Dublin County South (Dáil Éireann constituency)

Dublin County South
Former Dáil Éireann Parliamentary Constituency
Former constituency
Created	1969
Abolished	1981
Seats	3
County/City council	County Dublin

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 the single transferable vote form of proportional representation (PR-STV).

History

The constituency was created by the Electoral (Amendment) Act 1969,^[1] and first used at the 1969 general election. It was abolished by the Electoral (Amendment) Act 1980, with effect from the 1981 general election.^[2]

Boundaries

In the Electoral (Amendment) Act 1969, the boundaries of Dublin County South are given as:^[1]

"The district electoral divisions (except any parts thereof comprised 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 Dún Laoghaire and Rathdown), Dundrum (except the part thereof which is comprised in the constituency of Dún Laoghaire and Rathdown), Glencullen, Milltown, Rathmichael except the part thereof which is comprised in the constituency of Dún Laoghaire and Ratthdown), 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."

TDs

Teachtaí Dála (TDs) for Dublin County South 1969–1981[3]
Key to parties    FF = Fianna Fáil   FG = Fine Gael   Lab = Labour Party
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

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

1977 general election

1977 general election: Dublin County South[7]
Party		Candidate	1st Pref	%	Seat	Count
	Fianna Fáil	Niall Andrews	6,956	19.9	1
	Fine Gael	John Kelly	5,355	15.3	2
	Labour Party	John Horgan	4,673	13.4	3
	Fianna Fáil	Ruairí Brugha	4,037	11.6
	Fianna Fáil	Jimmy Murphy	3,902	11.2
	Independent	Nuala Fennell	3,426	9.8
	Fine Gael	Seán Barrett	3,331	9.5
	Fine Gael	Thomas Hand	2,258	6.5
	Independent	Myles Tierney	962	2.8
Electorate: ?   Valid: 34,900   Quota: 8,726   Turnout:

1973 general election

1973 general election: Dublin County South[6]
Party		Candidate	1st Pref	%	Seat	Count
	Fine Gael	Richard Burke	9,104	26.1	1
	Fine Gael	Larry McMahon	3,627	10.4	2
	Fianna Fáil	Ruairí Brugha	6,361	18.2	3
	Fianna Fáil	Jimmy Murphy	4,345	12.5
	Labour Party	Mervyn Taylor	3,083	8.8
	Labour Party	Malachi Burke	2,169	6.2
	Aontacht Éireann	Kevin Boland	2,142	6.2
	Fine Gael	Donal Lowry	2,103	6.0
	Fianna Fáil	Damien Murray	1,950	5.6
Electorate: ?   Valid: 34,884   Quota: 8,722   Turnout:

1970 by-election

Following 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.

1970 by-election: Dublin County South[5]
Party		Candidate	1st Pref	%	Seat	Count
	Fine Gael	Larry McMahon	9,549	38.3	1
	Fianna Fáil	Jimmy Murphy	8,293	33.3
	Labour Party	Donal O'Sullivan	3,449	13.8
	Independent	Joseph MacAnthony	3,169	12.7
	Independent	James Deegan	462	1.9
Electorate: 40,216   Valid: 24,922   Quota: 12,462   Turnout:

1969 general election

1969 general election: Dublin County South[4]
Party		Candidate	1st Pref	%	Seat	Count
	Fine Gael	Tom O'Higgins	6,243	22.2	1
	Fine Gael	Richard Burke	3,623	12.9	2
	Fianna Fáil	Kevin Boland	5,441	19.3	3
	Fianna Fáil	Ruairí Brugha	3,338	11.9
	Fine Gael	Pearse Morris	2,344	8.3
	Labour Party	Donal O'Sullivan	2,300	8.2
	Fianna Fáil	Jimmy Murphy	2,224	7.9
	Labour Party	Seán Fitzpatrick	1,814	6.4
	Labour Party	Thomas O'Brien	830	3.0
Electorate: ?   Valid: 28,157   Quota: 7,040   Turnout:

See also

• Parliamentary constituencies in the Republic of Ireland
• Politics of the Republic of Ireland
• List of historic Dáil Éireann constituencies
• Elections in the Republic of Ireland

References

1. "Electoral (Amendment) Act, 1969: Schedule (Constituencies)". Irish Statute Book database. Retrieved 5 March 2009.
2. "Electoral (Amendment) Act, 1980: Schedule (Constituencies)". Irish Statute Book database. Retrieved 5 March 2009.
3. Walker, Brian M, ed. (1992). Parliamentary election results in Ireland, 1918–92. Dublin: Royal Irish Academy. ISBN 0-901714-96-8. ISSN 0332-0286.
4. "General election 1969: Dublin County South". ElectionsIreland.org. Retrieved 5 March 2009.
5. "By-election 1970: Dublin County South". ElectionsIreland.org. Retrieved 30 October 2010.
6. "General election 1973: Dublin County South". ElectionsIreland.org. Retrieved 5 March 2009.
7. "General election 1977: Dublin County South". ElectionsIreland.org. Retrieved 5 March 2009.

External links

• Oireachtas Members Database