File 2 - General Election 1977

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UGA P143/2/1/1/2

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General Election 1977

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  • 07/03/1977-22/09/1977

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223pp

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University of Galway Archives

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Large envelope labelled: "268 General Election 1977" [election was 16/06/1977]. Material includes agenda and minutes for meetings of canvassers on 28/02-21/03/1977; typed document summarising "Facts on Housing", 03/1977 and outlining Government performance; photocopied correspondence to Mary Robinson (MR) from Flor O'Mahony, Adviser to Brendan Corish, Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Social Welfare, in relation to Health Service, 29/04-12/05/1977; application form to Ordnance Survey Office to make reproductions of maps, 20/05/1977 and copies of several maps of showing electoral areas outlined; photocopy of Labour Party Election Campaign volunteer information sheet for Rathmines West Constituency; partial guide photocopied in relation to Labour Party election campaign; Labour Party Head Office newsletter, n.d.; typed candidate profile of Senator Mary Robinson; newspaper cutting on the "Young vote", Evening Herald, 07/06/1977; Labour Party flyers giving instructions to workers outside polling stations and to drivers on the day of election; copies of voting tallies, showing votes cast for candidates including MR, [16/06/1977]; draft report of the election campaign in Dublin Rathmines West, following the election, [1977]; copy of letter from MR to Michael D Higgins, in relation to his narrow defeat in Seanad Éireann elections, 13/09/1977; photocopy of Fianna Fáil Election manifesto with cover letter from Flor O'Mahony, Office of the Leader of the Labour Party, 22/09/1977.

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      10/02/2025
      26/06/2025

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