Electionlit Unearths: The First Dáil

[C. Flower]

A wonderful poster here, unearthed by Electionlit - of the members of the First Dáil, in 1919.






http://irishelectionliterature.wordp...f-each-member/

Thanks to electionlit for another year's great collation, archiving and blogging of Irish election literature of all kinds.

[Justin Casey]

"With compliments from Michael Finneran TD, Minister for Housing, Urban Renewal & Developing Areas." Those guys are waaaaaaay beyond shameless.

[C. Flower]

What strikes me is the number of people there. Far, far more than sat throught the debate on the 4 year plan or the IMF agreement in the last four weeks.

[Justin Casey]

The Oireachtas is merely a sub-comm-itt-eee now, shuffling paperwork on behalf of its EU and IMF overlords.

[Lapsedmethodist]

Two years later they were still there, still giving out about Protestants.


http://www.irishtimes.com/newspaper/...286165900.html

What a contrast between Mr Mulcahy and Mr vowed “by God” that, if war should be renewed, every loyalist in his brigade area would go to the wall! What a difference between this quiet little man and Mr Seán Mac Entee, whose strident voice was raised on the side of chaos!

[electionlit]

Yep its a great poster, so many famous names.
I wonder if many of them don't have a Street , Estate, Barracks etc named after them?

[Justin Casey]

Two years later they were still there, still giving out about Protestants.

That's Christians for ya. The bastards!