THE REVOLUTION PAPERS - PART 8
1917
EAST CLARE LANDSLIDE
Just out of jail, Éamon de Valera wins the by-election
Newspapers:
- The Saturday Record and Clare Journal, 7 July 1917
- Weekly Irish Times, 7 July 1917
- The Freeman's Journal, 12 July 1917
Ireland at the Crossroads
Contents and articles:
Revolution Chronicle
'East Clare hits the headlines': the Sinn Féin party gains momentum
'Sinn Féin tested at the ballot box': de Valera takes East Clare in by-election landslide
'Ireland's wartime food crisis': government measures to ensure food supply anger farmers