X-Nico

unusual facts about Irish general election, February 1982



Alfred Byrne

He was defeated by Philip Shanahan of Sinn Féin, in the 1918 general election.

Brody Sweeney

He was a Fine Gael candidate for Dublin North–East in the 2007 general election, where he garnered 3,400 first preference votes, but was beaten by Terence Flanagan for the seat.

Colm Mac Eochaidh

A former member of Fine Gael, in the 2002 Irish general election he unsuccessfully ran in the constituency of Dublin South-East, as a running mate to sitting Fine Gael TD Frances Fitzgerald.

Cyprian Brady

In January 2011, he was selected as a Fianna Fáil candidate in Dublin Central for the 2011 general election along with Mary Fitzpatrick.

Dan Wallace

A former customs clerk with the Ford Motor Company in Cork, Wallace was an unsuccessful candidate at the 1981 and February 1982 general elections.

Derek McDowell

He was re-elected at the 1997 general election with a much reduced share of the vote, but lost his seat at the 2002 general election to the independent candidate Finian McGrath.

Dermot Lacey

He was Dublin South–East Director of Elections for various referendums and for Ruairi Quinn's Dáil campaign in the 2002 general election.

Donal Moynihan

He retained his seat until the 1989 general election, when he lost out to his running mate, Laurence Kelly.

Graham Geraghty

In 2006, Geraghty was selected by the right-leaning Fine Gael political party to contest the general election of 2007 in his home constituency of Meath West.

Irish general election, 1965

Raidió Éireann provided special coverage from 3 pm on the day of the count due to the coverage on Telefís Éireann.

Irish general election, 1977

Both The Irish Times and The Irish Press, which was then edited by Tim Pat Coogan, were extremely critical of the government's curtailment of freedom of speech and in particular of the Minister for Posts and Telegraphs Conor Cruise O'Brien which was used against the PIRA.

James Ennis

He was later an unsuccessful candidate for Dáil Éireann in the Dublin County constituency, standing for Cumann na nGaedheal at the 1932, 1933 general elections and for Fine Gael at the 1937 general elections.

John Dennehy

He regained his seat at the 1997 general election and narrowly held it by 6 votes against a challenge from Kathy Sinnott at the 2002 general election.

Mick Wallace

He was elected to Dáil Éireann at the 2011 general election as a Teachta Dála (TD) for the Wexford constituency.

North Down by-election, 1995

The Natural Law Party stood James Anderson, their leader in Northern Ireland, Michael Brooks who had previously stood as an "Ulster Protestant" candidate in the Irish general election, 1987 in Donegal North–East, stood on a platform to "Free Para Lee Clegg Now", and Christopher Carter stood as Ulster's Independent Voice.

Patrick Fogarty

An insurance broker and turf accountant, Fogarty first stood for election to the Dáil at the 1937 general election for the Dublin County constituency, and was returned to the 9th Dáil.

Paudge Brennan

He contested the 1973 general election as an independent candidate, but he lost his seat to Fianna Fáil's Ciarán Murphy.


see also