From the 1954 General Election a leaflet from Declan Costello of Fine Gael running Dublin North West.
Leaflet from Declan Costello -Fine Gael -1954 General Election – Dublin North West September 28, 2017
Flyer from JB Colgan, Matt Merrigan, Richard Deasy -Labour 1954 GE Dublin South West January 25, 2017
From the 1954 General Election a Flyer from JB Colgan, Matt Merrigan, Richard Deasy running for Labour in Dublin South West. None of them were elected
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National Action Booklet from 1952 October 13, 2016
National Action were a Fascist style party that fielded one candidate, Séamus Murphy in the 1954 General Election in Dublin North East where he polled 1430 votes.It’s a sizeable booklet so it’s in pdf
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Leaflet from Mary Bridget Ryan and John Fanning – Fianna Fail – Tipperary North -1954 General Election June 21, 2015
From the 1954 General Election a “Fianna Fail Election Address To The People Of North Tipperary” for their candidates Mary Bridget Ryan and John Fanning. Both candidates were elected.
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1954 General Election leaflet from Patrick Crotty, Joseph Hughes, Thomas Fielding -Fine Gael Carlow Kilkenny January 29, 2015
From the 1954 General Election a leaflet from Patrick Crotty, Joseph Hughes and Thomas Fielding who were running for Fine Gael in Carlow Kilkenny. Patrick Crotty and Joseph Hughes were elected.
1954 General Election Leaflet for Patrick Crotty, Joseph Hughes and Thomas Fielding -Fine Gael – Carlow Kilkenny December 12, 2014
From the 1954 General Election a leaflet showing the price rises under Fianna Fail since the Inter Party Government left office in 1951. Two of the three Fine Gael candidates in Carlow Kilkenny were elected. Patrick Crotty and Joseph Hughes. Thomas Fielding failed to win a seat. Result here
1954 General Election flyer for Joseph Pilkington -Independent Republican Labour Candidate, Workers Unemployed, Small Farmer and Old IRA -Sligo Leitrim June 15, 2013
From the 1954 General Election in Sligo/Leitrim a flyer for Joseph Pilkington an Independent Republican Labour Candidate, Workers Unemployed, Small Farmer and Old IRA candidate. He polled 2,710 votes and failed to win a seat.
As far as I know Pilkington was a Sligo Town based Councillor. He was elected to Sligo County Council and Sligo Corporation in 1950 as a Labour candidate and died in 1955. I don’t know why he didn’t stand for Labour here in 1954.
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Matt Cullen -Young Ireland -1954 General Election Meath September 22, 2011
From the 1954 General Election Matt Cullen of Young Ireland who was running in Meath.
‘Young Ireland’ were a group/ party that contested the 1954 General Election fielding 3 candidates. Matthew Cullen in Meath – 155 votes
Eamon Halpin in Dublin South Central – 380 votes and Thomas Healy in Dublin North East – 502 votes.
There is little or nothing about the party available online. I presume that they were influenced by the ideas of the Young Irelanders of the 1800s. None of the three candidates listed appear to have stood in any other elections. There was no sign of Matt Cullen in the 1950 or 1955 Local Elections in Meath.
Should someone have any info on the party I’d love to get it.
James Tully -Labour Party -1954 General Election -Meath September 3, 2011
From the 1954 ads for former Labour Party deputy leader James Tully who was running in Meath. Tully who later served as a minister is probably best remembered by the term ‘Tullymander’ in reference to his 1974 revision of constituency boundaries. His record at electionsireland.org
Leaflet from the 1954 General Election January 22, 2010
Another item received from a most kind donor. The prices are in old old money and from brief calculations the increases are bad.
Amongst the things to go up in price were Cigarettes (can you imagine any party giving out about that now) and the Wireless licence. The bread in the picture is what looks like a batch loaf (none of your sliced pans back then!) and all the other staples of tea, butter, flour, sugar and porter are there too.
I actually don’t know what party issued this though, other than it mustn’t have been Fianna Fail. I presume it’s from the 1954 General Election also.
Any ideas?
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