1908 North Leitrim by-election

UK Parliamentary by-election August 2019 August 2019 The 1908 North Leitrim by-election was held on 21 February 1908. The by-election was held due to the resignation of the incumbent Irish Parliamentary MP, Charles Dolan in order to re-fight the constituency on behalf of Sinn Féin. Dolan had quit the Parliamentary Party over dissatisfaction with its recent performance. The party for which he ran, Sinn Féin, was just over two years old and lacked any real financial power. Dolan lost to the Irish Parliamentary candidate Francis Meehan.May 2021 Sinn Féin ran their campaign from their office on Castle Street in Manorhamilton. Their Director of Elections was Seán Mac Diarmada of Corranmore, Kiltyclogher, who was later a signatory of the Proclamation of the Irish Republic and was executed as one of the leaders of the 1916 Rising.http://www.anphoblacht.com/contents/19267 Leitrim marks historic Sinn Féin election An Phoblacht Dublin 23 October 2008 live https://archive.today/20141007224538/http://www.anphoblacht.com/contents/19267 7 October 2014 7 October 2014 Result North Leitrim by-election, 1908CJ Dolan's original Leitrim Guardian Leitrim Guardian 2004 18 August 2017 http://leitrimguardian.ie/2004/First%20LG.pdf https://web.archive.org/web/20170818214215/http://leitrimguardian.ie/2004/First%20LG.pdf dead 18 August 2017 Irish Parliamentary Party Francis Meehan 3,103 72.8 N/A Sinn Féin Charles Dolan 1,157 27.2 New 1,946 45.6 N/A 4,260 68.5 N/A Irish Parliamentary Party N/A References North Leitrim by-election Category:By-elections to the Parliament of the United Kingdom in County Leitrim constituencies North Leitrim by-election North Leitrim by-election