From the Summer 1975 edition of ‘Iris Fianna Fail’ a piece by (later Fine Gael TD) Ted Nealon on why Fianna Fail lost the 1973 General Election. There is also a small piece on Party National Organiser Joe O’Neill.
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A 1975 Piece by Ted Nealon in ‘Iris Fianna Fail’ on why Fianna Fail lost the 1973 General Election August 19, 2015
From “Iris Fianna Fail ” Summer 1975 edition, Tomás Ó Maoláin remembers the first Fianna Fail Ard Fheis August 14, 2015
From The “Iris Fianna Fail ” Summer 1975 edition, the then Vice President of Fianna Fail Tomás Ó Maoláin gives his recollections of the first Fianna Fail Ard Fheis. It was held in the Rotunda Building on November the 24th 1926. It’s a wonderful account of the event. Interesting too to see how many people with links to the Easter Rising of ten years earlier were on the Partys National Executive.
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Flyer for a 1991 “Walk for Decency and Godliness In Our Land” from the ‘Clean-up Dublin Now Group’ August 13, 2015
From 1991 a leaflet from the ‘Clean-up Dublin Now Group’ advertising a prayerful walk from The Pro-Cathedral to the Central Bank on Dame Street. The walk was to protest against all sorts of ‘Moral Disintegration’ that Dublins City of Culture had seen rise.
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1979 ‘EEC Nuclear Declaration’ leaflet from The Irish Sovereignty Movement July 27, 2015
From 1979 an Anti Nuclear leaflet from The Irish Sovereignty Movement. According to wikipedia
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The Irish Sovereignty Movement was a political lobby group in the 1970s and 1980s fronted by Anthony Coughlan who was its chairman. It held meetings and produced publications campaigning on various political issues mainly to do with Irish Independence and its relationship with the Common Market, EEC and European Community, Irish neutrality, as well as Northern Ireland.
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“Support The Armstrong Workers Occupation” posters and calendars from Dublin Mid 1970’s July 23, 2015
Various parts of Ireland had factories that assembled cars. There were factories in Wexford , Cork , Tipperary and many in Dublin. One factory was Armstrongs in Ringsend which in the 70’s assembled Minis and other Leyland brands. The factory was on Ringsend Road and the Archway entrance to it is still visible (pic below taken from Google Maps).
These posters and Calendars come from the Occupation of Armstrongs which lasted a number of years.
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“The Republican Resistance Calendar 1990” July 21, 2015
“The Republican Resistance Calendar 1990” which contains various posters from the first 20 years of The Troubles. It’s fairly big so I have uploaded it in pdf
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From 1937 lyrics to “The Good Ship Fine Gael” An Election Ballad July 16, 2015
From 1937 lyrics to “The Good Ship Fine Gael”An Election Ballad sung to the tune of “The Glen of Aherlow“
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From 1981 “We’ll Be There….A Song For Fianna Fail’ July 14, 2015
Fianna Fail 1981 General Election song. I’m told that it was probably sung by Cathal Dunne, nephew of Jack Lynch. Cathal represented Ireland in the 1979 Eurovision. Apologies for the quality in the second half of the song especially.
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“Election Interventions -Historical and Contemporary” Sinn Fein Education Department pamphlet from the mid 80’s July 13, 2015
From a series of pamphlets The “Republican Lecture Series” , “Election Interventions -Historical and Contemporary” published by Sinn Fein Education Department in the mid 80’s. The pamphlet gives a background to the elections fought by Sinn Fein tracing its roots back to the 1869 election of IRB prisoners Charles Kickham and O’Donovan Rossa.
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Labour Party 1916 Centenary Commemoration Programme July 9, 2015
A leaflet with details of the Labour Party 1916 Centenary Commemoration Programme .
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1952 invite to a Fianna Fail “Weekend School for Directors of Elections” June 23, 2015
From 1952 an invite to a Fianna Fail “Weekend School for Directors of Elections”. Some interesting topics with Sean Lemass and Sean McEntee among the speakers.
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“Easter Week 1916” from the April 1936 edition of “The Labour Monthly” reflecting on the 20th Anniversary of the Easter Rising. March 26, 2015
From The April 1936 edition of “The Labour Monthly” (a magazine associated with The Communist Party of Great Britain) an article reflecting on the 20th Anniversary of the Easter Rising. The article “Easter Week 1916” was written by Pat Devine (Info on him here). As it is a good few pages long I’ve scanned and uploaded it in pdf. Click Here for “Easter Week 1916” or on the image to launch it in pdf.
“Choose Hickey for Cork City” -James Hickey -Labour – 1937 General Election -Cork Borough February 24, 2015
From the 1937 General Election a leaflet for James Hickey who was running for Labour in Cork Borough. He narrowly missed out on a seat but was elected in 1938.
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leaflet from “Irish Citizens for Trustworthy E-voting” February 19, 2015
A leaflet from a group “Irish Citizens for Trustworthy E-voting” agsint the system of evoting that was used in Ireland in 2004.
An archived version of their website
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From an Irish Press Supplement to celebrate 50 years of Fianna Fail a piece on “Church State Relations” February 13, 2015
From an Irish Press Supplement to celebrate 50 years of Fianna Fail a piece on “Church State Relations”
From an Irish Press Supplement to celebrate 50 years of Fianna Fail , an interview with former TD Mary Brigid Ryan February 5, 2015
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.
Leaflet from Tom O’Higgins – 1973 Presidential Election January 20, 2015
From the 1973 Presidential Election a leaflet from former Fine Gael TD Tom O’ Higgins who was running as The National Coalition Candidate. He was defeated by Fianna Fail candidate Erskine Childers.
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