Cork North-West (Dáil Éireann constituency)

Cork North–West
Dáil Éireann Parliamentary Constituency
Location of Cork North–West within Ireland
Current constituency
Created	1981
Seats	3
TDs	Michael Creed (FG) Aindrias Moynihan (FF) Michael Moynihan (FF)
County council	Cork County Council
EP constituency	South

Cork North–West is a parliamentary constituency represented in Dáil Éireann, the lower house of the Irish parliament or Oireachtas. The constituency elects 3 deputies (Teachtaí Dála, commonly known as TDs). The method of election is the single transferable vote form of proportional representation (PR-STV).

History and boundaries

The constituency was created for the 1981 general election. It is a large rural 3 seat constituency. Due to its size and landscape it is considered one of the most difficult constituencies to canvass in Ireland. The constituency itself encompasses the western part of Ireland's largest county of Cork. It runs from Charleville and Rockchapel in the north to Ballingeary, Crookstown and Crossbarry in the south. The constituency also takes in parts of the Mallow and Fermoy electoral areas. At the 2016 general election, the townlands of Dromore, Kilcullen, Kilshannig and Mountrivers were moved from the Cork North–Central constituency.^[1]

The Electoral (Amendment) (Dáil Constituencies) Act 2013 defines the constituency as:

"In the county of Cork the electoral divisions of:

Ballygroman, Ballymurphy, Bengour, Brinny, Kilbonane, Knockavilly, Moviddy, Murragh, Teadies, Templemartin, in the former Rural District of Bandon;

Ballincollig, Ovens, in the former Rural District of Cork;

Aultagh, Bealock, Béal Átha an Ghaorthaidh, Carrigboy, Castletown, Coolmountain, Garrown, Kinneigh, Manch, Teerelton, in the former Rural District of Dunmanway;

Allow, Ballyhoolahan, Banteer, Barleyhill, Barnacurra, Bawncross, Boherboy, Castlecor, Castlemagner, Clonfert East, Clonfert West, Clonmeen, Coolclogh, Dromina, Glenlara, Gortmore, Greenane, Kanturk, Kilbrin, Kilmeen, Knockatooan, Knocktemple, Meens, Milford, Nad, Newmarket, Newtown, Roskeen, Rosnalee, Rowls, Tincoora, Tullylease, Williamstown, in the former Rural District of Kanturk;

Aghinagh, An Sliabh Riabhach, Aglish, Béal Átha an Ghaorthaidh, Cannaway, Ceann Droma, Cill na Martra, Claonráth, Clondrohid, Clonmoyle, Doire Fhínín, Gort na Tiobratan, Greenville, Inchigeelagh, Kilberrihert, Kilcullen, Macloneigh, Magourney, Mashanaglass, Mountrivers, Na hUláin, Rahalisk, Warrenscourt, in the former Rural District of Macroom;

Ardskeagh, Churchtown, Dromore, Imphrick, Kilshannig, Liscarroll, Milltown, Rathluirc, Springfort, Streamhill, Templemary, in the former Rural District of Mallow;

Caherbarnagh, Coomlogane, Crinnaloo, Cullen, Derragh, Doonasleen, Drishane, Keale, Kilcorney, Knocknagree, Rathcool, Skagh, in the former Rural District of Millstreet;

and the town of Macroom."

TDs

Teachtaí Dála (TDs) for Cork North–West 1981–^[2]
Key to parties FF = Fianna Fáil FG = Fine Gael
Dáil	Election	Deputy (Party)		Deputy (Party)		Deputy (Party)
22nd	1981^[3]		Thomas Meaney (FF)		Donal Creed (FG)		Frank Crowley (FG)
23rd	1982 (Feb)^[4]		Thomas Meaney (FF)
24th	1982 (Nov)^[5]		Donal Moynihan (FF)
25th	1987^[6]		Donal Moynihan (FF)
26th	1989^[7]		Laurence Kelly (FF)		Michael Creed (FG)
27th	1992^[8]		Donal Moynihan (FF)
28th	1997^[9]						Michael Moynihan (FF)
29th	2002^[10]				Gerard Murphy (FG)
30th	2007^[11]		Batt O'Keeffe (FF)		Michael Creed (FG)
31st	2011^[12]		Áine Collins (FG)
32nd	2016^[13]		Aindrias Moynihan (FF)

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

2016 general election

2016 general election: Cork North–West^[13]
Party		Candidate	% 1st Pref	Count 1	Count 2	Count 3	Count 4	Count 5	Count 6	Count 7	Count 8	Count 9
	Fine Gael	Michael Creed		8,869	9,024	9,174	9,327	9,566	9,747	10,078	14,957
	Fianna Fáil	Aindrias Moynihan		8,924	9,004	9,201	9,367	9,678	9,956	10,755	11,141	11,959
	Fianna Fáil	Michael Moynihan		7,332	7,344	7,374	7,519	7,758	8,144	8,388	9,228	9,929
	Independent	John Paul O'Shea		4,814	4,919	5,033	5,444	5,723	6,687	7,897	8,549	9,680
	Fine Gael	Áine Collins		6,237	6,297	6,495	6,685	6,944	7,191	7,388
	Sinn Féin	Nigel Dennehy		3,238	3,334	3,485	3,633	3,783	4,256
	Independent	Diarmuid O'Flynn		2,159	2,317	2,499	2,727	2,930
	Renua Ireland	Jason Fitzgerald		1,568	1,633	1,760	1,880
	Independent	Steven O'Riordan		1,361	1,530	1,728
	Green Party	Cormac Manning		1,354	1,501
	Independent	Jerry O'Sullivan		478
	Independent	Shirley Griffin		439
	Communist Party	Michael O'Donnell		185
Electorate: 67,589 Valid: 46,958 Spoilt: 395 Quota: 11,740 Turnout: 47,353 (70.06%)

2011 general election

2011 general election: Cork North–West^[12]
Party		Candidate	% 1st Pref	Count 1	Count 2	Count 3	Count 4	Count 5	Count 6
	Fine Gael	Michael Creed	22.1	10,112	10,264	10,426	10,797	12,415
	Fianna Fáil	Michael Moynihan	19.3	8,845	9,009	10,699	11,108	11,362	11,423
	Fine Gael	Áine Collins	17.2	7,884	8,223	8,345	8,738	10,534	11,242
	Labour Party	Martin Coughlan	14.0	6,421	7,066	7,255	8,952	9,918	10,128
	Fine Gael	Derry Canty	9.5	4,325	4,470	4,704	5,092
	Sinn Féin	Des O'Grady	7.4	3,405	3,916	4,052
	Fianna Fáil	Daithí Ó Donnabháin	5.6	2,545	2,633
	People Before Profit	Anne Foley^[14]	3.4	1,552
	Green Party	Mark Collins	1.4	651
Electorate: 62,129 Valid: 45,740 Spoilt: 454 (1.0%) Quota: 11,436 Turnout: 46,194 (74.4%)

2007 general election

2007 general election: Cork North–West^[11]
Party		Candidate	% 1st Pref	Count 1	Count 2	Count 3	Count 4	Count 5
	Fine Gael	Michael Creed	22.6	10,516	10,878	12,420
	Fianna Fáil	Michael Moynihan	21.7	10,146	10,243	10,384	14,001
	Fianna Fáil	Batt O'Keeffe	17.3	8,040	8,213	8,498	10,668	12,665
	Fine Gael	Gerard Murphy	15.8	7,397	7,545	7,970	8,309	8,657
	Fianna Fáil	Donal Moynihan	14.1	6,546	6,638	6,919
	Labour Party	Martin Coughlan	4.9	2,288	2,980
	Green Party	Caroline Robinson	3.6	1,687
Electorate: 64,085 Valid: 46,620 Spoilt: 401 (0.8%) Quota: 11,656 Turnout: 47,021 (73.3%)

2002 general election

2002 general election: Cork North–West^[10]
Party		Candidate	% 1st Pref	Count 1	Count 2	Count 3	Count 4
	Fianna Fáil	Michael Moynihan	27.2	10,540
	Fianna Fáil	Donal Moynihan	22.9	8,893	9,485	10,154
	Fine Gael	Gerard Murphy	22.0	8,548	8,729	9,417	9,507
	Fine Gael	Michael Creed	20.1	7,787	7,817	9,157	9,460
	Labour Party	Martin Coughlan	6.8	2,668	2,694
	Christian Solidarity	Gerry Duffy	1.0	383	389
Electorate: 53,699 Valid: 38,819 Spoilt: 574 (1.5%) Quota: 9,705 Turnout: 39,393 (73.3%)

1997 general election

1997 general election: Cork North–West^[9]
Party		Candidate	1st Pref	%	Seat	Count
	Fine Gael	Michael Creed	8,041	23.1	1	2
	Fianna Fáil	Michael Moynihan	8,299	23.9	2	2
	Fianna Fáil	Donal Moynihan	7,867	22.6	3	3
	Fine Gael	Frank Crowley	6,253	18.0
	Labour Party	Bill Cashin	2,574	7.4
	Independent	Donnie Howard	1,729	5.0
Electorate: 47,119 Valid: 34,763 Spoilt: 401 (1.1%) Quota: 8,691 Turnout: 35,164 (74.6%)

1992 general election

1992 general election: Cork North–West^[8]
Party		Candidate	1st Pref	%	Seat	Count
	Fianna Fáil	Donal Moynihan	6,375	19.1	1	4
	Fine Gael	Frank Crowley	6,642	19.9	2	4
	Fine Gael	Michael Creed	8,034	24.1	3	4
	Fianna Fáil	Laurence Kelly	4,201	12.6
	Labour Party	Bill Cashin	4,729	14.2
	Fianna Fáil	Dan Fleming	3,176	9.5
	Independent	Barbara Hyland	180	0.5
Electorate: 44,848 Valid: 33,337 Spoilt: 566 (1.7%) Quota: 8,335 Turnout: 33,903 (75.6%)

1989 general election

1989 general election: Cork North–West^[7]
Party		Candidate	1st Pref	%	Seat	Count
	Fine Gael	Michael Creed	9,059	27.9	1
	Fine Gael	Frank Crowley	8,632	26.6	2
	Fianna Fáil	Laurence Kelly	7,523	23.2	3
	Fianna Fáil	Donal Moynihan	6,953	21.4
	Independent	William Fitzsimon	260	0.8
Electorate: ? Valid: 32,427 Quota: 8,107 Turnout:

1987 general election

1987 general election: Cork North–West^[6]
Party		Candidate	1st Pref	%	Seat	Count
	Fine Gael	Frank Crowley	7,431	22.3	1
	Fine Gael	Donal Creed	7,057	21.1	2
	Fianna Fáil	Donal Moynihan	7,777	23.3	3
	Fianna Fáil	Jack Roche	7,343	22.0
	Progressive Democrats	Seán O'Riordan	3,796	11.4
Electorate: ? Valid: 33,404 Quota: 8,352 Turnout:

November 1982 general election

November 1982 general election: Cork North–West^[5]
Party		Candidate	1st Pref	%	Seat	Count
	Fine Gael	Donal Creed	8,882	26.7	1
	Fine Gael	Frank Crowley	7,381	22.2	2
	Fianna Fáil	Donal Moynihan	5,417	16.3	3
	Fianna Fáil	Jack Roche	6,272	18.9
	Fianna Fáil	James Long	3,086	9.3
	Labour Party	Martin McCarthy	2,199	6.6
Electorate: ? Valid: 33,237 Quota: 8,310 Turnout:

February 1982 general election

February 1982 general election: Cork North–West^[4]
Party		Candidate	% 1st Pref	Count 1	Count 2	Count 3	Count 4
	Fianna Fáil	Thomas Meaney	20.9	7,025	7,433	10,037
	Fine Gael	Frank Crowley	21.6	7,240	8,342	8,754
	Fine Gael	Donal Creed	21.8	7,305	8,038	8,115	8,142
	Fianna Fáil	Donal Moynihan	15.3	5,137	5,356	6,095	7,731
	Fianna Fáil	Michael Donegan	11.1	3,726	3,953
	Labour Party	Michael Smith	9.2	3,061
Electorate: 40,156 Valid: 33,494 Spoilt: 237 (0.7%) Quota: 8,374 Turnout: 33,731 (83.9%)

1981 general election

1981 general election: Cork North–West^[3]
Party		Candidate	1st Pref	%	Seat	Count
	Fianna Fáil	Thomas Meaney	9,756	28.7	1
	Fine Gael	Donal Creed	8,104	23.9	2
	Fine Gael	Frank Crowley	6,174	18.2	3
	Fianna Fáil	Donal Moynihan	5,865	17.3
	Labour Party	Michael Smith	4,048	11.9
Electorate: ? Valid: 33,947 Quota: 8,487 Turnout:

References

↑ "Electoral (Amendment) (Dáil Constituencies) Act 2013: Schedule". Irish Statute Book database. Retrieved 26 January 2016.
↑ 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 1981: Cork North–West". ElectionsIreland.org. Retrieved 8 September 2010.
1 2 "General election February 1982: Cork North–West". ElectionsIreland.org. Retrieved 10 April 2010.
1 2 "General election November 1982: Cork North–West". ElectionsIreland.org. Retrieved 8 September 2010.
1 2 "General election 1987: Cork North–West". ElectionsIreland.org. Retrieved 8 September 2010.
1 2 "General election 1989: Cork North–West". ElectionsIreland.org. Retrieved 8 September 2010.
1 2 "General election 1992: Cork North–West". ElectionsIreland.org. Retrieved 25 February 2009.
1 2 "General election 1997: Cork North–West". ElectionsIreland.org. Retrieved 25 February 2009.
1 2 "General election 2002: Cork North–West". ElectionsIreland.org. Retrieved 25 February 2009.
1 2 "General election 2007: Cork North–West". ElectionsIreland.org. Retrieved 25 February 2009.
1 2 "General election 2011: Cork North–West". ElectionsIreland.org. Retrieved 2 March 2011.
1 2 "General election 2016: Cork North–West". ElectionsIreland.org. Retrieved 18 February 2016.
↑ Foley campaigned as a member of the United Left Alliance.

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