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Fine Gael Pol.|ˌfiːnə ˈgeɪl|
[Ir., lit. ‘Tribe of Gaels’.]
An Irish political organization and party which was formed after the collapse of the United Ireland Party, and entered Dail Eireann in 1937.
The Cumann na nGaedheal Party (formed in 1923) and the United Ireland Party (formed in 1933) were the political predecessors of Fine Gael, and are sometimes referred to as Fine Gael; however, the Party did not officially adopt this name until 1937.
1938Encycl. Brit. Bk. of Year 1937 341/1 The general election..gave 69 seats to Fianna Fáil, 48 to Fine Gael, 13 to Labour, and 8 to Independents. 1940D. O'Sullivan Irish Free State xxvii. 474 The title of United Ireland Party had long ago been supplanted in ordinary use, by Fine Gael, which means Tribe of Gaels, though the one cannot..be regarded as the equivalent of the other. New Fine Gael was but old Cumann na nGaedheal writ small. 1956Encycl. Brit. XII. 628/2 De Valera refused to enter into any coalition..,though his Fianna Fail had won 68 seats and Mulcahy's Fine Gael had only 31. 1966Ann. Reg. 1965 280 The chief Opposition party, Fine Gael, presented a comprehensive social programme. 1979J. J. Lee Ireland 1945–70 175 Fianna Fáil and Fine Gael continued to dominate the political landscape. 1983Whitaker's Almanack 1984 569/1 The general election in the Irish Republic resulted: Fianna Fail 75 seats; Fine Gael 70; Labour 16; Workers' Party 2; others 3. |