Irish Election Literature

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Leaflet from Johnny Commane, Maeve Spring- Labour -Tralee – 1999 Local Elections July 22, 2016


From the 1999 Local Elections a leaflet from Johnny Commane and Maeve Spring running for Labour in Tralee. The leaflet also has a message from Dick Spring as well as a message asking voters to back Paula Desmond in the European Elections. Maeve Spring was elected.
Many thanks to the sender.
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Don Culloty -Labour Party- Killarney UDC 1999 Local Elections June 16, 2010


From the 1999 local elections a leaflet for Labour candidate Don Culloty running for a seat on Killarney UDC. He polled 138 votes and failed to be elected. I’m curious if he is any relation to former Jockey and now Trainer Jim Culloty.
The leaflet also mentions that Breeda Moynihan Cronin and Andrew McCarthy are running for the County Council, that Sean Counihan is the other Labour candidate for the UDC and that Paula Desmond is running for Europe.

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Paula Desmond – Labour -1999 Euro Elections Munster. November 3, 2009


Paula Desmond – Labour -1999 Euro Elections Munster.
A stylish Paula Desmond from the 1999 Euro Elections Munster constituency.
Paula was daughter of the late Eileen Desmond and the late Dan Desmond.
Eileen Desmond had served for many years as a TD and had also been elected to the European Parliament in 1979. Eileen Desmond initially won a Dail seat at the 1965 Cork Mid By-election caused by the death of her husband Dan Desmond. Dan Desmond had been a TD for over 16 years.

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