The First Dáil and the general election of 1918 came to occupy a central place in Irish republicanism and nationalism. Today the name "Dáil Éireann" is used for the lower house of the modern Oireachtas (parliament) of the Republic of Ireland. Successive "Dála" (plural for Dáil) continue to be numbered from the "First Dáil" convened in 1919. The current Dáil, elected in 2020, is accordingly the "33rd Dáil". The 1918 general election was the last time the whole island of Ireland voted as a unit until elections to the European Parliament over sixty years later. The landslide victory for Sinn Féin was seen by Irish republicans as an overwhelming endorsement of the principle of a united independent Ireland. Until recently republican paramilitary groups, such as the Provisional IRA, often claimed that their campaigns derived legitimacy from this 1918 mandate, and some still do.