Cork South-West (Dáil constituency)

Cork South-West is a parliamentary constituency represented in Dáil Éireann, the lower house of the Irish parliament or Oireachtas. The constituency elects three deputies (Teachtaí Dála, commonly known as TDs) on the system of proportional representation by means of the single transferable vote (PR-STV).

Cork South-West
Dáil constituency
Location of Cork South-West within Ireland
Interactive map of constituency boundaries since the 2024 general election
Major settlements	Bandon Bantry Castletownbere Clonakilty Dunmanway Kinsale Skibbereen
Current constituency
Created	1961
Seats	3
TDs	Holly Cairns (SD)   Michael Collins (II)   Christopher O'Sullivan (FF)
Local government area	County Cork
EP constituency	South

History and boundaries

It is a largely rural constituency within County Cork, running from Dursey Island in the west to Ringabella in the east, with many medium-sized towns, including Bandon, Bantry, Castletownbere, Clonakilty, Kinsale and Skibbereen.

It was first used at the 1961 general election. The Electoral (Amendment) (Dáil Constituencies) Act 2017 defines the constituency as:^[1]

"The county of Cork, except the parts thereof which are comprised in the constituencies of Cork East, Cork North-Central, Cork North-West and Cork South-Central."

The Constituency Review Report 2023 of the Electoral Commission recommended that no change be made at the 2024 general election.^[2]

Changes to the Cork South-West constituency

Years	TDs	Boundaries	Notes
1961–1969	3	In County Cork, the district electoral divisions of[3] Bengour, in the former Rural District of Bandon; Ahil, Bantry Rural, Bantry Urban, Douce, Durrus East, Durrus West, Glanlough, Glengarrif, Kealkill, Kil-caskan, Mealagh, Scart, Seefin, Sheepshead, Whiddy, in the former Rural District of Bantry; Adrigole, Bear, Goulagh, Curryglass, Kilcatherine, Killaconenagh, Kilna-managh, in the former Rural District of Castletown; Ardfield, Argideen, Cahermore, Castleventry, Clonakilty Rural, Coolcraheen, Derry, Kilkerranmore, Kilmoylerane, Kilnagross, Knocks, Rathbarry, Rosscarbery, Rossmore, in the former Rural District of Clonakilty; Aultagh, Ballingurteen, Ballymoney, Bealanagarry, Bealock, Carrigboy, Castletown, Coolmountain, Drinagh, Dunmanway North, Dunmanway South, Garrown, Kinneigh, Manch, Milane, Teerelton, in the former Rural District of Dunmanway; Bealanageary, Candroma, Cleanrath, Derryfineen, Gortnatubbrid, Greenville, Inchigeelagh, Kilnamartery, Macloneigh, Mashanaglass, Slievereagh, Ullanes, in the former Rural District of Macroom; Aghadown North, Aghadown South, Bredagh, Caheragh, Cape Clear, Carrigbaun, Castlehaven North, Castlehaven South, Cloghdonnell, Cloonkeen, Drinagh, Dromdaleague North, Dromdaleague South, Garranes, Gortnascreeny, Kilfaughnabeg, Killeenleagh, Knockskagh, Myross, Shreelane, Skibbereen Rural, Tullagh, Woodfort, in the former Rural District of Skibbereen; Ballybane, Ballydehob, Coolagh, Crookhaven, Dunbeacon, Dunmanus, Goleen, Kilcoe, Lowertown, Skull, Toormore, in the former Rural District of Skull; and the urban districts of Clonakilty, Macroom and Skibbereen.	Created from Cork West and Cork North.
1969–1977	3	In County Cork, the district electoral divisions of[3] Ballinadee, Ballymodan, Ballymurphy, Bandon, Baurleigh, Bengour, Boulteen, Brinny, Cashel, Inishannon, Kilbrittain, Kilbrogan, Knockavilly, Knockroe, Murragh, Rathclarin, Teadies, Templemartin, in the former Rural District of Bandon; Bantry Rural, Bantry Urban, Durrus East, Durrus West, Glanlough, Glengarriff, Kealkill, Kilcaskan, Mealagh, Scart, Seefin, Sheepshead, Whiddy, in the former Rural District of Bantry; Adrigole, Bear, Curryglass, Killaconenagh, in the former Rural District of Castletown; Abbeymahon, Ardfield, Argideen, Butlerstown, Cahermore, Castleventry, Clonakilty Rural, Coolcraheen, Courtmacsherry, Derry, Kilkerranmore, Kilmaloda East, Kilmaloda West, Kilmoylerane, Kilnagross, Knocks, Rathbarry, Rosscarbery, Rossmore, Templeomalus, Timoleague, in the former Rural District of Clonakilty; Ballingurteen, Ballymoney, Castletown, Drinagh, Dunmanway North, Dunmanway South, Kinneigh, Manch, Milane, in the former Rural District of Dunmanway; Ballinspittle, Ballymackean, Coolmain, Kinsale Rural, Laherne, in the former Rural District of Kinsale; Aghadown North, Aghadown South, Bredagh, Caheragh, Cape Clear, Carrigbaun, Castlehaven North, Castlehaven South, Cloghdonnell, Cloonkeen, Drinagh, Dromdaleague North, Dromdaleague South, Garranes, Gortnascreeny, Kilfaughnabeg, Killeenleagh, Knockskagh, Myross, Shreelane, Skibbereen Rural, Tullagh, Woodfort, in the former Rural District of Skibbereen; Ballybane, Ballydehob, Coolagh, Crookhaven, Dunbeacon, Dunmanus, Goleen, Kilcoe, Lowertown, Skull, Toormore, in the former Rural District of Skull; and the urban districts of Clonakilty, Kinsale and Skibbereen.	Transfer of the urban district of Kinsale and DEDs in the former Rural District of Bandon from Cork Mid; transfer of the urban district of Macroom to Cork Mid; transfer of Coulagh, Kilcatherine, Kilnamanagh, in the former Rural District of Castletown to Kerry South.
1977–1981	3	In County Cork, the district electoral divisions of[4] Ballinadee, Ballymodan, Ballymurphy, Bandon, Baurleigh, Bengour, Boulteen, Brinny, Cashel, Inishannon, Kilbrittain, Kilbrogan, Knockavilly, Knockroe, Murragh, Rathclarin, Teadies, Templemartin, in the former Rural District of Bandon; Bantry Rural, Bantry Urban, Durrus East, Durrus West, Glanlough, Glengarriff, Kealkill, Kilcaskan, Mealagh, Scart, Seefin, Sheepshead, Whiddy, in the former Rural District of Bantry; Adrigole, Curryglass, in the former Rural District of Castletown; Abbeymahon, Ardfield, Argideen, Butlerstown, Cahermore, Castleventry, Clonakilty Rural, Coolcraheen, Courtmacsherry, Derry, Kilkerranmore, Kilmaloda East, Kilmaloda West, Kilmoylerane, Kilnagross, Knocks, Rathbarry, Rosscarbery, Rossmore, Templeomalus, Timoleague, in the former Rural District of Clonakilty; Ballingurteen, Ballymoney, Castletown, Drinagh, Dunmanway North, Dunmanway South, Kinneigh, Manch, Milane, in the former Rural District of Dunmanway; Ballinspittle, Ballymackean, Coolmain, Kinsale Rural, Laherne, in the former Rural District of Kinsale; Aghadown North, Aghadown South, Bredagh, Caheragh, Cape Clear, Carrigbaun, Castlehaven North, Castlehaven South, Cloghdonnell, Cloonkeen, Drinagh, Dromdaleague North, Dromdaleague South, Garranes, Gortnascreeny, Kilfaughnabeg, Killeenleagh, Knockskagh, Myross, Shreelane, Skibbereen Rural, Tullagh, Woodfort, in the former Rural District of Skibbereen; Ballybane, Ballydehob, Coolagh, Crookhaven, Dunbeacon, Dunmanus, Goleen, Kilcoe, Lowertown, Skull, Toormore, in the former Rural District of Skull; and the urban districts of Clonakilty, Kinsale and Skibbereen.	Transfer of Bear, Killaconenagh, in the former Rural District of Castletown to Kerry South.
1981–1992	3	In County Cork, the district electoral divisions of[5][6] Ballinadee, Ballymodan, Bandon, Baurleigh, Boulteen, Cashel, Inishannon, Kilbrittain, Kilbrogan, Knockroe, Rathclarin, in the former Rural District of Bandon; Bantry Rural, Bantry Urban, Durrus East, Durrus West, Glanlough, Glengarriff, Kealkill, Kilcaskan, Mealagh, Scart, Seefin, Sheepshead, Whiddy, in the former Rural District of Bantry; Adrigole, Bear, Coulagh, Curryglass, Kilcatherine, Kilaconenagh, Kilnamanagh in the former Rural District of Castletown; Abbeymahon, Ardfield, Argideen, Butlerstown, Cahermore, Castleventry, Clonakilty Rural, Coolcraheen, Courtmacsherry, Derry, Kilkerranmore, Kilmaloda East, Kilmaloda West, Kilmoylerane, Kilnagross, Knocks, Rathbarry, Rosscarbery, Rossmore, Templeomalus, Timoleague, in the former Rural District of Clonakilty; Ballingurteen, Ballymoney, Drinagh, Dunmanway North, Dunmanway South, Milane, in the former Rural District of Dunmanway; Ballinspittle, Ballymackean, Coolmain, Kinsale Rural, Laherne, Leighmoney, in the former Rural District of Kinsale; Aghadown North, Aghadown South, Bredagh, Caheragh, Cape Clear, Carrigbaun, Castlehaven North, Castlehaven South, Cloghdonnell, Cloonkeen, Drinagh, Dromdaleague North, Dromdaleague South, Garranes, Gortnascreeny, Kilfaughnabeg, Killeenleagh, Knockskagh, Myross, Shreelane, Skibbereen Rural, Tullagh, Woodfort, in the former Rural District of Skibbereen; Ballybane, Ballydehob, Coolagh, Crook-haven, Dunbeacon, Dunmanus, Goleen, Kilcoe, Lowertown, Skull, Toormore, in the former Rural District of Skull; and the urban districts of Clonakilty, Kinsale and Skibbereen.	Transfer of Bear, Coulagh, Kilcatherine, Killaconenagh, Kilnamanagh, in the former Rural District of Castletown, from Kerry South.
1992–1997	3	In County Cork, the district electoral divisions of[7] Ballinadee, Ballymodan, Bandon, Baurleigh, Boulteen, Cashel, Inishannon, Kilbrittain, Kilbrogan, Knockroe, Rathclarin, in the former Rural District of Bandon; Bantry Rural, Bantry Urban, Durrus East, Durrus West, Glanlough, Glengarriff, Kealkill, Kilcaskan, Mealagh, Scart, Seefin, Sheepshead, Whiddy, in the former Rural District of Bantry; Adrigole, Bear, Coulagh, Curryglass, Kilcatherine, Killaconenagh, Kilnamanagh in the former Rural District of Castletown; Abbeymahon, Ardfield, Argideen, Butlerstown, Cahermore, Castleventry, Clonakilty Rural, Coolcraheen, Courtmacsherry, Derry, Kilkerranmore, Kilmaloda East, Kilmaloda West, Kilmoylerane, Kilnagross, Knocks, Rathbarry, Rosscarbery, Rossmore, Templeomalus, Timoleague, in the former Rural District of Clonakilty; Ballingurteen, Ballymoney, Drinagh, Dunmanway North, Dunmanway South, Milane, in the former Rural District of Dunmanway; Ballinspittle, Ballymackean, Ballymartle, Coolmain, Kinsale Rural, Laherne, Leighmoney, Templemichael, in the former Rural District of Kinsale; Aghadown North, Aghadown South, Bredagh, Caheragh, Cape Clear, Carrigbaun, Castlehaven North, Castlehaven South, Cloghdonnell, Cloonkeen, Drinagh, Dromdaleague North, Dromdaleague South, Garranes, Gortnascreeny, Kilfaughnabeg, Killeenleagh, Knockskagh, Myross, Shreelane, Skibbereen Rural, Tullagh, Woodfort, in the former Rural District of Skibbereen; Ballybane, Ballydehob, Coolagh, Crookhaven, Dunbeacon, Dunmanus, Goleen, Kilcoe, Lowertown, Skull, Toormore, in the former Rural District of Skull; and the urban districts of Clonakilty, Kinsale and Skibbereen.	District electoral divisions of Ballymartle and Templemichael in the former Rural District of Kinsale transferred from Cork South-Central.[8]
1997–2007	3	In County Cork, the electoral divisions of[9][10] Ballinadee, Ballymodan, Bandon, Baurleigh, Boulteen, Cashel, Inishannon, Kilbrittain, Kilbrogan, Knockroe, Rathclarin, in the former Rural District of Bandon; Ahil, Bantry Rural, Bantry Urban, Douce, Durrus East, Durrus West, Glanlough, Glengarriff, Kealkill, Kilcaskan, Mealagh, Scart, Seefin, Sheepshead, Whiddy, in the former Rural District of Bantry; Adrigole, Bear, Coulagh, Curryglass, Kilcatherine, Killaconenagh, Kilnamanagh in the former Rural District of Castletown; Abbeymahon, Ardfield, Argideen, Butlerstown, Cahermore, Castleventry, Clonakilty Rural, Coolcraheen, Courtmacsherry, Derry, Kilkerranmore, Kilmaloda East, Kilmaloda West, Kilmoylerane, Kilnagross, Knocks, Rathbarry, Rosscarbery, Rossmore, Templeomalus, Timoleague, in the former Rural District of Clonakilty; Ballingurteen, Ballymoney, Drinagh, Dunmanway North, Dunmanway South, Milane, in the former Rural District of Dunmanway; Ballinspittle, Ballymackean, Ballymartle, Coolmain, Kinsale Rural, Laherne, Leighmoney, Templemichael, in the former Rural District of Kinsale; Aghadown North, Aghadown South, Bredagh, Caheragh, Cape Clear, Carrigbaun, Castlehaven North, Castlehaven South, Cloghdonnell, Cloonkeen, Drinagh, Dromdaleague North, Dromdaleague South, Garranes, Gortnascreeny, Kilfaughnabeg, Killeenleagh, Knockskagh, Myross, Shreelane, Skibbereen Rural, Tullagh, Woodfort, in the former Rural District of Skibbereen; Ballybane, Ballydehob, Coolagh, Crookhaven, Dunbeacon, Dunmanus, Goleen, Kilcoe, Lowertown, Skull, Toormore, in the former Rural District of Skull; and the urban districts of Clonakilty, Kinsale and Skibbereen.	Electoral divisions of Ahil and Douce in the former Rural District of Bantry transferred from Cork North-West.[11][12]
2007–	3	County Cork, except the parts in the constituencies of Cork East, Cork North-Central, Cork North-West and Cork South-Central.[13][14][15][1]	Electoral divisions of Dunderrow in the former Rural District of Cork and Ballyfeard, Ballyfoyle, Cullen, Farranbrien, Kilmonoge, Kinure and Nohaval in the former Rural District of Kinsale transferred from Cork South-Central.[16][17][18]

TDs

Teachtaí Dála (TDs) for Cork South-West 1961–[19]
Key to parties   FF = Fianna Fáil   FG = Fine Gael   Lab = Labour   II = Independent Ireland   SD = Social Democrats   Ind = Independent
Dáil	Election	Deputy (Party)		Deputy (Party)		Deputy (Party)
17th	1961[20]		Seán Collins (FG)		Michael Pat Murphy (Lab)		Edward Cotter (FF)
18th	1965[21]
19th	1969[22]		John O'Sullivan (FG)				Flor Crowley (FF)
20th	1973[23]
21st	1977[24]		Jim O'Keeffe (FG)				Joe Walsh (FF)
22nd	1981[25]				P. J. Sheehan (FG)		Flor Crowley (FF)
23rd	1982 (Feb)[26]						Joe Walsh (FF)
24th	1982 (Nov)[27]
25th	1987[28]
26th	1989[29]
27th	1992[30]
28th	1997[31]
29th	2002[32]				Denis O'Donovan (FF)
30th	2007[33]				P. J. Sheehan (FG)		Christy O'Sullivan (FF)
31st	2011[34]		Jim Daly (FG)		Noel Harrington (FG)		Michael McCarthy (Lab)
32nd	2016[35]				Michael Collins (Ind)		Margaret Murphy O'Mahony (FF)
33rd	2020[36]		Holly Cairns (SD)				Christopher O'Sullivan (FF)
34th	2024[37]				Michael Collins (II)

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

2024 general election

2024 general election: Cork South-West^[37][38]

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11
	Independent Ireland	Michael Collins[*]	23.3	11,002	11,113	11,125	11,140	11,185	11,605	11,721	12,295
	Social Democrats	Holly Cairns[*]	19.9	9,421	9,438	9,601	9,782	10,039	10,085	10,214	11,170	11,720	11,962
	Fianna Fáil	Christopher O'Sullivan[*]	19.3	9,115	9,118	9,147	9,159	9,206	9,261	9,305	9,396	10,090	10,135	11,959
	Fine Gael	Noel O'Donovan	12.9	6,122	6,127	6,161	6,162	6,207	6,248	6,266	6,307	6,510	6,533	9,856
	Fine Gael	Tim Lombard	10.6	5,003	5,010	5,035	5,036	5,078	5,135	5,146	5,185	5,836	5,853
	Independent	Alan Coleman	4.6	2,191	2,213	2,219	2,227	2,248	2,344	2,361	2,537
	Sinn Féin	Claire O'Callaghan	3.1	1,448	1,458	1,462	1,523	1,552	1,586	2,152
	Sinn Féin	Donnchadh Ó Seaghdha	1.8	835	845	847	875	891	925
	Aontú	Mairead Ruane	1.5	707	791	801	810	821
	Labour	Evie Nevin	0.9	436	443	494	533
	PBP–Solidarity	Zoe Laplaud[a]	0.7	349	357	369
	Green	Mary Ryder	0.7	349	352
	The Irish People	Deborah O'Driscoll	0.6	287
	Independent	John O'Leary	0.1	29
Electorate: 74,364   Valid: 47,294   Spoilt: 215   Quota: 11,824   Turnout: 47,509 (63.9%)

1. Laplaud is a member of People Before Profit.

2020 general election

2020 general election: Cork South-West^{[36][39][40][41]}

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8
	Independent	Michael Collins[*]	26.4	11,712
	Fianna Fáil	Christopher O'Sullivan	14.1	6,262	6,400	6,503	6,602	6,960	7,228	10,273	11,262
	Fine Gael	Tim Lombard	13.2	5,865	5,917	5,982	6,170	6,669	8,557	9,133	9,526
	Sinn Féin	Paul Hayes	10.8	4,777	4,881	5,075	5,229	5,462	5,542	5,832
	Social Democrats	Holly Cairns	10.6	4,696	4,808	5,008	5,994	6,280	6,593	7,055	10,078
	Fianna Fáil	Margaret Murphy O'Mahony[*]	9.2	4,077	4,163	4,274	4,352	4,761	4,863
	Fine Gael	Karen Coakley	5.7	2,526	2,577	2,595	2,698	2,747
	Independent	Alan Coleman	4.1	1,801	1,843	1,950	2,025
	Green	Bernadette Connolly	3.7	1,647	1,663	1,765
	Aontú	Mairéad Ruane	1.1	515	531
	Solidarity–PBP	Kevin O'Connor[a]	1.0	427	435
	Independent	Sean O'Leary	0.1	33	35
Electorate: 69,127   Valid: 44,338   Spoilt: 288   Quota: 11,085   Turnout: 44,626 (64.6%)

1. O'Connor was a member of People Before Profit.

2016 general election

2016 general election: Cork South-West^[42][43][35]

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2	3	4	5
	Fianna Fáil	Margaret Murphy O'Mahony	19.6	8,482	8,845	9,228	10,020	11,962
	Fine Gael	Jim Daly[*]	17.0	7,370	7,633	8,523	8,774	9,799
	Independent	Michael Collins	15.6	6,765	7,347	7,793	9,258	11,063
	Fine Gael	Noel Harrington[*]	14.9	6,433	6,574	7,377	7,544	8,208
	Independent	Alan Coleman	11.5	4,955	5,272	5,634	6,405
	Sinn Féin	Rachel McCarthy	8.5	3,656	3,993	4,260
	Labour	Michael McCarthy[*]	7.0	3,035	3,397
	Green	Johnny O'Mahony	1.7	752
	Independent	Gillian Powell	1.6	701
	Catholic Democrats	Theresa Heaney	1.6	686
	Independent	Fiona O'Leary	1.0	423
Electorate: 63,583   Valid: 43,258   Spoilt: 331   Quota: 10,815   Turnout: 43,589 (68.6%)

2011 general election

2011 general election: Cork South-West^[34]

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2	3	4	5	6
	Fine Gael	Jim Daly	19.4	8,878	9,255	9,696	10,508	13,242
	Fine Gael	Noel Harrington	15.1	6,898	7,212	7,479	7,668	9,568	11,104
	Labour	Michael McCarthy	14.3	6,533	7,257	8,709	9,212	10,539	10,754
	Fine Gael	Kevin Murphy	14.0	6,386	6,665	6,917	7,212
	Fianna Fáil	Denis O'Donovan	13.1	5,984	6,208	6,481	9,453	10,079	10,155
	Fianna Fáil	Christy O'Sullivan[*]	10.5	4,803	4,958	5,215
	Sinn Féin	Paul Hayes	7.3	3,346	3,743
	Independent	John Kearney	1.7	772
	Green	Kevin McCaughey	1.7	765
	New Vision	Dave McInerney[a]	1.1	493
	Independent	Edmund Butler	0.7	330
	New Vision	Paul Doonan[a]	0.5	239
	Independent	Michael O'Sullivan	0.5	231
Electorate: 62,174   Valid: 45,658   Spoilt: 390 (0.9%)   Quota: 11,415   Turnout: 46,048 (74.1%)

1. New Vision was an electoral alliance of independent non-party candidates and did not appear on the ballot.

2007 general election

2007 general election: Cork South-West^[33]

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2	3	4
	Fianna Fáil	Christy O'Sullivan	24.3	10,333
	Fianna Fáil	Denis O'Donovan[*]	18.3	7,760	8,008	8,417	9,420
	Fine Gael	P. J. Sheehan	18.2	7,739	7,976	8,387	10,126
	Fine Gael	Jim O'Keeffe[*]	17.8	7,560	7,813	8,471	10,667
	Labour	Michael McCarthy	9.6	4,095	4,471	5,912
	Green	Quentin Gargan	6.7	2,860	3,293
	Sinn Féin	Cionnaith Ó Súilleabháin	5.1	2,150
Electorate: 61,577   Valid: 42,497   Spoilt: 410 (0.9%)   Quota: 10,625   Turnout: 42,907 (69.7%)

2002 general election

2002 general election: Cork South-West^[32]

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2	3	4	5	6	7
	Fianna Fáil	Denis O'Donovan	20.4	7,695	7,774	7,862	8,277	8,863	10,179
	Fianna Fáil	Joe Walsh[*]	19.1	7,187	7,271	7,395	7,706	8,119	8,997	9,387
	Fine Gael	Jim O'Keeffe[*]	16.9	6,358	6,476	6,622	6,835	7,724	8,496	8,591
	Fine Gael	P. J. Sheehan[*]	15.5	5,831	5,864	5,932	6,156	6,987	8,287	8,556
	Independent	Christy O'Sullivan	9.6	3,609	3,684	3,849	4,303	5,144
	Labour	Michael McCarthy	9.1	3,442	3,505	3,636	4,030
	Sinn Féin	Cionnaith Ó Súilleabháin	3.5	1,308	1,329	1,372
	Sinn Féin	Anne O'Leary	2.4	899	908	945
	Independent	Theresa Heaney	1.9	748	864
	Independent	Edmund Butler	1.6	621
Electorate: 54,274   Valid: 37,698   Spoilt: 434 (1.1%)   Quota: 9,425   Turnout: 38,132 (70.3%)

1997 general election

1997 general election: Cork South-West^[31][44]

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2	3
	Fine Gael	P. J. Sheehan[*]	22.9	8,008	8,233	9,545
	Fianna Fáil	Joe Walsh[*]	21.7	7,586	7,783	8,516
	Fine Gael	Jim O'Keeffe[*]	21.3	7,454	7,802	9,128
	Fianna Fáil	Denis O'Donovan	17.4	6,081	6,285	7,082
	Labour	Michael Calnan	6.8	2,361	2,716
	National Party	Theresa Heaney	5.1	1,792	2,036
	Green	Paula Giles	3.5	1,221
	Independent	Áine Ní Chonaill	0.8	293
	Independent	Sean Ahern	0.6	199
Electorate: 49,382   Valid: 34,995   Spoilt: 319 (0.9%)   Quota: 8,749   Turnout: 35,314 (71.5%)

1992 general election

1992 general election: Cork South-West^[30][45]

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8
	Fianna Fáil	Joe Walsh[*]	28.2	9,376
	Fine Gael	P. J. Sheehan[*]	21.4	7,113	7,243	7,262	7,286	7,322	7,439	7,760	9,222
	Fine Gael	Jim O'Keeffe[*]	19.1	6,345	6,491	6,531	6,564	6,589	6,638	6,957	8,388
	Fianna Fáil	Denis O'Donovan	12.8	4,268	4,923	4,941	4,970	5,086	5,192	5,361	5,975
	Labour	Michael Calnan	11.3	3,757	3,807	3,821	3,828	3,881	3,917	4,508
	Green	Mary O'Donnell	4.3	1,424	1,452	1,494	1,525	1,581	1,646
	Independent	Timothy O'Donovan	1.1	379	409	415	427	456
	Sinn Féin	Ann O'Leary	1.0	330	336	338	344
	Independent	Kathleen Dwyer	0.5	158	160	165
	Independent	Andrew Dillon	0.5	149	153
Electorate: 45,769   Valid: 33,299   Spoilt: 623 (1.8%)   Quota: 8,325   Turnout: 33,922 (74.1%)

1989 general election

1989 general election: Cork South-West^[29][46]

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2
	Fine Gael	P. J. Sheehan[*]	26.3	8,525
	Fianna Fáil	Joe Walsh[*]	25.7	8,319
	Fine Gael	Jim O'Keeffe[*]	24.3	7,861	8,223
	Fianna Fáil	Denis O'Donovan	18.7	6,042	6,084
	Progressive Democrats	Neilus Barry	3.9	1,259	1,275
	Independent	Stephen O'Neill	1.0	309	312
	Independent	William Fitzsimon	0.3	88	89
Electorate: 43,548   Valid: 32,403   Quota: 8,101   Turnout: 74.4%

1987 general election

1987 general election: Cork South-West^[28][47][48]

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2	3	4
	Fianna Fáil	Joe Walsh[*]	28.4	9,488
	Fine Gael	Jim O'Keeffe[*]	23.4	7,814	9,414
	Fine Gael	P. J. Sheehan[*]	20.2	6,752	7,794	7,972	8,897
	Fianna Fáil	Denis O'Donovan	16.9	5,644	6,352	7,311	7,449
	Progressive Democrats	Ray O'Neill	10.7	3,570
	Ind. Unionist	Stan Gebler Davies	0.4	134
Electorate: 42,956   Valid: 33,402   Quota: 8,351   Turnout: 77.7%

November 1982 general election

November 1982 general election: Cork South-West^[27][49][50]

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2	3	4
	Fine Gael	Jim O'Keeffe[*]	26.4	8,704
	Fianna Fáil	Joe Walsh[*]	25.5	8,432
	Fine Gael	P. J. Sheehan[*]	23.5	7,756	8,149	8,184	8,320
	Fianna Fáil	Flor Crowley	16.2	5,340	5,368	5,488	5,540
	Independent	John O'Sullivan	7.5	2,468	2,490	2,509	2,622
	Independent	Elizabeth Ryder	1.0	319	325	328
Electorate: 41,235   Valid: 33,019   Quota: 8,255   Turnout: 80.1%

February 1982 general election

February 1982 general election: Cork South-West^[26][51]

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2	3	4
	Fianna Fáil	Joe Walsh	21.8	7,145	7,323	7,561	8,748
	Fine Gael	Jim O'Keeffe[*]	20.9	6,868	7,808	8,561
	Fine Gael	P. J. Sheehan[*]	20.8	6,834	7,626	8,451
	Fianna Fáil	Flor Crowley[*]	15.1	4,940	5,024	5,289	6,660
	Fianna Fáil	D. F. O'Sullivan	8.1	2,640	2,677	2,831
	Labour	Michael Calnan	6.7	2,215	2,346
	Fine Gael	John McCarthy	6.6	2,179
Electorate: 40,969   Valid: 32,821   Spoilt: 208 (0.6%)   Quota: 8,206   Turnout: 33,029 (80.6%)

1981 general election

1981 general election: Cork South-West^[25][52]

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2	3	4	5	6
	Fine Gael	Jim O'Keeffe[*]	24.5	8,266	8,409	8,490
	Fianna Fáil	Flor Crowley	18.0	6,085	6,403	6,708	7,569	7,801	8,510
	Fianna Fáil	Joe Walsh[*]	15.8	5,317	5,463	6,030	6,537	6,794	7,246
	Fine Gael	P. J. Sheehan	13.1	4,417	4,503	4,715	4,761	6,441	8,410
	Labour	Philip Murphy	9.6	3,244	3,371	3,429	3,506	3,934
	Fine Gael	John McCarthy	7.7	2,597	2,650	2,657	2,729
	Fianna Fáil	Peter Callanan	4.4	1,485	1,547	1,629
	Fianna Fáil	Eithne O'Mahony	3.7	1,256	1,334
	Independent	Seán Kelleher	3.3	1,097
Electorate: 40,969   Valid: 33,764   Quota: 8,442   Turnout: 82.4%

1977 general election

1977 general election: Cork South-West^[24][53]

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2	3	4	5
	Fianna Fáil	Joe Walsh	20.4	6,789	6,892	7,932	8,831
	Labour	Michael Pat Murphy[*]	20.3	6,768	7,455	7,942	8,973
	Fianna Fáil	Flor Crowley[*]	17.6	5,863	5,952	7,561	7,761	7,880
	Fine Gael	Jim O'Keeffe	12.7	4,229	5,041	5,269	7,880	8,404
	Fine Gael	John O'Sullivan[*]	11.4	3,786	4,350	4,410
	Fianna Fáil	Vivian Callaghan	10.2	3,387	3,537
	Fine Gael	P. J. Sheehan	7.4	2,473
Electorate: 40,689   Valid: 33,295   Quota: 8,324   Turnout: 81.8%

1973 general election

1973 general election: Cork South-West^[23][54][55]

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2	3
	Fianna Fáil	Flor Crowley[*]	23.8	7,251	7,362	7,499
	Labour	Michael Pat Murphy[*]	21.7	6,597	7,846
	Fine Gael	John O'Sullivan[*]	21.1	6,420	8,754
	Fianna Fáil	Terence Sullivan	19.7	5,989	6,374	6,564
	Fine Gael	P. J. Sheehan	13.8	4,204
Electorate: 38,285   Valid: 30,461   Quota: 7,616   Turnout: 79.6%

1969 general election

1969 general election: Cork South-West^[22][56]

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2	3	4
	Fianna Fáil	Flor Crowley	22.9	6,941	7,082	10,204
	Labour	Michael Pat Murphy[*]	21.9	6,647	7,042	7,614
	Fine Gael	John O'Sullivan	15.3	4,654	6,373	6,582	6,953
	Fine Gael	P. J. Sheehan	15.0	4,562	5,346	5,617	5,969
	Fianna Fáil	John Cahalane	14.3	4,352	4,439
	Fine Gael	Seán Collins[*]	10.6	3,216
Electorate: 38,219   Valid: 30,372   Quota: 7,594   Turnout: 79.5%

1965 general election

1965 general election: Cork South-West^[21][54]

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2	3
	Labour	Michael Pat Murphy[*]	28.9	7,971
	Fianna Fáil	Edward Cotter[*]	26.6	7,323
	Fine Gael	Seán Collins[*]	18.8	5,180	5,647	6,162
	Fine Gael	John O'Sullivan	14.3	3,942	4,281	5,059
	Fianna Fáil	Michael Finn	11.4	3,144	3,418
Electorate: 35,075   Valid: 27,560   Quota: 6,891   Turnout: 78.6%

1961 general election

1961 general election: Cork South-West^[54]

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2	3	4
	Labour	Michael Pat Murphy[*]	25.4	7,381
	Fianna Fáil	Edward Cotter[*]	19.3	5,591	7,847
	Fine Gael	Seán Collins	17.6	5,117	5,296	5,363	8,003
	Independent	Florence Wycherley[*]	13.3	3,873	4,250	4,688	5,620
	Fine Gael	John L. O'Sullivan	12.8	3,718	4,078	4,158
	Fianna Fáil	Michael Finn	11.6	3,367
Electorate: 36,332   Valid: 29,047   Quota: 7,262   Turnout: 80.0%

See also

• Elections in the Republic of Ireland
• Politics of the Republic of Ireland
• List of Dáil by-elections
• List of political parties in the Republic of Ireland