Dublin North (Dáil constituency)

Dublin North was a parliamentary constituency represented in Dáil Éireann, the lower house of the Irish parliament or Oireachtas, from 1981 to 2016, representing an area in the north of County Dublin (later Fingal). A previous constituency of the same existed in Dublin City from 1923 to 1937. The method of election was proportional representation by means of the single transferable vote (PR-STV).

Dublin North
Former Dáil constituency
Location of Dublin North within County Dublin
Former constituency
Created	1981
Abolished	2016
Seats	3 (1981–1992) 4 (1992–2016)
Local government areas	County Dublin (to 1994) Fingal (from 1994)
Created from	Dublin County North
Replaced by	Dublin Fingal

Dublin North
Former Dáil constituency
Former constituency
Created	1923
Abolished	1937
Seats	8
Local government area	Dublin City
Created from	Dublin Mid Dublin North-West
Replaced by	Dublin North-East Dublin North-West

Boundaries

1923–1937

Dublin North was created under the Electoral Act 1923 as an eight-seat borough constituency on the northside of Dublin city from territory that had been part of the Dublin Mid and Dublin North-West constituencies. It was defined by borough electoral areas, each of which contained one or more wards: Dublin No. 1 [Arran Quay], Dublin No. 2 [Clontarf East, Clontarf West, Drumcondra and Glasnevin], Dublin No. 4 [Inns' Quay and Rotunda], Dublin No. 6 [Mountjoy] and Dublin No. 8 [North City and North Dock].^[1][2]

It was abolished with effect at the 1937 general election, when it was replaced by the constituencies of Dublin North-East (3 seats) and Dublin North-West (5 seats).^[3]

1981–2016

A constituency of the same name was created by the Electoral (Amendment) Act 1980 and was first used at the 1981 general election. It was in the northern area of County Dublin (later Fingal), and included the towns of Balbriggan and Malahide, Lusk, Rush, Donabate and Skerries. It was superseded by Dublin Fingal at the 2016 general election.

Changes to the Dublin North constituency 1981–2016

Years	TDs	Boundaries	Notes
1981–1992	3	In County Dublin the district electoral divisions[4] of[5][6] Balbriggan Rural, Balbriggan Urban, Ballyboghill, Balscadden, Blanchardstown (except the part thereof which is comprised in the constituency of Dublin West), Clonmethan, Donabate, Finglas (except the parts thereof which are comprised in the constituencies of Dublin North-West and Dublin West), Garristown, Hollywood, Holmpatrick, Kilsallaghan, Kinsaley, Lusk, Malahide, Rush, Skerries, Swords East and Swords West; and the townlands of: Ballymacartle, Bohammer, Burgage, Clonshagh, Maynetown, Saintdoolaghs, Snugborough, in the district electoral division of Coolock; Coultry, Ballymun, Huntstown, Silloge, in the district electoral division of Drumcondra Rural Number One; Ballymun, Ballystruan, Collinstown, Commons, Coultry, Dardistown, Huntstown, Rock, Santry (the part thereof situated north of a line drawn along the centre of Coolock Lane), Santry Demesne, Turnapin Great, Turnapin Little, in the district electoral division of Drumcondra Rural Number Two.	New constituency, with Balbriggan Rural, Balbriggan Urban, Ballyboghil, Balscadden, part of Coolock, Clonmethan, Donabate, part of Drumcondra Rural Number One, part of Finglas, Garristown, Hollywood, Holmpatrick, Kilsallaghan, Kinsaley, Lusk, Malahide, Rush, Skerries, Swords East, Swords West from Dublin County North; and part of Blanchardstown from Dublin County West
1992–1997	4	In County Dublin, the district electoral divisions[7] of[8] Airport, Balbriggan Rural, Balbriggan Urban, Balgriffin, Ballyboghil, Balscadden, Blanchardstown-Abbotstown, Blanchardstown-Corduff, Blanchardstown-Mulhuddart, Blanchardstown-Tyrrelstown, Castleknock Park, Clonmethan, Donabate, Dubber, Garristown, Hollywood, Holmpatrick, Kilsallaghan, Kinsaley, Lusk, Malahide East, Malahide West, Portmarnock North, Portmarnock South, Rush, Skerries, Swords-Forrest, Swords-Glasmore, Swords-Lissenhall, Swords-Seatown, Swords Village, The Ward, Turnapin.	Transfer of the part of the Dublin West constituency situated north of the Navan Road and the Castleknock Road; and minor adjustments with Dublin North-Central, Dublin North-East and Dublin North-West to bring the constituency into alignment with the city boundary.[9]
1997–2002	4	In Fingal, the electoral divisions[10] of[11] Airport, Balbriggan Rural, Balbriggan Urban, Balgriffin, Ballyboghil, Balscadden, Clonmethan, Donabate, Dubber, Garristown, Hollywood, Holmpatrick, Kilsallaghan, Kinsaley, Lusk, Malahide East, Malahide West, Portmarnock North, Portmarnock South, Rush, Skerries, Swords-Forrest, Swords-Glasmore, Swords-Lissenhall, Swords-Seatown, Swords Village, The Ward, Turnapin.	Transfer of Blanchardstown-Abbotstown, Blanchardstown-Corduff, Blanchardstown-Mulhuddart, Blanchardstown-Tyrrelstown, Castleknock Park to Dublin West.[12]
2002–2007	3	In Fingal, the electoral divisions of[13] Balbriggan Rural, Balbriggan Urban, Balgriffin, Ballyboghil, Balscadden, Clonmethan, Donabate, Garristown, Hollywood, Holmpatrick, Kilsallaghan, Kinsaley, Lusk, Malahide East, Malahide West, Portmarnock North, Portmarnock South, Rush, Skerries, Swords-Forrest, Swords-Glasmore, Swords-Lissenhall, Swords-Seatown, Swords Village; and those parts of the electoral divisions of Airport, Dubber, Priorswood A, Priorswood B, Priorswood C, The Ward and Turnapin situated north of a line drawn as follows: commencing at the intersection of the southwestern boundary of the electoral division of The Ward by the M50 Northern Cross, thence commencing in a north-easterly direction and proceeding along the said M50 and the N32 (Northern Cross Extension) to the intersection of the said N32 by the eastern boundary of the electoral division of Priorswood C, passing in a clockwise direction around and excluding the following three roundabouts, viz. roundabout No. 3 at the junction of the M50 Northern Cross with the M1 Motorway, the roundabout at the junction of the N32 (Northern Cross Extension) with Clonshaugh Road and the roundabout at the junction of the N32 (Northern Cross Extension) with the Malahide Road.	Loss of territory to align its southern boundary with the M50 and its Malahide Road extension.[14]
2007–2011	3	In Fingal, the electoral divisions of[15] Balbriggan Rural, Balbriggan Urban, Balgriffin, Ballyboghil, Balscadden, Clonmethan, Donabate, Garristown, Hollywood, Holmpatrick, Kinsaley, Lusk, Malahide East, Malahide West, Portmarnock North, Portmarnock South, Rush, Skerries, Swords-Forrest, Swords-Glasmore, Swords-Lissenhall, Swords-Seatown, Swords Village; and those parts of the electoral divisions of Airport and Turnapin situated north of a line drawn along the Northern Cross Route (M50), passing in a clockwise direction around and excluding roundabout No. 3 at the junction of the Northern Cross Route (M50) with the M1 motorway; and, in Dublin City, those parts of the electoral divisions[16] of Priorswood A, Priorswood B and Priorswood C situated north of a line drawn along the Northern Cross Route (M50) and the Northern Cross Extension (N32), passing in a clockwise direction around and excluding the following three roundabouts, viz. roundabout No. 3 at the junction of the Northern Cross Route (M50) with the M1 Motorway, the roundabout at the junction of the Northern Cross Route (M50) with Clonshaugh Road and the roundabout at the junction of the Northern Cross Extension (N32) with Malahide Road (R107).	Transfer of part of Blanchardstown-Abbotstown to Dublin North-West, and of Kilsallaghan and part of Dubber and The Ward to Dublin West.[17]
2011–2016	4	In Fingal, the electoral divisions of[18] Balbriggan Rural, Balbriggan Urban, Ballyboghil, Balscadden, Clonmethan, Donabate, Garristown, Hollywood, Holmpatrick, Kinsaley, Lusk, Malahide East, Malahide West, Rush, Skerries, Swords-Glasmore, Swords-Lissenhall, Swords-Seatown, Swords Village.	Transfer of Balgriffin, Portmarnock North, Portmarnock South and balance of Turnapin, Priorswood A, Priorswood B and Priorswood C (part north of N32) to Dublin North-East; transfer of Swords-Forrest and balance of Airport to Dublin West.[19]

TDs

TDs 1923–1937

Teachtaí Dála (TDs) for Dublin North 1923–1937[20]
Key to parties   BP = Businessmen's Party   CnaG = Cumann na nGaedheal   FF = Fianna Fáil   Ind = Independent   IWL = Irish Worker League   Lab = Labour   Rep = Republican   SF = Sinn Féin
Dáil	Election	Deputy (Party)		Deputy (Party)		Deputy (Party)		Deputy (Party)		Deputy (Party)		Deputy (Party)		Deputy (Party)		Deputy (Party)
4th	1923[21]		Alfie Byrne (Ind)		Francis Cahill (CnaG)		Margaret Collins-O'Driscoll (CnaG)		Seán McGarry (CnaG)		William Hewat (BP)		Richard Mulcahy (CnaG)		Seán T. O'Kelly (Rep)		Ernie O'Malley (Rep)
	1925 by-election[22]				Patrick Leonard (CnaG)				Oscar Traynor (Rep)
5th	1927 (Jun)[23]				John Byrne (CnaG)				Oscar Traynor (SF)		Denis Cullen (Lab)				Seán T. O'Kelly (FF)		Kathleen Clarke (FF)
6th	1927 (Sep)[24]								Eamonn Cooney (FF)		James Larkin (IWL)						Patrick Leonard (CnaG)
	1928 by-election[25]										Vincent Rice (CnaG)
	1929 by-election[26]		Thomas F. O'Higgins (CnaG)
7th	1932[27]		Alfie Byrne (Ind)								Cormac Breathnach (FF)						Oscar Traynor (FF)
8th	1933[28]				Patrick Belton (CnaG)		Vincent Rice (CnaG)
9th	1937	Constituency abolished. See Dublin North-East and Dublin 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.

TDs 1981–2016

Note that the boundaries of Dublin North from 1981–2016 share no common territory with the 1923–1937 boundaries. See §Boundaries

Teachtaí Dála (TDs) for Dublin North 1981–2016[20]
Key to parties   FF = Fianna Fáil   FG = Fine Gael   GP = Green   Lab = Labour   SP = Socialist Party
Dáil	Election	Deputy (Party)		Deputy (Party)		Deputy (Party)		Deputy (Party)
22nd	1981[29]		Ray Burke (FF)		John Boland (FG)		Nora Owen (FG)	3 seats 1981–1992
23rd	1982 (Feb)[30]
24th	1982 (Nov)[31]
25th	1987[32]						G. V. Wright (FF)
26th	1989[33]				Nora Owen (FG)		Seán Ryan (Lab)
27th	1992[34]								Trevor Sargent (GP)
28th	1997[35]						G. V. Wright (FF)
	1998 by-election[36]		Seán Ryan (Lab)
29th	2002[37]				Jim Glennon (FF)
30th	2007[38]		James Reilly (FG)		Michael Kennedy (FF)		Darragh O'Brien (FF)
31st	2011[39]				Alan Farrell (FG)		Brendan Ryan (Lab)		Clare Daly (SP)
32nd	2016	Constituency abolished. See Dublin Fingal

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

2011 general election

2011 general election: Dublin North^[39][40]

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2	3	4	5	6	7
	Fine Gael	James Reilly	20.6	10,178
	Labour	Brendan Ryan	19.9	9,809	9,868	10,058
	Socialist Party	Clare Daly[a]	15.2	7,513	7,533	7,875	9,096	9,465	11,172
	Fine Gael	Alan Farrell	10.8	5,310	5,475	5,723	6,406	6,669	8,450	9,159
	Green	Trevor Sargent	8.5	4,186	4,213	4,483	5,169	5,610
	Fianna Fáil	Darragh O'Brien	8.3	4,115	4,124	4,249	4,407	6,886	7,821	8,067
	Fianna Fáil	Michael Kennedy	7.1	3,519	3,531	3,604	3,805
	Labour	Tom Kelleher	6.5	3,205	3,215	3,367
	Independent	Mark Harrold	3.1	1,512	1,518
Electorate: 70,413   Valid: 49,347   Spoilt: 452 (0.6%)   Quota: 9,870   Turnout: 49,799 (70.7%)

1. Daly campaigned as a member of the United Left Alliance.

2007 general election

2007 general election: Dublin North^[38]

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10
	Fianna Fáil	Michael Kennedy	19.9	10,869	10,911	11,266
	Fine Gael	James Reilly	14.0	7,677	7,718	7,927	7,951	8,036	8,281	8,454	9,147	9,706	10,339
	Green	Trevor Sargent	13.6	7,448	7,499	7,656	7,680	7,914	8,255	9,414	11,611
	Fianna Fáil	Darragh O'Brien	12.9	7,058	7,083	7,405	7,553	7,700	7,853	7,925	8,427	12,570
	Labour	Brendan Ryan	9.6	5,256	5,294	5,343	5,357	5,514	5,758	5,889	7,323	8,158	9,166
	Fianna Fáil	John O'Leary	9.3	5,074	5,108	5,284	5,384	5,536	5,811	5,919	6,404
	Socialist Party	Clare Daly	8.9	4,872	4,960	5,021	5,032	5,504	5,685	5,887
	Green	Joe Corr	3.0	1,659	1,681	1,716	1,721	1,818	1,897
	Sinn Féin	Matt McCormack	2.7	1,454	1,493	1,497	1,498
	Independent	David O'Connor	2.6	1,396	1,453	1,493	1,503	1,593
	Progressive Democrats	Tom Morrissey	2.6	1,395	1,425
	Immigration Control	John Donnelly	0.5	286
	Christian Solidarity	Cathal Loftus	0.4	210
Electorate: 80,221   Valid: 54,641   Spoilt: 411 (0.7%)   Quota: 10,929   Turnout: 55,052 (68.6%)

2002 general election

2002 general election: Dublin North^[37]

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8
	Green	Trevor Sargent	16.6	7,294	7,380	7,678	7,818	8,118	9,785
	Labour	Seán Ryan	14.5	6,359	6,407	6,535	6,665	6,847	8,578	9,128
	Fianna Fáil	Jim Glennon	13.4	5,892	5,945	6,028	6,152	6,294	6,511	6,596	8,640
	Fianna Fáil	G. V. Wright	12.9	5,658	5,707	5,739	5,777	5,868	6,139	6,249	8,617
	Socialist Party	Clare Daly	12.5	5,501	5,551	5,730	5,796	6,244	6,590	6,772	7,523
	Fianna Fáil	Michael Kennedy	11.9	5,253	5,309	5,368	5,422	5,532	5,732	5,801
	Fine Gael	Nora Owen	9.1	4,012	4,030	4,132	4,720	4,763
	Sinn Féin	Mick Davis	3.1	1,350	1,382	1,424	1,440
	Fine Gael	Cathal Boland	2.7	1,177	1,189	1,216
	Ind. Health Alliance	Ciarán Goulding	2.1	914	1,009
	Independent	Eamon Quinn	0.6	285
	Christian Solidarity	David Walshe	0.6	247
Electorate: 72,908   Valid: 43,942   Spoilt: N/A[41]   Quota: 8,789   Turnout: 43,942 (60.3%)

1998 by-election

Following the resignation of Fianna Fáil TD Ray Burke, a by-election was held on 11 March 1998. The seat was won by the Labour Party candidate Seán Ryan.

1998 by-election: Dublin North^[36][42]

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14
	Labour	Seán Ryan	33.3	11,012	11,012	11,017	11,029	11,057	11,216	11,397	11,475	11,555	11,717	12,049	12,832	14,320	16,896
	Fianna Fáil	Michael Kennedy	31.3	10,334	10,335	10,336	10,352	10,365	10,421	10,514	10,744	10,936	11,079	11,236	11,983	12,698	13,633
	Fine Gael	Philip Jenkinson	9.6	3,185	3,186	3,187	3,190	3,215	3,258	3,296	3,385	3,449	3,557	3,715	3,982	4,395
	Socialist Party	Clare Daly	8.2	2,692	2,692	2,694	2,702	2,705	2,746	2,777	2,809	2,848	2,948	3,041	3,553
	Green	Paul Martin	3.3	1,092	1,092	1,093	1,103	1,108	1,151	1,185	1,236	1,289	1,414	1,511
	Sinn Féin	Paul Donnelly	3.3	1,088	1,088	1,088	1,092	1,093	1,108	1,115	1,119	1,150	1,188	1,209
	Independent	Rena Condrot Ruigrok	2.4	780	781	781	786	790	798	809	821	850	929
	Independent	Ciaran Goulding	2.1	682	682	683	690	698	714	740	763	817
	Christian Solidarity	Angela Keaveney	1.7	565	565	566	573	576	582	598	616
	Progressive Democrats	Finian Fallon	1.6	533	533	533	540	550	557	565
	Independent	Gertie Shields	1.4	452	458	460	464	467	476
	Democratic Left	Joe Holohan	0.7	225	225	225	229	232
	Independent	Elaine Rooney	0.5	176	177	178	179	183
	Ind. Unionist	John McDonald	0.3	107	107	107	112
	Independent	Alan Nagle	0.1	44	44	45
	Independent	Peter Farrelly	0.1	34	34	34
	Independent	Benny Cooney	0.1	18	18	18
	Natural Law	Noel O'Neill	0.1	15	16
	Independent	Jim Tallon	0.1	12
Electorate: 65,891   Valid: 33,046   Quota: 16,524   Turnout: 50.2%

1997 general election

1997 general election: Dublin North^[35][43]

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2	3	4	5	6	7
	Fianna Fáil	Ray Burke	21.6	8,901
	Fianna Fáil	G. V. Wright	17.0	7,007	7,480	7,517	7,851	8,622
	Fine Gael	Nora Owen	14.5	5,956	5,974	6,005	6,196	6,345	6,423	8,302
	Labour	Seán Ryan	13.6	5,616	5,658	5,727	5,911	5,993	6,039	7,242
	Green	Trevor Sargent	13.6	5,614	5,652	5,750	6,094	6,456	6,671	8,165
	Socialist Party	Clare Daly	7.2	2,971	2,997	3,142	3,254	3,300	3,324
	Fine Gael	Philip Jenkinson	4.5	1,857	1,869	1,882	1,962	2,040	2,067
	Progressive Democrats	Finian Fallon	3.5	1,431	1,467	1,486	1,558
	Independent	Annie Ryan	1.6	669	681	715
	Christian Solidarity	Angela Keaveney	1.6	666	669	686
	Independent	Tim O'Brien	0.9	376	380
	Independent	Barbara Mary Hyland	0.1	52	53
	Independent	Paul Coyle	0.1	42	46
Electorate: 64,030   Valid: 41,158   Spoilt: 364 (0.9%)   Quota: 8,232   Turnout: 41,522 (64.9%)

1992 general election

1992 general election: Dublin North^[34][44]

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8
	Labour	Seán Ryan	34.0	14,693
	Fianna Fáil	Raphael P. Burke	20.3	8,745
	Fine Gael	Nora Owen	12.4	5,355	6,975	7,004	7,154	7,426	9,227
	Fianna Fáil	G. V. Wright	11.3	4,862	5,406	5,459	5,498	5,649	5,746	7,494	7,599
	Green	Trevor Sargent	8.8	3,788	6,298	6,524	6,661	7,110	7,470	8,038	8,524
	Fianna Fáil	Marian McGennis	5.0	2,157	2,442	2,504	2,649	2,729	2,822
	Fine Gael	Cathal Boland	4.2	1,818	2,389	2,407	2,489	2,561
	Independent	Betty Carr	1.6	707	968	1,006	1,206
	Independent	Marie Blake	1.5	639	768	815
	Sinn Féin	Martha Ellis	1.0	411	548
Electorate: 63,341   Valid: 43,175   Spoilt: 540 (1.2%)   Quota: 8,636   Turnout: 43,715 (69.0%)

1989 general election

1989 general election: Dublin North^[33][45][46]

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2	3	4	5	6
	Fianna Fáil	Ray Burke	25.5	8,623
	Labour	Seán Ryan	18.0	6,076	6,202	6,360	7,623	7,639	8,190
	Fianna Fáil	G. V. Wright	14.5	4,914	4954	6545	7115	7252	7548
	Fine Gael	John Boland	12.0	4,071	4,319	4,514	4,969	4,977
	Fine Gael	Nora Owen	11.8	3,987	4,416	4,474	5,044	5,051	8,802
	Green	Trevor Sargent	8.7	2,953	3,072	3,227
	Fianna Fáil	Sean Gilbride	6.5	2,182	2,207
	Progressive Democrats	Vincent Gaul	3.0	1,011
Electorate: 50,765   Valid: 33,817   Quota: 8,455   Turnout: 66.6%

1987 general election

1987 general election: Dublin North^[32][47][48]

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8
	Fianna Fáil	Ray Burke	28.1	9,565
	Fine Gael	John Boland	15.9	5,417	5,455	5,456	5,517	5,633	5,843	6,505	9,639
	Fianna Fáil	G. V. Wright	12.9	4,402	4,749	4,755	4,841	4,959	7,600	8,363	8,583
	Progressive Democrats	Vincent Gaul	11.8	4,008	4,044	4,053	4,143	4,344	4,443	5,125	5,877
	Fine Gael	Nora Owen	10.2	3,461	3,475	3,482	3,621	3,756	3,806	4,355
	Fianna Fáil	Seán Gilbride	7.6	2,575	3,129	3,129	3,152	3,285
	Labour	Seán Ryan	6.9	2,350	2,402	2,412	3,055	3,387	3,558
	Labour	Bernard Malone	3.2	1,083	1,095	1,103
	Green	Trevor Sargent	3.2	1,061	1,067	1,119	1,165
	Independent	Barbara Hyland	0.3	96	97
Electorate: 46,545   Valid: 34,018   Quota: 8,505   Turnout: 73.1%

November 1982 general election

November 1982 general election: Dublin North^[31][49][50]

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2	3	4	5
	Fianna Fáil	Ray Burke	27.2	7,610
	Fine Gael	John Boland	24.3	6,808	6,837	6,977	7,094
	Fine Gael	Nora Owen	17.9	5,001	5,019	5,322	5,394	7,237
	Fianna Fáil	G. V. Wright	11.7	3,270	3,520	3,595	5,402	5,883
	Fianna Fáil	Thomas Caffrey	6.5	1,826	2,125	2,171
	Labour	Seán Ryan	6.4	1,781	1,794	2,906	3,042
	Labour	Bernard Malone	6.0	1,679	1,686
Electorate: 39,933   Valid: 27,975   Quota: 6,994   Turnout: 70.1%

February 1982 general election

February 1982 general election: Dublin North^[30][51]

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2	3	4	5
	Fianna Fáil	Ray Burke	29.2	7,922
	Fine Gael	John Boland	21.6	5,873	5,925	6,006	7,749
	Fine Gael	Nora Owen	17.5	4,739	4,772	4,943	6,219	7,062
	Labour	Hugh Reilly	14.4	3,911	3,946	4,038
	Fianna Fáil	G. V. Wright	8.8	2,397	2,698
	Fianna Fáil	Patricia McGill	8.5	2,312	3,024	5,342	5,968	6,085
Electorate: 38,117   Valid: 27,154   Spoilt: 235 (0.9%)   Quota: 6,789   Turnout: 27,389 (71.9%)

1981 general election

1981 general election: Dublin North^[29][52]

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2	3	4	5
	Fianna Fáil	Ray Burke	31.8	8,602
	Fine Gael	John Boland	24.6	6,650	6,768
	Fine Gael	Nora Owen	13.1	3,540	3,596	4,025	4,243	6,175
	Fianna Fáil	Joe Fox	9.3	2,506	3,143	3,244	5,337	6,009
	Labour	Hugh Reilly	8.5	2,300	2,340	3,719	3,779
	Fianna Fáil	Patrick Dunne	5.4	1,447	2,378	2,466
	Labour	Seán Ryan	4.9	1,334	1,373
	Labour	Joseph Holohan	2.5	683	698
Electorate: 38,117   Valid: 27,062   Quota: 6,766   Turnout: 71.0%

1933 general election

1933 general election: Dublin North^[28][53]

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12
	Fianna Fáil	Seán T. O'Kelly	21.6	17,053
	Independent	Alfie Byrne	18.4	14,472
	Cumann na nGaedheal	Richard Mulcahy	11.2	8,864
	Fianna Fáil	Cormac Breathnach	7.5	5,923	7,275	7,366	7,366	7,546	7,991	8,018	9,384
	Fianna Fáil	Oscar Traynor	6.5	5,143	9,404
	Cumann na nGaedheal	Vincent Rice	6.4	5,045	5,068	6,384	6,415	6,417	6,513	7,713	7,747	7,758	7,761	10,207
	Fianna Fáil	Eamonn Cooney	5.9	4,685	6,307	6,402	6,402	6,721	7,869	7,934	9,885
	Labour	Martin O'Sullivan	5.2	4,067	4,374	4,665	4,668	4,680	5,280	5,400	5,559	6,643	7,252	7,593	7,667
	Cumann na nGaedheal	Patrick Belton	5.1	3,989	4,011	5,264	5,283	5,284	5,371	6,146	6,154	6,178	6,187	7,902	9,278
	Independent	James Larkin	3.5	2,792	2,926	3,075	3,076	3,084
	Fianna Fáil	Matthew Stafford	3.1	2,455	3,003	3,029	3,029	3,151	3,602	3,608
	Cumann na nGaedheal	Margaret Collins-O'Driscoll	3.0	2,379	2,392	3,603	3,638	3,640	3,703	4,758	4,774	4,783	4,789
	Cumann na nGaedheal	John Byrne	2.5	1,940	1,954	3,237	3,255	3,256	3,320
Electorate: 103,824   Valid: 78,807   Quota: 8,757   Turnout: 75.9%

1932 general election

1932 general election: Dublin North^[27][53]

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15
	Independent	Alfie Byrne	25.4	18,170
	Cumann na nGaedheal	Richard Mulcahy	13.3	9,477
	Fianna Fáil	Seán T. O'Kelly	12.8	9,176
	Fianna Fáil	Oscar Traynor	11.0	7,850	8,042
	Independent	James Larkin	5.4	3,860	4,091	4,101	4,141	4,156	4,237	4,302	4,316	4,517	4,574	4,806	5,247	5,264
	Fianna Fáil	Cormac Breathnach	4.9	3,491	3,588	3,596	3,884	3,891	3,897	3,935	3,945	4,379	4,413	4,954	5,529	5,547	6,166	6,732
	Fianna Fáil	Eamonn Cooney	4.3	3,060	3,105	3,112	3,732	3,748	3,775	3,962	3,970	4,980	5,045	5,284	5,884	5,896	8,568
	Cumann na nGaedheal	Margaret Collins-O'Driscoll	3.8	2,715	5,125	5,671	5,676	5,680	5,682	5,752	6,121	6,166	6,958	7,640	8,179
	Cumann na nGaedheal	John Byrne	3.0	2,113	4,461	4,696	4,699	4,704	4,706	4,767	5,205	5,241	5,993	6,663	7,201	7,300	7,556	7,593
	Labour	Martin O'Sullivan	2.9	2,064	2,309	2,344	2,369	2,375	2,383	3,455	3,506	3,564	3,766	4,075
	Independent	Patrick Belton	2.8	2,016	2,943	2,999	3,012	3,023	3,031	3,127	3,217	3,276	3,499
	Cumann na nGaedheal	Vincent Rice	2.6	1,865	3,264	3,544	3,550	3,558	3,566	3,592	4,079	4,111	5,063	5,514	6,120	6,212	6,462	6,486
	Fianna Fáil	Oscar Kirwan	2.3	1,650	1,716	1,721	1,922	1,930	1,944	2,002	2,015
	Cumann na nGaedheal	Sylvester O'Farrell	2.2	1,575	2,605	2,760	2,767	2,774	2,782	2,845	3,215	3,252
	Labour	Denis Cullen	1.9	1,380	1,762	1,779	1,794	1,802	1,808
	Cumann na nGaedheal	Patrick Leonard	1.2	830	1,675	1,857	1,860	1,862	1,865	1,907
	Independent	Joseph Troy	0.2	170	182	182	191	195
Electorate: 99,894   Valid: 71,462   Quota: 7,941   Turnout: 71.5%

1929 by-election

Following the election of Independent TD Alfie Byrne to Seanad Éireann, a by-election was held on 14 March 1929. The seat was won by the Cumann na nGaedheal candidate Thomas F. O'Higgins.

1929 by-election: Dublin North^[26][53]

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1
	Cumann na nGaedheal	Thomas F. O'Higgins	50.1	28,445
	Fianna Fáil	Oscar Traynor	49.9	28,294
Electorate: 96,748   Valid: 56,739   Quota: 28,370   Turnout: 58.7%

1928 by-election

Following the disqualification of Irish Worker League TD James Larkin due to bankruptcy, a by-election was held on 3 April 1928. The seat was won by the Cumann na nGaedheal candidate Vincent Rice.

1928 by-election: Dublin North^[25][53]

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1
	Cumann na nGaedheal	Vincent Rice	50.2	21,731
	Fianna Fáil	Kathleen Clarke	30.8	13,322
	Irish Worker League	James Larkin	19.0	8,232
Electorate: 94,390   Valid: 43,285   Quota: 21,643   Turnout: 45.9%

September 1927 general election

September 1927 general election: Dublin North^[24][53]

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12
	Cumann na nGaedheal	Richard Mulcahy	22.4	14,597
	Independent	Alfie Byrne	18.2	11,864
	Irish Worker League	James Larkin	11.5	7,490
	Fianna Fáil	Seán T. O'Kelly	10.7	6,958	6,988	7,062	7,099	7,150	7,191	7,313
	Fianna Fáil	Kathleen Clarke	5.7	3,694	3,716	3,959	3,992	4,020	4,050	4,157	4,160	4,975	5,010	5,458	6,118
	Fianna Fáil	Eamonn Cooney	5.3	3,477	3,500	3,686	3,732	3,751	3,780	3,867	3,889	5,296	5,351	5,847	6,540
	Cumann na nGaedheal	John Byrne	4.5	2,935	4,610	5,801	5,803	5,811	5,941	6,032	6,032	6,059	6,663	6,860	7,468
	Fianna Fáil	Padraic Fleming	3.7	2,391	2,415	2,499	2,525	2,547	2,570	2,651	2,663
	Cumann na nGaedheal	Margaret Collins-O'Driscoll	3.5	2,274	4,736	5,493	5,495	5,517	5,672	5,785	5,786	5,811	6,370	6,575	7,146
	Cumann na nGaedheal	Patrick Leonard	3.2	2,068	3,771	4,329	4,332	4,346	4,507	4,605	4,605	4,645	5,631	5,857	6,658
	Labour	Denis Cullen	3.1	2,044	2,120	2,393	2,403	2,816	2,894	3,001	3,005	3,126	3,188
	Independent	Laurence O'Neill	2.7	1,755	1,985	2,646	2,662	2,765	2,879	3,122	3,139	3,269	3,616	4,668
	Cumann na nGaedheal	William O'Hara	2.6	1,705	2,233	2,448	2,450	2,463	2,695	2,766	2,767	2,804
	Independent	William Larkin	1.3	832	915	1,141	1,162	1,187	1,233
	Labour	Thomas O'Reilly	1.0	665	694	745	749
	National League	Thomas O'Driscoll	0.7	453	920	1,020	1,063	1,069
Electorate: 94,370   Valid: 65,202   Quota: 7,245   Turnout: 69.1%

June 1927 general election

June 1927 general election: Dublin North^[23][53]

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15
	Independent	Alfie Byrne	28.0	17,780
	Cumann na nGaedheal	Richard Mulcahy	18.5	11,726
	Fianna Fáil	Seán T. O'Kelly	9.5	6,040	6,286	6,313	6,336	6,399	6,419	7,064
	Sinn Féin	Oscar Traynor	6.8	4,351	4,804	4,823	4,848	4,927	4,953	5,057	5,058	5,131	5,173	5,491	5,591	6,399	6,968	7,437
	Fianna Fáil	Kathleen Clarke	6.0	3,818	4,684	4,704	4,727	4,796	4,814	5,071	5,072	5,114	5,146	5,316	5,364	7,729
	Fianna Fáil	Eamonn Cooney	4.6	2,940	3,388	3,404	3,414	3,442	3,457	3,751	3,752	3,800	3,822	3,959	4,022
	Cumann na nGaedheal	John Byrne	3.6	2,267	3,590	4,332	4,357	4,422	4,489	4,505	4,505	4,562	5,010	5,172	5,318	5,389	5,405	6,374
	Cumann na nGaedheal	Margaret Collins-O'Driscoll	3.2	2,053	3,212	4,925	4,965	5,045	5,116	5,137	5,137	5,205	5,566	5,770	5,920	5,979	5,984	6,460
	National League	Coghlan Briscoe	2.9	1,837	3,078	3,141	3,148	3,247	3,846	3,862	3,862	3,923	4,007	4,296	4,455	4,539	4,568
	Labour	Denis Cullen	2.7	1,692	2,649	2,718	2,739	2,836	2,886	2,920	2,920	3,432	3,489	3,752	5,545	5,786	5,829	6,720
	Cumann na nGaedheal	Patrick Leonard	2.6	1,679	2,370	3,565	3,580	3,666	3,773	3,794	3,794	3,864	4,498	4,728	4,930	4,990	4,996	5,556
	Fianna Fáil	Conn Murphy	2.1	1,345	1,469	1,498	1,504	1,532	1,545
	Labour	Ronald Mortished	1.9	1,237	1,710	1,820	1,847	1,964	2,035	2,057	2,057	2,684	2,745	2,990
	Labour	Edward O'Carroll	1.9	1,219	1,507	1,570	1,581	1,645	1,686	1,723	1,723
	Independent	William Larkin	1.6	1,012	1,950	2,022	2,040	2,191	2,268	2,302	2,302	2,359	2,450
	Cumann na nGaedheal	John Donnelly	1.4	890	1,362	1,777	1,793	1,847	1,911	1,923	1,923	1,953
	National League	B. C. Hackett	1.4	860	1,234	1,272	1,277	1,324
	Independent	John P. Neary	0.9	565	1,166	1,220	1,245
	Clann Éireann	Lillie O'Shea Leamy	0.4	234	299	319
Electorate: 94,370   Valid: 63,545   Quota: 7,061   Turnout: 67.3%

1925 by-election

Following the resignations of Cumann na nGaedheal TDs Francis Cahill and Seán McGarry, a by-election for both seats was held on 11 March 1925. The first seat was won by the Cumann na nGaedheal candidate Patrick Leonard, and the second by the Republican candidate Oscar Traynor.

1925 by-election: Dublin North^[22][53]

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2	3	4
	Cumann na nGaedheal	Patrick Leonard	34.8	17,329
	Republican	Oscar Traynor	31.3	15,598	15,603	15,888	16,360
	Labour	Denis Cullen	16.9	8,422	8,466	9,195	13,957
	Cumann na nGaedheal	Donal O'Connor	12.6	6,294	6,938	7,798
	Independent	Seán Milroy	4.4	2,188	2,213
Electorate: 90,280   Valid: 49,831   Quota: 16,611   Turnout: 55.2%

1923 general election

1923 general election: Dublin North^[21][53]

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14
	Cumann na nGaedheal	Richard Mulcahy	39.8	22,005
	Independent	Alfie Byrne	19.0	10,518
	Republican	Ernie O'Malley	8.3	4,602	4,649	4,729	4,734	4,742	4,794	4,817	4,848	5,021	5,058	5,080	5,118	5,373	5,410
	Republican	Seán T. O'Kelly	7.7	4,233	4,261	4,323	4,329	4,335	4,387	4,413	4,462	5,170	5,190	5,212	5,246	5,636	5,699
	Businessmen's Party	William Hewat	4.7	2,594	3,105	3,552	3,688	3,771	3,772	3,928	3,954	3,960	4,012	5,218	5,372	5,676	5,992
	Dublin Trades Council	P. T. Daly	3.8	2,075	2,260	2,768	2,815	2,861	2,868	2,907	3,296	3,318	3,354	3,504	3,620	4,165	4,337
	Labour	Edward O'Carroll	3.0	1,653	2,051	2,396	2,481	2,539	2,551	2,621	2,718	2,743	2,780	2,879	3,068
	Cumann na nGaedheal	Seán McGarry	2.5	1,397	10,125
	Cumann na nGaedheal	Margaret Collins-O'Driscoll	2.3	1,247	4,939	6,022	8,015
	Independent	James Clark	1.9	1,047	1,260	1,672	1,730	1,778	1,781	1,881	1,900	1,910	1,954
	Cumann na nGaedheal	Francis Cahill	1.4	790	1,380	2,112	2,496	3,009	3,015	3,079	3,122	3,129	3,398	3,556	4,244	4,681	7,151
	Cumann na nGaedheal	Patrick McIntyre	1.3	742	1,282	1,390	1,704	1,962	1,966	2,008	2,076	2,084	2,343	2,392
	Republican	Henry O'Hanrahan	1.1	636	661	711	716	719	943	961	1,006
	Dublin Trades Council	John Lawlor	1.0	573	675	854	880	902	902	937
	Independent	Kevin Kenny	0.7	371	505	670	731	770	774
	Cumann na nGaedheal	Séamus Hughes	0.7	365	777	883	1,448	1,875	1,880	1,948	1,979	1,982	2,321	2,396	3,300	3,768
	Republican	Daithí O'Donoghue	0.6	330	353	376	383	391
	Cumann na nGaedheal	James Whelan	0.3	142	372	443	729	1,078	1,082	1,136	1,163	1,176
Electorate: 89,909   Valid: 55,320   Quota: 6,147   Turnout: 61.5%

See also

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