File 1 - Election 1981

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UGA P143/2/2/1/1/3/1

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Election 1981

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  • 27/02/1973-28/09/1981

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639pp

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University of Galway Archives

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Material relating to Mary Robinson (MR)'s run in the Seanad Éireann [Irish Senate, upper house of parliament] Election, 1981 including correspondence supporting her run and congratulating her success, 21/06-04/09/1981; general correspondence sent to all candidates from the Seanad Electoral Officer, Returning Officer and Controller, Dublin Postal Districts, 12/06-05/08/1981; drafts and copies of correspondence from MR to potential voters and typed and handwritten lists of addresses; handwritten tally of votes; handwritten list of [volunteers to stuff envelopes?]; forms of nomination with signatures of nominees for MR; letters seeking support for MR and drafts, from Kader Asmal, Grainne Flynn, Ronald C Cox, Dr Mary Henry, Bride Rosney and Henry O Bourke (brother), 26/06-14/07/1981 and same for Shane Ross 02-03/07/1981; candidate election addresses from MR, Catherine McGuinness, David Boyd Redmond Cabot, Barry Cullen, Tommy Murtagh, Trevor West, David Norris, Shane Ross and Owen Quinn, 1981; correspondence with Hugh Alexander Boyd, offering support and advice over various election campaigns, 27/02/1973-28/09/1981; newspaper cuttings, 16/06-13/08/1981, and election 1981 copy of Trinity College Gazette, 10/07/1981.

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      11/02/2025
      17/07/2025

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