• Workers' Party: Ireland's second oldest political party, founded in 1905 as Sinn Féin; renamed Sinn Fein the Workers' Party in 1977; dropped Sinn Fein part in 1982



• Labour Party: appeared as a parliamentary party in 1922; existed at local level before this



• Fianna Fail: founded 1926 following split in Sinn Fein



• Fine Gael: founded 1933 through a merger of Cumann na nGaedheal (founded 1922 following split in Sinn Fein), Centre Party and Blueshirts



• Sinn Fein: founded 1970 following split in "official" Sinn Fein; not challenged in its use of this name since the parent party became the Workers' Party



• Progressive Democrats: founded 1985 following split in Fianna Fail



• Republican Sinn Fein: founded 1986 following split in Sinn Fein



• Comhaontas Glas - Green Party: appeared as Green Alliance in 1987; part of an older environmentalist activist tradition



• Democratic Left: founded 1992 following split in the Workers' Party



• Socialist Party: new party, based on ideas of Marx, Engels, Lenin and Trotsky



• Muintir na hEireann: small conservative party, founded 1994



• National Party: party campaigning on Catholic values, founded 1995

Northern Ireland

• Ulster Unionist Party: Ireland's oldest political party, dating from the nineteenth century, reorganised under the Ulster Unionist Council in 1905



• Democratic Unionist Party: founded 1969 as Protestant Unionist Party, renamed 1971



• Alliance Party: founded 1970; excellent party and general information, and good links to other sites, including other liberal parties



• SDLP: Social Democratic and Labour Party, founded 1970



• Ulster Democratic Party: smaller loyalist party with insight into thinking of the UDA



• Progressive Unionist Party: smaller loyalist party with insight into thinking of the UVF



• Greens: NI Green Party



• Northern Ireland Women's Coalition: centrist party, founded 1996



• NI Labour: coalition of labour groupings (not UK labour)



• The following parties, described above, are organised in Northern Ireland as well as in the Republic:



• Sinn Fein



• Republican Sinn Fein



• Democratic Left



• Workers' Party





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• Connolly Association
  
  
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• Irish American Unity Conference
  
  
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• United Irish Organizations of Nebraska
  
  
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• Irish National Caucus (US organization; includes info on MacBride Principles)
  
  
• Irish American Partnership
  
  
• Irish American Foundation
  
  
• CAJ Home Page
  
  
• The Case of an Innocent Man: Danny McNamee
  
  
• Friends of Noel Cassidy
  
  
• Free Roisin McAliskey!
  
  
• Free Josephine Hayden!
  
  
• CAIN Project: Background Information on the conflict
  
  
• The war in Ireland index
  
  
• Stop the Deportation & extradition of Irish Americans!
  
  
• Cothrom Page
  
  
• Election Results since 1972
  
  
• Statewatch (Searchable database monitoring the state and civil liberties in the UK and Europe)
  
  
• Culture, Conflict and Murals: The Irish Case (article & photos)
  
  
• Political Wall Murals in Northern Ireland (Slow site, large graphics)
  
  
• More Murals!! (Photos from Jan. 1995)
  
  
• Irish Political Prisoners Information
  
  
• Irish Hunger Strike Commemoration Project
  
  
• Don't Extradite the H-Block Four!
  
  
• Internet All-Person Talks
  
  
• Irish Emigrant Vote Campaign
  
  
• The British Military Garrison in Ireland
  
  
• The Lawyers Alliance for Justice in Ireland
  
  
• Fragile Peace in Ireland
  
  
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