Dáil constituency (1921–1969)
Dublin County was a parliamentary constituency represented in Dáil Éireann , the lower house of the Irish parliament or Oireachtas from 1921 to 1969. The method of election was proportional representation by means of the single transferable vote (PR-STV).
History and boundaries [ edit ]
The constituency was created in 1921 by the Government of Ireland Act 1920 as a 6-seat constituency for the Southern Ireland House of Commons and a two-seat constituency for the United Kingdom House of Commons at Westminster, combining the former Westminster constituencies of Dublin Pembroke , Dublin Rathmines , North Dublin and South Dublin .[ 1] At the 1921 election for the Southern Ireland House of Commons, the four seats were won uncontested by Sinn Féin, who treated it as part of the election to the Second Dáil . It was never used as a Westminster constituency; under s. 1(4) of the Irish Free State (Agreement) Act 1922 , no writ was to be issued "for a constituency in Ireland other than a constituency in Northern Ireland".[ 2] Therefore, no vote was held in County Dublin at the 1922 United Kingdom general election on 15 November 1922, shortly before the Irish Free State left the United Kingdom on 6 December 1922.
It was restructured by the Electoral Act 1923 , the first electoral act of the new state, becoming an 8-seat constituency, first used at the 1923 general election to the 4th Dáil . It was revised at subsequent revisions, taking into account changes in the boundary and city, before its abolition at the 1969 general election . It was replaced by Dublin County North and Dublin County South .
Throughout its history the constituency consisted primarily of the area of County Dublin , excluding the area of Dublin city. However, at various points it also included some territory from within the boundaries of Dublin City.
Changes to the Dublin County constituency 1921–1969
Years
TDs
Boundaries
Notes
1921–1923
6
County Dublin
Combining the former divisions of Pembroke , Rathmines , North Dublin and South Dublin
1923–1937
8
County Dublin[ 3]
1937–1948
5
County Dublin, and the following townlands or portions of townlands in the County Borough of Dublin: Annefield, Crumlin, Kimmage (parish of Crumlin), Kimmage (parish of Rathfarnham), Larkfield, Newtown Little, Priesthouse, Rathfarnham, Saint Lawrence, Simmonscourt, Stannaway, Terenure and Tonguefield[ 4]
In 1930, the urban districts of Pembroke and Rathmines and Rathgar were transferred from the county to the city[ 5] and in 1931, former rural areas were also transferred to the city. The urban districts formed the Dublin Townships constituency.
1937–1948
3
The Beann Eadair ward of the county borough of Dublin; and County Dublin, except the parts in the Dún Laoghaire and Rathdown constituency and the portion lying to the east of a line drawn commencing at the point on the boundary of that county where Killester Avenue meets Malahide Road and thence in a south-westerly direction along Malahide Road to the boundary of the county, which was in the Dublin North-East constituency[ 6]
Howth was transferred from the county to the city in 1942,[ 7] but remained in the county constituency.
1961–1969
5
County Dublin, except the parts in the Dún Laoghaire and Rathdown constituency; and the part of the Ballyfermot ward in the county borough of Dublin which is not included in the Dublin South-West
Area transferred from Dublin North-East and part of Ballyfermot transferred from the former Dublin South
1969
—
Constituency abolished
Divided into Dublin County North (4 seats) and Dublin County South (3 seats)
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.
1965 general election [ edit ]
1965 general election : Dublin County[ 8] [ 31]
Party
Candidate
FPv%
%
Seat
Count
Fianna Fáil
Patrick Burke
9,737
20.9
1
1
Fianna Fáil
Kevin Boland
9,183
19.7
2
1
Labour
Seán Dunne
6,953
14.9
3
Fine Gael
Mark Clinton
5,872
12.6
5
Fine Gael
Éamon Rooney
3,951
8.5
Fianna Fáil
Des Foley
3,367
7.2
4
Fine Gael
James McMahon
2,876
6.2
Fianna Fáil
Seán Walsh
2,858
6.1
Labour
Michael Gannon
1,763
3.8
Electorate: 73,571 Valid: 46,560 Quota: 7,761 Turnout: 63%
1961 general election [ edit ]
1961 general election : Dublin County[ 8] [ 30]
Party
Candidate
FPv%
%
Seat
Count
Fianna Fáil
Patrick Burke
7,651
21.9
1
1
Fianna Fáil
Kevin Boland
7,438
21.3
2
1
Fine Gael
Éamon Rooney
4,355
12.5
3
Independent
Seán Dunne
3,711
10.6
4
Fine Gael
Mark Clinton
3,380
9.7
5
Fianna Fáil
Seán Walsh
1,989
5.7
Fine Gael
James McMahon
1,831
5.2
Labour
Michael Gannon
1,780
5.1
Labour
Patrick T. Murphy
1,596
4.6
Fine Gael
Sidney McCann
1,162
3.3
Electorate: 58,706 Valid: 34,893 Quota: 5,816 Turnout: 62%
1957 general election [ edit ]
1957 general election : Dublin County[ 8] [ 29] [ 32]
Party
Candidate
FPv%
Count
1
2
3
4
5
Fianna Fáil
Patrick Burke
31.5
12,059
Fianna Fáil
Kevin Boland
24.6
9,412
10,911
Fine Gael
Éamon Rooney
17.7
6,771
6,948
6,998
9,414
10,055
Labour
Patrick T. Murphy
12.8
4,886
5,006
5,074
5,381
6,241
Fine Gael
Roland Burgess
8.0
3,057
3,143
3,198
Fianna Fáil
Joseph Larkin
5.4
2,058
2,674
3,851
4,150
Electorate: 65,305 Valid: 38,243 Quota: 9,561 Turnout: 58.6%
1954 general election [ edit ]
1954 general election : Dublin County[ 8] [ 28] [ 32]
Party
Candidate
FPv%
Count
1
2
3
Fianna Fáil
Patrick Burke
25.9
10,221
Labour
Seán Dunne
23.5
9,290
9,714
11,548
Fine Gael
Éamon Rooney
21.6
8,533
11,991
Fianna Fáil
Kevin Boland
18.3
7,238
7,499
7,779
Fine Gael
Roland Burgess
10.7
4,223
Electorate: 57,619 Valid: 39,505 Quota: 9,877 Turnout: 68.6%
1951 general election [ edit ]
1951 general election : Dublin County[ 32]
Party
Candidate
FPv%
Count
1
2
3
4
5
Fianna Fáil
Patrick Burke
23.7
7,167
7,177
7,245
7,282
8,444
Labour
Seán Dunne
23.3
7,023
7,066
7,609
Fine Gael
Éamon Rooney
20.0
6,048
7,040
7,681
Fianna Fáil
Kevin Boland
19.3
5,821
5,838
5,893
5,924
6,430
Fianna Fáil
David Byrne
5.6
1,700
1,704
1,732
1,792
Clann na Poblachta
McEllistrum O'Rahilly
4.5
1,350
1,380
Fine Gael
Richard Williams
3.7
1,102
Electorate: 43,934 Valid: 30,211 Quota: 7,553 Turnout: 68.76%
1948 general election [ edit ]
1948 general election : Dublin County[ 32]
Party
Candidate
FPv%
Count
1
2
3
4
5
6
Fianna Fáil
Patrick Burke
32.0
8,092
Fine Gael
Éamon Rooney
20.5
5,179
5,239
5,283
5,941
6,075
6,540
Labour
Seán Dunne
15.9
4,029
4,154
4,202
4,233
4,393
5,242
Clann na Poblachta
Christopher McGonagle
14.5
3,662
3,705
4,290
4,311
4,367
4,578
Fianna Fáil
Thomas Watkins
6.6
1,662
1,835
1,849
1,886
Fianna Fáil
David Byrne
4.7
1,193
2,531
2,549
2,563
3,985
Fine Gael
John Joseph Sheedy
3.0
765
776
785
Clann na Poblachta
Laurence J. O'Connor
2.9
726
740
Electorate: 35,549 Valid: 25,308 Quota: 6,328 Turnout: 71.19%
A by-election was held to fill the seat left vacant by death of the Fianna Fáil TD Patrick Fogarty . It was won by Seán MacBride of Clann na Poblachta .
1947 by-election : Dublin County[ 8] [ 32]
Party
Candidate
FPv%
Count
1
2
3
Fianna Fáil
Thomas Mullins
28.8
16,261
17,399
20,197
Clann na Poblachta
Seán MacBride
28.4
16,062
21,755
29,629
Fine Gael
Éamon Rooney
25.0
14,116
15,361
Labour
Seán Dunne
17.8
10,067
Electorate: 105,286 Valid: 56,506 Quota: 28,254 Turnout: 53.67%
1944 general election [ edit ]
Full figures of the last nine counts are unavailable. Ó Droighneáin, Lynch, Bennett and FitzGerald all lost their deposits.
1944 general election : Dublin County[ 8] [ 24] [ 33]
Party
Candidate
FPv%
Count
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
Fianna Fáil
Seán Brady
22.8
14,493
Fine Gael
Liam Cosgrave
19.4
12,322
Fianna Fáil
Patrick Fogarty
13.3
8,455
N/A
N/A
N/A
N/A
N/A
N/A
10,905
Fine Gael
Henry Morgan Dockrell
10.2
6,488
N/A
N/A
N/A
N/A
N/A
N/A
N/A
N/A
10,698
Independent
Patrick Belton
8.2
5,199
Fianna Fáil
Michael O'Rourke
7.6
4,798
Fianna Fáil
Patrick Burke
6.3
3,997
N/A
N/A
N/A
N/A
N/A
N/A
N/A
N/A
11,049
Labour
James Tunney
4.4
2,777
Fine Gael
Desmond FitzGerald
3.1
1,978
Labour
Louisa Bennett
2.4
1,509
Labour
Gilbert Lynch
1.4
885
Ailtirí na hAiséirghe
Oisín Ó Droighneáin
1.0
607
Electorate: 99,754 Valid: 63,508 Quota: 10,585 Turnout: 63.7%
1943 general election [ edit ]
Full figures for the third to the fourteenth counts are unavailable. Hickey, Costelloe, Ennis, Owens, Bobbett, Roe, O'Farrell and Watkins all lost their deposits.
1943 general election : Dublin County[ 8] [ 23] [ 33]
Party
Candidate
FPv%
Count
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
13
14
15
Fianna Fáil
Seán Brady
22.7
15,299
Fine Gael
Liam Cosgrave
16.5
11,099
11,160
N/A
N/A
11,392
Fianna Fáil
Patrick Fogarty
13.0
8,779
11,720
Fine Gael
Henry Morgan Dockrell
10.2
6,882
6,917
N/A
N/A
N/A
N/A
N/A
N/A
N/A
N/A
N/A
N/A
N/A
N/A
12,496
Independent
Patrick Belton
5.9
3,990
4,049
N/A
Fianna Fáil
Michael O'Rourke
4.9
3,303
3,892
N/A
N/A
N/A
N/A
N/A
N/A
N/A
N/A
N/A
N/A
N/A
N/A
8,777
Labour
Christopher Hannigan
4.7
3,176
3,213
N/A
Fianna Fáil
Thomas Watkins
4.4
2,954
3,154
N/A
Labour
James Tunney
4.4
2,932
2,957
N/A
N/A
N/A
N/A
N/A
N/A
N/A
N/A
N/A
N/A
N/A
N/A
9,306
Labour
J. T. O'Farrell
3.9
2,654
2,693
N/A
Fine Gael
Patrick Roe
2.7
1,815
1,827
N/A
Clann na Talmhan
Elizabeth F. Bobbett
1.6
1,108
1,121
N/A
Labour
Gerard Owens
1.5
1,018
1,033
N/A
Fine Gael
Mary Ennis
1.4
969
985
N/A
Independent
William J. Costelloe
1.3
881
910
N/A
Clann na Talmhan
Patrick J. Hickey
0.7
455
463
N/A
Electorate: 99,754 Valid: 67,314 Quota: 11,220 Turnout: 67.5%
1938 general election [ edit ]
1938 general election : Dublin County[ 8] [ 22] [ 33]
Party
Candidate
FPv%
Count
1
2
3
4
5
6
Fianna Fáil
Seán Brady
22.1
13,085
Fine Gael
Henry Morgan Dockrell
15.0
8,900
8,989
8,989
9,028
9,115
9,774
Fine Gael
Patrick Belton
14.8
8,750
8,794
8,794
8,841
8,900
10,039
Fianna Fáil
Patrick Fogarty
12.9
7,660
9,965
Fine Gael
Cecil Lavery
12.1
7,185
7,226
7,228
7,305
7,406
8,435
Labour
Martin O'Sullivan
9.4
5,564
5,617
5,618
6,009
6,127
Fianna Fáil
Thomas Mullen
7.3
4,307
4,629
4,648
5,007
7,677
9,568
Fianna Fáil
Andrew McCarthy
4.4
2,580
2,874
2,937
3,173
Independent
George Gilmore
2.1
1,224
1,285
1,289
Electorate: 87,033 Valid: 59,255 Quota: 9,876 Turnout: 68.1%
1937 general election [ edit ]
1937 general election : Dublin County[ 8] [ 21] [ 33]
Party
Candidate
FPv%
Count
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
Fianna Fáil
Seán Brady
19.1
11,096
Fine Gael
Henry Morgan Dockrell
18.7
10,828
Labour
Gerrard McGowan
11.1
6,412
6,454
6,465
6,672
6,792
6,962
7,111
7,633
9,306
Fianna Fáil
Margaret Mary Pearse
10.7
6,204
6,651
6,653
6,743
6,755
6,826
6,857
Fianna Fáil
Patrick Fogarty
10.4
6,048
6,907
6,913
7,009
7,145
7,193
7,209
12,700
Independent
Patrick Belton
9.5
5,497
5,519
5,569
5,830
6,236
6,594
7,544
7,874
8,205
Fine Gael
Cecil Lavery
8.0
4,633
4,645
5,196
5,435
6,863
10,808
Fine Gael
Gearóid O'Sullivan
6.9
3,991
3,999
4,100
4,221
4,700
Fine Gael
James Ennis
3.5
2,002
2,015
2,440
2,633
Independent
John Corr
2.2
1,255
1,286
1,306
Electorate: 83,457 Valid: 57,966 Quota: 9,662 Turnout: 69.5%
A by-election was held to fill the seat left vacant by death of the Fine Gael TD Batt O'Connor . It was won for Fine Gael by Cecil Lavery .
1933 general election [ edit ]
1933 general election : Dublin County[ 8] [ 19] [ 33]
Party
Candidate
FPv%
Count
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
13
Fianna Fáil
Seán MacEntee
17.3
15,644
Cumann na nGaedheal
Henry Morgan Dockrell
12.9
11,710
Cumann na nGaedheal
John A. Costello
12.1
10,941
Fianna Fáil
Seán Brady
11.7
10,626
Independent
John Good
9.9
8,916
8,937
9,458
9,525
9,532
9,565
10,145
Cumann na nGaedheal
Gearóid O'Sullivan
7.8
7,030
7,057
7,287
7,428
7,431
7,469
7,926
7,940
8,133
9,439
11,126
Cumann na nGaedheal
Batt O'Connor
6.4
5,816
5,849
6,147
6,326
6,330
6,384
6,762
6,787
7,195
9,379
12,609
Cumann na nGaedheal
John P. O'Connor
4.3
3,898
3,915
4,052
4,109
4,112
4,132
4,330
4,341
4,498
Fianna Fáil
Margaret Mary Pearse
4.3
3,876
6,442
6,444
6,445
6,606
6,698
6,812
6,813
7,933
8,023
8,078
8,164
8,199
Labour
Patrick Curran
3.6
3,227
3,429
3,437
3,469
3,539
4,139
4,244
4,248
National Centre Party
James Rooney
3.1
2,833
2,856
2,870
2,882
2,885
2,901
Fianna Fáil
Thomas Mullen
2.8
2,520
5,142
5,144
5,146
5,451
5,557
5,627
5,628
7,126
7,179
7,299
7,370
7,409
Cumann na nGaedheal
James Ennis
2.8
2,491
2,506
2,950
3,346
3,354
3,381
4,310
4,348
4,738
5,445
Labour
Archie Heron
1.0
924
991
994
997
1,008
Electorate: 117,807 Valid: 90,452 Quota: 10,051 Turnout: 76.8%
1932 general election [ edit ]
1932 general election : Dublin County[ 8] [ 18] [ 33]
Party
Candidate
FPv%
Count
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
13
14
15
16
Cumann na nGaedheal
Henry Morgan Dockrell
14.0
11,332
Fianna Fáil
Seán MacEntee
13.0
10,496
Cumann na nGaedheal
Thomas Finlay
11.3
9,096
Fianna Fáil
Seán Brady
10.4
8,386
8,392
9,236
Independent
John Good
8.7
7,048
7,571
7,578
7,589
7,590
7,597
7,610
7,645
7,744
7,859
8,759
8,804
9,482
Cumann na nGaedheal
Batt O'Connor
8.4
6,804
7,115
7,141
7,184
7,186
7,201
7,239
7,284
8,359
8,671
9,312
Cumann na nGaedheal
Gearóid O'Sullivan
5.8
4,668
4,857
4,862
4,891
4,892
4,909
4,985
4,998
5,383
5,488
5,765
5,922
6,304
6,432
7,618
8,136
Independent
William Crawford
4.0
3,194
3,336
3,344
3,347
3,348
3,358
3,419
3,428
3,502
3,590
3,790
3,805
4,142
4,275
Labour
Patrick Curran
3.4
2,768
2,774
2,794
2,795
2,800
2,813
3,198
3,294
3,323
4,714
4,876
4,891
5,372
5,397
5,963
7,609
Independent
John P. Cuffe
3.2
2,607
2,640
2,654
2,657
2,661
2,689
2,733
2,800
2,872
3,055
3,431
3,462
Independent
Joseph Murphy
3.2
2,548
2,632
2,661
2,668
2,669
2,686
2,737
2,760
2,905
3,055
Cumann na nGaedheal
John P. O'Connor
2.9
2,308
2,426
2,435
2,445
2,448
2,472
2,500
2,519
Fianna Fáil
Pádraic Ó Máille
2.7
2,195
2,196
2,497
2,498
2,595
3,175
3,230
4,364
4,444
4,603
4,737
4,782
5,078
5,115
5,313
Labour
John M. Devitt
2.6
2,093
2,102
2,117
2,118
2,121
2,144
2,587
2,622
2,861
Cumann na nGaedheal
James Ennis
2.3
1,881
2,799
2,804
2,825
2,826
2,839
2,850
2,945
3,200
3,357
3,540
3,579
4,310
4,408
5,666
5,893
Fianna Fáil
Richard Duke
1.6
1,262
1,285
1,385
1,385
1,474
1,659
1,694
Labour
Robert Tynan
1.5
1,242
1,244
1,253
1,253
1,253
1,263
Fianna Fáil
Thomas O'Donnell
0.9
756
758
897
898
961
Electorate: 115,156 Valid: 80,684 Quota: 8,965 Turnout: 70.1%
A by-election was held on 9 December 1930 to fill the seat in the 6th Dáil which had been left vacant by the death of Cumann na nGaedheal TD Bryan Cooper . It was won for Cumann na nGaedheal by Thomas Finlay .
September 1927 general election [ edit ]
September 1927 general election : Dublin County[ 8] [ 16] [ 33]
Party
Candidate
FPv%
Count
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
Cumann na nGaedheal
Bryan Cooper
21.4
15,462
Cumann na nGaedheal
Gearóid O'Sullivan
14.3
10,343
Cumann na nGaedheal
Desmond FitzGerald
12.8
9,227
Fianna Fáil
Seán MacEntee
8.3
5,954
5,971
5,983
5,993
6,614
7,878
9,147
Fianna Fáil
Seán Brady
7.8
5,658
5,665
5,676
5,679
6,035
8,056
Independent
Joseph Murphy
5.8
4,207
4,880
5,037
5,102
5,253
5,302
5,918
6,158
6,498
7,470
Independent
Patrick Belton
5.4
3,922
3,970
4,032
4,052
4,369
4,580
5,446
5,841
6,071
6,239
Independent
John Good
5.1
3,679
6,291
6,408
6,487
6,527
6,580
6,857
6,885
7,182
8,196
Labour
Thomas Johnson
5.0
3,626
3,786
3,858
3,894
4,139
4,286
Fianna Fáil
Robert Brennan
5.0
3,591
3,611
3,626
3,634
3,892
Cumann na nGaedheal
Joseph O'Neill
3.3
2,352
3,301
4,109
4,351
4,400
4,415
4,667
4,696
Irish Worker League
James Larkin Jnr
2.9
2,126
2,163
2,184
2,193
Cumann na nGaedheal
Batt O'Connor
2.9
2,057
4,973
6,018
6,750
6,805
6,821
7,242
7,284
10,637
Electorate: 100,840[ 34] Valid: 72,204 Quota: 8,023 Turnout: 71.6%
A by-election was held on 14 August 1927 to fill the seat in the 4th Dáil which had been left vacant by the assassination on 10 July of the Minister for Justice , Cumann na nGaedheal TD Kevin O'Higgins . The election was won for Cumann na nGaedheal by Gearóid O'Sullivan , who won nearly 70% of the first-preference votes.
June 1927 general election [ edit ]
Full figures for counts 5 to 18 are not available. Eight candidates lost their deposits (Tench, Morris, Byrne, Brennan, Guinness, McCabe, Rooney and Lynn).
June 1927 general election : Dublin County[ 8] [ 14] [ 33]
Party
Candidate
FPv%
Count
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
13
14
15
16
17
18
Cumann na nGaedheal
Kevin O'Higgins
22.7
15,918
Independent
Bryan Cooper
13.4
9,378
Fianna Fáil
Patrick Belton
12.5
8,751
Labour
Thomas Johnson
6.1
4,257
4,539
4,613
4,633
N/A
N/A
N/A
N/A
N/A
N/A
N/A
N/A
N/A
N/A
7,983
Fianna Fáil
Seán MacEntee
6.1
4,238
4,251
4,254
4,339
N/A
N/A
N/A
N/A
N/A
N/A
N/A
N/A
N/A
N/A
N/A
N/A
N/A
9,370
Independent
John Good
6.0
4,204
4,635
5,732
5,739
N/A
N/A
N/A
N/A
N/A
N/A
N/A
N/A
N/A
N/A
8,152
Cumann na nGaedheal
Desmond FitzGerald
5.6
3,902
8,754
Labour
Patrick Curran
4.2
2,926
2,973
3,000
3,033
N/A
N/A
N/A
N/A
N/A
N/A
N/A
N/A
N/A
N/A
N/A
N/A
N/A
4,505
Labour
William Norton
3.5
2,440
2,574
2,594
2,603
N/A
N/A
N/A
N/A
N/A
N/A
N/A
N/A
N/A
N/A
N/A
N/A
N/A
N/A
Sinn Féin
Kathleen Lynn
2.8
1,937
1,954
1,960
1,977
N/A
N/A
N/A
N/A
N/A
N/A
N/A
N/A
N/A
N/A
N/A
N/A
N/A
N/A
National League
Henry Harrison
2.7
1,919
1,982
2,082
2,086
N/A
N/A
N/A
N/A
N/A
N/A
N/A
N/A
N/A
N/A
N/A
N/A
N/A
N/A
Fianna Fáil
Seán Brady
2.3
1,636
1,647
1,652
2,337
N/A
N/A
N/A
N/A
N/A
N/A
N/A
N/A
N/A
N/A
N/A
N/A
N/A
N/A
National League
John McCabe
2.3
1,610
1,683
1,706
1,711
N/A
N/A
N/A
N/A
N/A
N/A
N/A
N/A
N/A
N/A
N/A
N/A
N/A
N/A
Cumann na nGaedheal
Batt O'Connor
2.3
1,602
3,070
3,134
3,136
N/A
N/A
N/A
N/A
N/A
N/A
N/A
N/A
N/A
N/A
N/A
N/A
N/A
6,505
Independent
Mary Guinness
2.0
1,413
1,556
1,675
1,684
N/A
N/A
N/A
N/A
N/A
N/A
N/A
N/A
N/A
N/A
N/A
N/A
N/A
N/A
Cumann na nGaedheal
John Rooney
1.8
1,263
1,801
1,826
1,833
N/A
N/A
N/A
N/A
N/A
N/A
N/A
N/A
N/A
N/A
N/A
N/A
N/A
N/A
Fianna Fáil
Robert Brennan
1.4
1,009
1,016
1,019
1,075
N/A
N/A
N/A
N/A
N/A
N/A
N/A
N/A
N/A
N/A
N/A
N/A
N/A
N/A
Independent
Denis Byrne
1.4
994
1,017
1,030
1,038
N/A
N/A
N/A
N/A
N/A
N/A
N/A
N/A
N/A
N/A
N/A
N/A
N/A
N/A
Fianna Fáil
James F. Morris
0.5
378
382
383
396
N/A
N/A
N/A
N/A
N/A
N/A
N/A
N/A
N/A
N/A
N/A
N/A
N/A
N/A
National League
Gerald Tench
0.5
315
339
349
352
N/A
N/A
N/A
N/A
N/A
N/A
N/A
N/A
N/A
N/A
N/A
N/A
N/A
N/A
Electorate: 110,480[ 34] Valid: 70,090 Quota: 7,788 Turnout: 63.2%
A by-election was held on 18 February 1926 to fill the seat in the 4th Dáil which had been vacated by the death of the Independent TD Darrell Figgis . It was won by the Labour Party candidate William Norton . Norton's win was the first by a Labour Party candidate at any by-election since the establishment of the First Dáil . Labour would next win a seat from another party in a by-election 72 years later, when Seán Ryan won the Dublin North by-election in March 1998.
A by-election was held on 19 March 1924 to fill the seat in the 4th Dáil which had been left vacant by the death of the Cumann na nGaedheal TD Michael Derham . It was won for Cumann na nGaedheal by Batt O'Connor .
1924 by-election : Dublin County[ 8] [ 12] [ 33]
Party
Candidate
FPv%
Count
1
2
3
Cumann na nGaedheal
Batt O'Connor
39.0
16,456
18,353
24,491
Republican
Seán MacEntee
24.3
10,263
11,760
12,679
Businessmen's Party
Matthew Good
21.7
9,158
9,705
Labour
Archie Heron
14.9
6,287
Electorate: 98,187 Valid: 42,164 Quota: 21,083 Turnout: 42.9%
1923 general election [ edit ]
1923 general election : Dublin County[ 8] [ 11] [ 33]
Party
Candidate
FPv%
Count
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
13
14
15
16
17
Cumann na nGaedheal
Kevin O'Higgins
36.3
20,821
Independent
Bryan Cooper
7.2
4,128
4,585
4,779
4,781
4,785
4,940
4,978
4,993
5,018
5,107
5,155
5,160
5,286
5,300
5,314
5,440
6,369
Labour
Thomas Johnson
6.8
3,911
4,253
4,345
4,371
4,409
4,415
4,529
5,110
5,155
5,293
5,359
5,421
5,591
5,611
5,753
6,399
Cumann na nGaedheal
Desmond FitzGerald
6.3
3,615
12,180
Businessmen's Party
John Good
5.6
3,238
3,642
3,829
3,832
3,841
3,912
3,958
3,963
4,008
4,078
4,115
4,123
4,287
4,303
4,315
4,387
6,896
Republican
Kathleen Lynn
5.3
3,064
3,085
3,086
3,180
3,183
3,190
3,241
3,304
3,318
3,357
3,372
4,267
4,313
4,316
7,532
Independent
Darrell Figgis
5.1
2,923
3,563
3,952
3,955
3,972
4,030
4,296
4,353
4,442
4,633
4,752
4,779
5,151
5,214
5,271
5,455
5,673
Independent
David Barry
4.4
2,539
2,913
3,086
3,088
3,096
3,416
3,441
3,447
3,480
3,533
3,559
3,567
3,820
3,852
3,863
3,943
Republican
Seán MacEntee
4.1
2,350
2,372
2,374
2,513
2,515
2,515
2,545
2,568
2,571
2,625
2,643
3,664
3,714
3,719
Cumann na nGaedheal
Michael Derham
3.5
1,986
2,731
4,836
4,843
5,033
5,058
5,118
5,172
5,329
5,464
5,978
6,001
6,646
Republican
Conn Murphy
3.3
1,905
1,925
1,931
2,060
2,067
2,069
2,094
2,119
2,129
2,178
2,189
Farmers' Party
John Rooney
2.7
1,530
1,768
1,826
1,848
1,852
1,858
1,880
1,894
2,331
2,430
2,526
2,557
Independent
John P. McCabe
1.4
815
1,020
1,087
1,093
1,104
1,116
1,158
1,198
1,225
Labour
Bernard Kavanagh
1.4
810
898
924
933
939
944
990
Farmers' Party
John Fitzsimons
1.2
676
1,019
1,072
1,076
1,085
1,096
1,118
1,128
Independent
James Ashe
1.2
663
708
728
728
728
Cumann na nGaedheal
Batt O'Connor
1.2
658
1,517
2,920
2,924
3,187
3,198
3,239
3,265
3,368
3,452
4,485
4,530
4,745
4,864
4,948
4,998
5,057
Independent
George Gavan Duffy
1.1
653
812
876
882
896
912
Republican
Philip Ryan
0.8
466
474
475
Cumann na nGaedheal
Michael W. O'Reilly
0.8
459
1,233
1,801
1,811
1,894
1,898
1,922
1,947
2,021
2,125
Cumann na nGaedheal
Seán B. Healy
0.3
153
291
688
688
Electorate: 97,167 Valid: 57,363 Quota: 6,374 Turnout: 59.0%
1922 general election [ edit ]
1922 general election : Dublin County[ 8] [ 10] [ 33]
Party
Candidate
FPv%
Count
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
Independent
Darrell Figgis
29.0
15,087
Labour
Thomas Johnson
15.9
8,220
Sinn Féin (Pro-Treaty)
George Gavan Duffy
13.3
6,918
8,735
Sinn Féin (Anti-Treaty)
Margaret Pearse
9.3
4,826
4,859
4,940
4,964
5,093
5,297
5,393
5,529
5,579
Sinn Féin (Pro-Treaty)
Desmond FitzGerald
8.3
4,308
5,413
5,686
6,255
6,544
8,069
Farmers' Party
John Rooney
7.1
3,697
6,183
6,233
6,476
6,622
6,874
6,953
9,662
Sinn Féin (Pro-Treaty)
Michael Derham
5.7
2,961
3,118
3,204
3,272
4,283
5,093
5,451
5,945
7,113
Sinn Féin (Pro-Treaty)
Séamus Dwyer
5.0
2,603
2,986
3,067
3,164
3,256
Sinn Féin (Pro-Treaty)
Peter O'Kelly
3.2
1,644
1,734
1,905
1,974
Independent
John P. McCabe
3.1
1,613
3,217
3,283
3,536
3,641
3,918
4,042
Electorate: 79,174 Valid: 51,877 Quota: 7,412 Turnout: 65.5%
1921 general election [ edit ]
In the 1921 general election to the 2nd Dáil , no constituencies were contested. As in other constituencies, all 6 candidates in County Dublin were returned unopposed.
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^ a b Walker (1992) lists the size of the electorate in Dublin County as 110,840 in June 1927 and 100,840 in September 1927. The scale of difference in such a sort period of time and the fact that difference is a exactly 10,000 suggests that one or other of these figures may be the result of a typographical error.