Sinn Féin

Sinn Féin (/ʃɪn ˈfeɪn/ shin-FAYN Irish pronunciation: [ʃɪnʲ ˈfʲeːnʲ]) is an Irish republican political party active in the Republic of Ireland and Northern Ireland. The phrase "Sinn Féin" is Irish for "ourselves" or "we ourselves", although it is frequently mistranslated as "ourselves alone". The Sinn Féin organisation was founded in 1905 by Arthur Griffith. It took its current form in 1970 after a split within the party (the other party became the Workers' Party of Ireland), and has been historically associated with the Provisional Irish Republican Army (IRA). Gerry Adams has been party president since 1983.