'Provisional' Sinn Féin evolved from the split in Sinn Féin and the IRA that took place in the late 1960s. The leadership of both Sinn Féin and the IRA had developed a Marxist outlook that became unpopular with many more traditionalist nationalists/republicans. Things came to a head when it emerged the IRA had no guns to defend Belfast nationalists from rampaging unionist mobs and the RUC, as the leadership had sold them to Welsh separatists. Belfast republicans formed Provisional Sinn Féin and the Provisional IRA in response.-1... This article needs copyediting (checking for proper English spelling, grammar, usage, etc. ... This article is about the city of Belfast in Northern Ireland. ... Nationalism is an ideology that creates and sustains a nation as a concept of a common identity for groups of humans. ... The word Unionist, simply meaning one espousing a union, has a number of connotations, depending on context: Unionists are people in Ireland, England, Scotland and Wales who were historically in favour of uniting their nations into a United Kingdom, or who in modern times wish their nations to remain part... The acronym RUC may refer to any of the following: Rádio Universidade de Coimbra Rapid Update Cycle Recordings Under Construction Roskilde University (Roskilde Universitetscenter) Royal Ulster Constabulary Renmin Univisity of China,P.R.C This is a disambiguation page — a navigational aid which lists other pages that might otherwise share... For alternate meanings, see Wales (disambiguation) National motto: Cymru am byth (Welsh: Wales for ever) Official languages: English and Welsh Capital: Cardiff First Minister: Rhodri Morgan AM Area  - Total:  - % water: Ranked 3rd UK 20,779 km² xx% Population  - Total (2001):  - Density: Ranked 3rd UK 2,903,085 140/km² NUTS... 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...

The remainder of Sinn Féin became known as Official Sinn Féin which itself subsequently evolved into the Workers Party, which became the Democratic Left, which merged with the Labour party in the 1990's. Categories: Ireland-related stubs | Irish political parties | Republic of Ireland political parties | Northern Ireland political parties ... Democratic Left is a name given to two political parties: In Ireland, Democratic Left was active from 1992 to 1999. ... Logo of the Irish Labour Party The Irish Labour Party (Irish: Páirti an Lucht Oibre) is the third largest political party in the Republic of Ireland. ...

The modern political party always terms itself simply Sinn Féin, as Official Sinn Féin has long fallen by the wayside. Provisional Sinn Féin is more usually used by their opponents, to prevent Sinn Féin drawing parallels between themselves and the Sinn Féin party that achieved independence for the south and west of Ireland in 1922. For a fuller history see the article Sinn Féin. A true colour image of Ireland, captured by a NASA satellite on January 4, 2003. ... -1...

Supporters of Provisional Sinn Féin are pejoratively known as chuckies, a phonetic spelling of the first word of the popular republican slogan Tiocfaidh ár lá (Our day will come). Shinner is another derogatory term for a Sinn Féin supporter.