Election 1923: The Campaign in Pictures
A crowd scene at the arrest of Éamon De Valera in Ennis (Image: National Library of Ireland, IND H 0550)
Michael Barry Republican Candidate Carlow- & - Kilkenny Aug. 1923Photo by J. Kissane (Image: National Library of Ireland, NPA BAR)
Hugh Kennedy addressing an election rally from a podium on St. Stephen's Green, Dublin (Image: National Library of Ireland, KEN7)
Anti-Treaty Sinn Féin propaganda handbill, ca. 1923 (Image: National Library of Ireland, EPH B157)
An election rally in St. Stephen's Green, Dublin. Seated on
the platform are, amongst others, Eoin MacNeill, Hugh Kennedy and
W. T. Cosgrave. The speaker addressing the crowd may be Kevin
O'Higgins. CA. 1923 (Image: National Library of Ireland,
KEN6)
A heavily attended Republican meeting in Dublin (Image: National Library of Ireland, HOG125)
[Editor's note: This is an article from Century Ireland, a fortnightly online newspaper, written from the perspective of a journalist 100 years ago, based on news reports of the time.]
