irish Republican Army]]/[[Provisional Sinn Féin]]'' | ||
The Provisional Irish Republican Army and Provisional Sinn Féin were the larger of the two factions to emerge from the | The Provisional Irish Republican Army and Provisional Sinn Féin were the larger of the two factions to emerge from the Republican Movement Split of 1969/1970. Throughout they were the dominant grouping in Irish Republican politics in the North, and Provisional Sinn Féin is one of the major forces in Irish and Northern Irish politics today.<ref>{{Web citation|author=RONAN BURTENSHAW, MARY LOU MCDONALD|newspaper=Jacobin|title=Sinn Féin Leader Mary Lou McDonald: “We’ll Build a Truly United Ireland”|date=2023-03-21|url=https://jacobin.com/2023/03/sinn-fein-ireland-mary-lou-macdonald-reunification}}</ref> | ||
The ideology of the Provisionals existence. Though started as a staunchly abstentionist grouping in opposition to the Electoralist Officials. This policy began to change in 1981 when, after the electoral momentum from the 1981 Irish Hunger Strike proved to be great, Sinn Féin began to follow the 'Armalite and Ballot Box' strategy. They abandoned abstentionism in 1986, leading to Republican Sinn Féin breaking away.<ref name=":11">{{Web citation|author=David Hearst|newspaper=The Guardian|title=Sinn Fein votes to abandon abstentionism and fight for seats in the Dail - archive, 1986|date=1986-11-03|url=https://www.theguardian.com/theguardian/from-the-archive-blog/2020/feb/09/sinn-fein-votes-to-abandon-abstentionism-1986}}</ref> | The ideology of the Provisionals existence. Though started as a staunchly abstentionist grouping in opposition to the Electoralist Officials. This policy began to change in 1981 when, after the electoral momentum from the 1981 Irish Hunger Strike proved to be great, Sinn Féin began to follow the 'Armalite and Ballot Box' strategy. They abandoned abstentionism in 1986, leading to Republican Sinn Féin breaking away.<ref name=":11">{{Web citation|author=David Hearst|newspaper=The Guardian|title=Sinn Fein votes to abandon abstentionism and fight for seats in the Dail - archive, 1986|date=1986-11-03|url=https://www.theguardian.com/theguardian/from-the-archive-blog/2020/feb/09/sinn-fein-votes-to-abandon-abstentionism-1986}}</ref> |