Sinn Féin: References & Edit History
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Additional Reading
Brendan O’Brien, The Long War: The IRA & Sinn Féin, 3rd. ed. (1999), provides a detailed account of IRA/Sinn Féin activities and the evolution of nationalist politics in Northern Ireland. Also of interest is Gerry Adams, Free Ireland: Towards a Lasting Peace, rev. ed. (1995).
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Article History
| Type | Description | Contributor | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| Add new Web site: CNN Watch - Is Sinn Féin shedding its historical baggage? | Sep 23, 2026 | ||
| Add new Web site: BBC - Seriously... - The Rise of Sinn Féin. | Dec 03, 2025 | ||
| Add new Web site: NPR - How Sinn Fein has made themselves over. | Jul 11, 2025 | ||
| Add new Web site: UNF Digital Commons - Sinn Fein Without the IRA: Legitimacy or Loss of Popular Support (PDF). | Feb 07, 2025 | ||
| Noted that Michelle O'Neill became first minister in the Northern Ireland Executive in February 2024. | Feb 06, 2024 | ||
| Add new Web site: Official Site of Sinn Féin. | Aug 17, 2023 | ||
| Added cross-reference. | Mar 13, 2023 | ||
| Add new Web site: Academia - Sinn F�in, the Past and Political Strategy: The Provisional Irish Republican Movement and the Politics of �Reconciliation�. | Oct 23, 2022 | ||
| Noted Sinn Féin's victory in elections for the Northern Ireland Assembly in May 2022. | May 09, 2022 | ||
| Add new Web site: History Today - The Foundation of Sinn Fein. | Jan 26, 2021 | ||
| Added the results of Ireland's 2020 national election. | Feb 14, 2020 | ||
| Added the results of the 2019 election. | Dec 13, 2019 | ||
| Added a description of the changes in party leadership in 2017 and 2018. | Sep 18, 2018 | ||
| Noted that Sinn Féin won seven seats in the June 2017 election for the British House of Commons. | Jun 13, 2017 | ||
| Added results of the 2016 nd 2017 Northern Ireland Assembly elections. | Mar 07, 2017 | ||
| Clarified the relationship between Sinn Féin and the Provisional Irish Republican Army. |
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Nov 23, 2016 | |
| Added results of the 2016 national election in Ireland. | May 06, 2016 | ||
| Updated for the 2015 British general election. | May 08, 2015 | ||
| Updated for the 2011 Northern Ireland elections. | May 09, 2011 | ||
| Updated for the 2011 Irish election. | Feb 28, 2011 | ||
| Changed translation of Cumann na nGaedheal to "Party of the Irish"; changed reference to "Irish War of Independence" to "Anglo-Irish War(Irish War of Independence)." | Sep 15, 2010 | ||
| Added results of the 2010 UK general election. | May 07, 2010 | ||
| Changed "Belfast Agreement" to "Good Friday Agreement." | Feb 11, 2010 | ||
| Added new Web site: How Stuff Works - History - Sinn Fein. | Nov 05, 2008 | ||
| Article revised and updated. | Jan 21, 2008 | ||
| Added new Web site: Official Site of Sinn Fein. | Nov 15, 2007 | ||
| Article revised and updated. | May 30, 2007 | ||
| Article revised and updated. | May 11, 2007 | ||
| Article revised and updated. | Mar 16, 2007 | ||
| Article revised and updated. | Feb 02, 2007 | ||
| Article revised. | Jul 19, 2002 | ||
| Article revised. | Feb 15, 2001 | ||
| Article added to new online database. | Jul 20, 1998 |
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