Dublin County South (Dáil constituency)

Dublin County South
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

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).

History and boundaries

The 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.

Changes to the constituency of Dublin County South, 1969–1981
Years	TDs	Boundaries	Notes
1969–1977	3	In County Dublin^[1] 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

Teachtaí Dála (TDs) for Dublin County South 1969–1981^[3]
Key to parties FF = Fianna Fáil FG = Fine Gael Lab = Labour
Dáil	Election	Deputy (Party)		Deputy (Party)		Deputy (Party)
19th	1969^[4]		Kevin Boland (FF)		Tom O'Higgins (FG)		Richard Burke (FG)
19th	1970 by-election^[5]		Larry McMahon (FG)		Tom O'Higgins (FG)
20th	1973^[6]		Larry McMahon (FG)		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

1977 general election

1977 general election: Dublin County South^[7]^[8]
Party		Candidate	1st Pref	%	Seat
	Fianna Fáil	Niall Andrews	6,956	19.9	1
	Fine Gael	John Kelly	5,355	15.3	2
	Labour	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: 47,847 Valid: 34,900 Quota: 8,726 Turnout: 72.9%

1973 general election

1973 general election: Dublin County South^[6]
Party		Candidate	1st Pref	%	Seat
	Fine Gael	Richard Burke	9,104	26.1	1
	Fianna Fáil	Ruairí Brugha	6,361	18.2	3
	Fianna Fáil	Jimmy Murphy	4,345	12.5
	Fine Gael	Larry McMahon	3,627	10.4	2
	Labour	Mervyn Taylor	3,083	8.8
	Labour	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^[9]
Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
Party		Candidate	FPv%	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

1969 general election: Dublin County South^[4]
Party		Candidate	1st Pref	%	Seat
	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	Jimmy 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:

References

^ 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.
^ Gallagher, Michael (2009). Irish Elections 1948–77: Results and Analysis Sources for the Study of Irish Politics 2. Routledge. ISBN 9781138973343.

External links

[1] 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.

[2] 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-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.

[ei-dublincs-1969-4] "General election 1969: Dublin County South". ElectionsIreland.org. Retrieved 5 March 2009.

[ei-dublincs-1970-5] "By-election 1970: Dublin County South". ElectionsIreland.org. Retrieved 30 October 2010.

[ei-dublincs-1973-6] "General election 1973: Dublin County South". ElectionsIreland.org. Retrieved 5 March 2009.

[ei-dublincs-1977-7] "General election 1977: Dublin County South". ElectionsIreland.org. Retrieved 5 March 2009.

[Opac_Oireachtas_1977-8] "21st Dáil 1977 general election results" (PDF). Houses of the Oireachtas. February 1978. Retrieved 12 November 2023.

[GallagherIrishElections-9] Gallagher, Michael (2009). Irish Elections 1948–77: Results and Analysis Sources for the Study of Irish Politics 2. Routledge. ISBN 9781138973343.

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