South Armagh By-Election Handbill

An election handbill produced by Patrick McCartan (1878-1963), the Sinn Féin candidate, during the South Armagh by-election which was held on 2 February 1918. The handbill strongly attacks John Redmond’s call for Irish nationalists to support the British war effort.

Details

Level of description: Item
Date: 1918
Reference: 14
Extent and medium: 1 p.; Printed
Scope and content: An election handbill produced by Patrick McCartan (1878-1963), the Sinn Féin candidate, during the South Armagh by-election which was held on 2 February 1918. The handbill strongly attacks John Redmond’s call for Irish nationalists to support the British war effort.
Repository: Irish Capuchin Archives
Context: Irish Capuchin Archives > Capuchin Papers relating to the Irish Revolution > Pamphlets, Cartoons and Publicity Material > Elections

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Extracted Mentions

People, places, and terms identified via handwriting recognition and named entity recognition.

People

Redmond(1)
McCartan(1)

Places

Flanders(1)

Sample passages

REDMOND'S ADVICE!
For MCCARTAN
DYING in FRANCE, FLANDERS, EGYPT, &c.

Full Transcript (OCR, 1 pages)

Machine-generated OCR transcript. Handwritten material may contain recognition errors.

Page 1

REDMOND'S ADVICE! FATHERS OF ARMAGH! DO YOU WANT YOUR BOYS TO LIVE IN IRELAND INSTEAD OF DYING in FRANCE, FLANDERS, EGYPT, &c. A VOTE For MCCARTAN IS A VOTE AGAINST CONSCRIPTION.