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
Made by: Sinn Féin (publicity sheet for the December 1918 general election)
Region: Western and Central Europe
Country: United Kingdom
Medium: Leaflet
Issuer type: Party
Regime: Lloyd George Government
Leader: David Lloyd George
Audience: Domestic public
Purpose: Persuade or win support
Themes: Elections and party politics, Empire and colonialism
Event: 1918 UK General Election
Techniques: Testimonial
Source: Identified Openly sourced: the speaker is who they say they are
Source: Wikimedia Commons, 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.