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Encyclopedia > An Phoblacht

An Phoblacht is the official newspaper of Provisional Sinn Féin in Ireland. It is published on a weekly basis, and according to its website sells an average of up to 15,000 copies every week. Sinn Féin (in the Irish language ourselves or we ourselves; not as sometimes incorrectly translated, ourselves alone) is an Irish political party. ...


It was formed in 1979 from the merger of two older republican newspapers An Phoblacht (English: The Republic) and Republican News. The original An Phoblacht had been founded by Jimmy Steele in 1970. During the Troubles, it supported the campaign of the Provisional IRA and published a weekly column titled "War News", which detailed and praised the latest IRA actions. Currently it articulates the political position of Sinn Féin and supports the peace process. This page refers to the year 1979. ... The English language is a West Germanic language that originates in England. ... An Phoblacht/Republican News is the official newspaper of the Republican movement in Ireland. ... Jimmy Steele (August 8, 1907 to August 9, 1970) was an Irish republican and IRA member from Belfast, Ireland (now Northern Ireland). ... The Troubles is a term used to describe two periods of violence in Ireland during the twentieth century. ... 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... Sinn Féin (pronounced in English, in Irish) is a name used by a series of Irish political movements of the 20th century, each of which claimed sole descent from the original party established by Arthur Griffith in 1905. ... 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 paper was officially relaunched in September 2005 as An Phoblacht. The current editor is Seán Mac Brádaigh.


Notable contributors

Gerry Adams MP, MLA, (Irish: Gearóid Mac Ádhaimh; born 6 October 1948) is an Irish Republican politician and abstentionist Westminster Member of Parliament for West Belfast. ... Robert Gerard Sands MP, (Irish name: Roibeard Gearóid Ó Seachnasaigh), commonly known as Bobby Sands (9 March 1954 – 5 May 1981), was a member of the IRA who died on hunger strike whilst in prison for the possesion of firearms. ... Danny Morrison, full name Daniel Gerard Morrison, (born Belfast 1953) is an Irish Republican activist and writer. ...

External links

References

  1. ^ Peace Process in Very Serious Difficulty — article by Gerry Adams in An Phoblacht, 2 November 1995
  2. ^ "In the H-Blocks Bobby began writing short stories and poems under the pen-name 'Marcella', his sister’s name, which were published in...the newly merged 'An Phoblacht/Republican News'" Extracts from 'Prison Poems' by Bobby Sands (1991)
  3. ^ An Phoblacht: About Us — An Phoblacht website, retrieved 25 November 2006.

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