Cork Borough (Dáil constituency)

Cork Borough was a parliamentary constituency represented in Dáil Éireann, the lower house of the Oireachtas (the Irish parliament), from 1921 to 1969. The method of election was proportional representation by means of the single transferable vote (PR-STV).

Cork Borough
Former Dáil constituency
Former constituency
Created	1921
Abolished	1969
Seats	4 (1921–1923) 5 (1923–1937) 4 (1937–1948) 5 (1948–1969)
Local government areas	Cork City County Cork
Created from	Cork City
Replaced by	Cork City North-West Cork City South-East

History and boundaries

The constituency was created by the Government of Ireland Act 1920 as a 4-seat constituency for the Southern Ireland House of Commons from the Cork City constituency in which Cork had been represented in the United Kingdom House of Commons at Westminster since 1801. The constituency would have continued as a single-seat constituency at Westminster.^[1]

At the 1921 election for the Southern Ireland House of Commons, the four seats were won uncontested by Sinn Féin, who treated it as part of the election to the Second Dáil.^[2] It was never used as a Westminster constituency; under s. 1(4) of the Irish Free State (Agreement) Act 1922, no writ was to be issued "for a constituency in Ireland other than a constituency in Northern Ireland".^[3] Therefore, no vote was held in Cork Borough at the 1922 United Kingdom general election on 15 November 1922, shortly before the Irish Free State left the United Kingdom on 6 December 1922.

Under the Electoral Act 1923, it became a 5-seat constituency and was first used at the 1923 general election.^[4] Its representation fluctuated between 4 and 5 seats until its abolition for the 1969 general election.

Changes to the Cork Borough constituency

Years	TDs	Boundaries
1921–1923	4	The county borough of Cork[5]
1923–1937	5	The county borough of Cork; and the county electoral area of Ballincollig.[4]
1937–1948	4	The county borough of Cork; and the DED of Blackrock, in the administrative county of Cork[6]
1948–1961	5	The county borough of Cork; and the DEDs of Bishopstown, Blackrock and St. Mary's in the administrative county of Cork[7]
1961–1969	5	The county borough of Cork; and the DEDs of Bishopstown, Rathcooney and St. Mary's in the administrative county of Cork[8]
1969[9]	—	Constituency abolished

TDs

Teachtaí Dála (TDs) for Cork Borough 1921–1969[10]
Key to parties   CnaG = Cumann na nGaedheal   FF = Fianna Fáil   FG = Fine Gael   Ind = Independent   Lab = Labour   NLP = National Labour Party   NL = National League   Rep = Republican   SF = Sinn Féin   AT-SF = Sinn Féin (Anti-Treaty)   PT-SF = Sinn Féin (Pro-Treaty)
Dáil	Election	Deputy (Party)		Deputy (Party)		Deputy (Party)		Deputy (Party)		Deputy (Party)
2nd	1921[11]		Liam de Róiste (SF)		Mary MacSwiney (SF)		Donal O'Callaghan (SF)		J. J. Walsh (SF)	4 seats 1921–1923
3rd	1922[12]		Liam de Róiste (PT-SF)		Mary MacSwiney (AT-SF)		Robert Day (Lab)		J. J. Walsh (PT-SF)
4th	1923[13]		Richard Beamish[a] (Ind)		Mary MacSwiney (Rep)		Andrew O'Shaughnessy[a] (Ind)		J. J. Walsh (CnaG)		Alfred O'Rahilly (CnaG)
	1924 by-election[15]										Michael Egan (CnaG)
5th	1927 (Jun)[16]		John Horgan (NL)		Seán French (FF)		Richard Anthony (Lab)				Barry Egan (CnaG)
6th	1927 (Sep)[17]		W. T. Cosgrave (CnaG)						Hugo Flinn (FF)
7th	1932[18]				Thomas Dowdall (FF)		Richard Anthony (Ind)				William Desmond (CnaG)
8th	1933[19]
9th	1937[20]		W. T. Cosgrave (FG)							4 seats 1937–1948
10th	1938[21]						James Hickey (Lab)
11th	1943[22]				Frank Daly (FF)		Richard Anthony (Ind)		Séamus Fitzgerald (FF)
12th	1944[23]		William Dwyer (Ind)						Walter Furlong (FF)
	1946 by-election[24]		Patrick McGrath (FF)
13th	1948[25]				Michael Sheehan (Ind)		James Hickey (NLP)		Jack Lynch (FF)		Thomas F. O'Higgins (FG)
14th	1951[26]				Seán McCarthy (FF)		James Hickey (Lab)
	1954 by-election[27]										Stephen Barrett (FG)
15th	1954[28]				Anthony Barry (FG)		Seán Casey (Lab)
	1956 by-election[29]		John Galvin (FF)
16th	1957[30]				Gus Healy (FF)
17th	1961[31]				Anthony Barry (FG)
	1964 by-election[32]		Sheila Galvin (FF)
18th	1965[33]		Gus Healy (FF)		Pearse Wyse (FF)
	1967 by-election[34]						Seán French (FF)
19th	1969	Constituency abolished. See Cork City North-West and Cork City South-East

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.

1. Andrew O'Shaughnessy and Richard Beamish were both elected under the banner of the "Cork Progressive Association", a quasi-party inspired by the Progressive Reform movement in the United States. They supported the Treaty and stressed the importance of sound public finance. In 1924 they helped bring about the dissolution of Cork Corporation and its replacement with a commissioner.^[14]

Elections

1967 by-election

Following the death of Labour Party TD Seán Casey, a by-election was held on 9 November 1967. The seat was won by the Fianna Fáil candidate Seán French.

1967 by-election: Cork Borough^[35][36]

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2	3
	Fianna Fáil	Seán French	47.1	18,417	18,584	20,854
	Fine Gael	Liam Burke	26.3	10,272	10,495	14,586
	Labour	Pat Kerrigan	24.6	9,622	9,897
	Independent	Eoin O'Mahony	2.1	815
Electorate: 59,019   Valid: 39,126   Quota: 19,564   Turnout: 66.3%

1965 general election

1965 general election: Cork Borough^[33][35]

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11
	Fianna Fáil	Jack Lynch	30.8	12,852
	Fine Gael	Stephen Barrett	20.7	8,637
	Labour	Seán Casey	16.9	7,076
	Fianna Fáil	Gus Healy	10.1	4,230	8,030
	Fianna Fáil	Pearse Wyse	7.2	3,027	4,100	4,120	4,135	4,596	4,615	4,690	4,730	4,839	5,026	7,366
	Fine Gael	Anthony Barry	3.4	1,441	1,506	2,859	2,895	2,909	3,149	3,235	3,894	4,187	4,479	4,560
	Fianna Fáil	John Harrington	3.4	1,425	2,146	2,166	2,176	2,727	2,731	2,784	2,797	2,889	3,016
	Independent	Thomas Leahy	1.9	803	888	918	937	947	962	1,081	1,102	1,374
	Independent	Frank Mockler	1.9	782	848	886	898	912	935	1,056	1,086
	Independent	Alexander Miller	1.3	547	592	607	614	621	632
	Fine Gael	Seán O'Leary	1.2	489	504	619	625	630	844	876
	Fine Gael	Ronald Murphy	1.2	485	501	581	586	588
Electorate: 55,913   Valid: 41,794   Quota: 6,966   Turnout: 74.8%

1964 by-election

Following the death of Fianna Fáil TD John Galvin, a by-election was held on 19 February 1964. The seat was won by the Fianna Fáil candidate Sheila Galvin, widow of the deceased TD.

The surplus votes of the elected candidate were distributed after being declared elected because there was a possibility another candidate could have reached the threshold of a third of a quota which would have meant their election deposit was returned to them.

1964 by-election: Cork Borough^[35]

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2
	Fianna Fáil	Sheila Galvin	53.3	20,276
	Fine Gael	Tadhg Manley	30.2	11,475	11,666
	Labour	Donal Hurley	16.6	6,296	7,357
Electorate: 55,076   Valid: 38,047   Quota: 19,024   Turnout: 69.1%

1961 general election

1961 general election: Cork Borough^[31][35]

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9
	Fianna Fáil	Jack Lynch	26.6	9,929
	Fine Gael	Stephen Barrett	25.5	9,515
	Labour	Seán Casey	15.1	5,616	5,859	6,246
	Fianna Fáil	John Galvin	11.4	4,257	5,444	5,522	5,526	5,544	5,647	6,685
	Sinn Féin	Dáithí Ó Conaill	5.2	1,956	2,033	2,070	2,072	2,093	2,297	2,337	2,344
	Fianna Fáil	Gus Healy	4.9	1,846	3,330	3,399	3,401	3,420	3,542	4,249	4,704	5,180
	Fine Gael	Anthony Barry	4.4	1,637	1,732	4,243	4,259	4,770	5,009	5,094	5,101	5,457
	Fianna Fáil	Donal Daly	3.4	1,281	1,850	1,879	1,880	1,889	1,948
	Independent	Seán Twomey	2.1	794	832	870	872	902
	Fine Gael	Dominic O'Brien	1.2	462	482	632	635
Electorate: 55,022   Valid: 37,293   Quota: 6,216   Turnout: 67.8%

1957 general election

1957 general election: Cork Borough^[30][35]

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8
	Fine Gael	Stephen Barrett	20.0	8,600
	Fianna Fáil	John Galvin	17.8	7,647
	Fianna Fáil	Jack Lynch	16.5	7,107	7,131	7,313
	Labour	Seán Casey	14.1	6,074	6,207	6,243	6,248	6,438	6,537	8,921
	Sinn Féin	Seán Ó hÉigeartaigh	11.1	4,789	4,807	4,821	4,825	4,858	4,925	5,043	5,286
	Fianna Fáil	Gus Healy	8.2	3,519	3,539	3,706	3,788	3,819	6,361	6,671	7,433
	Fianna Fáil	Donal Daly	6.4	2,747	2,754	2,818	2,862	2,888
	Fine Gael	Anthony Barry	3.9	1,663	2,762	2,766	2,767	3,483	3,543
	Fine Gael	John Bermingham	2.1	911	1,033	1,036	1,036
Electorate: 63,495   Valid: 43,057   Quota: 7,177   Turnout: 67.8%

1956 by-election

Following the death of Fianna Fáil TD Patrick McGrath, a by-election was held on 2 August 1956. The seat was won by Fianna Fáil candidate John Galvin.

1956 by-election: Cork Borough^[35]

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1
	Fianna Fáil	John Galvin	52.6	18,704
	Fine Gael	Mick Sheehan	28.6	10,166
	Labour	Cornelius Desmond	11.0	3,919
	Independent	Seán P. Twomey	4.6	1,630
	Independent	John W. Reidy	3.2	1,149
Electorate: 63,495   Valid: 35,568   Quota: 17,785   Turnout: 56.0%

1954 general election

1954 general election: Cork Borough^[28][35]

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11
	Fine Gael	Stephen Barrett	34.2	16,393
	Fianna Fáil	Patrick McGrath	19.2	9,190
	Fianna Fáil	Jack Lynch	12.8	6,125	6,229	6,976	7,063	7,202	7,207	7,260	8,390
	Labour	James Hickey	6.8	3,244	3,529	3,569	3,618	3,810	3,822	3,898	3,967	3,981	4,578
	Labour	Seán Casey	6.4	3,052	3,479	3,501	3,588	3,851	3,884	3,982	4,017	4,025	4,965	8,516
	Fianna Fáil	John Galvin	6.1	2,904	2,972	3,177	3,204	3,316	3,319	3,354	4,422	4,793	4,901	5,146
	Fianna Fáil	Donal Daly	4.5	2,149	2,193	2,329	2,359	2,402	2,409	2,431
	Fine Gael	Anthony Barry	4.0	1,911	7,862	7,877	7,976	8,230
	Independent	John Reidy	2.3	1,108	1,270	1,290	1,341
	Fine Gael	Laurence Neville	1.7	816	1,397	1,406	1,424	1,481	1,497
	Fine Gael	John Bermingham	1.2	572	1,321	1,325	1,347	1,429	1,558	2,637	2,673	2,683
	Independent	Seán Twomey	0.9	452	487	492
Electorate: 63,325   Valid: 47,916   Quota: 7,987   Turnout: 75.7%

1954 by-election

Following the death of Fine Gael TD Thomas F. O'Higgins, a by-election was held on 3 March 1954. The seat was won by the Fine Gael candidate Stephen Barrett.

1954 by-election: Cork Borough^[35]

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2
	Fine Gael	Stephen Barrett	44.3	17,332	21,322
	Fianna Fáil	Séamus Fitzgerald	39.3	15,379	16,586
	Labour	Seán Casey	16.4	6,402
Electorate: 63,322   Valid: 39,113   Quota: 19,557   Turnout: 61.8%

1951 general election

1951 general election: Cork Borough^[35]

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9
	Fianna Fáil	Patrick McGrath	19.2	8,923
	Fine Gael	Thomas F. O'Higgins	16.9	7,858
	Fianna Fáil	Jack Lynch	13.4	6,233	6,785	6,786	6,856	6,942	7,119	9,896
	Fianna Fáil	Seán MacCarthy	11.0	5,096	5,493	5,494	5,534	5,648	5,805	7,346	9,433
	Fianna Fáil	Walter Furlong	9.4	4,359	4,502	4,502	4,571	4,624	4,809
	Fine Gael	Stephen Barrett	7.4	3,434	3,443	3,504	3,609	5,374	6,465	6,545	6,579	6,698
	Labour	James Hickey	7.3	3,376	3,400	3,403	4,058	4,244	6,369	6,611	6,653	6,795
	Labour	Richard Anthony	6.5	3,018	3,047	3,052	3,709	4,004
	Fine Gael	Michael Sheehan	5.3	2,442	2,467	2,519	2,584
	Labour	Seán Casey	3.6	1,657	1,668	1,670
Electorate: 62,336   Valid: 46,396   Quota: 7,733   Turnout: 74.4%

1948 general election

1948 general election: Cork Borough^[35]

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14
	Fine Gael	Thomas F. O'Higgins	16.4	7,351	7,363	7,464	7,473	7,674
	Fianna Fáil	Jack Lynch	12.5	5,594	5,607	5,632	5,640	5,652	5,652	5,695	5,726	5,787	6,753	8,923
	Fianna Fáil	Patrick McGrath	11.4	5,092	5,099	5,130	5,150	5,158	5,159	5,179	5,199	5,233	6,198	7,435	8,661
	Independent	Michael Sheehan	10.9	4,898	4,910	4,956	4,987	5,039	5,061	5,112	5,178	5,758	5,969	6,171	6,232	6,612	7,491
	National Labour Party	James Hickey	10.0	4,507	4,658	4,690	4,708	4,739	4,740	4,831	4,916	5,042	5,125	5,354	5,381	5,481	6,353
	Fianna Fáil	Walter Furlong	8.0	3,601	3,606	3,621	3,625	3,638	3,639	3,668	3,700	3,749	4,122
	Fianna Fáil	Seán MacCarthy	6.1	2,747	2,753	2,767	2,775	2,781	2,783	2,791	2,919	2,961
	Labour	Richard Anthony	6.0	2,688	2,695	2,745	2,755	2,913	2,927	3,534	3,598	4,245	4,347	4,438	4,458	4,510	5,537
	Clann na Poblachta	Patrick McCartan	5.2	2,346	2,358	2,370	2,590	2,600	2,601	2,665	3,914	4,106	4,242	4,342	4,451	4,481
	Fine Gael	Stephen Barrett	3.3	1,496	1,506	1,537	1,540	1,962	2,108	2,137	2,156
	Clann na Poblachta	John J. Fennessy	3.2	1,423	1,428	1,431	1,652	1,661	1,661	1,730
	Labour	John Casey	2.2	987	992	995	1,011	1,026	1,027
	Fine Gael	David Allen	2.0	911	915	953	957
	Clann na Poblachta	Liam Stack	1.3	565	570	576
	Fine Gael	Michael Sheehan	0.9	409	415
	National Labour Party	Seán Ó Dubhghaill	0.6	260
Electorate: 62,626   Valid: 44,875   Quota: 7,480   Turnout: 71.7%

1946 by-election

Following the resignation of Independent TD William Dwyer, a by-election was held on 14 June 1946. The seat was won by the Fianna Fáil candidate Patrick McGrath.

The surplus votes of the elected candidate were distributed after being declared elected because there was a possibility another candidate could have reached the threshold of a third of a quota which would have meant their election deposit was returned to them.

1946 by-election: Cork Borough^[35]

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2	3
	Fianna Fáil	Patrick McGrath	47.9	14,230	15,170
	Fine Gael	Michael O'Driscoll	32.7	9,707	10,277	10,503
	Cork Socialist Party	Michael O'Riordan	10.7	3,184	3,592	3,688
	Independent	Tom Barry	8.7	2,574
Electorate: 53,623   Valid: 29,695   Quota: 14,848   Turnout: 55.4%

1944 general election

1944 general election: Cork Borough^[23][37]

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9
	Independent	William Dwyer	29.8	11,241
	Fianna Fáil	Walter Furlong	20.4	7,705
	Fianna Fáil	Frank Daly	14.7	5,551	5,858	5,905	6,022	6,115	6,179	6,371	6,493	6,897
	Fianna Fáil	Séamus Fitzgerald	10.2	3,862	4,262	4,370	4,526	4,721	4,773	5,007	5,091	5,467
	Independent	Richard Anthony	7.6	2,867	4,265	4,268	4,368	4,562	4,816	5,446	9,270
	Fine Gael	James Crosbie	7.5	2,839	3,759	3,760	3,800	3,872	4,630	4,864
	Labour	Cornelius Connolly	3.5	1,334	1,492	1,493	1,590	1,736	1,792
	Fine Gael	Jeremiah Connolly	2.4	898	1,212	1,213	1,239	1,335
	National Labour Party	Patrick O'Brien	2.0	737	862	863	954
	Ailtirí na hAiséirghe	Seán Ó Dubhghaill	1.8	674	751	752
Electorate: 53,477   Valid: 37,708   Quota: 7,542   Turnout: 70.5%

1943 general election

Information on the number of transfers received by Richard Anthony on the fifth and sixth counts is unavailable so his number of votes on the fifth count is unknown.

1943 general election: Cork Borough^[22][37]

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10
	Fine Gael	W. T. Cosgrave	22.6	8,871
	Fianna Fáil	Frank Daly	20.3	7,944
	Fianna Fáil	Séamus Fitzgerald	11.8	4,638	4,644	4,720	4,728	4,766	4,900	5,134	5,315	9,503
	Fianna Fáil	Walter Furlong	11.4	4,475	4,480	4,493	4,501	4,524	4,646	4,844	4,946
	Labour	James Hickey	10.5	4,107	4,132	4,134	4,148	4,538	4,724	5,048	5,619	5,944	6,795
	Independent	Richard Anthony	10.1	3,941	4,079	4,081	4,140	N/A	4,371	4,499	6,632	6,848	7,295
	Fine Gael	William Dwyer	6.5	2,561	3,295	3,297	3,538	3,583	3,717	3,770
	Ailtirí na hAiséirghe	Seán Ó Dubhghaill	2.6	1,019	1,023	1,024	1,026	1,052	1,079
	Independent	Daniel Buckley	2.2	859	867	868	878	890
	Labour	Ellen Crowley	1.4	562	568	568	574
	Fine Gael	Francis MacCarthy Morrogh	0.7	255	353	353
Electorate: 53,477   Valid: 39,232   Quota: 7,847   Turnout: 73.4%

1938 general election

1938 general election: Cork Borough^[21][37]

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2	3
	Fianna Fáil	Thomas Dowdall	29.4	11,528
	Fine Gael	W. T. Cosgrave	20.8	8,154
	Labour	James Hickey	18.1	7,094	7,259	7,936
	Fianna Fáil	Hugo Flinn	14.2	5,560	8,944
	Independent	Richard Anthony	13.0	5,071	5,199	5,605
	Fine Gael	Michael O'Driscoll	4.5	1,760	1,777	1,804
Electorate: 52,623   Valid: 39,167   Quota: 7,834   Turnout: 74.4%

1937 general election

1937 general election: Cork Borough^[20][37]

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2	3	4	5
	Fine Gael	W. T. Cosgrave	24.9	9,508
	Fianna Fáil	Hugo Flinn	22.1	8,442
	Labour	James Hickey	18.0	6,893	6,952	6,972	7,086	7,557
	Fianna Fáil	Thomas Dowdall	16.9	6,450	6,481	7,247	7,350	7,592
	Independent	Richard Anthony	12.9	4,946	5,537	5,542	8,363
	Fine Gael	William Desmond	5.3	2,008	3,185	3,186
Electorate: 53,019   Valid: 38,247   Quota: 7,650   Turnout: 72.1%

1933 general election

1933 general election: Cork Borough^[19][37]

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8
	Cumann na nGaedheal	W. T. Cosgrave	26.9	14,863
	Fianna Fáil	Hugo Flinn	23.0	12,696
	Independent	Richard Anthony	10.4	5,719	6,943	6,951	7,638	8,282	9,413
	Labour	Jeremiah Hurley	9.5	5,248	5,322	5,517	5,596	5,673	5,771	5,785
	Fianna Fáil	Thomas Dowdall	9.2	5,067	5,132	6,656	6,764	6,800	6,890	6,896	9,023
	Fianna Fáil	Seán French	6.9	3,812	3,841	5,585	5,697	5,745	5,821	5,824	8,659
	Cumann na nGaedheal	John Horgan	3.9	2,168	2,600	2,604	2,696
	National Centre Party	Cornelius Duggan	3.8	2,111	2,330	2,339
	Cumann na nGaedheal	Barry Egan	3.6	1,995	3,383	3,389	3,832	4,916
	Cumann na nGaedheal	William Desmond	2.8	1,533	3,762	3,765	4,516	5,288	8,693	8,880	9,245
Electorate: 68,919   Valid: 55,212   Quota: 9,203   Turnout: 80.1%

1932 general election

1932 general election: Cork Borough^[18][37]

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2	3	4	5	6	7
	Cumann na nGaedheal	W. T. Cosgrave	36.8	18,125
	Fianna Fáil	Thomas Dowdall	20.4	10,058
	Labour	Jeremiah Hurley	10.3	5,058	5,416	5,590	5,696	5,815	6,336	6,641
	Independent	Richard Anthony	9.8	4,844	7,437	7,498	7,552	7,938	8,020	9,280
	Fianna Fáil	Hugo Flinn	6.6	3,235	3,333	4,723	5,294	5,336	8,382
	Fianna Fáil	Humphrey Kelleher	6.2	3,046	3,094	3,203	3,849	3,878
	Cumann na nGaedheal	William Desmond	2.8	1,395	4,691	4,704	4,716	5,607	5,664	8,178
	Cumann na nGaedheal	John Horgan	2.8	1,380	3,127	3,146	3,152	4,261	4,306
	Fianna Fáil	Seán O'Leary	2.7	1,337	1,359	1,419
	Cumann na nGaedheal	Alexander Healy	1.7	818	2,564	2,579	2,590
Electorate: 67,440   Valid: 49,296   Quota: 8,217   Turnout: 73.1%

September 1927 general election

September 1927 general election: Cork Borough^[17][37]

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9
	Cumann na nGaedheal	W. T. Cosgrave	38.9	17,395
	Fianna Fáil	Seán French	26.0	11,608
	Labour	Richard Anthony	12.7	5,668	6,237	6,593	6,605	6,968	7,322	7,510
	National League	John Horgan	5.5	2,452	2,618	2,742	2,752	2,792	3,100	3,241	3,440
	Cumann na nGaedheal	Barry Egan	3.1	1,383	8,019
	Independent	Sir John Scott	3.0	1,344	1,642	1,698	1,708	1,727
	Fianna Fáil	Hugo Flinn	2.8	1,236	1,278	3,112	3,117	3,210	3,274	3,308	5,861	6,591
	Fianna Fáil	Con Lucey	2.8	1,231	1,260	2,939	2,942	2,982	3,080	3,143
	Cumann na nGaedheal	Martin Nagle	2.5	1,122	1,977	2,000	2,104	2,126	2,390
	Cumann na nGaedheal	Alexander Healy	1.8	813	1,991	2,033	2,455	2,513	2,959	4,699	4,756	5,277
	Labour	Luke Duffy	1.0	447	619	663	666
Electorate: 65,961   Valid: 44,699   Quota: 7,450   Turnout: 67.8%

June 1927 general election

June 1927 general election: Cork Borough^[16][37]

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12
	Cumann na nGaedheal	J. J. Walsh	18.7	8,480
	Labour	Richard Anthony	14.5	6,548	6,591	6,595	6,645	6,723	6,896	7,013	8,497
	Fianna Fáil	Seán French	13.2	5,989	5,995	6,041	6,423	6,461	6,624	6,679	6,872	7,137	7,398	7,893
	National League	John Horgan	11.4	5,177	5,207	5,213	5,240	5,311	5,489	5,547	5,679	5,887	6,309	6,792	8,182
	Sinn Féin	Mary MacSwiney	7.8	3,527	3,532	3,560	3,663	3,667	3,711	3,729	3,775	3,827	3,973	4,268	4,450
	Independent	Sir John Scott	5.8	2,638	2,676	2,685	2,700	2,729	2,891	2,978	3,078	3,239	3,424	3,711
	Independent	Patrick Bradley	5.0	2,246	2,262	2,265	2,271	2,292	2,352	2,386	2,426	2,588	2,911
	Farmers' Party	Timothy Corcoran	4.6	2,060	2,081	2,081	2,093	2,121	2,370	2,416	2,437	2,461
	Cumann na nGaedheal	Barry Egan	4.4	1,994	2,314	2,315	2,321	2,859	3,148	4,682	4,737	4,822	5,524	6,024	7,040
	Labour	Edward Fitzgerald	4.2	1,910	1,926	1,933	1,953	2,002	2,073	2,122
	Farmers' Party	Frank Daly	3.4	1,527	1,545	1,549	1,557	1,599
	Cumann na nGaedheal	Liam de Róiste	3.2	1,447	1,680	1,683	1,689	1,884	2,048
	Cumann na nGaedheal	Michael Egan	2.0	920	1,111	1,112	1,121
	Fianna Fáil	Con Lucey	1.3	607	609	660
	Fianna Fáil	Seán O'Leary	0.4	166	167
Electorate: 65,961   Valid: 45,236   Quota: 7,540   Turnout: 68.6%

1924 by-election

Following the resignation of Cumann na nGaedheal TD Alfred O'Rahilly, a by-election was held on 19 November 1924. The seat was won by the Cumann na nGaedheal candidate Michael Egan.

1924 by-election: Cork Borough^[15][37]

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1
	Cumann na nGaedheal	Michael Egan	64.8	27,021
	Republican	Seán French	35.2	14,703
Electorate: 64,931   Valid: 41,724   Quota: 20,863   Turnout: 64.3%

1923 general election

1923 general election: Cork Borough^[13][37]

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12
	Cumann na nGaedheal	J. J. Walsh	40.3	17,151
	Republican	Mary MacSwiney	14.3	6,109	6,130	6,135	6,136	6,150	6,407	6,449	6,574	6,696	8,578
	Businessmen's Party	Richard Beamish	13.7	5,822	6,761	8,198
	Cumann na nGaedheal	Alfred O'Rahilly	5.9	2,506	9,976
	Labour	Richard Anthony	5.8	2,492	2,586	2,669	2,704	2,736	2,751	2,837	3,232	3,286	3,376	3,713	5,330
	Republican	Con Lucey	4.4	1,870	1,878	1,882	1,884	1,907	2,029	2,055	2,189	2,264
	Farmers' Party	Timothy Corcoran	3.8	1,616	1,708	1,791	1,820	1,853	1,859	1,911	1,923
	Labour	Robert Day	3.4	1,431	1,510	1,595	1,608	1,635	1,651	1,762	2,445	2,554	2,637	2,952
	Labour	William Kenneally	3.2	1,358	1,404	1,450	1,458	1,471	1,489	1,566
	Independent	Sir John Scott	1.8	786	1,158	1,241	1,292	1,341	1,350
	Businessmen's Party	Andrew O'Shaughnessy	1.8	766	1,646	2,673	3,617	3,687	3,716	4,458	4,542	5,846	5,919	6,022	6,338
	Republican	Frederick Murray	1.1	461	483	488	490	493
	Independent	Jeremiah Collins	0.6	243	269	285	296
Electorate: 64,100   Valid: 42,611   Quota: 7,102   Turnout: 66.5%

The Business and Professional Group candidates were members of the Cork Progressive Association.

1922 general election

1922 general election: Cork Borough^[12][37]

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2	3	4	5
	Labour	Robert Day	22.5	6,836
	Sinn Féin (Pro-Treaty)	J. J. Walsh	18.9	5,731	5,899	6,052	6,097
	Sinn Féin (Pro-Treaty)	Liam de Róiste	18.6	5,657	5,966	6,147
	Sinn Féin (Anti-Treaty)	Mary MacSwiney	13.2	4,016	4,051	5,482	5,503	6,066
	Independent	Richard Beamish	11.5	3,485	3,552	3,558	3,560	4,769
	Independent	Frank Daly	9.3	2,826	3,002	3,034	3,043
	Sinn Féin (Anti-Treaty)	Donal O'Callaghan	5.9	1,796	1,807
Electorate: 48,817   Valid: 30,347   Quota: 6,070   Turnout: 62.2%

1921 general election

1921 general election: Cork Borough^[11]

Party		Candidate	FPv%	%	Seat	Count
	Sinn Féin	Liam de Róiste	Unopposed	N/A	1
	Sinn Féin	Mary MacSwiney	Unopposed	N/A	2
	Sinn Féin	Donal O'Callaghan	Unopposed	N/A	3
	Sinn Féin	J. J. Walsh	Unopposed	N/A	4

See also

• Politics of the Republic of Ireland
• Historic Dáil constituencies
• Elections in the Republic of Ireland