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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A Spring/Summer newsletter from Independent TD for Dublin Central Maureen O’Sullivan T.D. and Independent Councillor Anna Quigley. There are mentions of the Campaign to have the new LUAS bridge in Dublin named the Tony Gregory Bridge, aswell as local news and Maureen O’Sullivans Dail contributions.
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From the 1979 European Elections a leaflet from Independent candidate T J Maher who was running in Munster. A former president of the IFA, by 1979 he was Presient of the Irish Co-Operative Organisation Society. He topped the poll in these 1979 elections being elected on the first count. He was returned again in 1984 and 1989.
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From the 1999 Local Elections a leaflet from Independent candidate Maud Coleman who was running in Dundalk Ward 3. Coleman polled 164 votes and missed out on a seat.
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From the 1973 General Election an ad for Independent ‘Unity’ candidate Patrick Turley who was running in Monaghan. Turley polled 1,827 votes and missed out on a seat.
“Oppose Anti-Dublin Property Tax Proposals” a Budget 21013 Leaflet from Shane Ross Independent TD for Dublin South (Dublin-Rathdown)
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From the 1997 General Election a leaflet from Independent candidate Luke ‘Ming’ Flanagan. In this his first General Election he polled 548 votes.
From the 2013 Meath East by-election a leaflet from Independent Labour candidate Mick Martin. He recently left the Labour party.
The leaflet has plenty of fairly detailed policies.
Many thanks to the candidate for sending it on.
His Facebook page
He can be contacted at: mickmartin.independent@gmail.com
From the 2013 Meath East By-Election a poster for Independent candidate Michael Martin. Martin, until recently a member of the Labour party is running as an Independent Labour candidate.
Mick Martin
A Budget 2013 Leaflet from former Labour Minister and now Independent TD Róisín Shortall . The leaflet criticises various measures in the budget such as Child Benefit Cuts and Property Tax.
In relation to the budget she says that ..”…The Government has a duty to be fair to its citizens, and it is failing miserably in this respect”
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From the 1945 Presidential Election an ad for Independent candidate Patrick McCartan “McCartan for President”. He polled 212,834 votes (19.59%) in a contest won by Sean T O’Kelly.
McCartan a former TD and later founder member of of Clann na Poblachta , he also had a spell in the Seanad.
More info on him here
A Shane Ross Leaflet -“Say No to Property Tax ,Save Stepaside Garda Station” advertising a public meeting on Monday, December 17th at 7:30pm at De La Salle Palmerston Rugby Club, Kilternan.
From the 1992 General Election a leaflet for Independent Pro-Life candidate Richard Greene who was running in Dublin South. Greene who had been elected to the County Council for the Green Party, left because of their policy on Abortion. Among other groups, he has since been involved in a party called Muintir na hEireann, The Christian Solidarity Party and Coir.
He polled 1,671 votes here and failed to win a seat.
From the 2011 General Election, a leaflet from Gerry Walshe who was running as an Independent / New Ireland Party candidate in Clare. Walshe polled 328 votes.
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From the 2011 General Election a Leaflet from Dara Blaney who was running as an Independent/ New Vision candidate in Donegal North East. Blaney , son of the late a Neil Blaney polled 1,228 votes and failed to win a seat.
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CRAG were one of the stories from the 1991 Local Elections as they swept the boards in Cavan with all of their four candidates elected. Following that Winston Turner stood For CRAG (Cavan Road Action Group) in the 1992 General Election where he polled 1,825 votes and missed out on a seat.
From the 2007 NUI Seanad Elections a leaflet for Wicklow based Independent candidate Susan Philips. Philips, a former Councillor polled 706 votes and she missed out on a seat.
via archive.org susanphilips.com
From the 2004 Local Elections a leaflet from Independent candidate Christy Loftus who was running in Westport for a seat on Mayo County Council.
Loftus polled a respectable 819 votes but failed to win a seat.
Irish Election Literature 
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