“Keep Sinn Fein Out!” reads the leaflet from Fianna Fails Averil Power running in Dublin North East in the 2011 General Election. She quotes The Evening Herald, The Irish Times and Newstalk to argue her case that she was the only candidate to stop Sinn Feins Larry O’Toole being elected. In the end neither Power or O’Toole were elected as Labour’s Sean Kenny took the third and final seat.
From the 2011 General Election a leaflet from Sinn Feins candidate Brian Stanley running in Laois Offaly. The Portlaoise based Stanley has been a councillor since 1999 and this was his third attempt at a Dail seat.
From the 2011 General Election in Wexford a leaflet from Independent candidate Ruairí de Valera. Ruairi DeValera is a grandson of former Taoiseach and President Eamon De Valera and of course a cousin of Eamon Ó Cuív.
He polled 119 votes.
Many Thanks to the sender.
A leaflet from newly elected TD for Kerry South Tom Fleming. Fleming a former Fianna Fail councillor and General Election candidate (his record at electionsireland.org) resigned to run as an Independent in January.
From the 1997 General Election a leaflet for Independent Anti Service Charges candidate Paddy Mulcahy running in Cork North Central. Mulcahy who was active in the anti Bin Tax campaign and spent time in jail for his actions polled 889 votes.
Many thanks to the sender.
From the 1989 European Elections a leaflet from Kevin Dunphy one of the three Sinn Fein candidates running in the Leinster constituency. Of the three he polled the highest with 4,534 votes. Pearse McGeough polled 3001 and Terry Moore polled 2424 votes.
The leaflet was the first about the EEC and its effects. It compared the situation in 1973 with that of 1988 and the impact that membership of The EEC had on Ireland.
many thanks to the sender.
from the 2011 General Election a flyer for Independent candidate Brian Markham who was running in Clare.
From the 2011 General Election a flyer for Independent candidate Raymond Sexton who is running in Dublin North East.
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From the 2011 General Election campaign a leaflet from Sinn Fein leader Gerry Adams who is running in Louth.
A letter to voters from Fianna Fails Conor Lenihan hoping to hold on to his seat in Dublin South West. In relation to being asked to move to Dublin South he writes “….I do not , nor will I ever walk away.”
A leaflet from Independent Joe Behan running in Wicklow. Behan left Fianna Fail after the proposed cut to the old age pension. Will it be enough to save him?
‘Good Morning Voter from your Local Representative’ writes Fianna Fail Dublin Central candidate Cyprian Brady. Its almost exactly the same as Berties 2007 letter with the same title.
A Flyer with no Fianna Fail logo from Fianna Fails Sean Haughey hoping to hold on to his seat in Dublin North Central.
A Poster for Independent candidate John McKenna who is running in Kerry North West Limerick. I gather McKenna did not produce any leaflets.
His Website
A flyer from Independent candidate Stephen Donnelly who is running in Wicklow. Donnelly who went to Harvard has made a number of Radio and Television appearances during the campaign and is tipped to be in with a shout of a seat.
A leaflet from Peter Matthews (also known as ‘Banker’ Matthews) running for Fine Gael in Dublin South in the 2011 General Election.
From the 2011 General Election a Leaflet from Michael Healy-Rae running in Kerry South where he his hoping to hold on to his fathers seat.
Healy Rae writes…. “In these serious times you need a serious candidate …..”
An eve of poll letter from Fianna Fail TD Barry Andrews running in Dun Laoghaire. In it he mentions the Andrews dynasty…
“My family has tried to serve this area with integrity and honest commitment for almost 50 years”
He also says why he didn’t move to Dublin South and that his seat is in danger.
Many thanks to the sender.
Irish Election Literature 
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