From the 1973 Seanad Election a leaflet from John J. Kelly who was running for a seat on the NUI panel. It includes a piece by John Hume. John J. Kelly narrowly missed out on a seat.
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Leaflet from John J. Kelly -1973 Seanad Election NUI January 27, 2017
Leaflet from “Cherish All The Children Equally – Republican . Progressive. Pro Life” January 26, 2017
A Leaflet calling for the retention of the 8th amendment from a group “Cherish All The Children Equally”.
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“Stop Staffless Libraries” bookmark from Senator Fintan Warfield of Sinn Fein. January 23, 2017
A “Stop Staffless Libraries” bookmark from Senator Fintan Warfield of Sinn Fein.
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“Fur Hag Alert!” leaflet from The National Animal Rights Association January 19, 2017
A “Fur Hag Alert!” leaflet from The National Animal Rights Association.
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“Leave Our Kids Alone!” 2010 leaflet from the Green Party January 17, 2017
“Leave Our Kids Alone!” a 2010 leaflet from John Gormely of the Green Party blaming ,then Government partners, Fianna Fail for various Education Cuts and that the Green Party was responsible for reinstating a number of items.
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From 1944 “Aiséirge Says… The New Order In The New Ireland” January 16, 2017
From 1944 “Aiséirge Says… The New Order In The New Ireland” a booklet produced by Ailtirí na hAiséirghe giving in details the Sixteen Point Programme of the Party. They were the most successful of The Irish Far Right Parties. I’ve scanned and uploaded it in pdf format here
From 1983 “This Amendment Could Kill Women” leaflet from the Anti Amendment Campaign #repealthe8th January 15, 2017
From 1983 Abortion Referendum,a leaflet from the Anti Amendment Campaign warning that “This Amendment Could Kill Women”. A lot of the contents are prophetic.
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“We Support Home Sweet Home” Leaflet from Housing Action Kildare January 11, 2017
A “We Support Home Sweet Home” Leaflet from Housing Action Kildare.
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Leaflet from Vincent Kenny -Independent- Rathfarnham -1991 Local Elections
From the 1991 Local Elections a Leaflet from Vincent Kenny who was running as an Independent in Rathfarnham. He polled 760 votes and missed out on a seat.
1982 Assembly Elections Leaflet from John Clenaghan, Patrick Ritchie, James McDonald- SDLP- South Antrim January 10, 2017
From the 1982 Assembly Elections, a leaflet from John Clenaghan, Patrick Ritchie and James McDonald who were running for The SDLP in South Antrim. James McDonald was elected. The Result is available here
50th Anniversary Edition of ITGWU Magazine “Liberty” January 9, 2017
An issue of “Liberty” the ITGWU Magazine produced to mark the 50th Anniversary of the Union. It’s really fascinating and covers the 1913 Lockout , The Citizen Army, James Connolly and much more. It’s 96 pages so scanned it into two pdfs.
Liberty Part 1 is uploaded here and
Liberty Part 2 is uploaded here
An “I Stand With Ibrahim -Free Ibrahim Halawa Now!” postcard from Amnesty International
An “I Stand With Ibrahim -Free Ibrahim Halawa Now!” postcard from Amnesty International. The Free Ibrahim Halawa Facebook Page
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Some Anglo Irish Bank Brochures
A number of Brochures for Anglo Irish Bank A Brochure on Business Banking Projects and an Anglo Savings Brochure both in pdf format. Although not political I thought they might be of interest.
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The Clár of the 1981 Ógra Fianna Fáil National Youth Conference January 4, 2017
The Clár of the 1981 Ógra Fianna Fáil National Youth Conference. Contains an Introduction from Charles Haughey, Motions, Candidate Profiles (with a few subsequent TD’s), Train Times, Mass Times and more I’ve scanned and uploaded it in pdf here.
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Letter and article from Gerry Adams to Sinn Fein 2014 Local Elections Candidate December 29, 2016
A Letter with an accompanying article from Gerry Adams to a Sinn Fein 2014 Local Elections Candidate. The article first appeared in Village magazine in 2005 and is on “Candidatitis”.
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Happy Christmas December 24, 2016
Just a note to wish you all a Happy Christmas and New Year. As ever thanks also to the many of you that continue to send material and feed my hobby. Thanks Alan
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