Election 1918: political analysis and profiles of all the leaders

WATCH: Election '18 How Ireland voted in 1918

David McCullagh and Sinéad O'Carroll present coverage of the momentous 32-county general election, which took place 100 years ago today.

Election 1918 • 14 Oct 19

"Put him in to get him out"

Richard Gogan recalls Sinn Féin strategy in the lead up to the 1918 general election including personation.

Election 1918 • 13 Dec 18

Election to the First Dáil

1969: three candidates in the 1918 general election recall how they came to stand for Sinn Féin and become members of the first Dáil.

Election 1918 • 13 Dec 18

The First Dáil

The First Dáil (An Chéad Dáil) was Dáil Éireann as it convened from 1919-1921.

Election 1918 • 13 Dec 18

Éamon de Valera addresses an anti-conscription meeting in 1918. The Sinn Féin leader was in prison when elected for two constituencies at the election of December that year.

Election 1918 – what you need to know about how Ireland voted

Mark Duncan analyses what drove the rapid rise of Sinn Féin in the years following the failed Rising of 1916.

Election 1918 • 11 Dec 18

Constance Markievicz who was one of the Election '18 winners

"The most momentous Irish electoral contest of the 20th century"

100 years ago this week, Ireland went to the polls and ushered in a new political era

Election 1918 • 12 Dec 18

WATCH: Interviews with historians on the 1918 General Election

Interviews with historians on the 1918 General Election

Election 1918 • 11 Dec 18

Opening of Dáil Eireann in the mansion house, 21 January 1919.

Aftermath of Election 1918 – An Irish Revolutionary Government

The results of the 1918 general election in Ireland - Sinn Féin: 73, Irish Unionist: 22, Irish Parliamentary Party: 6 – were revolutionary in outcome.

Election 1918 • 11 Dec 18

Election '18 - bringing history to life

In any list of my favourite things, I would include history, and election programmes. For history, reading it or writing it; for election programmes, watching them or taking part in them.

Election 1918 • 07 Dec 18

How Britain Voted – and What it Meant for Ireland

The last British General Election, prior to 1918, had been fought in 1910. But this one was significantly different.

Election 1918 • 11 Dec 18

Edward Carson, the Unionist leader who was returned as MP for the Belfast Duncairn constituency in 1918.

A Divided Ireland? Ulster, Unionism and the 1918 election

The focus on Sinn Féin's routing of the Irish Parliamentary Party (IPP) in southern constituencies often overlooks the equally emphatic nature of unionism's victory in the north.

Election 1918 • 11 Dec 18

Michael Collins and Harry Boland, both elected MPs in 1918, are pictured here holding hurleys in Croke Park in 1921 (RTE Archives)

1918 and the making of a new political generation

The historian David Fitzpatrick has suggested that the triumph of Sinn Féin in 1918 involved the pouring of 'old wine into new bottles'.

Election 1918 • 11 Dec 18

Joseph Devlin of the Irish Parliamentary Party campaigning during the 1918 election. Devlin defeated Sinn Féin's Eamon de Valera in the constituency of Belfast Falls

December 1918: What the Papers Say

New constituencies, new candidates, more party competition and a greatly expanded electorate ensured that the 1918 general election was a political event like none before.

Election 1918 • 14 Dec 18

Century Ireland - Edition 141

Edition 141 of Century Ireland is out now with all the news from 100 years ago.

Century Ireland • 07 Dec 18

Ireland and Britain to go to the polls on 14 December

Election 1918 • 06 Dec 18

Intimidation, disruption mark end to historic election campaign

Intimidation and disruption mark end to historic election campaign

Election 1918 • 06 Dec 18

Sinn Féin predicting electoral landslide

Election 1918 • 06 Dec 18

Carson calls for unity and highlights Ulster war sacrifice

Election 1918 • 06 Dec 18

PM lost in Irish mist as predecessor reflects on past blunders

PM lost in Irish mist as his predecessor reflects on past blunders

Election 1918 • 06 Dec 18

Bishops intervene to save nationalist seats in Ulster

Election 1918 • 06 Dec 18

Nearly half of Irish Party retire as Parliament is dissolved

Election 1918 • 06 Dec 18

John Dillon

John Dillon led a party heading for electoral oblivion between March and December 1918. Home Rulers were among the biggest losers in the 1918 General Election.

Election 1918 • 07 Dec 18

Constance Markievicz

Women were permitted to stand for election under the Parliament (Qualification of Women) Act which was granted royal assent on 21 November 1918, a week after the general election was called.

Election 1918 • 13 Dec 18

Edward Carson

Edward Henry Carson, Attorney General and prosecutor of Oscar Wilde.

Election 1918 • 07 Dec 18

Éamon de Valera

In December 1918 Éamon de Valera was one of the most prominent men in Ireland – and one of the most unknown. He had been in the public eye for just two and a half years, and yet he was about to lead his party to a sweeping electoral victory.

Election 1918 • 10 Dec 18

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WATCH: Election '18 How Ireland voted in 1918

"Put him in to get him out"

Election to the First Dáil

The First Dáil

Election 1918 – what you need to know about how Ireland voted

"The most momentous Irish electoral contest of the 20th century"

WATCH: Interviews with historians on the 1918 General Election

Aftermath of Election 1918 – An Irish Revolutionary Government

Election '18 - bringing history to life

How Britain Voted – and What it Meant for Ireland

A Divided Ireland? Ulster, Unionism and the 1918 election

1918 and the making of a new political generation

December 1918: What the Papers Say

Century Ireland - Edition 141

Ireland and Britain to go to the polls on 14 December

Intimidation, disruption mark end to historic election campaign

Sinn Féin predicting electoral landslide

Carson calls for unity and highlights Ulster war sacrifice

PM lost in Irish mist as predecessor reflects on past blunders

Bishops intervene to save nationalist seats in Ulster

Nearly half of Irish Party retire as Parliament is dissolved

John Dillon

Constance Markievicz

Edward Carson

Éamon de Valera

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