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Sinn Fein|ʃɪn ˈfeɪn|
[f. Ir. sinn féin we ourselves.]
The name of an Irish movement founded in 1905 by Arthur Griffith (1872–1922), Irish journalist and politician, orig. aiming at the independence of Ireland and a revival of Irish culture and language and now dedicated to the political unification of Northern Ireland and the Republic of Ireland. Freq. attrib.
1905United Irishman 18 Mar. 4/4 The Sinn Fein policy which we have propounded for Ireland, will henceforth be the policy of the National Council. 1906A. Griffith Sinn Fein Policy 4 The policy for which the National Council stands is summarised in its title—‘Sinn Fein’. Ibid. 32 Increase of employment, industrial effort and advancement should be everywhere the principal means towards the national aims of Sinn Fein Policy. 1907Westm. Gaz. 31 Aug. 7/1 Sinn Fein is not as yet a movement of much political moment. 1920Public Opinion 16 July 58/3 The intellectual leaders of Sinn Fein can by no means bind the extremists. 1930W. K. Hancock Australia x. 213 Labour politicians preached Australia for the Australians and a sort of Sinn Fein exclusiveness. 1936E. Curtis Hist. Ireland xx. 386 Sinn Fein came out as a political force by winning an election in Roscommon in February 1917. 1944M. J. Macmanus Eamon de Valera iv. 69 De Valera..had been co-opted on the National Council of Sinn Fein after his release. 1955Times 16 May 3/5 The fact that Sinn Fein has put forward candidates for West Belfast, Mid-Ulster, [etc.]..may mean that a Unionist gain will be recorded. 1962A. Lurie Love & Friendship ii. 29 He looked over-excited, as if he were about to..lead a small raid for the Sinn Fein. 1971Eire Nua: Soc. & Econ. Programme of Sinn Fein 3 The Constitution of Sinn Fein advocates not merely the complete overthrow of English rule in Ireland but also the setting up of a Democratic Socialist Republic. 1972R. Kee Green Flag ix. 452 From May 1905 Griffith's new policy generally began to be called the ‘Sinn Fein’ rather than the ‘Hungarian’ policy. The suggestion for the new name had been made to him by a young woman named Mary Butler, late in 1904, though the words had long been fairly commonly used as a motto for Irish self-reliance and had in fact been the early motto of the Gaelic League. 1978P. Boardman Worlds of Patrick Geddes vii. 248 The never-ending nemesis of Sinn Fein Rebellion.
Hence Sinn ˈFeiner, a member or adherent of Sinn Fein; Sinn ˈFeinism, the methods, aims, or policies of Sinn Fein.
1907Daily Chron. 13 Aug. 6/2 Sir Thomas Esmonde's action in adopting Sinn Feinism as against Parliamentary agitation. 1907Westm. Gaz. 31 Aug. 7/1 Sinn Feiners further suggest that the Irish representatives, having withdrawn from Westminster, should assemble in Dublin. 1917A. Huxley Let. May (1969) 124 The best part of political life after the war will be an unofficial Sinn Feinism. 1928Daily Express 17 Nov. 3/5 The Sinn Feiners desired to strengthen this protest by obtaining the withdrawal from Parliament of the whole O'Brien party. 1945R. Chandler Let. 1 Jan. (1981) 41, I have a great many Irish relatives..some of them Sinn Feiners. 1979W. Nelson Minstrel Code ix. 75 The spot where Sinn Feiners gunned down a British Field-Marshall, Sir Henry Wilson, in 1922, on the doorstep of his home. |