namely the status of the Irish language, the development of Irish industry and the prevention of emigration. Although his training was only beginning, Molloy was already sensitive to the religious and folk themes he would illustrate in books and windows and the character he chose to represent the ideal citizen of an independent Ireland was inspired by the iconography of Saint Patrick, the Virgin Mary, and The Pilgrim's Progress, and reflects the explicitly religious language of the Sinn Féin propagandist Robert Lynd. Textual content Through The United Irishman and Sinn Féin Griffith demonstrated the need to arrogate legislature from the hands of the British by transferring Irish Parliament back to Dublin. However, Irish Parliamentary parties quite clearly could not agree to Griffith's urgings, as such a move would undermine the foundation of their existence in Westminster. Sinn Féin'' thus served as conduit for Griffith's opposition to The Act of Union 1800. References 1906 establishments in Ireland 1914 disestablishments in Ireland Defunct newspapers published in Ireland Defunct weekly newspapers History of Sinn Féin Irish republican newspapers Publications established in 1906 Publications disestablished in 1914 Weekly newspapers published in Ireland