Electoral activities and affiliations of those with links to the Irish Party mentioned in the text.

Thomas Bolger. Member of Carlow Rural District Council (RDC) and Board of Guardians in the early twentieth century. Described as a ‘veteran of the Land War and Parnellite’, he defected to Sinn Féin after 1916. After losing out in the 1923 general election for Cumann na nGaedheal, he was elected a TD for the party in Carlow-Kilkenny at the May 1925 by-election. He did not contest the June 1927 poll, but stood unsuccessfully as an independent in 1932.

P.J. Brady. Irish Party MP (1910–18); Free State senator (1927–8). He was approached by Cumann na nGaedheal in 1924 but refused on the advice of John Dillon.

Henry Broderick. Member of Athlone Town Council prior to 1918 and prominent in the Ancient Order of Hibernians (AOH) in the town. Elected a Labour TD for Longford–Westmeath in June 1927, he held the seat until his defeat in 1932. He stood unsuccessfully in 1933, 1937 and 1943.

William Broderick. Member of Youghal Urban District Council during the First World War and a member of the Irish Convention. He was elected a TD for Cork East in 1932 representing Cumann na nGaedheal. He subsequently held the seat for that party and Fine Gael until his defeat in 1937. He won a seat in Waterford in 1938 before switching constituencies and winning a seat in Cork South East in 1943 and served until 1948.

Richard A. Butler. President of the Irish Farmers’ Union and member of the AOH. Elected to the Free State senate as independent in 1922 but lost his seat in 1925. He was again elected to the senate at a by-election in 1929, holding the seat until 1931.

Alfie Byrne. MP Dublin Harbour (1915–18). Independent TD Mid-Dublin (1922–3); North Dublin (1923–9 and 1932–7); Dublin North East (1937–56). Senator (1928–32). Lord Mayor of Dublin (1930–9 and 1954).

Alfred P. Byrne. Son of Alfie Byrne, he was returned as Fine Gael TD (1937–44 and 1948–52).

Michael Carter. Former Nationalist councillor on Leitrim County Council, first elected in 1911. Prominent in the AOH in the county, he was elected a Farmers’ Party TD for Leitrim–Sligo in June 1927.