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The Workers' Party ((アイルランド語:Páirtí na nOibrithe)), originally known as Official Sinn Féin, is a Marxist–Leninist political party in Ireland. The party originated out of Sinn Féin (which was founded in 1905) and the IRA, as the split took place with the Provisionals within the republican movement at the onset of the Troubles in 1969–70. The Officials' founders were Cathal Goulding and Tomás Mac Giolla. The party name was changed to Sinn Féin the Workers' Party in 1977 and then to The Workers' Party in 1982. Throughout its history the party has been closely associated with the Official Irish Republican Army. It supported the Soviet Union while that entity existed. Notable derivative organisations include the Irish Republican Socialist Party and the Democratic Left. ==Name== Official Sinn Féin was sometimes called ''Sinn Féin (Gardiner Place)'' in the early to mid-1970s, a reference to the location of its headquarters, to distinguish it from the rival offshoot of Sinn Féin, called ''Provisional Sinn Féin'' or ''Sinn Féin (Kevin Street)'' by the media in that period. For traditional republicans, the mention of the Gardiner Place headquarters carried symbolic power, because it had been the headquarters of Sinn Féin for decades before the 1970 split. This sobriquet died out in the mid-1970s. At its Ardfheis in January 1977, the Officials renamed themselves ''Sinn Féin The Workers Party''. Their first seats in Dáil Éireann were won under this new name. In 1979, a motion at the Ardfheis to remove the Sinn Féin prefix from the party name was narrowly defeated. The change finally came about three years later.〔 In Northern Ireland, Sinn Féin was organised under the name ''Republican Clubs'' (a name that was used to avoid a ban on Sinn Féin candidates, introduced in 1964 under Northern Ireland's Emergency Powers Act), and the Officials continued to use this name after 1970. The party later used the name "The Workers Party Republican Clubs". In 1982 both the northern and southern sections of the party became simply "The Workers' Party".〔''Ireland Today: Anatomy of a Changing State'' by Gemma Hussey, (1993) pgs. 172-3,194 .〕 The Workers Party is sometimes referred to as the "Sticks" or "Stickies" because in the 1970s it used adhesive stickers of the Easter Lily emblem for its 1916 commemorations whereas others, most notably (Provisional) Sinn Féin, used a pin for theirs.〔"The Lost Revolution: The Story of the Official IRA and the Workers' Party'' by Brian Hanley & Scott Millar, (2010) p. 151.〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Workers' Party of Ireland」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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