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Abstentionism : is a term given to the political practice of refusing to take seats in Leinster House, Stormont or Westminster parliaments as a statement of non-recognition of the legitimacy of those bodies as governing agencies for the Irish people. Abstentionism is sourced from the early days of Sinn Féin when its founder, Arthur Griffith, formulated the policy of refusing seats in Westminster choosing instead to take seats in an all Ireland parliament, the Dáil, but it has existed in various forms since the late 1700s and the time of Henry Grattan's Irish Parliament.
Abstentionism has been a contentious issue in republican history, being cited on numerous occasions as the cause of splits within Sinn Féin, most notably in the twenties when Dev and others resigned from Sinn Féin and later founded Fianna Fáil, at the 1970 Sinn Féin Ard Fheis when the movement split into Official Sinn Féin and Sinn Féin, and most recently at the 1986 Sinn Féin Ard Fheis with the formation of Republican Sinn Féin.
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