A new book on the 1923 election notes the Farmers Party’s traction and the role of women, writes Pauline MurphyVying for Victory: The 1923 General Election in the Free State is the first book to focus on the pivotal election at the end of the Irish Civil War.Newly published by
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BY PAULINE MURPHYA photo-postcard of Michael Collins leaving Skibbereen's Eldon Hotel just hours before his death on August 22nd 1922 sold for double its estimated hammer price of €600 when a purchaser spent €1,200 on it at auction last weekend.The photo, one of the last take