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Official Sinn Féin took its current form in 1970 following a division within Sinn Féin, in which the majority faction followed the leadership in a Marxist direction. It was known as Sinn Féin (Gardiner Place) or Official Sinn Féin, to distinguish it from the minority faction of “Sinn Féin (Kevin Street)” or “Provisional Sinn Féin”. It changed its name from Sinn Féin to Sinn Féin The Workers’ Party in 1977 and then to the Workers’ Party in 1982. In that time, Provisional Sinn Féin came to be known simply as Sinn Féin. Both groups were tied to corresponding paramilitary groups, with Official Sinn Féin tied to the Official Irish Republican Army.

Official Sinn Féin Newspapers 1970-1980

A large collection of Official Sinn Féin Newspapers including The United Irishman, Eolas, The Irish People and Starry Plough can be found here.

The Plough

The Plough was the newspaper of Official Sinn Féin in South Down and South Armagh.

Vol 1, No 7 (2)	Vol 2, No 6 (3)	Vol 3, No 2 (3)
Vol 3, No 3 (3)	Vol 3, No 4 (3)	Vol 3, No 6 (1)
Vol 4, No 1 (3)	1975 (3)	Election Special (3)
Election Special 1975 (2)

1970

Patrick Shields Irish Republican Club Flyer (1970)

1971

Ireland in Rebellion	Culture and Revolution in Ireland (1)	Battle of Belfast
Resistance (1971) (3)	Resistance (08 September 1971) (3)	Resistance (1971) (3)
Teoiric (1971) (5)

1972

Problems of the Irish Revolution	The IRA Speaks	Rosc Catha (24 October 1972) (4)
Imperialism and the Irish Nation (1972)	Republicanism – A Broad Outline 1790-1922 (1972)	Official Sinn Féin Árd Fheis (1972)
In the 70’s The IRA Speaks – German Edition (1972)	Árd Fheis ’72 Report (5)	Resistance (1972) (5)
Mass Rally Officials (1972)	Republicanism Part 2, 1922-1966 (1972)	Provo Pogrom (1972)

1973

Official Sinn Féin Wicklow meeting (April 1973)	Fianna Fail – The IRA Connection (1)	Vote for Republican Clubs (1973)
An Eochair (Sep 1973)	The Test of Ireland (1973)	British Agents in Ireland (1973) (2)
Britains White Paper (February 1973) (2)	Rosc Catha (July Aug 1973)

1974

Ground Rent is Robbery (1974) (5)	An Eochair (May 1974)	Election News (June 1974) (2)
The Great Irish Gas and Oil Robbery (1974)	Official Sinn Féin Poster (1974)

1975

No Parasan!	The Making of the Irish Revolution	Teoiric (1975) (5)
Towards the Socialist Republic (1975) (5)	An Eochair (1975)	The Republican Tradition (1975)
Red Rag (April 1975)	Peoples Hope (Easter 1975)	Pogrom! (1975)
Official Sinn Fein Press Release (01 Nov 1975)	Nuacht Naisiunta (1975)	Sean Fox Family Fund (1975) (2)

1976

Republican Worker (Cork) January 1976 (1)	Republican Worker (Cork) 06 March (1)	Galway People 12 March (1)
Galway People 19 March (1)	Galway People 14 May (1)	Teoiric (Summer 1976)
The Banks (1976)

1977

Republican Worker (Cork) October (1)	Republican Worker (Cork) November (1)	United Ireland Newsletter (July 1977)
United Ireland Newsletter (August 1977)	United Ireland Newsletter (November 1977)	United Ireland Newsletter (October 1977)

1979

A Handbook of Republican Relations (1979)

The Irish Worker (August 1979) (2)

Misc Official Sinn Féin and Workers Party

This Week Officials Article (1)	Hibernia (03 March 1972)	Bernie Gillespie leaflet (1970s)
Vote Republican Clubs (1970s)	The Workers Party – Ard Fheis (1983)	The Case of Michael Willis (2)
Support the Fighting Fund (2)	Fight Extradition Now (2)	Womens View (March 1980)
Workers Life (February 1984)	Bodenstown – 200th Anniversary of the Founding of the United Irishmen (1991)	Workers Life (May/June 1984)

Memorial Booklets

Cathal Goulding (1)

Liam McMillen (1)

Sean Garland Tribute

(1) Donated by Brian Hanley

(2) Donated by @irish_republican_archive

(3) Donated by Colum Ó Ruairc

(4) Donated by Jason McLean

(5) Originally appeared here

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