Fianna

American

[fee-uh-nuh] / ˈfi ə nə /

plural noun

Irish History.

the Fenians.

Fianna British

/ ˈfiːənə /

plural noun

Also called: Fenians. a legendary band of Irish warriors noted for their heroic exploits, attributed to the 2nd and 3rd centuries _ad

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A republican all his life, he joined the Fianna when he was 14 and he was just 19 when he took part in the bombing of Ballymena.

From BBC

The director of election of Martin's Fianna Fail party, which secured 14% of first preference votes there in February 2020, called for a more radical approach to housing policy to stem the collapse in support for the party registered in recent opinion polls.

From Reuters

"I regret I don't think that Fianna Fail understand the scale of the problem in housing yet and we have to," Jim O'Callaghan told journalists.

From Reuters

In elections last year, Sinn Fein won roughly the same number of seats in Parliament as each of Ireland’s two establishment parties, Fianna Fail and Fine Gael.

From New York Times

Fianna Fail MEP Barry Andrews accused the DUP of "catastrophising and whipping up divisions".

From BBC

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