{ "id": "ie-political-parties", "name": "Ireland — Political Parties", "title": "Ireland — Political Parties", "description": "Political parties of Ireland from the Party Facts core parties list (hdigital/partyfactsdata). Each record includes the Party Facts ID, short and long names (localized + English + other transliterations), first and last years of activity, peak vote share with year, and Wikipedia link where available. The Party Facts project links party identities across major comparative-politics datasets (ParlGov, MARPOR/Manifesto, CHES, V-Party, etc.).", "category": "politics", "source": "https://github.com/hdigital/partyfactsdata", "source_url": "https://github.com/hdigital/partyfactsdata", "updated": "2026-04", "record_count": 43, "columns": [ { "key": "partyfacts_id", "label": "Partyfacts Id", "type": "number" }, { "key": "name_short", "label": "Name Short", "type": "string" }, { "key": "name", "label": "Name", "type": "string" }, { "key": "name_english", "label": "Name English", "type": "string" }, { "key": "name_other", "label": "Name Other", "type": "string" }, { "key": "year_first", "label": "Year First", "type": "number" }, { "key": "year_last", "label": "Year Last", "type": "number" }, { "key": "share", "label": "Share", "type": "number" }, { "key": "share_year", "label": "Share Year", "type": "number" }, { "key": "wikipedia", "label": "Wikipedia", "type": "string" }, { "key": "description", "label": "Description", "type": "string" }, { "key": "comment", "label": "Comment", "type": "string" }, { "key": "technical", "label": "Technical", "type": "string" } ], "rows": [ { "partyfacts_id": 2441, "name_short": "IPP", "name": "Irish Parliamentary Party", "name_english": "Irish Parliamentary Party", "name_other": "", "year_first": 1874, "year_last": 1922, "share": 67.8, "share_year": 1885, "wikipedia": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Irish_Parliamentary_Party", "description": "", "comment": "", "technical": "" }, { "partyfacts_id": 7273, "name_short": "IUA", "name": "Irish Unionist Alliance/Irish Unionist Party", "name_english": "Irish Unionist Alliance/Irish Unionist Party", "name_other": "", "year_first": 1891, "year_last": 1922, "share": 56.2, "share_year": 1918, "wikipedia": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Irish_Unionist_Alliance", "description": "", "comment": "", "technical": "" }, { "partyfacts_id": 1055, "name_short": "FF", "name": "Fianna Fáil", "name_english": "Fianna Fail – The Republican Party", "name_other": "", "year_first": 1926, "year_last": "", "share": 51.9, "share_year": 1938, "wikipedia": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fianna_F%C3%A1il", "description": "", "comment": "", "technical": "" }, { "partyfacts_id": 1288, "name_short": "FG", "name": "Fine Gael", "name_english": "Fine Gael (Familiy of the Irish)", "name_other": "", "year_first": 1944, "year_last": "", "share": 39.2, "share_year": 1982, "wikipedia": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fine_Gael", "description": "", "comment": "", "technical": "" }, { "partyfacts_id": 2442, "name_short": "CG", "name": "Cumann na nGaedheal", "name_english": "Society of the Gaels", "name_other": "", "year_first": 1923, "year_last": 1933, "share": 39, "share_year": 1923, "wikipedia": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cumann_na_nGaedheal", "description": "", "comment": "", "technical": "" }, { "partyfacts_id": 2444, "name_short": "SF(T+)", "name": "Sinn Féin (Pro-Treaty)", "name_english": "Sinn Féin (Pro-Treaty)", "name_other": "", "year_first": 1922, "year_last": 1922, "share": 38.5, "share_year": 1922, "wikipedia": "", "description": "", "comment": "", "technical": "" }, { "partyfacts_id": 562, "name_short": "Lab", "name": "Páirti Lucht Oibre", "name_english": "Labour Party", "name_other": "", "year_first": 1912, "year_last": "", "share": 21.3, "share_year": 1922, "wikipedia": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Labour_Party_%28Ireland%29", "description": "", "comment": "", "technical": "" }, { "partyfacts_id": 2445, "name_short": "SF(T-)", "name": "Sinn Féin (Anti-Treaty)", "name_english": "Sinn Féin (Anti-Treaty)", "name_other": "", "year_first": 1922, "year_last": 1927, "share": 21.3, "share_year": 1922, "wikipedia": "", "description": "", "comment": "", "technical": "" }, { "partyfacts_id": 6428, "name_short": "CnaP", "name": "Clann na Poblachta", "name_english": "Family / Children of the Republic", "name_other": "", "year_first": 1946, "year_last": 1965, "share": 13.3, "share_year": 1948, "wikipedia": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Clann_na_Poblachta", "description": "", "comment": "ParIS", "technical": "" }, { "partyfacts_id": 1354, "name_short": "CnP", "name": "Clann na Poblachta", "name_english": "Republican Party", "name_other": "", "year_first": 1948, "year_last": 1965, "share": 13.2, "share_year": 1948, "wikipedia": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Clann_na_Poblachta", "description": "", "comment": "", "technical": "" }, { "partyfacts_id": 2292, "name_short": "FP", "name": "Farmers' Party", "name_english": "Farmers' Party", "name_other": "", "year_first": 1922, "year_last": 1932, "share": 12.1, "share_year": 1923, "wikipedia": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Farmers%27_Party_%28Ireland%29", "description": "", "comment": "", "technical": "" }, { "partyfacts_id": 924, "name_short": "PD", "name": "An Pairti Daonlathach", "name_english": "Progressive Democrats", "name_other": "", "year_first": 1987, "year_last": 2009, "share": 11.8, "share_year": 1987, "wikipedia": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Progressive_Democrats", "description": "", "comment": "", "technical": "" }, { "partyfacts_id": 1024, "name_short": "CnT", "name": "Clann na Talmhan", "name_english": "Party of the Land", "name_other": "", "year_first": 1939, "year_last": 1961, "share": 10.8, "share_year": 1944, "wikipedia": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Clann_na_Talmhan", "description": "", "comment": "", "technical": "" }, { "partyfacts_id": 4, "name_short": "SF", "name": "Sinn Féin (Provisional)", "name_english": "Sinn Fein (Provisional)", "name_other": "", "year_first": 1970, "year_last": "", "share": 9.9, "share_year": 2011, "wikipedia": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sinn_F%C3%A9in#Pre-1970", "description": "", "comment": "", "technical": "" }, { "partyfacts_id": 2443, "name_short": "NCP", "name": "National Centre Party", "name_english": "National Centre Party", "name_other": "", "year_first": 1932, "year_last": 1933, "share": 9.2, "share_year": 1933, "wikipedia": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/National_Centre_Party_%28Ireland%29", "description": "", "comment": "", "technical": "" }, { "partyfacts_id": 7274, "name_short": "UULA", "name": "Labour Unionists", "name_english": "Ulster Unionist Labour Association", "name_other": "", "year_first": 1918, "year_last": "", "share": 7.6, "share_year": 1918, "wikipedia": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ulster_Unionist_Labour_Association", "description": "", "comment": "", "technical": "" }, { "partyfacts_id": 2115, "name_short": "NLP", "name": "National League Party", "name_english": "National League Party", "name_other": "", "year_first": 1926, "year_last": 1931, "share": 7.3, "share_year": 1927, "wikipedia": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/National_League_Party", "description": "", "comment": "", "technical": "" }, { "partyfacts_id": 2533, "name_short": "IFF", "name": "Independent Fianna Fáil", "name_english": "Independent Fianna Fail", "name_other": "", "year_first": 1972, "year_last": 2006, "share": 6.1, "share_year": 1979, "wikipedia": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Independent_Fianna_F%C3%A1il", "description": "6.1% in 1979 EP election", "comment": "", "technical": "" }, { "partyfacts_id": 880, "name_short": "Lib", "name": "Libertas Ireland", "name_english": "Libertas Ireland", "name_other": "", "year_first": 2009, "year_last": 2009, "share": 5.5, "share_year": 2009, "wikipedia": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Libertas_Ireland", "description": "", "comment": "", "technical": "" }, { "partyfacts_id": 2507, "name_short": "SF", "name": "Sinn Fein", "name_english": "Sinn Fein / We Ourselves", "name_other": "", "year_first": 1905, "year_last": 1970, "share": 5.3, "share_year": 1957, "wikipedia": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sinn_F%C3%A9in", "description": "", "comment": "", "technical": "" }, { "partyfacts_id": 208, "name_short": "WP", "name": "Páirtí na nOibrithe", "name_english": "Workers Party", "name_other": "", "year_first": 1970, "year_last": "", "share": 5, "share_year": 1989, "wikipedia": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Workers%27_Party_of_Ireland", "description": "", "comment": "", "technical": "" }, { "partyfacts_id": 1775, "name_short": "Greens", "name": "Green Party-Comhaontas Glas", "name_english": "Green Party", "name_other": "", "year_first": 1989, "year_last": "", "share": 4.7, "share_year": 2007, "wikipedia": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Green_Party_%28Ireland%29", "description": "", "comment": "", "technical": "" }, { "partyfacts_id": 8179, "name_short": "IA", "name": "Independent Alliance", "name_english": "Independent Alliance", "name_other": "", "year_first": 2015, "year_last": "", "share": 4.2, "share_year": 2016, "wikipedia": "", "description": "", "comment": "", "technical": "" }, { "partyfacts_id": 4870, "name_short": "DS", "name": "Daonlathaigh Shóisialta", "name_english": "Social Democrats", "name_other": "", "year_first": 2015, "year_last": "", "share": 3, "share_year": 2016, "wikipedia": 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"People Before Profit Alliance", "name_other": "", "year_first": 2005, "year_last": "", "share": 1, "share_year": 2011, "wikipedia": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/People_Before_Profit_Alliance", "description": "", "comment": "", "technical": "" }, { "partyfacts_id": 1029, "name_short": "DSP", "name": "Democratic Socialist Party", "name_english": "Democratic Socialist Party", "name_other": "", "year_first": 1987, "year_last": 1989, "share": 0.6, "share_year": 1989, "wikipedia": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Democratic_Socialist_Party_(Ireland)", "description": "", "comment": "", "technical": "" }, { "partyfacts_id": 8406, "name_short": "Con", "name": "Conservative Party", "name_english": "Conservative Party", "name_other": "", "year_first": 1834, "year_last": 1922, "share": "", "share_year": "", "wikipedia": "", "description": "Lord Lieutenant 1885-1892", "comment": "https://worldstatesmen.org/Ireland.htm", "technical": "" }, { "partyfacts_id": 8405, "name_short": "Lib", "name": "Liberal Party", "name_english": "Liberal Party", "name_other": "", "year_first": 1846, "year_last": 1922, "share": "", "share_year": "", "wikipedia": "", "description": "Lord Lieutenant 1892-1895", "comment": "https://worldstatesmen.org/Ireland.htm", "technical": "" }, { "partyfacts_id": 521, "name_short": "CP", "name": "Páirtí Cumannach na hÉireann", "name_english": "Communist Party", "name_other": "", "year_first": 1933, "year_last": "", "share": "", "share_year": "", "wikipedia": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Communist_Party_of_Ireland", "description": "long term party", "comment": "", "technical": "" } ], "meta": { "title": "Ireland — Political Parties - Free Download", "description": "Political parties of Ireland from the Party Facts core parties list (hdigital/partyfactsdata). Each record includes the Party Facts ID, short and long names (localized + English + other transliterations), first and last years of activity, peak vote share with year, and Wikipedia link where available. The Party Facts project links party identities across major comparative-politics datasets (ParlGov, MARPOR/Manifesto, CHES, V-Party, etc.). Contains 43 records. Download in Excel, CSV, PDF formats.", "seo_title": "Ireland — Political Parties | ListBase", "seo_description": "Download Ireland — Political Parties dataset with 43 records. Available in Excel, CSV, PDF formats.", "key_takeaways": [ "Contains 43 records with 13 fields", "Available for free download in Excel, CSV, and PDF formats", "Data sourced from https://github.com/hdigital/partyfactsdata" ] } }