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| 1905 | Constitution |  |
| Griffith declares that the Act of Union of Great Britain and Ireland in 1800 is illegal and that, consequently, the Anglo-Irish dual monarchy which existed under Grattan's Parliament and the so-called Constitution of 1782 is still in effect
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| 1905 | Legislation | |
| Griffith declares that the Act of Union of Great Britain and Ireland in 1800 is illegal and that, consequently, the Anglo-Irish dual monarchy which existed under Grattan's Parliament and the so-called Constitution of 1782 is still in effect
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| 1905 | Rule of Ireland | |
| Griffith declares that the Act of Union of Great Britain and Ireland in 1800 is illegal and that, consequently, the Anglo-Irish dual monarchy which existed under Grattan's Parliament and the so-called Constitution of 1782 is still in effect
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| 1905 | Sinn Fein | |
| Established by Arthur Griffith, the name translates as "ourselves" or "we ourselves",it has often been rendered as "ourselves alone"
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| Griffith declares that the Act of Union of Great Britain and Ireland in 1800 is illegal and that, consequently, the Anglo-Irish dual monarchy which existed under Grattan's Parliament and the so-called Constitution of 1782 is still in effect
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| The Sinn Fin movement crystallised around the campaign of Arthur Griffith, a nationalist typesetter, and William Rooney, a republican office clerk, both of whom were extremely active in Dublin's nationalist clubs
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| 28th Nov Sinn Fin is founded when in the Rotunda, Dublin when the first annual Convention of the National Council is held
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| 1906 | Sinn Fein | |
| May Griffiths launches a paper called Sinn Fin
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| 1907 | Sinn Fein | |
| April Griffiths founds an organisation called the Sinn Fin League
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| 1916 | Sinn Fein | |
| Sinn Fin is wrongly blamed by the British for the Easter Rising, with which it had no association, apart from a desire of separation stronger than Home Rule - the leaders of the Rising were certainly looking for more than Dual Monarchy
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| Surviving leaders of the Rising under amon de Valera took over the party. De Valera replaced Griffith as president.
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| The term 'Sinn Fin Rebellion' is used by the Irish media, the Royal Irish Constabulary (RIC), the Dublin Metropolitan Police (DMP) and even by a few of those involved in the Easter Rising
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