Ireland
- Fianna Fáil won landslide victories in the 1938 and 1977 General Elections
- Irish general election, 1938: Won 76 of 137 seats in the Dáil Éireann on 51.6% of first preferences
- Irish general election, 1977: Won 84 of 147 seats in the Dáil Éireann on 50.6% of first preferences
These were the only times a party has won a majority of the vote in an Irish General Election.
Read more about this topic: List Of Landslide Victories
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“No people can more exactly interpret the inmost meaning of the present situation in Ireland than the American Negro. The scheme is simple. You knock a man down and then have him arrested for assault. You kill a man and then hang the corpse.”
—W.E.B. (William Edward Burghardt)
“Out of Ireland have we come,
Great hatred, little room
Maimed us at the start.
I carry from my mother’s womb
A fanatic’s heart.”
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—Ezra Pound (1885–1972)