Englisch Handout - Sinn Féin

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Ich muss in Englisch ein Referat über Sinn Féin halten und habe mal ein Handout zusammengestellt. Wäre sehr nett, wenn das mal jemand durchliest und nur grob guckt, ob das so ungefähr in Ordnung ist. Zum Ende hin fehlen noch ein paar Daten und Fakten.


Sinn Féin is the name of an Irish political party founded in 1905 by Arthur Griffith. Sinn Féin is the oldest political movement in Ireland. It takes its name from the Irish Gaelic expression for “We Ourselves”.
The main goal was to declare the political, economical and cultural independence from Britain. The foundation of Sinn Féin was led by the failure of the Home-Rule-Movement at the end of the 19th century.
During the first years Sinn Féin tried to enforce their goals politically. But those efforts failed and so in 1914 Sinn Féin became more and more radical. On the 24th of April the situation escalated and concluded with the Easter Rising, which was defeated bloodily by the British forces. The consequence was that Sinn Féin rose to the position of a centre for nationalistic forces. As a result 73 members of Sinn Féin were elected to the British House of Commons in November 1918. But they refused their seat because they demonstrated against the British rule in Ireland. Instead of accepting their seats they established an own Irish parliament in January 1919, the Dáil Éireann; House of Representatives of Ireland. They declared Ireland independent and appointed Eamon de Valera, the chairperson of Sinn Féin, head of the government. This caused the Anglo-Irish War from 1919 until 1921 between the IRA and the British army. Sinn Féin split into Fine Gael and Fianna Fáil when the British government agreed to a free state of South Ireland with the Anglo-Irish Treaty. The Anglo-Irish Treaty ended the Anglo-Irish War. The Fine Gael were proponents of the Anglo-Irish Treaty and the Fianna Fáil were opponents of the treaty. In 1922 a civil war broke out between the proponents and opponents of the British agreement, which ended in the defeat of the anti-treaty forces.
In 1926, after discussion within Sinn Féin concerning the conditions under which Sinn Féin would take part in elections for the Dáil Éireann. As a consequence De Valera resigned as Sinn Féin leader and founded the Fianna Fáil party.
Then for many years no considerable issues happen.
During the late 1960s sectarian violence in Northern Ireland occurred and local units of the IRA were organized to defend catholic communities in the province. Following a party conference in Dublin in 1969, Sinn Féin split again over the question of whether to support the IRA’s use of violence to protect Catholics in Northern Ireland and end British control there. Whereas the “Official” wing of the party, which was later renamed the Workers’ Party, emphasized political and parliamentary tactics and rejected violence after 1972, the “Provisional” wing believed that violence, particularly terrorism, was necessary and justified. This split was paralleled in the IRA, which also divided into official and provisional factions.
Although a registered party in Ireland, Sinn Féin was banned in the United Kingdom until 1974, because many of its leaders were considered to be members of the IRA.
In 1983 party leader Gerry Adams was elected president of Sinn Féin. Gerry Adams is nowadays still the leader of Sinn Féin.

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Sinn Féin is the name of an Irish political party founded in 1905 by Arthur Griffith. Sinn Féin is the oldest political movement in Ireland. It takes its name from the Irish Gaelic expression for “We Ourselves”.
The main goal was to declare the political, economical and cultural independence from Britain. The foundation of Sinn Féin was a result of the failure of the Home-Rule-Movement at the end of the 19th century.
During the first years Sinn Féin tried to enforce their goals politically. But those efforts failed and so in 1914 Sinn Féin became more and more radical. On the 24th of April of this year the situation escalated and became the so-called "Easter Rising", which was put down by the British forces with brutal force. The consequence was that Sinn Féin rose to the position of a centre for nationalistic forces. As a result 73 members of Sinn Féin were elected to the British House of Commons in November 1918. But they refused their seats in order to demonstrated against the British rule in Ireland. Instead of accepting their seats they established an independent Irish parliament in January 1919, the "Dáil Éireann"; "House of Representatives of Ireland". They declared Ireland independent and appointed Eamon de Valera, the chairperson of Sinn Féin, head of the government.
This led to the Anglo-Irish War between the IRA and the British army from 1919 until 1921. When the British government agreed to a free state of South Ireland with the Anglo-Irish Treaty, Sinn Féin split into "Fine Gael" and "Fianna Fáil". The Anglo-Irish Treaty ended the Anglo-Irish War. The "Fine Gael" were proponents of the Anglo-Irish Treaty and the "Fianna Fáil" were opponents of the treaty. In 1922 a civil war broke out between the proponents and opponents of the British agreement, which ended in the defeat of the anti-treaty forces.
In 1926, after the discussion within Sinn Féin concerning the conditions under which Sinn Féin would take part in elections for the Dáil Éireann had led to no result, As a consequence De Valera resigned as Sinn Féin leader and founded the Fianna Fáil party.
Then for many years no considerable issues happened.
During the late 1960s sectarian violence in Northern Ireland occurred and local units of the IRA were organized to defend catholic communities in the province. Following a party conference in Dublin in 1969, Sinn Féin split again over the question of whether to support the IRA’s use of violence to protect Catholics in Northern Ireland and end British control there. Whereas the “Official” wing of the party, which was later renamed the "Workers’ Party", emphasized political and parliamentary tactics and rejected violence after 1972, the “Provisional” wing believed that violence, particularly terrorism, was necessary and justified. This split was paralleled in the IRA, which also divided into official and provisional factions.
Although a registered party in Ireland, Sinn Féin was banned in the United Kingdom until 1974, because many of its leaders were considered to be members of the IRA.
In 1983 party leader Gerry Adams was elected president of Sinn Féin and has remained in this position up to this day.[/quote]


Hervorragend!
Allerdings für ein Handout eventuell zuviele Informationen in erheblich zu langen Sätzen. Im Englischen sind kürzere, prägnante Sätze bevorzugt.

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