From the 1999 European Elections a leaflet for Sinn Fein candidate Sean Crowe.
Crowe polled 18,633 (6.64%) votes and failed to win a seat. He did however win a council seat on the same day. In the 2002 General Election he topped the poll in Dublin South West but to many peoples surprise lost his seat in 2007.
One of a series of cartoons that were on Progressive Democrat election leaflets for the 2007 General Election.
This one attacking Labour. Presumably the PDs wanted to be in the driving seat.
From the 2007 General Election in Limerick East a leaflet for Sinn Fein candidate Maurice Quinlivan.
Quinlavin polled 2,081 votes and failed to win a seat. He did however win a seat on Limerick City Council in 2009.
It was the making of defamatory statements about Quinlavin, that eventually led to Willie O’Dea resigning as Minister of Defence.
From the 2004 Local Elections a leaflet from Fine Gael candidate (and now well known blogger) Dan Sullivan.
Its a clever enough leaflet with the “Politicians Don’t Listen…” on the front and the “Test MY Listening Skills….” on the reverse.
He polled 278 votes and failed to get elected.
Many thanks to the sender.
From the 2007 General Election in Dublin North Central a leaflet from Fianna Fail candidate Ivor Callely.
Calley failed to win a seat, he also failed in the Seanad Elections and was then nominated by the Taoiseach Bertie Ahern.
Note the Dublin Address and lack of mobile number!
From the 2007 General Election a leaflet from Fianna Fail candidate in Limerick East, Willie O’Dea. He was Minister for Defence at the time.
He topped the poll with 19,082 votes (over 38%), well over two quotas. First elected in February 1982 he has held the seat since.
Amongst the information in the leaflet.
“Nobody works harder for the people” and ‘..He is widely credited with being one of the most able Ministers in the current Government...’
Many thanks to the sender.
From the 1997 General Election a leaflet for Workers Party Candidate Tom Crilly running in Dublin South East. Tom Crilly got 694 votes.
This is a page from a 36 page booklet produced by the Christian Solidarity Party candidate Conor O’Donoghue for the 2009 Local Elections where he was running in Limerick.
Conor O’Donoghue was part of (or) the MOM AND TOT CAPITAL RIGHTS ASSOCIATION.
I’ve other letters that I will post from the booklet.
many thanks to the donor.
From the 2007 General Election a leaflet for Labour Party candidate Oisín Quinn running in Dun Laoghaire where he polled 2265 votes and failed to win a seat. Interestingly enough the total of Quinns and Eamon Gilmores votes did not make up a quota.
Elected initially in the 2004 Local Elections for the Rathmines Ward, he was elected again in the 2009 Local Elections for the Pembroke Rathmines Ward. He is a nephew of former Labour leader Ruairi Quinn.
A poster advertising the Irish Anti War Movements protest march from the Central Bank to the Israeli Embassy on the 3rd of June 2010. The march is to protest at the ‘Israeli massacre on Gaza Flotilla‘
From the 2002 Seanad Election for the 3 University of Dublin seats a leaflet from Anthony O’Donnell.
Anthony O’Donnell polled 142 votes.
A former Deputy President of TCD Students Union, in 2009 he won a seat for Fine Gael on Kildare County Council for the Kildare LEA.
From 2006 an issue of Labour Youth publication Left Tribune with the catchy cover using the Sex Pistols theme with ‘Never Mind The Blueshirts… Here’s The Socialism’
A decent enough read which includes brief profiles of Labours candidates in the 2007 General Election in Dublin and the Ireland North West area.
Many thanks to Dermot L for bringing this to my attention.
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The full newsletter (a *.pdf file) is available at http://www.labour.ie/download/youth/pdf/nevermindtheblueshirts.pdf
From 2002 a leaflet picked up in Wexford with the catchy heading ‘We’ve made a difference.. You can too..’
How?
‘Join Fianna Fail’
The Leaflet paints a wonderful picture of the time, pointing at employment growth, Peace and other items.
From the 1991 Local Elections, Green Party candidates in the Ballybrack Ward, Maggie Blake and Vincent Treanor. Despite polling well neither were elected. It was the only time either stood for election for the Greens.
From the 2002 General Election, Socialist Workers Party candidate Catherine Kennedy running in Wicklow.
She polled 399 votes.
In 2009 Catherine Kennedy ran for Sinn Fein for Bray Town Council.
From the 2002 General Election a flyer for the Late Seamus Brennan running for Fianna Fail in Dublin South. Seamus Brennan topped the poll and was elected on the first count.
On the reverse of the leaflet are the achievements of the 1997 to 2002 Government. Amongst them ‘Ended Emigration‘ which was at the time seen as a huge achievement. Alas it appears to be back again.
A flyer for a 2004 meeting of the Rialto Anti War Group, part of the Irish Anti War Movement, to be addressed by Sinéad Ní Bhroin and Raymond Deane.
From the 1998 Good Friday Agreement Referendum campaign, a leaflet from the SDLP asking for a Yes vote.
A happy looking family on a merry go round (was there some significance in the choice of a merry go round?) with a message from John Hume and other key points.
Irish Election Literature 
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