THE ‘PACT’ ELECTION, a polling card Parliamentary Election, 1922. North West Dublin Constituency. June 16th 1922. New Kilmainham Ward. Printed by Dollard, Dublin, and Published by the...

THE ‘PACT’ ELECTION, a polling card Parliamentary Election, 1922. North West Dublin Constituency. June 16th 1922. New Kilmainham Ward. Printed by Dollard, Dublin, and Published by the Candidates. Printed card, one side only, A polling card for the ‘Pact’ election, listing the four National Sinn Fein Panel candidates in bold type, with a fifth candidate in ordinary type. The Panel candidates are Richard Mulcahy, Joseph (Joe) McGrath, Michael Staines and Philip Cosgrave (brother of W.T. Cosgrave). The sole non-panel candidate is John Thomas O’Farrell. A very rare survival. The ‘Pact’ was an attempt to present a united front at the general election between pro-and anti-Treaty Sinn Fein, with selected candidates broadly representing the existing balance in the Dail. It broke down in the closing stages, with Collins in particular accused of urging voters to favour the pro-Treaty candidates.

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