14 December
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Archbishop of Dublin, William Walsh, voted in the constituencies of Clontarf and North Dublin today. Given that, in both cases,  he handed his polling card to the Sinn Féin election agents after casting his votes, he is believed to have voted for that party’s candidates : Richard Mulcahy and Frank Lawless. Cardinal Logue also voted Sinn Fein – casting his vote for Liam O’Brien in Mid Armagh – as part of the Nationalist voting pact that His Eminence had brokered in Ulster.Read More →

14 December
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William Cosgrave, the newly-elected MP for Kilkenny North, has issued a statement on his election, from Reading Prison, where he is currently incarcerated. The wire received on Dec. 6 announcing my unopposed return was the first news of any contest., and was entirely unexpected, as it was not generally thought here that there would be a walk-over. To me, personally, it is very gratifying but the honour lies with you all in Kilkenny, to all of whom you will kindly give my sincere thanks; also to the people in whom we have such confidence and of whose proud loyalty and of the cause of IrelandRead More →

08 December
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Trouble broke out when a group of Sinn Féin supporters arrived at the hall in Carracastle (near Charlestown in Co. Mayo) where a rally for John Dillon was already in progress. Bottles and other missiles were thrown at them and four were injured. Two priests accompanying the supporters were abused. The Sinn Féin candidate in the constituency is Eamonn De Valera.Read More →