This Week At Irish Election Literature March 15, 2013
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From December 1998 “In Touch” a Labour members Newsletter published after the agreement of “The historic merger of Labour and Democratic Left”.
A “Medical Kits for S.W.A.P.O.” Collection sheet from Sinn Fein The Workers’ Party.
From the 1959 Presidential Election and Referendum on the Change of voting system ,From Fianna Fail ‘Dev For President’ and ‘Abolish PR’.
and finally from 2011 and mentioning again as its getting a lot of hits.. a ‘Tips for Canvassers’ leaflet from Luke ‘Ming’ Flanagan.
Fiachra O’Ceallachair who is mentioned on that DL/Lab newsletter was recently appointed by Dinny McGinley to the board of the Údarás.
He was involved in the WP in college and then moved to DL and Labour. One of his old leaflets http://irishelectionliterature.wordpress.com/2011/03/18/a-new-voice-for-ring-fiachra-o-ceilleachair-democratic-left-1997-waterford/
Hes a decent enough chap from what I remember.
Heard he is decent enough. Though pretty remarkable that a Ring based candidate, who is now a representative on the Údarás would produce a piece of literature entirely in Irish. Seems a bit curious/
I remember him from Maynooth, though I doubt he’d remember me. A bit of a hack, I always thought, but decent all the same.
I should say, entirely in English
http://irishelectionliterature.wordpress.com/2009/09/12/litir-um-thoghchan-as-gaeilge/
This has one in Irish from him
The Dungarvan Electoral area, would be in the main English speaking and Dungarvan UDC, where he also represented would have no Gaeltacht areas.
Ok, well thats fair enough, although I think billingual literature is more effective than Irish and English literature. I think there has been an improvement in the amount of Irish in leaflets in recent times, which is a positive