Cork South-East (Dáil constituency)

For the 1885–1922 constituency, see South East Cork (UK Parliament constituency).

Cork South-East was a parliamentary constituency represented in Dáil Éireann, the lower house of the Irish parliament or Oireachtas from 1937 to 1948. 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).

Cork South-East
Former Dáil constituency
Former constituency
Created	1937
Abolished	1948
Seats	3
Local government area	County Cork

History

The constituency was created under the Electoral (Revision of Constituencies) Act 1935,^[1] for the 1937 general election to the Dáil Éireann. It succeeded the old Cork East constituency. It was abolished under the Electoral (Amendment) Act 1947, when it was replaced by the new constituency of Cork South.^[2]

Boundaries

It consisted of the district electoral divisions of:

"Ballincollig, Ballintemple, Ballycotton, Ballyfeard, Ballyfoyle, Ballygarvan, Ballymartle, Ballynaglogh, Ballyspillane, Bishopstown, Blackpool, Blarney, Caherlag, Carrigaline (Cork), Carrigaline (Kinsale), Carrignavar, Carrigrohane Beg, Carrigtwohill, Castlemartyr, Clonmult, Cloyne, Cobh Rural, Corkbeg, Cullen, Dangan, Douglas, Dripsey, Dunderrow, Dungourney, Farrenbrien, Firmount, Garryvoe, Glenville, Greenfort, Ightermurragh, Inch, Inishkenny, Killeagh (Cork), Kilmonoge, Kilpatrick, Kinure, Knockantota, Knockraha, Lehenagh, Liscleary, Lisgoold, Matehy, Middleton Rural, Mogeely, Monkstown Rural, Nohaval, Ovens, Rathcooney, Riverstown, Rostellan, St. Mary's, Templebodan, Templebreedy, Templemichael, Templenacarriga and Whitechurch and the Urban Districts of Cobh, Midleton and Passage West in the administrative county of Cork".^[1]

TDs

Teachtaí Dála (TDs) for Cork South-East 1937–1948[3]
Key to parties   FG = Fine Gael   FF = Fianna Fáil   Lab = Labour
Dáil	Election	Deputy (Party)		Deputy (Party)		Deputy (Party)
9th	1937[4]		Jeremiah Hurley (Lab)		Martin Corry (FF)		Brook Brasier (FG)
10th	1938[5]
11th	1943[6]		Thomas Looney (Lab)				William Broderick (FG)
12th	1944[7]		Seán McCarthy (FF)
13th	1948	Constituency abolished

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

1944 general election

1944 general election: Cork South-East^[7][8]

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2	3	4	5
	Fianna Fáil	Martin Corry	26.5	8,038
	Clann na Talmhan	Patrick Lehane	18.1	5,484	5,516	5,635	5,913	6,399
	Fine Gael	William Broderick	17.6	5,350	5,365	5,691	6,074	6,684
	Fianna Fáil	Seán McCarthy	17.0	5,155	5,494	5,656	5,915	7,111
	National Labour Party	Thomas Looney	10.2	3,087	3,120	3,336	3,888
	Labour	Dan Desmond	5.4	1,636	1,653	2,275
	Labour	David Barry	5.3	1,603	1,616
Electorate: 44,356   Valid: 30,353   Quota: 7,589   Turnout: 68.4%

1943 general election

1943 general election: Cork South-East^[6][8]

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2	3	4	5	6
	Fianna Fáil	Martin Corry	26.7	8,767
	Fine Gael	William Broderick	18.6	6,123	6,135	6,222	6,657	8,364
	Clann na Talmhan	Patrick Lehane	13.7	4,499	4,523	4,571	4,870	5,215	5,909
	Fianna Fáil	Seán McCarthy	10.3	3,374	3,794	3,915	4,413	4,640
	Labour	Thomas Looney	8.4	2,755	2,776	4,568	5,374	5,585	6,355
	Fine Gael	Edmond Carey	8.0	2,644	2,654	2,697	2,882
	Independent	John Hurley	7.5	2,481	2,525	2,650
	Labour	Patrick O'Brien	6.8	2,248	2,261
Electorate: 44,356   Valid: 32,891   Quota: 8,223   Turnout: 74.2%

1938 general election

1938 general election: Cork South-East^[5][8]

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2	3
	Fine Gael	Brook Brasier	26.8	8,535
	Fianna Fáil	Martin Corry	24.2	7,701	7,715	8,116
	Labour	Jeremiah Hurley	18.4	5,872	5,908	7,587
	Fianna Fáil	Eoin O'Mahony	16.2	5,175	5,187	5,710
	Fine Gael	Edmond Carey	14.4	4,597	5,099
Electorate: 41,655   Valid: 31,880   Quota: 7,971   Turnout: 76.5%

1937 general election

1937 general election: Cork South-East^[4][8]

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2	3
	Fine Gael	Brook Brasier	27.7	8,594
	Fianna Fáil	Martin Corry	24.4	7,567	10,134
	Labour	Jeremiah Hurley	21.7	6,720	7,261	8,958
	Fine Gael	William Broderick	15.5	4,818	4,926	5,010
	Fianna Fáil	Michael Leahy	10.7	3,315
Electorate: 41,669   Valid: 31,014   Quota: 7,754   Turnout: 74.4%

See also

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