Dublin County North (Dáil constituency)

Dublin County North was a parliamentary constituency represented in Dáil Éireann, the lower house of the Irish parliament or Oireachtas, from 1969 to 1981. The method of election was proportional representation by means of the single transferable vote (PR-STV).

Dublin County North
Former Dáil constituency
Former constituency
Created	1969
Abolished	1981
Seats	4 (1969–1977) 3 (1977–1981)
Local government area	County Dublin
Created from	Dublin County
Replaced by	Dublin North

History and boundaries

The constituency was created under the Electoral (Amendment) Act 1969 for the 1969 general election, electing 4 deputies (Teachtaí Dála, commonly known as TDs). Under the Electoral (Amendment) Act 1974, it was reduced to 3 seats from 1977 onwards. It was abolished by the Electoral (Amendment) Act 1980.

Changes to the constituency of Dublin County North, 1969–1981

Years	TDs	Boundaries	Notes
1969–1977	4	County Dublin, except the parts thereof which are comprised in the constituencies of Dublin County South and Dún Laoghaire and Rathdown; and the Baldoyle ward in the county borough of Dublin.[1]	Created from Dublin County
1977–1981	3	In County Dublin, the district electoral divisions of Balbriggan Rural, Balbriggan Urban, Ballyboghil, Balscadden, Clonmethan, Coolock, Donabate, Drumcondra Rural Number One, Drumcondra Rural Number Two, Finglas, Garristown, Hollywood, Holmpatrick, Kilsallaghan, Kinsaley, Lusk, Malahide, Rush, Skerries, Swords East, Swords West; and in the county borough of Dublin, the wards of Finglas East C, Santry A.[2]
1981	—	Constituency abolished	See Dublin North

TDs

Teachtaí Dála (TDs) for Dublin County North 1969–1981[3]
Key to parties   FF = Fianna Fáil   FG = Fine Gael   Lab = Labour
Dáil	Election	Deputy (Party)		Deputy (Party)		Deputy (Party)		Deputy (Party)
19th	1969[4]		Patrick Burke (FF)		Des Foley (FF)		Mark Clinton (FG)		Justin Keating (Lab)
20th	1973[5]				Seán Walsh (FF)
21st	1977[6]		Ray Burke (FF)		Joe Fox (FF)		John Boland (FG)	3 seats 1977–1981
22nd	1981	Constituency abolished. See Dublin North

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

1977 general election

1977 general election: Dublin County North^[6][7]

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2	3	4	5	6	7
	Fianna Fáil	Ray Burke[*]	33.0	11,794
	Fine Gael	John Boland	20.6	7,367	7,456	7,575	9,101
	Fianna Fáil	Patricia McGill	12.2	4,340	5,108	5,140	5,230	5,677	5,692	6,571
	Fianna Fáil	Joe Fox	10.1	3,618	5,479	5,514	5,578	5,896	5,906	6,870
	Labour	Patrick Murphy	9.5	3,373	3,415	4,334	4,464	5,536	5,684
	Independent	Eamonn O'Brien	6.1	2,189	2,226	2,337	2,364
	Fine Gael	John Corry	5.0	1,770	1,808	1,866
	Labour	Seán Ryan	3.5	1,260	1,291
Electorate: 52,608   Valid: 35,711   Spoilt: 309 (0.9%)   Quota: 8,928   Turnout: 36,020 (68.4%)[8]

1973 general election

1973 general election: Dublin County North^[5][9]

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8
	Fianna Fáil	Ray Burke	24.1	10,652
	Fine Gael	Mark Clinton[*]	12.9	5,730	5,771	6,375	6,542	6,605	7,000	7,616	8,047
	Labour	Justin Keating[*]	12.6	5,570	5,594	5,681	6,692	7,041	9,614
	Fianna Fáil	Seán Walsh	12.2	5,381	5,786	5,816	5,931	8,134	8,293	9,612
	Fine Gael	John Boland	11.9	5,263	5,294	5,609	5,733	5,771	6,022	6,475	6,804
	Independent	Des Foley[*]	7.7	3,387	3,502	3,616	3,683	3,857	4,009
	Labour	Michael Gannon	7.3	3,215	3,245	3,299	3,652	3,721
	Labour	Máire Walsh	5.0	2,226	2,269	2,295
	Fianna Fáil	Seán Dungan	3.6	1,588	2,681	2,699	2,829
	Fine Gael	Denis Farrell	2.8	1,253	1,269
Electorate: 58,761   Valid: 44,265   Quota: 8,854   Turnout: 75.3%

1969 general election

1969 general election: Dublin County North^[4][10]

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10
	Fianna Fáil	Patrick Burke	21.8	8,050
	Fianna Fáil	Des Foley	14.1	5,231	5,283	5,729	5,850	5,968	6,032	6,172	6,388	9,455
	Labour	Justin Keating	11.4	4,198	4,229	4,244	5,026	5,140	6,205	6,366	6,679	6,934	7,231
	Fine Gael	Mark Clinton	11.0	4,050	4,264	4,284	4,346	5,786	5,912	8,261
	Fianna Fáil	Seán Walsh	9.0	3,335	3,343	3,456	3,473	3,501	3,650	3,712	3,791
	Labour	Michael Gannon	7.8	2,900	2,908	2,926	3,353	3,397	4,437	4,563	4,821	4,965	5,249
	Fine Gael	John Boland	6.4	2,368	2,502	2,515	2,540	3,037	3,081
	Labour	Joseph Connolly	6.2	2,281	2,300	2,307	2,522	2,553
	Fine Gael	Éamon Rooney	5.6	2,092	2,267	2,279	2,397
	Labour	Patrick Murphy	4.8	1,778	1,814
	Fine Gael	Anthony Butterley	1.9	688
Electorate: 49,502   Valid: 36,971   Quota: 7,395   Turnout: 74.7%

See also

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