“The First Dail …Labour’s Historic Role”, a leaflet from The Labour Party outlining Labours role in the first Dail. It includes The “Democratic Programme of The First Dail Eireann” written by Labour Party leader Tom Johnson. There are also details of the Socialist International in Berne 1919.
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From the 1953 Galway South By Election a leaflet from Clann na Talmhan candidate Thomas McNamara. The By Election was caused by the death of Fianna Fail TD (and former Ceann Comhairele) Frank Fahy. McNamara polled 629 votes. The leaflet is a message from Party leader and Mayo South TD Joseph Blowick. It outlines some of the issues faced by Farmers at the time.
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From the 1966 Presidential Election an ‘O’Higgins For President’ advert from Woman’s Way magazine June 1966.
In the next issue they made a statement saying that this was an advert.
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From a 1992 Progressive Democrat leaflet Dessie O’Malley outlines the position of the party regarding the 3 Abortion Referenda to be held on the same day as the General Election. Whilst they asked for a YEs vote for the Right to Travel and Right to Information, they asked for a NO vote on the Abortion issue. Many of the reasons for voting against the Referendum outlined by O’Malley are just as relevant today as they were then.
From November 1986 ‘Iris Na Poblachta’ a paper produced by the Ruairi O’Bradaiagh led Republican Sinn Fein. This issue is quite important as its the first issue post the Split and formation of Republican Sinn Fein. The leaflet gives details of the split and the reasons behind it as well as details of the founding of the party and the partys executive as well as other news from the time.
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From a 1969 ‘Bulletin’ from The Dublin Housing Action Committee called ‘Crisis’ the Aims and Objectives of the group.
A number of ads for events to do with Eoin O’Duffys National Corporate Party. The National Corporate Party split from Fine Gael when Eoin O’Duffy ‘resigned’ as leader of Fine Gael and also the party. They were very right wing, virulently anti communist and had a military wing ‘The Greenshirts’. It lasted from 1935 to 1937 .
As far as I’m aware they never contested an election.
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From the 1932 General Election an ad attacking Fianna Fail from Cumann na nGaedhael. Lots of scaremongering. Were Fianna Fail to get in “It would not need your vote to keep it in power. The Gun Bullies would Do that”. Theres more along those lines as well as The “Bankruptcy of Thousands of Farmers and Indian Meal Porridge all year”
From the 1932 General Elections an attack on Fianna Fail from Cumann na nGaedheal ‘Farmers! Keep a Firm Grip of Your Homesteads’. The attack was related to Fianna Fails Land Annuity policy.
A 1965 Fianna Fail document giving a report of that years Ard Fheis. Presumably sent to party members after the event.
The document contains some very interesting motions and of course names.
Of which the sender (many thanks) notes….
A motion to establish cumman in 6 Counties (didn’t happen until this year).
A cumman in Scotland! (We have one now in Bruxelles and one in London).
….the Vice Presidents are Sean MacEntee, Jim Ryan, Gerry Boland and Padraig Pearse’s sister Margaret!!
There’s lots more here besides….
From July 1981 (at which stage six of the Hunger Strikers had died) a leaflet from the H Block /Armagh Committee looking to build support among the Trade Union movement for the Hunger Strikers and their demands.
From the 1995 Divorce Referendum the Government Information booklet produced to inform voters of the merits of both the Yes side and the No side.
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An Invitation to the 1976 Fine Gael Borris in Ossory ‘First Annual Dinner & Dance’ . The night featured music by ‘The Cufflinks’ and a Guest Speaker Tom O’Donnell TD. The guest of honour was Mr James Phelan.
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From the 1981 Hunger Strike a leaflet “To All GAA Fans… Support The Hunger Strikers”. The leaflet give details of how the GAA Central Council had issued a directive that no support by any part of the GAA should be given to the H-Block Campaign as it was ‘Party Political’ . The GAA had previously supported the Hunger Strikers five demands.
From 1959 “One Nation” a pamphlet issued by Fianna Fail of a speech delivered by An Taoiseach, Mr. Sean Lemass, T.D., at a meeting of the Oxford Union Society on October 15th 1959.
Its is in these pages that the famous Lemass quote comes from.
“It is, indeed, the simple truth that Ireland is one nation, in its history, in its geography and in its people, entitled to have its essential unity expressed in its political institutions.”
As its 14 pages long I’ve scanned it in pdf form.
Click here to view or click on the image below
apologies for the cover being sideways on the pdf scan 🙂
A Pamphlet “Uncharted Reef -The Irish struggle viewed as a conflict between civilizations.” by P. Ó Croidheáin, published in 1977.
“The purpose of this booklet is to examine the struggle for the ownership of Ireland from the viewpoint of the theory of civilization.”
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From 1999 a postcard to be sent to the then Taoiseach Bertie Ahern on behalf of the residents of Garvaghy Road calling on the Taoiseach to ensure that the parade from Drumcree Church was rerouted away from The Garvaghy Road.
A poster advertising the Commemorating the 1916 Irish Rebellion and the 1948 Nakba in Palestine on April 27th 2013, in Christchurch, New Zealand.
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