Cork City (Dáil Éireann constituency)

For the 1801–1922 constituency, see Cork City (UK Parliament constituency).

Cork City
Former Dáil Éireann Parliamentary Constituency
Former constituency
Created	1977
Abolished	1981
Seats	5
County/City council	Cork City

Cork City was a short-lived parliamentary constituency represented in Dáil Éireann, the lower house of the Irish parliament or Oireachtas from 1977 to 1981. The constituency elected 5 deputies (Teachtaí Dála, commonly known as TDs) to the Dáil, using the single transferable vote form of proportional representation (PR-STV).

History and boundaries

The constituency was created under the terms of the Electoral (Amendment) Act 1974.^[1] It was only used for the 1977 general election and a by-election in 1979. The constituency was defined as the county borough of Cork, except the part which was in the Cork Mid constituency.^[1] It was abolished under the Electoral (Amendment) Act 1980 and replaced by Cork North–Central and Cork South–Central.

TDs

Teachtaí Dála (TDs) for Cork City 1977–1981^[2]
Key to parties FF = Fianna Fáil FG = Fine Gael Lab = Labour Party
Dáil	Election	Deputy (Party)		Deputy (Party)		Deputy (Party)		Deputy (Party)		Deputy (Party)
21st	1977^[3]		Jack Lynch (FF)		Seán French (FF)		Pearse Wyse (FF)		Peter Barry (FG)		Patrick Kerrigan (Lab)
21st	1979 by-election^[4]		Jack Lynch (FF)		Seán French (FF)		Pearse Wyse (FF)		Peter Barry (FG)		Liam Burke (FG)
22nd	1981	Constituency abolished. See Cork North–Central and Cork South–Central

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

1979 by-election

Following the death of Labour Party TD Patrick Kerrigan, a by-election was held on 7 November 1979. The seat was won by the Fine Gael candidate Liam Burke.

1979 by-election: Cork City^[4]
Party		Candidate	1st Pref	%	Seat	Count
	Fine Gael	Liam Burke	12,832	33.2	1
	Fianna Fáil	John Dennehy	13,890	35.9
	Labour Party	Toddy O'Sullivan	8,742	22.6
	Sinn Féin (Workers' Party)	Ted Tynan	3,193	8.3
Electorate: 70,164 Valid: 38,657 Quota: 19,329 Turnout: 55.1%

1977 general election

1977 general election: Cork City^[3]
Party		Candidate	% 1st Pref	Count 1	Count 2	Count 3	Count 4	Count 5	Count 6	Count 7	Count 8
	Fianna Fáil	Jack Lynch	39.0	20,079
	Fianna Fáil	Pearse Wyse	8.7	4,461	9,718
	Fine Gael	Peter Barry	13.5	6,923	7,098	7,117	7,506	7,566	9,327
	Labour Party	Patrick Kerrigan	10.2	5,254	5,551	5,577	5,883	6,575	7,121	7,214	10,314
	Fianna Fáil	Seán French	6.5	3,359	6,357	6,975	7,186	7,458	7,597	7,605	7,806
	Fianna Fáil	Máirín Quill	4.4	2,216	4,423	4,844	5,179	5,483	5,575	5,583	5,722
	Fine Gael	Liam Burke	6.0	3,082	3,188	3,195	3,322	3,409	3,993	4,634
	Fine Gael	Samuel Allen	5.5	2,845	3,011	3,021	3,159	3,283
	Sinn Féin (Workers' Party)	Ted Tynan	3.2	1,653	1,832	1,848	1,992
	Independent	Maureen Black	2.9	1,525	1,706	1,730
Electorate: 68,704 Valid: 51,461 Spoilt: 376 (0.7%) Quota: 8,577 Turnout: 51,837 (75.4%)^[5]

References

1 2 "Electoral (Amendment) Act, 1974: Schedule". Irish Statute Book database. Retrieved 28 July 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.
1 2 "General election 1977: Cork City". ElectionsIreland.org. Retrieved 30 July 2010.
1 2 "By-election 1979: Cork City". ElectionsIreland.org. Retrieved 27 February 2009.
↑ The Irish Times, 20 June 1977, p7–10

External links

Oireachtas Members Database

Parliamentary constituencies in County Cork and Borough/City

Parliament of Ireland to 1800	Baltimore (1614–1800) Bandonbridge (1614–1800) Castlemartyr (1676–1800) Charleville (1673–1800) Clonakilty (1613–1800) Cork City (1264–1800) Cork County (????–1800) Doneraile (1640–1800) Kinsale (1334?–1800) Mallow (1613–1800) Midleton (1671–1800) Rathcormack (c.1611–1800) Youghal (1374–1800)

Westminster 1801–1922 and First Dáil 1918	Bandon (1801–85) Cork County (1801–85) Cork City (1801–1922) East Cork (1885–1922) Mid Cork (1885–1922) North Cork (1885–1922) North East Cork (1885–1922) South Cork (1885–1922) South East Cork (1885–1922) West Cork (1885–1922) Kinsale (1801–85) Mallow (1801–85) Youghal (1801–85)

Dáil Éireann 1918–present	Cork Borough (1921–69) Cork City (1977–81) Cork City North–West (1969–77) Cork City South–East (1969–77) Cork East (1923–37, 1948–61, 1981–) Cork East and North East (1921–23) Cork Mid (1961–81) Cork Mid, North, South, South East and West (1921–23) Cork North (1923–61) Cork North–Central (1981–) Cork North–East (1961–81) Cork North–West (1981–) Cork South (1948–61) Cork South–Central (1981–) Cork South–East (1937–48) Cork South–West (1961–) Cork West (1923–61)

European Parliament 1979–present	Munster (1979–2004) South (2004–)

Irish counties: Carlow Cavan Clare Cork Donegal Dublin Galway Kerry Kildare Kilkenny Laois Leitrim Limerick Longford Louth Mayo Meath Monaghan Offaly Roscommon Sligo Tipperary Waterford Westmeath Wexford Wicklow

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