Ardfheis

Distinguish from Ardèche (a département of France).

Ardfheis or ard fheis (/ɑːrd ˈɛʃ/ ard ESH, Irish: [ˌaːɾˠd̪ˠ ˈɛʃ]; 'high assembly'; plural ardfheiseanna) is the name used by many Irish political parties for their annual party conference.

Usage

Among the parties who use the term ardfheis or ard fheis are:

• Fine Gael^[1]
• Fianna Fáil^[2]
• Sinn Féin^[3]
• Irish Republican Socialist Party^[4]
• Éirígí^[5]
• Green Party^[6][7]
• Republican Sinn Féin^[8][9]
• National Party^[10][11]
• Workers' Party^[12][13]
• Aontú^[14][15]
• Connolly Youth Movement^[16]

In the Republic of Ireland, the Labour Party, Communist Party, People Before Profit–Solidarity, and the Social Democrats do not use the term ardfheis; however, it is still sometimes used by the media to refer to their annual conventions in an unofficial way.^[17]

Ard chomhairle

Many political parties who use the term ard fheis also use the term ard chomhairle which means 'national executive committee' (literally 'high council'), and is the governing body of the party.^[18]

References

1. Duffy, Rónán (23 January 2016). "8 things we learned at the Fine Gael Ard Fheis". TheJournal.ie. Archived from the original on 2 May 2018. Retrieved 28 July 2018.
2. Bartley, Colin; Sheahan, Fionnan (3 April 2010). "FF's mini ard fheis could begin trend". Irish Independent. Archived from the original on 8 April 2010. Retrieved 6 April 2010.
3. "Sinn Féin Ard Fheis under way in Dublin". RTÉ News. 5 March 2010. Archived from the original on 8 March 2010. Retrieved 6 April 2010.
4. "Wither the IRSCNA? Wither the IRSP?". International Republican Socialist Network. Retrieved 11 August 2024.
5. "Ard Fheis Éirígí 2019". Éirígí. 6 January 2019. Archived from the original on 23 March 2019. Retrieved 18 January 2019.
6. "Green Party Convention 2017 Brochure". issuu. Archived from the original on 26 September 2021. Retrieved 24 October 2017.
7. Boyle, Dan (2006). A Journey to Change 25 Years of the Green Party in Irish Politics. Nonsuch Publishing. p. 122. ISBN 978-184588-559-5.
8. "The Ruairí Ó Brádaigh I Know". 26 January 2015. Archived from the original on 2 February 2021. Retrieved 28 January 2021.
9. "Address to Republican Sinn Féin Ard-Fheis". republican-news.org. Archived from the original on 8 February 2021. Retrieved 28 January 2021.
10. The National Party (15 November 2018), National Party Ard Fheis 2018, archived from the original on 16 June 2020, retrieved 29 April 2019
11. "Register of Political Parties 29 April 2019" (PDF). SIPO.ie. Archived from the original (PDF) on 3 May 2019.
12. "The Workers Party Ard Fheis". RTÉ Archives. Archived from the original on 2 February 2021. Retrieved 28 January 2021.
13. "Workers' Party President Michael Donnelly addresses 2017 Ard Fheis". Archived from the original on 2 February 2021. Retrieved 28 January 2021.
14. "Tóibín to address first Aontú Ard Fheis today". LMFM. Retrieved 2 December 2021.
15. "'It works' - Peter McVerry says housing programme is getting people off the streets". Newstalk. Retrieved 2 December 2021.
16. "Red ambition: the Connolly Youth Movement in 2020". Morning Star.
17. Labour ard fheis: Party’s €1.9bn rainy day fund
18. How Ireland Voted 2020 The End of an Era. Springer International Publishing. 2021. p. 137.