Monaghan
Former Dáil constituency
Former constituency
Created1921
Abolished1977
Seats3
Local government areaCounty Monaghan
Created from
Replaced by

Monaghan was a parliamentary constituency represented in Dáil Éireann, the lower house of the Irish parliament or Oireachtas from 1921 to 1977. The constituency elected 3 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

The constituency was created in 1921 as a 3-seat constituency, under the Government of Ireland Act 1920, for the 1921 election to the House of Commons of Southern Ireland, whose members formed the 2nd Dáil.

It succeeded the constituencies of Monaghan North and Monaghan South which were used to elect the Members of the 1st Dáil and earlier British House of Commons members.

It was abolished under the Electoral (Amendment) Act 1974, when it was replaced by the new constituency of Cavan–Monaghan which was first used at the 1977 general election.

Boundaries

The constituency spanned the entire area of the County Monaghan.[1]

TDs

Teachtaí Dála (TDs) for Monaghan 1921–1977[2]
Key to parties
DáilElectionDeputy
(Party)		Deputy
(Party)		Deputy
(Party)
2nd1921[3] Seán MacEntee
(SF)		 Eoin O'Duffy
(SF)		 Ernest Blythe
(SF)
3rd1922[4] Patrick MacCarvill
(AT-SF)		 Eoin O'Duffy
(PT-SF)		 Ernest Blythe
(PT-SF)
4th1923[5] Patrick MacCarvill
(Rep)		 Patrick Duffy
(CnaG)		 Ernest Blythe
(CnaG)
5th1927 (Jun)[6] Patrick MacCarvill
(FF)		 Alexander Haslett
(Ind)
6th1927 (Sep)[7] Conn Ward
(FF)
7th1932[8] Eamon Rice
(FF)
8th1933[9] Alexander Haslett
(Ind)
9th1937[10] James Dillon
(FG)
10th1938[11] Bridget Rice
(FF)
11th1943[12] James Dillon
(Ind)
12th1944[13]
13th1948[14] Patrick Maguire
(FF)
14th1951[15]
15th1954[16] Patrick Mooney
(FF)		 Edward Kelly
(FF)		 James Dillon
(FG)
16th1957[17] Eighneachán Ó hAnnluain
(SF)
17th1961[18] Erskine H. Childers
(FF)
18th1965[19]
19th1969[20] Billy Fox
(FG)		 John Conlan
(FG)
20th1973[21] Jimmy Leonard
(FF)
1973 by-election[22] Brendan Toal
(FG)
21st1977 Constituency abolished. See Cavan–Monaghan

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

1973 by-election

Following the election of Fianna Fáil TD Erskine H. Childers as President of Ireland, a by-election was held on 27 November 1973. The seat was won by the Fine Gael candidate Brendan Toal.

1973 by-election: Monaghan[23][24]
PartyCandidateFPv%Count
123
Fine Gael Brendan Toal 47.3 14,535 14,577 15,080
Fianna Fáil Rory O'Hanlon 45.0 13,822 13,851 14,791
Aontacht Éireann Pádraig Mooney 7.1 2,187 2,248  
Marxist–Leninist (Ireland) David Vipond 0.6 175    
Electorate: 39,647   Valid: 30,719   Quota: 15,360   Turnout: 77.5%  

    1973 general election

    1973 general election: Monaghan[21]
    Party Candidate 1st Pref  % Seat Count
    Fianna Fáil Erskine H. Childers 8,431 30.2 1 1
    Fine Gael John Conlan 6,075 21.8 2
    Fine Gael Billy Fox 3,632 13.0
    Fianna Fáil Jimmy Leonard 3,460 12.4 3
    Independent Patrick Mooney 2,105 7.6
    Fine Gael Bernard Markey 1,890 6.8
    Independent Patrick Turley 1,827 6.6
    Independent Val Kerr 461 1.7
    Electorate: ?   Valid: 27,881   Quota: 6,971   Turnout:

    1969 general election

    1969 general election: Monaghan[20]
    Party Candidate 1st Pref  % Seat Count
    Fine Gael John Conlan 6,615 23.2 1
    Fianna Fáil Patrick Mooney 5,921 20.7
    Fianna Fáil Erskine H. Childers 5,659 19.8 3
    Fine Gael Billy Fox 4,930 17.3 2
    Fine Gael Bernard Markey 2,443 8.6
    Fianna Fáil James Malone 1,536 5.4
    Labour Thomas Donoghue 761 2.7
    Labour Charles McCollum 699 2.5
    Electorate: ?   Valid: 28,564   Quota: 7,142   Turnout:

    1965 general election

    1965 general election: Monaghan[19][23]
    PartyCandidateFPv%Count
    1234
    Fine Gael James Dillon 30.5 7,668      
    Fianna Fáil Erskine H. Childers 25.7 6,448      
    Fianna Fáil Patrick Mooney 23.9 5,997 6,065 6,182 6,334
    Fine Gael Billy Fox 15.5 3,901 5,020 6,086 6,099
    Fine Gael Martin Tierney 4.4 1,114 1,312    
    Electorate: 32,533   Valid: 25,128   Quota: 6,283   Turnout: 77.2%  

      1961 general election

      1961 general election: Monaghan[18][23]
      PartyCandidateFPv%Count
      1234
      Fine Gael James Dillon 30.8 7,887      
      Fianna Fáil Patrick Mooney 22.3 5,713 5,782 6,112 7,447
      Fianna Fáil Erskine H. Childers 22.0 5,643 5,702 5,798 6,519
      Independent Francis Ward 10.5 2,678 2,734 3,054  
      Fine Gael Edward Kelly 7.5 1,912 3,174 3,435 3,694
      Sinn Féin Séamus McElwaine 7.0 1,786 1,822    
      Electorate: 32,967   Valid: 25,619   Quota: 6,405   Turnout: 77.7%  

        1957 general election

        1957 general election: Monaghan[17]
        Party Candidate 1st Pref  % Seat Count
        Fine Gael James Dillon 5,894 23.3 1
        Sinn Féin Eighneachán Ó hAnnluain 4,791 18.9 3
        Fianna Fáil Patrick Mooney 4,719 18.6 2
        Independent Robert Houston 3,594 14.2
        Fianna Fáil John Brennan 3,132 12.4
        Fianna Fáil Edward Kelly 2,788 11.0
        Fine Gael Herbert McWilliam 425 1.7
        Electorate: ?   Valid: 25,343   Quota: 6,336   Turnout:

        1954 general election

        1954 general election: Monaghan[16][23]
        PartyCandidateFPv%Count
        12345
        Fine Gael James Dillon 24.2 6,709 7,598      
        Fianna Fáil Patrick Mooney 18.5 5,122 5,166 5,553 5,600 6,956
        Independent James Haslett 16.9 4,685 4,713 4,974 5,189 5,304
        Fianna Fáil Edward Kelly 13.3 3,695 3,738 4,227 4,310 6,407
        Fianna Fáil John Brennan 13.1 3,625 3,648 3,868 3,904  
        Clann na Poblachta Brian Magee 9.8 2,705 2,825      
        Fine Gael John Fitzpatrick 4.2 1,171        
        Electorate: 32,700   Valid: 27,712   Quota: 6,929   Turnout: 84.8%  

          1951 general election

          1951 general election: Monaghan[23]
          PartyCandidateFPv%Count
          12
          Independent James Dillon 33.1 9,285  
          Fianna Fáil Patrick Maguire 24.3 6,802 7,278
          Fianna Fáil Bridget Rice 24.3 6,802 7,403
          Independent James Haslett 18.3 5,127 6,330
          Electorate: 33,647   Valid: 28,016   Quota: 7,005   Turnout: 83.3%  

            1948 general election

            1948 general election: Monaghan[23]
            PartyCandidateFPv%Count
            1234567
            Independent James Dillon 23.1 6,621 6,783 6,978 7,433      
            Fianna Fáil Patrick Maguire 16.9 4,828 4,907 4,949 5,173 5,198 5,970 6,447
            Fianna Fáil Bridget Rice 16.3 4,667 4,737 4,829 5,036 5,066 6,324 6,936
            Independent Arthur H. Montgomery 14.7 4,200 4,377 4,379 4,454 4,484 4,503 4,677
            Clann na Poblachta Patrick MacCarvill 8.2 2,348 2,507 3,406 3,729 3,844 3,981  
            Fianna Fáil John J. Brennan 7.8 2,235 2,303 2,314 2,360 2,372    
            Clann na Talmhan Patrick Mooney 4.8 1,361 1,659 1,689        
            Clann na Poblachta Thomas Caraher 4.4 1,253 1,308          
            Labour George Pollock 2.0 582            
            Clann na Talmhan Edward Bell 1.8 517            
            Electorate: 34,581   Valid: 28,612   Quota: 7,154   Turnout: 82.7%  

              1944 general election

              1944 general election: Monaghan[13][25]
              PartyCandidateFPv%Count
              1
              Independent James Dillon 31.9 8,416
              Fianna Fáil Conn Ward 31.4 8,308
              Fianna Fáil Bridget Rice 25.7 6,791
              Clann na Talmhan Patrick McArdle 11.0 2,911
              Electorate: 35,476   Valid: 26,426   Quota: 6,607   Turnout: 74.5%  

                1943 general election

                1943 general election: Monaghan[12][25]
                PartyCandidateFPv%Count
                1234
                Fianna Fáil Conn Ward 25.2 7,434      
                Fianna Fáil Bridget Rice 18.4 5,424 5,581 6,373 7,501
                Independent James Dillon 18.3 5,406 5,761 6,404 8,248
                Independent Alexander Haslett 17.2 5,078 5,087 5,172 5,325
                Clann na Talmhan Patrick McArdle 10.8 3,181 3,368 3,808  
                Labour Michael Linehan 7.4 2,174 2,258    
                Fine Gael Patrick Lonergan 2.8 824      
                Electorate: 35,476   Valid: 29,521   Quota: 7,381   Turnout: 83.2%  

                  1938 general election

                  1938 general election: Monaghan[11][25]
                  PartyCandidateFPv%Count
                  12
                  Fianna Fáil Conn Ward 29.7 9,458  
                  Fine Gael James Dillon 29.3 9,318  
                  Fianna Fáil Bridget Rice 22.2 7,075 8,553
                  Independent John Gillespie 18.8 5,984 6,005
                  Electorate: 35,949   Valid: 31,835   Quota: 7,959   Turnout: 88.6%  

                    1937 general election

                    1937 general election: Monaghan[10][25]
                    PartyCandidateFPv%Count
                    1234
                    Fianna Fáil Conn Ward 39.2 12,275      
                    Fine Gael James Dillon 24.4 7,653 7,700 7,829  
                    Independent Alexander Haslett 20.2 6,314 6,325 6,336 6,347
                    Fianna Fáil Eamon Rice 10.3 3,219 7,499 7,737 8,261
                    Fine Gael Brian O'Rourke 2.5 782 798 825 859
                    Fianna Fáil James Johnston 1.7 538 606 680  
                    Independent John McGahey 1.7 524 550    
                    Electorate: 36,469   Valid: 31,305   Quota: 7,827   Turnout: 85.8%  

                      1933 general election

                      1933 general election: Monaghan[9][25]
                      PartyCandidateFPv%Count
                      123
                      Fianna Fáil Eamon Rice 27.8 8,749    
                      Fianna Fáil Conn Ward 26.2 8,244    
                      Cumann na nGaedheal Ernest Blythe 23.0 7,251 7,435 7,563
                      Independent Alexander Haslett 23.0 7,238 7,752 7,997
                      Electorate: 36,784   Valid: 31,482   Quota: 7,871   Turnout: 85.6%  

                        1932 general election

                        1932 general election: Monaghan[8][25]
                        PartyCandidateFPv%Count
                        123
                        Fianna Fáil Conn Ward 32.7 10,048    
                        Cumann na nGaedheal Ernest Blythe 24.5 7,524 7,564 8,490
                        Independent Alexander Haslett 21.4 6,573 6,585 6,656
                        Fianna Fáil Eamon Rice 17.4 5,360 7,654 7,777
                        Cumann na nGaedheal Edward Brady 4.0 1,225 1,244  
                        Electorate: 36,547   Valid: 30,730   Quota: 7,683   Turnout: 84.1%  

                          September 1927 general election

                          September 1927 general election: Monaghan[7][25]
                          PartyCandidateFPv%Count
                          123
                          Cumann na nGaedheal Ernest Blythe 24.5 7,171 8,936  
                          Independent Alexander Haslett 23.4 6,843 6,918 7,157
                          Fianna Fáil Conn Ward 22.1 6,467 6,829 6,995
                          Fianna Fáil Eamon Donnelly 20.7 6,059 6,347 6,468
                          Cumann na nGaedheal Patrick Duffy 9.3 2,708    
                          Electorate: 39,069   Valid: 29,248   Quota: 7,313   Turnout: 74.9%  

                            June 1927 general election

                            June 1927 general election: Monaghan[6][25]
                            PartyCandidateFPv%Count
                            123456
                            Independent Alexander Haslett 22.6 6,964 7,012 7,101 7,172 7,189 7,236
                            Fianna Fáil Patrick MacCarvill 19.1 5,904 6,054 6,511 6,868 10,163  
                            Cumann na nGaedheal Ernest Blythe 17.9 5,532 5,692 5,832 7,519 7,566 7,630
                            National League Jeremiah McVeagh 14.1 4,338 4,474 4,847 5,132 5,415 6,859
                            Fianna Fáil Conn Ward 11.5 3,559 3,642 3,702 3,750    
                            Cumann na nGaedheal Patrick Duffy 7.9 2,438 2,483 2,686      
                            Clann Éireann Patrick Conlan 4.5 1,399 1,454        
                            Independent Edward Brady 2.4 729          
                            Electorate: 39,069   Valid: 30,863   Quota: 7,716   Turnout: 79.0%  

                              1923 general election

                              1923 general election: Monaghan[5][25]
                              PartyCandidateFPv%Count
                              12345
                              Cumann na nGaedheal Ernest Blythe 44.1 11,290        
                              Republican Patrick MacCarvill 22.4 5,745 5,808 6,085 6,276 7,303
                              Farmers' Party Hugh Maguire 11.5 2,937 3,573 3,654 3,955 4,420
                              Independent James Coburn 11.0 2,806 3,158 3,217 3,445  
                              Cumann na nGaedheal Patrick Duffy 5.1 1,316 5,030 5,111 5,302 6,506
                              Independent James Barnes 3.5 888 932 1,112    
                              Independent James Johnston 2.4 625 704      
                              Electorate: 40,172   Valid: 25,607   Quota: 6,402   Turnout: 63.7%  

                                1922 general election

                                1922 general election: Monaghan[4][25]
                                PartyCandidateFPv%Count
                                12
                                Sinn Féin (Pro-Treaty) Eoin O'Duffy 35.6 7,298  
                                Sinn Féin (Anti-Treaty) Patrick MacCarvill 24.6 5,046 5,249
                                Sinn Féin (Pro-Treaty) Ernest Blythe 21.9 4,494 6,069
                                Independent Thomas McHugh 17.9 3,681 4,071
                                Electorate: 34,025   Valid: 20,519   Quota: 5,130   Turnout: 60.3%  

                                  1921 general election

                                  1921 general election: Monaghan[3]
                                  Party Candidate 1st Pref  % Seat Count
                                  Sinn Féin Ernest Blythe Unopposed N/A 1
                                  Sinn Féin Seán MacEntee Unopposed N/A 2
                                  Sinn Féin Eoin O'Duffy Unopposed N/A 3

                                  See also

                                  References

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                                  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.
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                                  6. 1 2 "General election June 1927: Monaghan". ElectionsIreland.org. Retrieved 22 October 2010.
                                  7. 1 2 "General election September 1927: Monaghan". ElectionsIreland.org. Retrieved 22 October 2010.
                                  8. 1 2 "General election 1932: Monaghan". ElectionsIreland.org. Retrieved 22 October 2010.
                                  9. 1 2 "General election 1933: Monaghan". ElectionsIreland.org. Retrieved 22 October 2010.
                                  10. 1 2 "General election 1937: Monaghan". ElectionsIreland.org. Retrieved 22 October 2010.
                                  11. 1 2 "General election 1938: Monaghan". ElectionsIreland.org. Retrieved 22 October 2010.
                                  12. 1 2 "General election 1943: Monaghan". ElectionsIreland.org. Retrieved 22 October 2010.
                                  13. 1 2 "General election 1944: Monaghan". ElectionsIreland.org. Retrieved 22 October 2010.
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                                  15. ↑ "General election 1951: Monaghan". ElectionsIreland.org. Retrieved 22 October 2010.
                                  16. 1 2 "General election 1954: Monaghan". ElectionsIreland.org. Retrieved 22 October 2010.
                                  17. 1 2 "General election 1957: Monaghan". ElectionsIreland.org. Retrieved 22 October 2010.
                                  18. 1 2 "General election 1961: Monaghan". ElectionsIreland.org. Retrieved 22 October 2010.
                                  19. 1 2 "General election 1965: Monaghan". ElectionsIreland.org. Retrieved 22 October 2010.
                                  20. 1 2 "General election 1969: Monaghan". ElectionsIreland.org. Retrieved 22 October 2010.
                                  21. 1 2 "General election 1973: Monaghan". ElectionsIreland.org. Retrieved 18 February 2009.
                                  22. ↑ "By-election 1973: Monaghan". ElectionsIreland.org. Retrieved 22 October 2010.
                                  23. 1 2 3 4 5 6 Gallagher, Michael (2009). Irish Elections 1948–77: Results and Analysis Sources for the Study of Irish Politics 2. Routledge. ISBN 9781138973343.
                                  24. ↑ "21st Dáil 1977 general election results" (PDF). Houses of the Oireachtas. February 1978. Retrieved 12 November 2023.
                                  25. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Gallagher, Michael (1993). Irish Elections 1922-44: Results and Analysis. PSAI Press. ISBN 0951974815.

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