Irish Election Literature

… what you maybe meant to keep…

Michael Lynch- Fianna Fail Meath 1987 September 22, 2009

Filed under: Fianna Fail — irishelectionliterature @ 9:55 am
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With Jim Fitzsimons staying in Europe. Colm Hilliard was the only sitting Fianna Fail TD to contest the 1987 General Election in Meath.
Hilliard, Former TD Michael Lynch and newcomers Mary Wallace and Noel Dempsey were on the Fianna Fail ticket.
Lynch topped the poll as Fianna Fail won three of the five seats with Colm Hilliard and Noel Dempsey joining him in the Dail.
In 1989 Lynch lost his seat pipped on the final count by party colleague Dempsey.
In that 1989 election on the first count just 723 votes separated the four Fianna Fail candidates.
Lynch was unlucky that the two Dail terms he served were short, one period was from February to November 1982 and the other from 1987 to 1989.

 

Grace Lally -Socialist Workers Party – Rathmines 1999 LE September 21, 2009

Filed under: Socialist Workers Party,SWP — irishelectionliterature @ 10:30 pm
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In the the 1999 local elections, the Socialist Workers Party put forward 8 candidates, none of whom were close to being elected. This is the literature of Grace Lally who stood in the Rathmines Ward.  Contains information on the candidate, the SWP Election Manifesto and of course the “Get Involved” form too.

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1997 General Election – “Vote Christian” Leaflet

Filed under: Abortion,Christian Solidarity Party,Right Wing Catholic,The National Party — irishelectionliterature @ 3:59 pm
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A Leaflet from the 1997 general election asking voters to ‘Vote Christian’. The National Party and Christian Solidarity Party were both Pro-Life as were the rest of the candidates listed.

Eamon Murphy in Dublin Central had been in the shortlived Christian Centerist Party, Cllr Richard Greene had a party Muintir na hEireann which had literature for that election but must not have been registered. Sean Lyons and Sean Dublin Bay Loftus would have also been Pro-Life.

All of the candidates listed, bar Sean Dublin Bay Loftus, lost their deposits.

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Mick Murphy – Socialist Party 1999 Local Elections Tallaght Central

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From the 1999 local elections a flyer from Mick Murphy of The Socialist Party running in Tallaght Central. Murphy polled 753 votes and failed to win a seat.

 

Mildred Fox -Wicklow 1997

Filed under: Independent,Independent Fianna Fails — irishelectionliterature @ 10:09 am
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Mildred Fox an Independent TD for Wicklow, was first elected in 1995 in a By Election caused by the death of her father Johnny Fox. Johnny Fox was a Fianna Fail Councillor who ran as an Independent candidate in the 1992 General Election , having failed to get a nomination from Fianna Fail.

This Leaflet is from the 1997 General election. The issues addressed are mainly of a rural nature.

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Jim Ferry (Eddie Fullerton replacement)- Sinn Fein Buncrana 1991 September 19, 2009

Filed under: Donegal,Sinn Fein — irishelectionliterature @ 9:53 pm
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This is poignant in that Jim Ferry replaced the Late Eddie Fullerton on the Sinn Fein ticket as Eddie Fullerton was murdered during the campaign. Jim Ferry himself passed away only recently.

The leaflet had the standard Sinn Fein 91 manifesto in the middle with a profile of Jim Ferry on the front and a message regarding Eddie Fullerton on the back.

Also another leaflet with reference to policy and that Ferry had been requested to run by the Fullerton family.

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Alan Dukes, Bernard Durkan-Fine Gael Kildare 1992

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From 1992 , A post leadership Alan Dukes and running mate Bernard Durkan. Both were elected.
Alan Dukes has of course gone on to better things since such as his role with Anglo Irish Bank.

 

Progressive Democrats – ‘Yes to the Single European Act’

Filed under: Europe,Progressive Democrat,Referendum — irishelectionliterature @ 11:05 am
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PD ‘Yes’ to Single European Act letter. The SEA Referendum took place in May 1987. Again we have the Neutrality, Abortion as potential issues. The constitutional challenge to the Bill refers to a case taken by Ray Crotty that meant in future the ratification of any European Treaty would require a Referendum.

The answers to the ‘What if we vote No?’ and ‘Re-negotiation’ are very plain too.

 

PJ Coghill, Sean Fallon, George Ledwith, Kieran Molloy, Egbert Moran, Cieran Temple -Fianna Fail- Athlone LEA 1991

Filed under: Fianna Fail — irishelectionliterature @ 11:04 am
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From the 1991 Local Elections in Athlone. Fianna Fail candidates PJ Coghill, Sean Fallon, George Ledwith, Kieran Molloy, Egbert Moran and Cieran Temple. A strange layout of the candidates in this leaflet. Its unusual that there are no names beside the candidates pictures.I’d hazard there haven’t been too many ‘Egberts’ put before the electorate either.

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Roger Garland- Ireland’s First Green TD -1992 Dublin South September 18, 2009

Filed under: Dublin South,Green Party,Green Party/ Green Alliance — irishelectionliterature @ 8:34 pm
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Roger Garland made History when he became Ireland first ever Green TD in the 1989 General Election. He was elected in Dublin South. He lost his seat however in 1992. His first preference vote went from 4771 in 1989 to 2258 in 1992.

Here we have a 1992 flyer.

 

Willie Kennedy , Michael Lowry -‘Lowry Team’ – 2009 Thurles

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This is from the 2009 local elections. The first bit of ‘Lowry Team’ literature to come my way.Willie Kennedy and Michael Lowry were both elected.

These days many Independents such as Lowry and Healy-Rae have small organisations around them that contest council elections. Thus with our clientelist sytem the TD can stay in touch with local issues and whats going on on the ground.

 

 

Divorce Action Group -“Vote Yes to Divorce” 1986 Referendum

Filed under: Divorce,Referendum — irishelectionliterature @ 5:37 pm
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Given that it was a contentious issue and parties were split by the issue, the main parties produced little on the 1986 Divorce Referendum.

This is a leaflet from the main Divorce pressure group of the time, The Divorce Action Group. Also refered to as DAG they had been founded in 1980.

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Slightly Bizarre… Pat ‘Abel’ O’Reilly- “You will never Vote Better” -1987 Dun Laoghaire

Filed under: Dun Laoghaire,Independent — irishelectionliterature @ 11:45 am
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There’s some pretty funny stuff in this…
First off he changed his name to ‘Abel’ O’Reilly to be top of the ballot paper. What alternative to alphabetical order would he have proposed?
I gather he was a member of the PDs and had sought the nomination, hence ….
“Sean Doherty TD has described the addition of Geraldine Kennedy to the PD ticket as Hitler Politics”

You’d never have guessed either that he was once a policeman in the US.
The Vote yourself into Money is quoted too, with his odds of being elected at 50-1. lots more odd stuff there too. He polled 233 votes.


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Tim O’Brien -Independent Socialist Dublin North 1997

Filed under: Independent,Independent Left — irishelectionliterature @ 11:44 am
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From the 1997 General Election, running in Dublin North Independent Socialist Tim O’Brien. Tim O’Brien polled 376 votes and failed to be elected.
Here he lists religious figures, Peter McVerry, Sister Stan and Sean Healy as influences

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The Workers Party – A Democratic Convention in Defence of Public Life from 1991

Filed under: Workers Party — irishelectionliterature @ 11:43 am
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A proposal from the Workers Party to organise a Democratic Convention against Terror.

Its an interesting read.

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John Colgan meets Esther Rantzen….but he has a past…..

Filed under: Dublin Central,Fine Gael,Independent — irishelectionliterature @ 10:42 am
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You got your picture taken once with Esther Rantzen ….so have it as the centrepiece of your campaign for the 1991 Local elections…..

Wonder did the electors know you had your picture taken with Alice Glenn and Michael Keating 10 years earlier though?

 

Democratic Left 1997 Manifesto- ‘Make The Future Work’

Filed under: Democratic Left — irishelectionliterature @ 10:41 am
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A well produced booklet for the 1997 General Election. The Democratic Left had been in government for the previous 3 years as part of the Rainbow Coalition.

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‘Dessie Can Do It’ -Progressive Democrats -1987 General Election

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1987 was the PDs first Gerneral Election. There was a bit of a buzz about Dessie (another such as Bertie,Charlie and Garret that the electorate  were on first name terms with). This shows what their initial policies were.

They included abolition of the Seanad and Ministerial Pensions……

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