From the 1981 Seanad election a leaflet for Independent candidate Gemma Hussey who was running for a seat on the NUI panel. She had won a seat in the 1977 Seanad Elections and held her seat here. She subsequently sat on the Fine Gael bench in the Seanad and was elected to the Dail in February 1982.
In the 1982 to 1987 coalition government, she served as Minister for Social Welfare and Minister for Education as well as a brief spell as Minister for Labour.
She retired from politics in 1989.
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Leaflet from Gemma Hussey -1981 Seanad Election NUI June 20, 2012
1987 Michael Moynihan letter to electors about not sending “a voluminous amount of election literature.” – Labour -South Kerry
A lovely letter to electors from Labour TD for Kerry South Michael Moynihan saying that he wont be sending each voter “a voluminous amount of election literature.” I think its from the 1987 General Election where Moynihan lost his seat. I may be biased but maybe the lack of election literature was a factor!
“Let Lemass Lead On”- 1965 leaflet from Honor Crowley, Tim ‘Chub’ O’Connor -Fianna Fail -Kerry South June 18, 2012
From the 1965 General Election a leaflet from Fianna Fail candidates Honor Crowley and Timothy ‘Chub’ O’Connor running in Kerry South. Both were elected.
The leaflet also has the Fianna Fail slogan from that election “Let Lemass Lead on”
We also have the message to the electorate from Sean Lemass. Which boasts of the progress made to date but that “Everything depends on the country’s agricultural and industrial production continuously increasing..”
From 1979 leaflet for John Blair, Alan Dukes, Tom O’Donnell, Jim O’Keefe -Fine Gael- Munster -European Elections
From the 1979 European Election a leaflet for John Blair, Alan Dukes, Tom O’Donnell, Jim O’Keefe running for Fine Gael in Munster. Tom O’Donnell was elected. Result here .
Leaflet from James Dooge – 1983 Seanad Elections – NUI June 16, 2012
From the 1983 NUI Seanad Election a leaflet for James Dooge. In 1981 Dooge ( a former Fine Gael Senator) was nominated to the Seanad by Garret Fitzgerald and appointed Minister for Foreign Affairs. Its the last time a member of the Seanad has served in cabinet. He mentions his time as a minister in the leaflet.
He was successful in this 1983 campaign.
His Wikipedia entry
Leaflet from Professor Joseph Lee- 1993 NUI Seanad June 15, 2012
From the 1993 Seanad Elections a leaflet from Historian Professor Joseph Lee who was running for a seat on the NUI panel. Lee polled 3,638 votes and was elected. He served just the one term in the Seanad. A noted historian Lee amongst the books he has written are “1912-1985: Politics and Society” and “The Modernisation of Irish Society, 1848-1918”.
Flyer from Sean Moore, Kit Robinson, Ciaran O’Loughlin -Fianna Fail -1979 Local Elections
From the 1979 Local Elections a flyer for Fianna Fail candidates Sean Moore, Kit Robinson and Ciaran O’Loughlin who were running in Area 10.
Moore polled 2,787 votes and was easily elected, whilst Robinson polled 526 votes and O’Loughlin 698.
Sean Moore was first elected to the Council in 1950 and was a TD for Dublin South East from 1965 to February 1982. Sean Moore Road and Sean Moore Park in Irishtown are named after him.
Leaflet from Con O’Leary -The National Party -1997 General Election Cork North Central June 14, 2012
From the 1997 General Election a leaflet from National Party candidate Con O’Leary running in Cork North Central. O’Leary polled 1,114 votes.
He had been elected to the City Council in 1991 and was returned again in 1999. The National Party were a ‘Catholic’ party set up on the back of the success of Nora Bennis in the 1994 European Elections where she polled over 5% of the vote.
Leaflet from Paddy Gallagher -Sinn Fein The Workers’ Party- 1981 General Election -Waterford June 13, 2012
From the 1981 General Election a leaflet from Sinn Fein The Workers’ Party candidate Paddy Gallagher who was running in Waterford. Gallagher, who had been elected to Waterford Corporation in 1974, polled 3,463 votes in this 1981 General Election and failed to win a seat. The drop in vote from 1977 could be in part explained by the presence of H-Block candidate Kevin Lynch on the ballot paper.
Gallagher was elected to the Dail in February 1982 , however he lost his seat in the November 1982 General Election.
Leaflet from Liam Skelly- Fine Gael -1982 Dublin West By-Election June 12, 2012
From the 1982 Dublin West By-Election a leaflet from Fine Gael candidate Liam Skelly. Skelly won the by-election causing a sensation.
After the February 1982 General Election, Fianna Fail leader Charles Haughey was appointed Taoiseach. It was a minority government and so as to get an extra Fianna Fail seat, Haughey pulled a stroke appointing Fine Gael TD for Dublin West Dick Burke to the European Commission. The stroke backfired and that government lasted until November 1982. Skelly held his seat in November 1982 but later resigned the Fine Gael whip and polled poorly running as an Independent in 1987.
The By-election result here
Leaflet from Seán Martin (Brother of Micheál Martin)- Fianna Fail -2004 Local Elections -Cork South Central
From the 2004 Local Elections a leaflet from Fianna Fail candidate Sean Martin who was running in the Cork South Central Ward for a seat on Cork City Council. Martin was elected polling 1,191 votes.
Originally co-opted to the council in 1997 to replace his brother, and now Fianna Fail leader, Micheál Martin, Seán Martin was reelected in 1999, 2004 and 2009. He was Lord Mayor of Cork for 2004-2005.
1997 Leaflet from Jackie Healy-Rae “Its time South Kerry had a voice to be heard in Dail Eireann” June 11, 2012
From the 1997 General Election a leaflet from Independent Fianna Fail candidate Jackie Healy-Rae a Farmer, Publican and holder of 3 county championship hurling medals.
In this 1997 General Election, after failing to get a Fianna Fail nomination, despite many years of service to the party, Healy-Rae ran as an Independent and caused a shock as he was elected polling 7,220 votes. He subsequently was one of the four Independents that supported the 1997 to 2002 Fianna Fail government.
1987 leaflet from Michael Noonan , Tom O’Donnell -Fine Gael -Limerick East June 10, 2012
From the 1987 General Election a leaflet from Fine Gael candidates Michael Noonan and Tom O’Donnell. With a huge PD vote in Limerick, Noonan held on to the seat he first one in 1981, whilst O’Donnell lost the seat he had held since 1961.
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1979 leaflet for Fine Gael candidates Michael McDowell, Joe Doyle, Tommy Woods and Finola Gill June 9, 2012
From the 1979 Local Elections a leaflet for Fine Gael candidates Michael McDowell, Joe Doyle, Tommy Woods and Finola Gill (who later married John Bruton). Joe Doyle was elected. McDowell polled 1271 votes, Gill 960 and Woods 497.
McDowell was later a founder member and became leader of The Progressive Democrats.
Old Local Election Results uploaded in excel form here
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“Brendan Corish The Man for Ireland” Leaflet from Michael Moynihan 1966 Kerry South By-Election June 8, 2012
From the 1966 Kerry South By-Election a leaflet from Labour Party candidate Michael Moynihan. The by-election was caused by the death of Fianna Fail TD Honor Crowley. The by-election was won by John O’Leary who held the seat until his retirement in 1997. Michael Moynihan polled 4,849 votes. (result here)
On the “Brendan Corish The Man for Ireland” side of the leaflet he mentions how “Munster -with its Land and Labour Leagues was the cradle of the Labour Movement in this country”.
Leaflet from Eamon De Valera -1966 Presidential Election June 7, 2012
A wonderful piece of history this. From the 1966 Presidential Election a leaflet from Eamon De Valera with the slogan “President of the Nation”. Inside he is pictured at the celebrations of the 50th Anniversary of the 1916 rising. There is also a section outlining his “50 years of service to the nation” as well as a good deal of the leaflet in Irish.
Many thanks to the lender.
Leaflet from Martin O’Regan -Workers Party 1994 European Elections Munster
From the 1994 European Elections a leaflet from Workers Party candidate Martin O’Regan. O’Regan polled 6,270 votes and missed out on a seat.
From 1961 “Will European Union Close Our Factories? -Labour watches the Common Market.” June 6, 2012
From the 1961 General Election Campaign “Will European Union Close Our Factories? -Labour watches the Common Market.” urging a vote for Labour so that
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