Scéul Chathail Brugha Brugha (Cathal, 1874-1922)  A framed ...

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Scéul Chathail Brugha

Brugha (Cathal, 1874-1922)  A framed Poster entirely in Irish, being his election address for the Waterford constituency in the general election of 1918, headed ‘Mór-Thoghadh Cho. Phortláirge, 1918 / Scéul Chathail Brugha’,  addressed to ‘A Ghaedheala Phortláirge, a dhaoine cosanta clú 7 teangan na hÉireann ..’  In an unfamiliar Gaelic font, three different sizes, ‘arna chur i gcló ag Ó Lochlainn, Ó Murchadha & Ó Beoláin  Teo.’ (the firm run by Colm Ó Lochlainn’s father). Approx. 29 ½" x 19 ½", damp mark towards bottom not affecting the text.
A remarkable document, probably the only election poster in 1918 issued entirely in Irish.  It did him no harm, as he was elected and took his seat in the first Dáil, where he took the chair initially and became Minister for Defence.  Born in Dublin, he was second in command at the South Dublin Union in 1916 and died in July 1922 from wounds received while emerging from a besieged building in O’Connell Street. (1)