Dublin County South was a parliamentary constituency represented in Dáil Éireann, the lower house of the Irish parliament or Oireachtas from 1969 to 1981. The constituency elected 3 deputies (Teachtaí Dála, commonly known as TDs) to the Dáil, using proportional representation by means of the single transferable vote (PR-STV).
| Dublin County South | |
|---|---|
| Former Dáil constituency | |
| Former constituency | |
| Created | 1969 |
| Abolished | 1981 |
| Seats | 3 |
| Local government area | County Dublin |
| Created from | Dublin County |
| Replaced by | Dublin South |
History and boundaries
editThe constituency was created by the Electoral (Amendment) Act 1969, and first used at the 1969 general election. It was abolished by the Electoral (Amendment) Act 1980, with effect from the 1981 general election.
| Years | TDs | Boundaries | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1969–1977 | 3 | the district electoral divisions (except any parts in the county borough of Dublin) of: Newcastle, Rathcoole, Saggart, in the former Rural District of Celbridge No. 2; Ballybrack (except the part thereof which is comprised in the constituency of Dun Laoghaire and Rathdown), Dundrum (except the part thereof which is comprised in the constituency of Dun Laoghaire and Rathdown), Glencullen, Milltown, Rathmichael (except the part thereof which is comprised in the constituency of Dun Laoghaire and Rathdown), in the former Rural District of Rathdown No. 1; Rathfarnham, Tallaght, Whitechurch, and the townland of Kimmage (except the part thereof comprised in the county borough of Dublin) in the district electoral division of Terenure, in the former Rural District of Dublin South. |
Created from Dublin County |
| 1977–1981 | 3 | In County Dublin the district electoral divisions of Ballybrack Number One, Ballybrack Number Two, Dundrum Number Two, Dundrum Number Three, Dundrum Number Four, Dundrum Number Five, Glencullen, Milltown Number One, Milltown Number Two, Rathmichael; and that part of the district electoral division of Stillorgan Number One not contained in the constituency of Dún Laoghaire;and in County Wicklow, the district electoral divisions of Bray No. 1 and Rathmichael (Bray)[2] |
Transfer of Bray No. 1 and Rathmichael from Wicklow |
| 1981 | — | Constituency abolished | See Dublin South, Dún Laoghaire and Wicklow |
TDs
edit| Teachtaí Dála (TDs) for Dublin County South 1969–1981[3] | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Key to parties
| |||||||
| Dáil | Election | Deputy (Party) |
Deputy (Party) |
Deputy (Party) | |||
| 19th | 1969[4] | Kevin Boland (FF) |
Tom O'Higgins (FG) |
Richard Burke (FG) | |||
| 1970 by-election[5] | Larry McMahon (FG) | ||||||
| 20th | 1973[6] | Ruairí Brugha (FF) | |||||
| 21st | 1977[7] | John Kelly (FG) |
Niall Andrews (FF) |
John Horgan (Lab) | |||
| 22nd | 1981 | Constituency abolished. See Dublin South | |||||
Note: The columns in this table are used only for presentational purposes, and no significance should be attached to the order of columns. For details of the order in which seats were won at each election, see the detailed results of that election.
Elections
edit^ *: Outgoing TD
1977 general election
edit| Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | ||||
| Fianna Fáil | Niall Andrews | 19.9 | 6,956 | 7,063 | 7,133 | 7,771 | 9,698 | |||
| Fine Gael | John Kelly[*] | 15.3 | 5,355 | 5,452 | 6,282 | 6,866 | 6,971 | 10,241 | ||
| Labour | John Horgan | 13.4 | 4,673 | 4,880 | 5,281 | 6,631 | 6,845 | 7,752 | 9,067 | |
| Fianna Fáil | Ruairí Brugha[*] | 11.6 | 4,037 | 4,112 | 4,148 | 4,506 | 6,356 | 6,514 | 6,714 | |
| Fianna Fáil | James Murphy | 11.2 | 3,902 | 3,982 | 4,057 | 4,310 | ||||
| Independent | Nuala Fennell | 9.8 | 3,426 | 3,693 | 3,828 | |||||
| Fine Gael | Seán Barrett | 9.5 | 3,331 | 3,384 | 4,126 | 4,536 | 4,631 | |||
| Fine Gael | Tom Hand | 6.5 | 2,258 | 2,357 | ||||||
| Independent | Myles Tierney | 2.8 | 962 | |||||||
| Electorate: 47,847 Valid: 34,900 Quota: 8,726 Turnout: 72.9% | ||||||||||
1973 general election
edit| Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | ||||
| Fine Gael | Richard Burke[*] | 26.1 | 9,104 | ||||||||
| Fianna Fáil | Ruairí Brugha | 18.2 | 6,361 | 6,366 | 6,910 | 7,271 | 7,328 | 7,375 | 7,579 | 8,043 | |
| Fianna Fáil | James Murphy | 12.5 | 4,345 | 4,349 | 5,541 | 5,733 | 5,802 | 5,861 | 6,052 | 6,574 | |
| Fine Gael | Larry McMahon[*] | 10.4 | 3,627 | 3,758 | 3,833 | 4,157 | 5,982 | 6,639 | 10,735 | ||
| Labour | Mervyn Taylor | 8.8 | 3,083 | 3,105 | 3,155 | 3,535 | 3,834 | 5,769 | |||
| Labour | Malachi Burke | 6.2 | 2,169 | 2,196 | 2,215 | 2,625 | 2,866 | ||||
| Aontacht Éireann | Kevin Boland[*][‡] | 6.2 | 2,142 | 2,148 | 2,178 | ||||||
| Fine Gael | Donal Lowry | 6.0 | 2,103 | 2,289 | 2,309 | 2,558 | |||||
| Fianna Fáil | Damien Murray | 5.6 | 1,950 | 1,951 | |||||||
| Electorate: 45,289 Valid: 34,884 Quota: 8,722 Turnout: 77.0% | |||||||||||
^ ‡: Boland resigned his seat on 4 November 1970
1970 by-election
editFollowing the resignation of Fianna Fáil TD Kevin Boland, a by-election was held on 2 December 1970. The seat was won by the Fine Gael candidate Larry McMahon.
| Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | ||||
| Fine Gael | Larry McMahon | 38.3 | 9,549 | 9,679 | 10,984 | 14,098 | |
| Fianna Fáil | James Murphy | 33.3 | 8,293 | 8,356 | 9,044 | 9,709 | |
| Labour | Donal O'Sullivan | 13.8 | 3,449 | 3,485 | 4,586 | ||
| Independent | Joseph MacAnthony | 12.7 | 3,169 | 3,377 | |||
| Independent | James T. Deegan | 1.9 | 462 | ||||
| Electorate: 40,216 Valid: 24,922 Quota: 12,462 Turnout: 61.97% | |||||||
1969 general election
edit| Party | Candidate | FPv% | % | Seat | Count | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fine Gael | Tom O'Higgins | 6,243 | 22.2 | 1 | ||
| Fianna Fáil | Kevin Boland | 5,441 | 19.3 | 3 | ||
| Fine Gael | Richard Burke | 3,623 | 12.9 | 2 | ||
| Fianna Fáil | Ruairí Brugha | 3,338 | 11.9 | |||
| Fine Gael | Pearse Morris | 2,344 | 8.3 | |||
| Labour | Donal O'Sullivan | 2,300 | 8.2 | |||
| Fianna Fáil | James Murphy | 2,224 | 7.9 | |||
| Labour | Seán Fitzpatrick | 1,814 | 6.4 | |||
| Labour | Thomas O'Brien | 830 | 3.0 | |||
| Electorate: ? Valid: 28,157 Quota: 7,040 Turnout: | ||||||
See also
editReferences
edit- ^ Electoral (Amendment) Act 1969, Schedule: Constituencies (No. 3 of 1969, Schedule). Enacted on 26 March 1969. Act of the Oireachtas. Retrieved from Irish Statute Book on 3 October 2022.
- ^ Electoral (Amendment) Act 1974, Schedule: Constituencies (No. 7 of 1974, Schedule). Enacted on 7 May 1974. Act of the Oireachtas. Retrieved from Irish Statute Book on 2 October 2022.
- ^ Walker, Brian M, ed. (1992). Parliamentary election results in Ireland, 1918–92. Dublin: Royal Irish Academy. ISBN 0-901714-96-8. ISSN 0332-0286.
- ^ a b "General election 1969: Dublin County South". ElectionsIreland.org. Retrieved 5 March 2009.
- ^ "By-election 1970: Dublin County South". ElectionsIreland.org. Retrieved 30 October 2010.
- ^ a b "General election 1973: Dublin County South". ElectionsIreland.org. Retrieved 5 March 2009.
- ^ a b "General election 1977: Dublin County South". ElectionsIreland.org. Retrieved 5 March 2009.
- ^ "21st Dáil 1977 general election results" (PDF). Houses of the Oireachtas. February 1978. Retrieved 12 November 2023.
- ^ "20th Dáil 1973 general election results" (PDF). Houses of the Oireachtas. October 1973. Retrieved 1 November 2024.
- ^ Gallagher, Michael (2009). Irish Elections 1948–77: Results and Analysis Sources for the Study of Irish Politics 2. Routledge. ISBN 9781138973343.
External links
edit- Oireachtas Members Database
- Dublin Historic Maps: Parliamentary & Dail Constituencies 1780–1969 (a work in progress)