Cork City (Dáil constituency)

Cork City
Cork City
Former Dáil constituency
Former constituency
Created	1977
Abolished	1981
Seats	5
Local government area	Cork City
Created from	Cork City North-West; Cork City South-East;
Replaced by	Cork North-Central; Cork South-Central;

Cork City was a 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, on the system of proportional representation by means of the single transferable vote (PR-STV).

History and boundaries

The constituency was created under 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] The wards in Cork Mid were Bishopstown E, Gillabbey B, Gillabbey C, Glasheen A, Glasheen B, Glasheen C, Pouladuff A, Pouladuff B, The Lough, Togher A, Togher B.

It was abolished under the Electoral (Amendment) Act 1980 and replaced at the 1981 general election 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
Dáil	Election	Deputy (Party)		Deputy (Party)		Deputy (Party)		Deputy (Party)		Deputy (Party)
21st	1977^[3]		Jack Lynch (FF)		Seán French (FF)		Pearse Wyse (FF)		Patrick Kerrigan (Lab)		Peter Barry (FG)
21st	1979 by-election^[4]		Jack Lynch (FF)		Seán French (FF)		Pearse Wyse (FF)		Liam Burke (FG)		Peter Barry (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

^ *: Outgoing TD

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^[5]^[6]
Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
Party		Candidate	FPv%	1	2	3
	Fianna Fáil	John Dennehy	35.9	13,890	14,269	16,210
	Fine Gael	Liam Burke	33.2	12,832	13,411	19,524
	Labour	Toddy O'Sullivan	22.6	8,742	10,444
	Sinn Féin The Workers' Party	Ted Tynan	8.3	3,193
Electorate: 70,164 Valid: 38,657 Quota: 19,329 Turnout: 55.10%

1977 general election

1977 general election: Cork City^[3]^[5]^[7]
Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
Party		Candidate	FPv%	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8
	Fianna Fáil	Jack Lynch^[*]	39.0	20,079
	Fine Gael	Peter Barry^[*]	13.5	6,923	7,098	7,117	7,506	7,566	9,327
	Labour	Patrick Kerrigan	10.2	5,254	5,551	5,577	5,883	6,575	7,121	7,214	10,313
	Fianna Fáil	Pearse Wyse^[*]	8.7	4,462	9,718
	Fianna Fáil	Seán French^[*]	6.5	3,359	6,357	6,975	7,186	7,458	7,597	7,605	7,806
	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	2,850	3,011	3,021	3,159	3,283
	Fianna Fáil	Máirín Quill	4.4	2,262	4,423	4,844	5,179	5,483	5,575	5,583	5,722
	Sinn Féin The Workers' Party	Ted Tynan	3.2	1,661	1,832	1,848	1,992
	Independent	Maureen Black	2.9	1,529	1,706	1,730
Electorate: 68,709 Valid: 51,461 (74.9%) Spoilt: 376 (0.6%) Quota: 8,577 Turnout: 51,837 (75.4%)^[8]

References

^ ^a ^b Electoral (Amendment) Act 1974, Schedule (No. 7 of 1974, Schedule). Act of the Oireachtas. Retrieved from Irish Statute Book on 22 July 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 1977: Cork City". ElectionsIreland.org. Archived from the original on 21 February 2011. Retrieved 30 July 2010.
^ "By-election 1979: Cork City". ElectionsIreland.org. Archived from the original on 30 November 2010. Retrieved 27 February 2009.
^ ^a ^b Gallagher, Michael (2009). Irish Elections 1948–77: Results and Analysis Sources for the Study of Irish Politics 2. Routledge. ISBN 9781138973343.
^ "22nd Dáil 1981 general election results" (PDF). Houses of the Oireachtas. September 1981. Retrieved 19 October 2023.
^ "21st Dáil 1977 general election results" (PDF). Houses of the Oireachtas. February 1978. Retrieved 18 October 2023.
^ The Irish Times, 20 June 1977, p. 7–10

External links

Oireachtas Members Database

[ea-1974-1] Electoral (Amendment) Act 1974, Schedule (No. 7 of 1974, Schedule). Act of the Oireachtas. Retrieved from Irish Statute Book on 22 July 2022.

[walker-2] 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-corkcity-1977-3] "General election 1977: Cork City". ElectionsIreland.org. Archived from the original on 21 February 2011. Retrieved 30 July 2010.

[ei-corkcity-1979-4] "By-election 1979: Cork City". ElectionsIreland.org. Archived from the original on 30 November 2010. Retrieved 27 February 2009.

[GallagherIrishElections-5] Gallagher, Michael (2009). Irish Elections 1948–77: Results and Analysis Sources for the Study of Irish Politics 2. Routledge. ISBN 9781138973343.

[Opac_Oireachtas_1981-6] "22nd Dáil 1981 general election results" (PDF). Houses of the Oireachtas. September 1981. Retrieved 19 October 2023.

[Opac_Oireachtas_1977-7] "21st Dáil 1977 general election results" (PDF). Houses of the Oireachtas. February 1978. Retrieved 18 October 2023.

[8] The Irish Times, 20 June 1977, p. 7–10

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