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title: Is Ireland a part of England? Vote for Sinn Fein (Sinn Féin publicity sheet, 1918 general election)
url: https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/sinn-fein-election-poster-1918/
description: A text-only Sinn Féin publicity sheet asks 'Is Ireland a part of England?', quotes Captain D. D. Sheehan's words in the House of Commons about the…
section: Collection
---

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# Is Ireland a part of England? Vote for Sinn Fein (Sinn Féin publicity sheet, 1918 general election)

A text-only Sinn Féin publicity sheet asks 'Is Ireland a part of England?', quotes Captain D. D. Sheehan's words in the House of Commons about the 'English delusion that Ireland is a part of England', and closes 'Vote for Sinn Fein and show the world that Ireland is not a part of England.' The tell is a named MP from a rival nationalist camp cited as the authority, and a single constitutional question standing in for the whole election.

- **Date:** 1918
- **Period:** [First World War](https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/#era=wwi)
- **Made by:** Sinn Féin (publicity sheet for the December 1918 general election)
- **Region:** [Western and Central Europe](https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/#region=western-central-europe)
- **Country:** [United Kingdom](https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/#country=united-kingdom)
- **Medium:** [Leaflet](https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/#medium=leaflet)
- **Issuer type:** [Party](https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/#actor=party)
- **Regime:** [Lloyd George Government](https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/#regime=lloyd-george-government)
- **Leader:** [David Lloyd George](https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/#leader=david-lloyd-george)
- **Audience:** [Domestic public](https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/#audience=domestic-public)
- **Purpose:** [Persuade or win support](https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/#purpose=persuade-support)
- **Themes:** [Elections and party politics](https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/#theme=elections-party-politics), [Empire and colonialism](https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/#theme=empire-colonialism)
- **Event:** [1918 UK General Election](https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/#event=1918-uk-general-election)
- **Techniques:** [Testimonial](https://propagandaarchive.org/techniques/testimonial/)
- **Source:** Identified Openly sourced: the speaker is who they say they are
- **Source:** [Wikimedia Commons](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Sinn_F%C3%A9in_election_poster_-_1918.jpg), retrieved September 29, 2026
- **Rights:** Public domain (PD-anon-70-EU and PD-IrishGov per Wikimedia Commons; published 1918) Sinn Féin, 1918; author unknown. Reproduced in Seán Ó Luing, Art Ó Gríofa (1953), p. 272.

## Text on the object

Original (English) · read from the image, not independently checked

```
A. [illegible numeral, possibly 3]

IS IRELAND
A PART OF
ENGLAND?

On April 12th, CAPTAIN D. D. SHEEHAN said in the
English House of Commons:
"I know all the English arguments. They only
take account of England's position. It is quite
natural they should only take account of Eng-
land's position, but they are all founded upon the
English delusion that Ireland is a part of
England."

If Ireland is not a part of England, why should Irish
Members attend the English Parliament, especially when
they are outnumbered there 6 to 1?

Vote for Sinn Fein
AND SHOW THE WORLD THAT IRELAND
IS NOT A PART OF ENGLAND

DUILLEOG PHOIBLIOCHTA SINN FEINEACH, 1918
```

The mark at top left is blurred in this reproduction; 'A. 3.' is a best reading.

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