EPHEMERA

Title: Building an Ireland of Equals
Object Name: Political poster
Date Made: 02/2001
Place Made: Northern Ireland: County Antrim: Belfast
Belfast
Description: Autographed Election Poster featuring photographic portrait of Gerry Adams with slogan 'Building an Ireland of Equals.' In the early 2000s Sinn Fein used the slogan ‘Building an Ireland of Equals’ in a number of election campaigns. In the 2001 UK General Election Gerry Adams easily retained the West Belfast seat with a majority of nearly twenty thousand votes. Adams retained the seat until he gave up the West Belfast seat in 2011.
Materials: Paper
Place Collected
Catalogue Number: BELUM.W2011.500.9
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