In the 1937 General Election, War of Independence and Civil War veteran Martin Brennan ran as an Independent Republican in Sligo. This episode looks at that campaign and briefly looks at his War of Independence record and time as a Fianna Fail TD.
The November 1976 Edition of The Sligo Star produced by The Sligo CYM and supporters. It’s interesting in that it has a broader coverage of culture and local issues than many Left Wing papers. Many thanks to the sender
The episode covers Noel “Flukey” Gorman and his outing in November 1982 for the “Sligo Leitrim Society for the prevention of cruelty to constituents by lying and cheating politicians” and 1987 and 1994 outings for “The All Night Party” .
A Leaflet from Colm McGurran running for Fianna Fáil in Sligo Drumcliffe for a seat on Sligo County Council.
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A Leaflet from Gino O’Boyle running for People Before Profit in Sligo Strandhill for a seat on Sligo County Council.
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A Leaflet from Finbarr Filan of Renua running in Sligo Strandhill for a seat on Sligo County Council.
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A Leaflet from Blaine Gaffney of Fine Gael running in Sligo Strandhill.
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A Leaflet from Corey Whyte running as an Independents4Change candiate in the Sligo-Drumcliffe LEA.
His Website
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A Leaflet from Dara Mulvey of Fine Gael running in Ballymote Tubbercurry for a seat on Sligo County Council.
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A Leaflet from Declan Bree running on an Independents4Change ticket in Sligo-Strandhill for a seat on Sligo County Council.
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A leaflet from Nessa Cosgrove of Labour who is running in Sligo-Strandhill in the 2019 Local Elections
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A local update from Cllr Sinéad Maguire who is running for Fine Gael in Sligo.
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From the 2014 Local Elections a newspaper ad for Joe Queenan who was running for Fianna Fail in Ballymote Tubbercurry. He polled 1,116 votes and held his seat. He has since resigned from Fianna Fail.
A Booklet from Gerry O’Connor who is a candidate for Vice President of Fianna Fail, at the 2015 Fianna Fail Ard Fheis. Amongst other things it includes a defence of the infamous Galway Tent.
The Full booklet in pdf (12 pages) can be downloaded here
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A recent “Water Charges Rip Off!” Leaflet from Fianna Fail Sligo based Senator Marc MacSharry.
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A “Don’t Fall For Their Lies We Can Beat The Water Charges” Leaflet from “Right 2 Water Sligo”
The Right 2 Water Ireland Facebook page
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A flyer from Rosaleen O’Grady who is running for Fianna Fail in the Sligo LEA for a seat on Sligo County Council.
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A leaflet from Marcella McGarry who is running for Labour in the Sligo LEA for a seat on Sligo County Council.
She is on Twitter @MarMcGarry
The Campaign Facebook Page
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Irish Election Literature 
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