History of Sinn Féin 218. De Valera resigned and formed a new party, Fianna Fáil, on a platform of republicanising the Free State from within. He took the great majority of Sinn Féin support with him along with most of Sinn Féin's financial support from America. The remains of Sinn Féin fielded only 15 candidates and won only six seats in the June election, sinking to a level support not seen since before 1916. In the August 1927 by-election following the death of Constance Markievicz, SF's Cathal Ó Murchadha gained just 2.5% of the vote. Shortly after Vice-President and de facto leader MacSwiney announced
Pal Sinn Pal Sinn Sinn Lap-man (born 17 March 1959) is a Hong Kong musician and actor, primarily known as bass player of the band Blue Jeans. Sinn is noted for his roles as Ximen Qing in "The Reincarnation of Golden Lotus", for which he received Hong Kong Film Award nomination for Best New Performer. Sinn was born and raised in Hong Kong, where he attended the Lung Cheung Government Technical Secondary School since 1970. At 16, Sinn began his career as a singer at a bar on Lockart Road, Wanchai, Hong Kong. In 1986, Sinn joined Chyna, a heavy metal rock