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On 18 April 1918, acting on a resolution of Dublin Corporation, the Lord Mayor of Dublin (Laurence O'Neill) held a conference at the Mansion House, Dublin.The Irish Anti-Conscription Committee was convened to devise plans to resist conscription, and represented different sections of nationalist opinion: John Dillon and Joseph Devlin for the Irish Parliamentary Party, Éamon de Valera and ...
Sinn Féin (Gardiner Place) also referred to by the media as Official Sinn Féin. Led by Tomás Mac Giolla. The party renamed itself Sinn Féin the Workers Party in 1977 and the Workers' Party in 1982. [105] Sinn Féin (Kevin Street), also referred to by the media as Provisional Sinn Féin. [106] By 1983 it was generally known simply as Sinn Féin.
The 1918 Sinn Féin election manifesto was that party's manifesto for the 1918 general election. After its reform in 1917 , the Sinn Féin party campaigned against conscription in Ireland. Following the armistice of 11 November 1918 the British Government called a general election for 14 December, in which Sinn Féin won 73 out of 105 seats in ...
New research reveals that changes in attitudes led to Sinn Féin's landslide victory – not the new surge of young voters. Sinn Féin's sudden rise to power in 1918 was long seen as a 'youthquake ...
The electorate had become enamoured with Sinn Féin, particularly due to the harsh response of the authorities to the Easter Rising. Sinn Féin had been falsely blamed for the Rising even though it had taken no part in it. The party also took most of the credit for the successful campaign to prevent the introduction of conscription in 1918.
Sinn Féin denies the allegations that its structure is undemocratic and has compared its organisation to other Irish political parties such as Fianna Fáil. [157] Sinn Féin maintains it is a bottom-up, not a top-down organisation and that, ultimately, decision-making comes from its annual Ard Fhéis and the votes of ordinary members.
The Conscription Crisis of 1918 occurred when the British Government tried to impose conscription on Ireland. Sinn Féin was publicly perceived to be the key instigator of anti-conscription feeling, and on 17 May the Lord Lieutenant of Ireland, Lord French, claiming there was a treasonable plot between Sinn Féin and the Germans, ordered the ...
The DUP has said a Sinn Fein victory in next month’s Assembly election would lead to years of disputes over the calling of a border poll. Cost-of-living crisis main focus for Stormont election ...