The 32 County Sovereignty Movement (often abbreviated to 32CSM or 32csm) is an Irish republican political organisation favouring a united Ireland and British withdrawal from Northern Ireland. Many of its founder members had previously been involved in a subgroup of Sinn Féin called the 32 County Sovereignty Committee. Irish Republicanism is an ideology based on the Irish nationalist belief that all of Ireland should be a united independent republic. ... A United Ireland is the common demand of Irish nationalists, envisaging that the island of Ireland (currently divided into the Republic of Ireland and Northern Ireland) be reunited as a single political entity. ... Dieu et mon droit (motto) (French for God and my right)2 Northern Irelands location within the UK Main language English Other recognised languages Irish, Ulster Scots Capital and largest city Belfast First Minister Office suspended Secretary of State for Northern Ireland Peter Hain MP Area  - Total Ranked 4th... It has been suggested that Provisional Sinn Féin be merged into this article or section. ...

The organisation was founded on 7 December 1997 at a meeting in Fingal in Dublin by republican activists who were opposed to the direction taken by Sinn Féin and other mainstream republican politicians in the peace process, which would lead to the Belfast Agreement (also known as the Good Friday Agreement) the following year. The same division in the republican movement led to the paramilitary group now known as the Real Irish Republican Army breaking away from the Provisional IRA at around the same time. The 32 County Sovereignty Movement is often considered to be the ‘political wing’ of the Real IRA (for instance it is referred to as such in [1]), although members reject the term. Most of its founders had been members of Sinn Féin; some had been expelled from the party and others felt they had not been properly able to air their concerns within Sinn Féin at the direction its leadership had taken. Prior to the referenda on the Good Friday Agreement the 32CSM lodged a legal submission with the United Nations challenging British sovereignty in Ireland. In November 2005 the 32CSM launched a political initiative entitled Irish Democracy, A Framework For Unity in furtherence of its objectives. Bernadette Sands-McKevitt, a sister of hunger striker Bobby Sands and wife of Michael McKevitt, is a prominent member of the group. December 7 is the 341st day (342nd in leap years) of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ... 1997 (MCMXCVII) was a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Fingal (Fine Gall in Irish, meaning foreign tribe, i. ... WGS-84 (GPS) Coordinates: 53. ... It has been suggested that Provisional Sinn Féin be merged into this article or section. ... When discussing the history of Northern Ireland, the peace process is generally considered to cover the events leading up to the 1994 IRA ceasefire, the end of most of the violence of The Troubles, the Belfast (or Good Friday) Agreement, and subsequent political developments. ... The Belfast Agreement (also known as the Good Friday Agreement and, more rarely, as the Stormont Agreement) was a major step in the Northern Ireland peace process. ... A paramilitary organization is a group of civilians trained and organized in a military fashion. ... The Real Irish Republican Army, otherwise known as the Real IRA, is an Irish republican paramilitary organisation founded before the signing of the 1998 Good Friday (Belfast) Agreement by former members of the Provisional IRA who opposed the latters 1997 cease-fire and acquiescence in the Agreement in the... The Provisional Irish Republican Army (PIRA) is a paramilitary group which aimed, through the use of violence, to achieve three goals: (i) British withdrawal from Ireland, (ii) the political unification of Ireland through the merger of Northern Ireland and the Republic of Ireland , and (iii) the creation of an all... United Nations - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia /**/ @import /skins-1. ... -1... Robert Gerard Sands, commonly known as Bobby Sands (9 March 1954 – 5 May 1981) was an Irish republican and a former MP who died on hunger strike in the prison officially called HM Prison Maze but formerly known as Long Kesh (a name still used by Irish Republicans). ... Michael McKevitt (b. ...

The name refers to the 32 counties of Ireland which were established when the whole island of Ireland was under British rule. 26 of these counties now form the Republic of Ireland and the other six remain part of the United Kingdom. The island of Ireland has 32 counties, with Northern Ireland and the Republic of Ireland being nicknamed respectively the six counties and the twenty-six counties. ...

External links

• Official website
• 32 County Sovereignty Movement on the Politics.ie wiki