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	{{Infobox military conflict\|~~conflict~~=~~Republican Movement Split of 1969/1970~~\|date=1969-1970\|~~status~~=~~Resulted in split between~~ [[Irish ~~Republicanism#Abstentionism/Electoralism\|Abstentionist~~]] and ~~Electoralist factions.~~\|combatants_header=Leading ~~figures~~\|combatant1='''Electoralists'''<br>[[Cathal Goulding]] (Chief of Staff of the Anti-Treaty Irish Republican Army)<br>[[Tomás Mac Giolla]] (President of Anti-Treaty Sinn Féin)<br>[[Roy Johnston]] (Anti-Treaty IRA Director of Education)<br>[[Seán Garland]] (Anti-Treaty IRA leader) \|combatant2='''Abstentionists'''<br>[[Dáithí Ó Conaill]] (Officer Commanding, Donegal Unit, Anti-Treaty Irish Republican Army)<br>[[Seamus Twomey]] (Anti-Treaty IRA leader)<br>[[Ruairí Ó Brádaigh]] (former Chief of Staff of the Anti-Treaty IRA~~)<br>[[Seán Mac Stiofáin]] (Anti-Treaty IRA leader~~)}}The '''Republican Movement Split of 1969/1970''' was a political conflict within the [[Anti-Treaty Irish Republican Army]] and [[Anti-Treaty Sinn Féin]] over several issues, most notably the issue of abstentionism and whether or not Sinn Féin would adopt an electoralist path.<ref name=":0">{{Web citation\|author=MÍCHEÁL MAC DONNCHA\|newspaper=An Phoblacht\|title=The Republican Movement split of 1969/1970\|date=2020-01-09}}</ref>		{{Infobox military conflict
			\|partof=[[The Troubles]]\| date= 1969-1970\|place=[[Ireland]]\| result=The formation of the abstentionist [[Provisional Irish Republican Army]] and [[Provisional Sinn Féin]] and the electoralist [[Official Irish Republican Army]] and [[Official Sinn Féin]]\|combatants_header='''Leading Figures'''\|combatant1='''Electoralists/Officials'''<br>[[Cathal Goulding]] (Chief of Staff of the Anti-Treaty Irish Republican Army)<br>[[Tomás Mac Giolla]] (President of Anti-Treaty Sinn Féin)<br>[[Roy Johnston]] (Anti-Treaty IRA Director of Education)<br>[[Seán Garland]] (Anti-Treaty IRA leader)\|combatant2='''Abstentionists/Provisionals'''<br>[[Seán Mac Stiofáin]] (Anti-Treaty IRA leader)<br>[[Dáithí Ó Conaill]] (Officer Commanding, Donegal Unit, Anti-Treaty Irish Republican Army)<br>[[Seamus Twomey]] (Anti-Treaty IRA leader)<br>[[Ruairí Ó Brádaigh]] (former Chief of Staff of the Anti-Treaty IRA)}} The '''Republican Movement Split of 1969/1970''' was a political conflict within the [[Anti-Treaty Irish Republican Army]] and [[Anti-Treaty Sinn Féin]] over several issues, most notably the issue of abstentionism and whether or not Sinn Féin would adopt an electoralist path.<ref name=":0">{{Web citation\|author=MÍCHEÁL MAC DONNCHA\|newspaper=An Phoblacht\|title=The Republican Movement split of 1969/1970\|date=2020-01-09}}</ref>

	The conflict resulted in the creation of two factions within the Irish Republican movement: The [[Provisional Irish Republican Army]] and its political wing [[Provisional Sinn Féin]], and the [[Official Irish Republican Army]] and its political wing [[Workers' Party (Ireland)\|Official Sinn Féin]] (later the Workers' Party).<ref name=":0" />		The conflict resulted in the creation of two factions within the Irish Republican movement: The [[Provisional Irish Republican Army]] and its political wing [[Provisional Sinn Féin]], and the [[Official Irish Republican Army]] and its political wing [[Workers' Party (Ireland)\|Official Sinn Féin]] (later the Workers' Party).<ref name=":0" />
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	There was also growing dissatisfaction at the Dublin based leadership of the IRA, which many in the North viewed as not being adequate in its defense of the Northern Irish Catholics.<ref name=":0" />		There was also growing dissatisfaction at the Dublin based leadership of the IRA, which many in the North viewed as not being adequate in its defense of the Northern Irish Catholics.<ref name=":0" />

			There was also tension in the broader Republican movement, with Republican women's group [[Cumann na mBan]] breaking from the IRA due to their opposition to the presence of the [[Trotskyist]] political party [[Saor Éire (1967-1975)\|Saor Éire]] being present at the commemoration at the grave of [[Theobald Wolfe Tone]].<ref name=":1">{{Citation\|author=Brian Hanley\|year=2020\|title=‘The Republican Movement divides:
			December 1969 – January 1970’\|title-url=https://cain.ulster.ac.uk/islandpublications/hall20-ip126.pdf}}</ref>

	These factors led to growing tension before the [[1969 Irish Republican Army Convention]] and the [[1970 Sinn Féin Ard Fheis]].		These factors led to growing tension before the [[1969 Irish Republican Army Convention]] and the [[1970 Sinn Féin Ard Fheis]].
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	The 1970 Sinn Féin Ard Fheis was held on 10 and 11 January. The motion would require a two-thirds majority, which the electoralist faction could not acquire. The electoralists then proposed a motion pledging support to the leadership of the Anti-Treaty Irish Republican Army, which would by default cause the motion to go into effect, as it was accepted by the remaining leadership there. This triggered a walkout, with about one third of the delegated leaving to meet at [[Kevin Barry Hall]]. There they reconvened, forming [[Provisional Sinn Féin]].<ref name=":0" /><ref>{{Web citation\|newspaper=CAIN\|title=Abstentionism: Sinn Féin Ard Fheis, 1-2 November 1986 - A Chronology of Main Events - Sunday 11 January 1970\|url=https://cain.ulster.ac.uk/issues/abstentionism/chron.htm}}</ref>		The 1970 Sinn Féin Ard Fheis was held on 10 and 11 January. The motion would require a two-thirds majority, which the electoralist faction could not acquire. The electoralists then proposed a motion pledging support to the leadership of the Anti-Treaty Irish Republican Army, which would by default cause the motion to go into effect, as it was accepted by the remaining leadership there. This triggered a walkout, with about one third of the delegated leaving to meet at [[Kevin Barry Hall]]. There they reconvened, forming [[Provisional Sinn Féin]].<ref name=":0" /><ref>{{Web citation\|newspaper=CAIN\|title=Abstentionism: Sinn Féin Ard Fheis, 1-2 November 1986 - A Chronology of Main Events - Sunday 11 January 1970\|url=https://cain.ulster.ac.uk/issues/abstentionism/chron.htm}}</ref>

			The Provisionals became the dominant Republican grouping soon after, with Cumann na mBan and [[Fianna Éireann]] siding with them after the split.<ref name=":1" />

	== Electoralist/Official Leaders ==		== Electoralist/Official Leaders ==

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-{{Infobox military conflict|conflict=Republican Movement Split of 1969/1970|date=1969-1970|location=[[Ireland]]|status=Resulted in split between [[Irish Republicanism#Abstentionism/Electoralism|Abstentionist]] and Electoralist factions.|combatants_header=Belligerents|combatant1='''Electoralists'''<br>[[Cathal Goulding]] (Chief of Staff of the Anti-Treaty Irish Republican Army)<br>[[Tomás Mac Giolla]] (President of Anti-Treaty Sinn Féin)<br>[[Roy Johnston]] (Anti-Treaty IRA Director of Education)<br>[[Seán Garland]] (Anti-Treaty IRA leader) |combatant2='''Abstentionists'''<br>[[Dáithí Ó Conaill]] (Officer Commanding, Donegal Unit, Anti-Treaty Irish Republican Army)<br>[[Seamus Twomey]] (Anti-Treaty IRA leader)<br>[[Ruairí Ó Brádaigh]] (former Chief of Staff of the Anti-Treaty IRA)<br>[[Seán Mac Stiofáin]] (Anti-Treaty IRA leader)}}The '''Republican Movement Split of 1969/1970''' was a political conflict within the [[Anti-Treaty Irish Republican Army]] and [[Anti-Treaty Sinn Féin]] over several issues, most notably the issue of abstentionism and whether or not Sinn Féin would adopt an electoralist path.<ref name=":0">{{Web citation|author=MÍCHEÁL MAC DONNCHA|newspaper=An Phoblacht|title=The Republican Movement split of 1969/1970|date=2020-01-09}}</ref>
+{{Infobox military conflict|conflict=Republican Movement Split of 1969/1970|date=1969-1970|status=Resulted in split between [[Irish Republicanism#Abstentionism/Electoralism|Abstentionist]] and Electoralist factions.|combatants_header=Leading figures|combatant1='''Electoralists'''<br>[[Cathal Goulding]] (Chief of Staff of the Anti-Treaty Irish Republican Army)<br>[[Tomás Mac Giolla]] (President of Anti-Treaty Sinn Féin)<br>[[Roy Johnston]] (Anti-Treaty IRA Director of Education)<br>[[Seán Garland]] (Anti-Treaty IRA leader) |combatant2='''Abstentionists'''<br>[[Dáithí Ó Conaill]] (Officer Commanding, Donegal Unit, Anti-Treaty Irish Republican Army)<br>[[Seamus Twomey]] (Anti-Treaty IRA leader)<br>[[Ruairí Ó Brádaigh]] (former Chief of Staff of the Anti-Treaty IRA)<br>[[Seán Mac Stiofáin]] (Anti-Treaty IRA leader)}}The '''Republican Movement Split of 1969/1970''' was a political conflict within the [[Anti-Treaty Irish Republican Army]] and [[Anti-Treaty Sinn Féin]] over several issues, most notably the issue of abstentionism and whether or not Sinn Féin would adopt an electoralist path.<ref name=":0">{{Web citation|author=MÍCHEÁL MAC DONNCHA|newspaper=An Phoblacht|title=The Republican Movement split of 1969/1970|date=2020-01-09}}</ref>
 The conflict resulted in the creation of two factions within the Irish Republican movement: The [[Provisional Irish Republican Army]] and its political wing [[Provisional Sinn Féin]], and the [[Official Irish Republican Army]] and its political wing [[Workers' Party (Ireland)|Official Sinn Féin]] (later the Workers' Party).<ref name=":0" />
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 === Leftward Shift and Move Towards Electoralism ===
-=== Establishment of Provisional Council and Split ===
+Goulding also began to turn away from the armed struggle around this time, advocating for gradual economic and social reform in the six counties and attempts at unification of the Protestant and Catholic Northern Irish Proletariat. This approach would prove to be impossible after the violent Protestant reaction to the Catholic Civil Rights Movement in 1969 and the near total refusal of cooperation by Protestant labor unions.<ref name=":0" />
-== Leaders Involved ==
+There was also growing dissatisfaction at the Dublin based leadership of the IRA, which many in the North viewed as not being adequate in its defense of the Northern Irish Catholics.<ref name=":0" />
-== Aftermath ==
+These factors led to growing tension before the [[1969 Irish Republican Army Convention]] and the [[1970 Sinn Féin Ard Fheis]].
 == References ==
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	== Aftermath ==		== Aftermath ==

			== References ==
			<references />
			[[Category:Irish organizations]]

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			The conflict resulted in the creation of two factions within the Irish Republican movement: The [[Provisional Irish Republican Army]] and its political wing [[Provisional Sinn Féin]], and the [[Official Irish Republican Army]] and its political wing [[Workers' Party (Ireland)\|Official Sinn Féin]] (later the Workers' Party).<ref name=":0" />

			== The Split ==

			=== Leftward Shift and Move Towards Electoralism ===

			=== Establishment of Provisional Council and Split ===

			== Leaders Involved ==

			== Aftermath ==

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