The Oireachtas Library & Research Service (L&RS) is exhibiting a copy of a campaign speech from the 1918 Cavan East by-election.
The speech, by Father Michael O’Flanagan, was in support of Arthur Griffith, the president of Sinn Féin, who went on to win the by-election.
The speech demonstrates the anti-conscription stance of Sinn Féin, a sentiment that set them apart from the faltering Irish Parliamentary Party and helped them sweep to victory in the general elections later that year.
To see the document and find out more about Father Michael O’Flanagan’s links with the foundation of the First Dáil, visit our Historical documents page.
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