Monaghan (Dáil Éireann constituency)

Monaghan
Former Dáil Éireann Parliamentary Constituency
Former constituency
Created	1921
Abolished	1977
Seats	3
County/City council	County Monaghan

Monaghan was a parliamentary constituency represented in Dáil Éireann, the lower house of the Irish parliament or Oireachtas from 1921 to 1977. 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 in 1921 as a 3-seater, under the Government of Ireland Act 1920, for the 1921 election to the House of Commons of Southern Ireland, whose members formed the 2nd Dáil.

It succeeded the constituencies of Monaghan North and Monaghan South which were used to elect the Members of the 1st Dáil and earlier British House of Commons members.

It was abolished under the Electoral (Amendment) Act 1974, when it was replaced by the new constituency of Cavan–Monaghan which was first used at the 1977 general election.

Boundaries

The constituency spanned the entire area of the County Monaghan.^[1]

TDs

Teachtaí Dála (TDs) for Monaghan 1921–1977^[2]
Key to parties CnaG = Cumann na nGaedheal FF = Fianna Fáil FG = Fine Gael Ind = Independent Rep = Republican SF = Sinn Féin Anti-Treaty = Sinn Féin (Anti-Treaty) Pro-Treaty = Sinn Féin (Pro-Treaty)
Dáil	Election	Deputy (Party)		Deputy (Party)		Deputy (Party)
2nd	1921^[3]		Ernest Blythe (SF)		Seán MacEntee (SF)		Eoin O'Duffy (SF)
3rd	1922^[4]		Ernest Blythe (Pro-Treaty)		Patrick McCarvill (Anti-Treaty)		Eoin O'Duffy (Pro-Treaty)
4th	1923^[5]		Ernest Blythe (CnaG)		Patrick McCarvill (Rep)		Patrick Duffy (CnaG)
5th	1927 (Jun)^[6]				Patrick McCarvill (FF)		Alexander Haslett (Ind)
6th	1927 (Sep)^[7]				Conn Ward (FF)		Alexander Haslett (Ind)
7th	1932^[8]						Eamon Rice (FF)
8th	1933^[9]		Alexander Haslett (Ind)
9th	1937^[10]		James Dillon (FG)
10th	1938^[11]		James Dillon (FG)				Bridget Rice (FF)
11th	1943^[12]		James Dillon (Ind)
12th	1944^[13]
13th	1948^[14]				Patrick Maguire (FF)
14th	1951^[15]				Patrick Maguire (FF)
15th	1954^[16]		James Dillon (FG)		Patrick Mooney (FF)		Edward Kelly (FF)
16th	1957^[17]						Eighneachán Ó hAnnluain (SF)
17th	1961^[18]						Erskine H. Childers (FF)
18th	1965^[19]
19th	1969^[20]		Billy Fox (FG)		John Conlan (FG)
20th	1973^[21]		Jimmy Leonard (FF)
20th	1973 by-election^[22]		Jimmy Leonard (FF)				Brendan Toal (FG)
21st	1977	Constituency abolished. See Cavan–Monaghan

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

1973 by-election

Following the election of Fianna Fáil TD Erskine H. Childers as President of Ireland, a by-election was held on 27 November 1973. The seat was won by the Fine Gael candidate Brendan Toal.

1973 by-election: Monaghan^[22]
Party		Candidate	1st Pref	%	Seat	Count
	Fine Gael	Brendan Toal	14,535	47.3	1
	Fianna Fáil	Rory O'Hanlon	13,822	45.0
	Aontacht Éireann	Patrick Mooney	2,187	7.1
	Independent	David Vipond	175	0.6
Electorate: 39,647 Valid: 30,719 Quota: 15,360 Turnout: 77.5%

1973 general election

1973 general election: Monaghan^[21]
Party		Candidate	1st Pref	%	Seat	Count
	Fianna Fáil	Erskine H. Childers	8,431	30.2	1	1
	Fine Gael	John Conlan	6,075	21.8	2
	Fianna Fáil	Jimmy Leonard	3,460	12.4	3
	Fine Gael	Billy Fox	3,632	13.0
	Independent	Patrick Mooney	2,105	7.6
	Fine Gael	Bernard Markey	1,890	6.8
	Independent	Patrick Turley	1,827	6.6
	Independent	Val Kerr	461	1.7
Electorate: ? Valid: 27,881 Quota: 6,971 Turnout:

1969 general election

1969 general election: Monaghan^[20]
Party		Candidate	1st Pref	%	Seat	Count
	Fine Gael	John Conlan	6,615	23.2	1
	Fine Gael	Billy Fox	4,930	17.3	2
	Fianna Fáil	Erskine H. Childers	5,659	19.8	3
	Fianna Fáil	Patrick Mooney	5,921	20.7
	Fine Gael	Bernard Markey	2,443	8.6
	Fianna Fáil	James Malone	1,536	5.4
	Labour Party	Thomas Donoghue	761	2.7
	Labour Party	Charles McCollum	699	2.5
Electorate: ? Valid: 28,564 Quota: 7,142 Turnout:

1965 general election

1965 general election: Monaghan^[19]
Party		Candidate	1st Pref	%	Seat	Count
	Fine Gael	James Dillon	7,668	30.5	1	1
	Fianna Fáil	Erskine H. Childers	6,448	25.7	2	1
	Fianna Fáil	Patrick Mooney	5,997	23.9	3
	Fine Gael	Billy Fox	3,901	15.5
	Fine Gael	Martin Tierney	1,114	4.4
Electorate: ? Valid: 25,128 Quota: 6,283 Turnout:

1961 general election

1961 general election: Monaghan^[18]
Party		Candidate	1st Pref	%	Seat	Count
	Fine Gael	James Dillon	7,887	30.8	1	1
	Fianna Fáil	Patrick Mooney	5,713	22.3	2
	Fianna Fáil	Erskine H. Childers	5,643	22.0	3
	Independent	Francis Ward	2,678	10.5
	Fine Gael	Edward Kelly	1,912	7.5
	Sinn Féin	Séamus McElwaine	1,786	7.0
Electorate: ? Valid: 25,619 Quota: 6,405 Turnout:

1957 general election

1957 general election: Monaghan^[17]
Party		Candidate	1st Pref	%	Seat	Count
	Fine Gael	James Dillon	5,894	23.3	1
	Fianna Fáil	Patrick Mooney	4,719	18.6	2
	Sinn Féin	Eighneachán Ó hAnnluain	4,791	18.9	3
	Independent	Robert Houston	3,594	14.2
	Fianna Fáil	John Brennan	3,132	12.4
	Fianna Fáil	Edward Kelly	2,788	11.0
	Fine Gael	Herbert McWilliam	425	1.7
Electorate: ? Valid: 25,343 Quota: 6,336 Turnout:

1954 general election

1954 general election: Monaghan^[16]
Party		Candidate	1st Pref	%	Seat	Count
	Fine Gael	James Dillon	6,709	24.2	1
	Fianna Fáil	Patrick Mooney	5,122	18.5	2
	Fianna Fáil	Edward Kelly	3,695	13.3	3
	Independent	James Haslett	4,685	16.9
	Fianna Fáil	John Brennan	3,625	13.1
	Clann na Poblachta	Brian Magee	2,705	9.8
	Fine Gael	John Fitzpatrick	1,171	4.2
Electorate: ? Valid: 27,712 Quota: 6,929 Turnout:

1951 general election

1951 general election: Monaghan^[15]
Party		Candidate	1st Pref	%	Seat	Count
	Independent	James Dillon	9,285	33.1	1	1
	Fianna Fáil	Bridget Rice	6,802	24.3	2
	Fianna Fáil	Patrick Maguire	6,802	24.3	3
	Independent	James Haslett	5,127	18.3
Electorate: ? Valid: 28,016 Quota: 7,005 Turnout:

1948 general election

1948 general election: Monaghan^[14]
Party		Candidate	1st Pref	%	Seat	Count
	Independent	James Dillon	6,621	23.1	1
	Fianna Fáil	Bridget Rice	4,667	16.3	2
	Fianna Fáil	Patrick Maguire	4,828	16.9	3
	Independent	A. H. Montgomery	4,200	14.7
	Clann na Poblachta	Patrick McCarvill	2,348	8.2
	Fianna Fáil	John Brennan	2,235	7.8
	Clann na Talmhan	Patrick Mooney	1,361	4.8
	Clann na Poblachta	Thomas Caraher	1,253	4.4
	Labour Party	George Pollock	582	2.0
	Clann na Talmhan	Edward Bell	517	1.8
Electorate: ? Valid: 28,612 Quota: 7,154 Turnout:

1944 general election

1944 general election: Monaghan^[13]
Party		Candidate	1st Pref	%	Seat	Count
	Independent	James Dillon	8,416	31.9	1	1
	Fianna Fáil	Conn Ward	8,308	31.4	2	1
	Fianna Fáil	Bridget Rice	6,791	25.7	3
	Clann na Talmhan	Patrick McArdle	2,911	11.0
Electorate: ? Valid: 26,426 Quota: 6,607 Turnout:

1943 general election

1943 general election: Monaghan^[12]
Party		Candidate	1st Pref	%	Seat	Count
	Fianna Fáil	Conn Ward	7,434	25.2	1	1
	Independent	James Dillon	5,406	18.3	2
	Fianna Fáil	Bridget Rice	5,424	18.4	3
	Independent	Alexander Haslett	5,078	17.2
	Clann na Talmhan	Patrick McArdle	3,181	10.8
	Labour Party	Michael Linehan	2,174	7.4
	Fine Gael	Patrick Lonergan	824	2.8
Electorate: ? Valid: 29,521 Quota: 7,381 Turnout:

1938 general election

1938 general election: Monaghan^[11]
Party		Candidate	1st Pref	%	Seat	Count
	Fianna Fáil	Conn Ward	9,458	29.7	1	1
	Fine Gael	James Dillon	9,318	29.3	2	1
	Fianna Fáil	Bridget Rice	7,075	22.2	3
	Independent	John Gillespie	5,984	18.8
Electorate: ? Valid: 31,835 Quota: 7,959 Turnout:

1937 general election

1937 general election: Monaghan^[10]
Party		Candidate	1st Pref	%	Seat	Count
	Fianna Fáil	Conn Ward	12,275	39.2	1	1
	Fine Gael	James Dillon	7,653	24.5	2
	Fianna Fáil	Eamon Rice	3,219	10.3	3
	Independent	Alexander Haslett	6,314	20.2
	Fine Gael	Brian O'Rourke	782	2.5
	Fianna Fáil	James Johnson	538	1.7
	Independent	John McGahey	524	1.6
Electorate: ? Valid: 31,305 Quota: 7,827 Turnout:

1933 general election

1933 general election: Monaghan^[9]
Party		Candidate	1st Pref	%	Seat	Count
	Fianna Fáil	Eamon Rice	8,749	27.8	1	1
	Fianna Fáil	Conn Ward	8,244	26.2	2	1
	Independent	Alexander Haslett	7,238	23.0	3
	Cumann na nGaedheal	Ernest Blythe	7,251	23.0
Electorate: ? Valid: 31,482 Quota: 7,871 Turnout:

1932 general election

1932 general election: Monaghan^[8]
Party		Candidate	1st Pref	%	Seat	Count
	Fianna Fáil	Conn Ward	10,048	32.7	1	1
	Cumann na nGaedheal	Ernest Blythe	7,524	24.5	2
	Fianna Fáil	Eamon Rice	5,360	17.4	3
	Independent	Alexander Haslett	6,573	21.4
	Cumann na nGaedheal	Edward Brady	1,225	4.0
Electorate: ? Valid: 30,730 Quota: 7,683 Turnout:

September 1927 general election

September 1927 general election: Monaghan^[7]
Party		Candidate	1st Pref	%	Seat	Count
	Cumann na nGaedheal	Ernest Blythe	7,171	24.5	1
	Independent	Alexander Haslett	6,843	23.4	2
	Fianna Fáil	Conn Ward	6,467	22.1	3
	Fianna Fáil	Eamon Donnelly	6,059	20.7
	Cumann na nGaedheal	Patrick Duffy	2,708	9.3
Electorate: ? Valid: 29,248 Quota: 7,313 Turnout:

June 1927 general election

June 1927 general election: Monaghan^[6]
Party		Candidate	1st Pref	%	Seat	Count
	Fianna Fáil	Patrick McCarvill	5,904	19.1	1
	Cumann na nGaedheal	Ernest Blythe	5,532	17.9	2
	Independent	Alexander Haslett	6,964	22.6	3
	Independent	Jeremiah McVeagh	4,338	14.1
	Fianna Fáil	Conn Ward	3,559	11.5
	Cumann na nGaedheal	Patrick Duffy	2,438	7.9
	Independent	Patrick Conlan	1,399	4.5
	Independent	Edward Brady	729	2.4
Electorate: ? Valid: 30,863 Quota: 7,716 Turnout:

1923 general election

1923 general election: Monaghan^[5]
Party		Candidate	1st Pref	%	Seat	Count
	Cumann na nGaedheal	Ernest Blythe	11,290	44.1	1	1
	Republican	Patrick McCarvill	5,745	22.4	2
	Cumann na nGaedheal	Patrick Duffy	1,316	5.1	3
	Farmers' Party	Hugh Maguire	2,937	11.5
	Independent	James Coburn	2,806	11.0
	Independent	James Barnes	888	3.5
	Independent	James Johnston	625	2.4
Electorate: 40,172 Valid: 25,607 Quota: 6,402 Turnout: 63.7%

1922 general election

1922 general election: Monaghan^[4]
Party		Candidate	1st Pref	%	Seat	Count
	Sinn Féin (Pro-Treaty)	Eoin O'Duffy	7,298	35.6	1	1
	Sinn Féin (Pro-Treaty)	Ernest Blythe	4,494	21.9	2	2
	Sinn Féin (Anti-Treaty)	Patrick McCarvill	5,046	24.6	3	2
	Independent	Thomas McHugh	3,681	17.9
Electorate: 34,025 Valid: 20,519 Quota: 5,130 Turnout: 60.3%

1921 general election

1921 general election: Monaghan^[3]
Party		Candidate	1st Pref	%	Seat	Count
	Sinn Féin	Ernest Blythe	Unopposed	N/A	1
	Sinn Féin	Seán MacEntee	Unopposed	N/A	2
	Sinn Féin	Eoin O'Duffy	Unopposed	N/A	3

References

↑ "Electoral (Amendment) Act, 1923: (Constituencies)". Irish Statute Book database. Retrieved 10 September 2010.
↑ Walker, Brian M, ed. (1992). Parliamentary election results in Ireland, 1918–92. Dublin: Royal Irish Academy. ISBN 0-901714-96-8. ISSN 0332-0286.
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1 2 "General election 1922: Monaghan". ElectionsIreland.org. Retrieved 22 October 2010.
1 2 "General election 1923: Monaghan". ElectionsIreland.org. Retrieved 22 October 2010.
1 2 "General election June 1927: Monaghan". ElectionsIreland.org. Retrieved 22 October 2010.
1 2 "General election September 1927: Monaghan". ElectionsIreland.org. Retrieved 22 October 2010.
1 2 "General election 1932: Monaghan". ElectionsIreland.org. Retrieved 22 October 2010.
1 2 "General election 1933: Monaghan". ElectionsIreland.org. Retrieved 22 October 2010.
1 2 "General election 1937: Monaghan". ElectionsIreland.org. Retrieved 22 October 2010.
1 2 "General election 1938: Monaghan". ElectionsIreland.org. Retrieved 22 October 2010.
1 2 "General election 1943: Monaghan". ElectionsIreland.org. Retrieved 22 October 2010.
1 2 "General election 1944: Monaghan". ElectionsIreland.org. Retrieved 22 October 2010.
1 2 "General election 1948: Monaghan". ElectionsIreland.org. Retrieved 22 October 2010.
1 2 "General election 1951: Monaghan". ElectionsIreland.org. Retrieved 22 October 2010.
1 2 "General election 1954: Monaghan". ElectionsIreland.org. Retrieved 22 October 2010.
1 2 "General election 1957: Monaghan". ElectionsIreland.org. Retrieved 22 October 2010.
1 2 "General election 1961: Monaghan". ElectionsIreland.org. Retrieved 22 October 2010.
1 2 "General election 1965: Monaghan". ElectionsIreland.org. Retrieved 22 October 2010.
1 2 "General election 1969: Monaghan". ElectionsIreland.org. Retrieved 22 October 2010.
1 2 "General election 1973: Monaghan". ElectionsIreland.org. Retrieved 18 February 2009.
1 2 "By-election 1973: Monaghan". ElectionsIreland.org. Retrieved 22 October 2010.

External links

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