<Ul> <Li> Politics of Northern Ireland </Li> <Li> Political parties </Li> <Li> Elections </Li> </Ul> <Li> Politics of Northern Ireland </Li> <P> Sinn Féin (/ ʃɪn ˈfeɪn / shin - FAYN; Irish pronunciation: (ʃɪnj ˈfjeːnj); English: "Ourselves" or "We Ourselves") is a left - wing Irish republican political party active in both the Republic of Ireland and Northern Ireland . Sinn Féin are also the only party that may be elected to the Oireachtas, Northern Ireland Executive & Westminster . </P> <P> The original Sinn Féin organisation was founded in 1905 by Arthur Griffith . It took its current form in 1970 after a split within the party (with the other side becoming the Workers' Party of Ireland) and has historically been associated with the Provisional Irish Republican Army (IRA). Mary Lou McDonald has been party president since February 2018 . </P>

What irish political movement is named after a phrase meaning we ourselves