Cork North-East (Dáil constituency)

Cork North-East was a parliamentary constituency represented in Dáil Éireann, the lower house of the Irish parliament or Oireachtas from 1961 to 1981. The constituency elected 5 deputies (Teachtaí Dála, commonly known as TDs) to the Dáil until 1969, and then 4 thereafter. The method of election was proportional representation by means of the single transferable vote (PR-STV).

Cork North-East
Former Dáil constituency
Former constituency
Created	1961
Abolished	1981
Seats	5 (1961–1969) 4 (1969–1981)
Local government area	County Cork
Created from	Cork North
Replaced by	Cork East Cork North-West

History

The constituency was created under the Electoral (Amendment) Act 1961, for the 1961 general election to Dáil Éireann.^[1] The constituency returned 5 deputies from 1961 to 1969. Under the Electoral (Amendment) Act 1969 this was reduced to 4 seats from 1969 onwards.^[2]

It was abolished under the Electoral (Amendment) Act 1980, when it was partially replaced by the new constituencies of Cork East and Cork North-West.

Boundaries

The district electoral divisions of the former Rural District of Fermoy; former rural district of Kanturk; former rural district of Mallow; former rural district of Midleton; former rural district of Mitchelstown No. 1; former rural district of Youghal; and the urban districts of Cobh, Fermoy, Mallow, Midleton and Youghal.^[1]

TDs

Teachtaí Dála (TDs) for Cork North-East 1961–1981[3]
Key to parties   FG = Fine Gael   FF = Fianna Fáil   Lab = Labour
Dáil	Election	Deputy (Party)		Deputy (Party)		Deputy (Party)		Deputy (Party)		Deputy (Party)
17th	1961[4]		John Moher (FF)		Martin Corry (FF)		Philip Burton (FG)		Richard Barry (FG)		Patrick McAuliffe (Lab)
18th	1965[5]		Jerry Cronin (FF)
19th	1969[6]				Seán Brosnan (FF)		Gerard Cott (FG)			4 seats 1969–1981
20th	1973[7]				Liam Ahern (FF)		Patrick Hegarty (FG)
	1974 by-election[8]				Seán Brosnan (FF)
21st	1977[9]
	1979 by-election[10]				Myra Barry (FG)
22nd	1981	Constituency abolished. See Cork East and Cork North-West

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 Fianna Fáil TD Seán Brosnan, a by-election was held on 7 November 1979. The seat was won by the Fine Gael candidate Myra Barry.

1979 by-election: Cork North-East^[11][12]

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2
	Fine Gael	Myra Barry	38.7	15,939	20,292
	Fianna Fáil	John Brosnan	36.3	14,961	17,883
	Sinn Féin The Workers' Party	Joe Sherlock	22.8	9,395
	Independent	Mary Ann Duggan	2.2	911
Electorate: 60,075   Valid: 41,206   Quota: 20,604   Turnout: 68.6%

1977 general election

1977 general election: Cork North-East^[3][9][13]

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2	3	4	5	6	7
	Fianna Fáil	Seán Brosnan[*]	18.7	8,840	8,986	9,025	9,078	9,788
	Fianna Fáil	Jerry Cronin[*]	17.6	8,352	8,440	8,501	8,632	8,828	10,221
	Fine Gael	Richard Barry[*]	16.0	7,590	7,628	7,864	9,024	9,382	10,296
	Fine Gael	Patrick Hegarty[*]	12.9	6,117	6,260	6,727	7,251	7,863	8,367	8,667
	Fianna Fáil	Carey Joyce	11.9	5,630	5,661	5,684	5,706	5,825	6,608	6,719
	Sinn Féin The Workers' Party	Joe Sherlock	9.5	4,485	4,584	4,765	4,925	5,252
	Independent	Noel Collins	5.1	2,433	2,488	2,560	2,600
	Fine Gael	Michael Broderick	4.3	2,036	2,047	2,161
	Labour	Liam Duggan	2.3	1,094	1,288
	Independent	John Kidney	1.7	788
Electorate: 59,115   Valid: 47,365   Quota: 9,474   Turnout: 80.1%

1974 by-election

Following the death of Fianna Fáil TD Liam Ahern, a by-election was held on 13 November 1974. The seat was won by the Fianna Fáil candidate Seán Brosnan.

1974 by-election: Cork North-East^[11][13]

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2	3
	Fianna Fáil	Seán Brosnan	49.4	19,928	20,031	21,912
	Fine Gael	Michael Broderick	34.0	13,708	14,561	16,330
	Sinn Féin (Official)	Joe Sherlock	13.3	5,363	5,659
	Labour	Liam Hurley	3.1	1,243
	Independent	Angela Cunningham	0.3	132
Electorate: 55,388   Valid: 40,374   Quota: 20,188   Turnout: 72.2%

1973 general election

1973 general election: Cork North-East^[7][14]

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2	3	4	5	6	7
	Fianna Fáil	Jerry Cronin[*]	24.0	9,608
	Fine Gael	Richard Barry[*]	18.0	7,188	7,270	7,281	7,477	8,122
	Fianna Fáil	Liam Ahern	13.5	5,403	5,946	5,963	6,098	6,169	6,470	6,671
	Fianna Fáil	Seán Brosnan[*]	12.6	5,029	5,778	5,790	5,917	5,994	6,296	6,485
	Fine Gael	Patrick Hegarty	10.2	4,066	4,082	4,102	4,511	5,085	5,474	7,961
	Fine Gael	Michael Broderick	7.5	2,994	3,055	3,057	3,101	3,328	4,230
	Sinn Féin (Official)	Joe Sherlock	6.2	2,488	2,608	2,629	2,707	3,071
	Labour	William Fennessy	4.7	1,887	1,914	1,923	2,093
	Independent	Noel Collins	3.0	1,228	1,237	1,240
	Independent	Cuthbert Kelly	0.3	100	102
Electorate: 50,016   Valid: 39,991   Quota: 7,999   Turnout: 80.0%

1969 general election

1969 general election: Cork North-East^[6][15]

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2	3	4	5	6	7
	Fianna Fáil	Jerry Cronin	23.0	8,842
	Fine Gael	Richard Barry	18.6	7,133	7,202	7,588	7,654	9,127
	Fianna Fáil	Seán Brosnan	13.7	5,281	5,731	5,831	5,908	5,945	5,959	6,363
	Fianna Fáil	Liam Ahern	13.2	5,050	5,504	5,583	5,669	5,704	5,715	6,044
	Labour	Patrick McAuliffe	8.7	3,335	3,462	3,560	4,800	5,123	5,197
	Fine Gael	Gerard Cott	8.2	3,162	3,165	3,858	4,038	4,531	5,616	6,373
	Fine Gael	Jeremiah O'Hanlon	6.1	2,354	2,398	2,477	2,512
	Labour	Donie O'Driscoll	4.4	1,687	1,695	1,763
	Fine Gael	Daniel Casey	4.1	1,566	1,570
Electorate: 48,840   Valid: 38,410   Quota: 7,683   Turnout: 78.6%

1965 general election

1965 general election: Cork North-East^[5][11]

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2	3	4	5	6
	Fine Gael	Richard Barry	17.4	8,007
	Labour	Patrick McAuliffe	15.3	7,013	7,045	7,084	7,505	7,919
	Fianna Fáil	Martin Corry	14.7	6,753	6,762	6,778	7,052	9,543
	Fianna Fáil	Jerry Cronin	12.9	5,919	5,932	5,950	5,985	6,693	7,471
	Fine Gael	Philip Burton	10.8	4,949	5,113	5,183	7,610	7,857
	Fianna Fáil	John Moher	10.7	4,905	4,924	4,956	4,992	5,588	6,696
	Fianna Fáil	Seán Brosnan	9.9	4,542	4,563	4,572	4,837
	Fine Gael	Cornelius Carey	7.9	3,626	3,717	3,734
	Independent	John A. O'Shaughnessy	0.5	227	228
Electorate: 58,336   Valid: 45,941   Quota: 7,657   Turnout: 78.8%

1961 general election

1961 general election: Cork North-East^[4][11]

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2	3	4	5	6
	Fine Gael	Richard Barry	19.0	8,454
	Labour	Patrick McAuliffe	17.0	7,584
	Fianna Fáil	Martin Corry	15.9	7,093	7,151	7,170	7,496
	Fianna Fáil	Batt Donegan	11.9	5,318	5,327	5,359	5,522	5,690	5,836
	Fianna Fáil	John Moher	11.9	5,304	5,397	5,414	5,681	5,925	6,089
	Fine Gael	Philip Burton	11.6	5,150	5,796	5,854	6,012	8,255
	Fine Gael	Daniel Casey	8.2	3,663	3,860	3,879	4,060
	Sinn Féin	Denis O'Connor	4.4	1,939	1,972	1,993
Electorate: 58,694   Valid: 44,505   Quota: 7,418   Turnout: 75.8%

See also

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