Cork City
Former Dáil constituency
Former constituency
Created1977
Abolished1981
Seats5
Local government areaCork City
Created from
Replaced by

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
DáilElectionDeputy
(Party)		Deputy
(Party)		Deputy
(Party)		Deputy
(Party)		Deputy
(Party)
21st1977[3] Jack Lynch
(FF)		 Seán French
(FF)		 Pearse Wyse
(FF)		 Patrick Kerrigan
(Lab)		 Peter Barry
(FG)
1979 by-election[4] Liam Burke
(FG)
22nd1981 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[5][6]
PartyCandidateFPv%Count
123
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]
    PartyCandidateFPv%Count
    12345678
    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]  

      See also

      References

      1. 1 2 Electoral (Amendment) Act 1974, Schedule (No. 7 of 1974, Schedule). Act of the Oireachtas. Retrieved from Irish Statute Book on 22 July 2022.
      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.
      3. 1 2 "General election 1977: Cork City". ElectionsIreland.org. Archived from the original on 21 February 2011. Retrieved 30 July 2010.
      4. ↑ "By-election 1979: Cork City". ElectionsIreland.org. Archived from the original on 30 November 2010. Retrieved 27 February 2009.
      5. 1 2 Gallagher, Michael (2009). Irish Elections 1948–77: Results and Analysis Sources for the Study of Irish Politics 2. Routledge. ISBN 9781138973343.
      6. ↑ "22nd Dáil 1981 general election results" (PDF). Houses of the Oireachtas. September 1981. Retrieved 19 October 2023.
      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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