Mayo North (Dáil constituency)

For the 1885–1922 constituency, see North Mayo (UK Parliament constituency).

Mayo North was a parliamentary constituency represented in Dáil Éireann, the lower house of the Irish parliament or Oireachtas from 1923 to 1969. The method of election was proportional representation by means of the single transferable vote (PR-STV).

Mayo North
Former Dáil constituency
Former constituency
Created	1923
Abolished	1969
Seats	4 (1923–1937) 3 (1937–1969)
Local government area	County Mayo
Created from	Mayo North and West Sligo–Mayo East
Replaced by	Mayo East Mayo West

History

The constituency was created under the Electoral Act 1923 for the 1923 general election to Dáil Éireann, whose members formed the 4th Dáil.^[1]

From 1923 to 1937, Mayo North elected 4 deputies (Teachtaí Dála, commonly known as TDs). Under the Electoral (Revision of Constituencies) Act 1935, this was reduced to 3 with effect from the 1937 general election.

It was abolished under the Electoral (Amendment) Act 1969, when it and Mayo South were replaced by the two new constituencies of Mayo East and Mayo West.

Boundaries

The constituency covered the county electoral areas of Ballina, Killala and Swinford, in the administrative county of Mayo.^[1]

TDs

Teachtaí Dála (TDs) for Mayo North 1923–1969[2]
Key to parties   CnaG = Cumann na nGaedheal   CnaT = Clann na Talmhan   FF = Fianna Fáil   FG = Fine Gael   Ind = Independent   Rep = Republican   SF = Sinn Féin
Dáil	Election	Deputy (Party)		Deputy (Party)		Deputy (Party)		Deputy (Party)
4th	1923[3]		P. J. Ruttledge (Rep)		Henry Coyle (CnaG)		John Crowley (Rep)		Joseph McGrath (CnaG)
	1924 by-election[4]				John Madden (Rep)
	1925 by-election[5]								Michael Tierney (CnaG)
5th	1927 (Jun)[6]		P. J. Ruttledge (FF)		John Madden (SF)		Michael Davis (CnaG)		Mark Henry (CnaG)
6th	1927 (Sep)[7]				Micheál Clery (FF)
7th	1932[8]								Patrick O'Hara (CnaG)
8th	1933[9]								James Morrisroe (CnaG)
9th	1937[10]				John Munnelly (FF)		Patrick Browne (FG)	3 seats 1937–1969
10th	1938[11]
11th	1943[12]				James Kilroy (FF)
12th	1944[13]
13th	1948[14]
14th	1951[15]				Thomas O'Hara (CnaT)
	1952 by-election[16]		Phelim Calleary (FF)
15th	1954[17]						Patrick Lindsay (FG)
16th	1957[18]				Seán Doherty (FF)
17th	1961[19]				Joseph Lenehan (Ind)		Michael Browne (FG)
18th	1965[20]				Patrick Lindsay (FG)		Thomas O'Hara (FG)
19th	1969	Constituency abolished. See Mayo East and Mayo 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

1965 general election

1965 general election: Mayo North^[20][21]

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2	3	4	5
	Fianna Fáil	Phelim Calleary	21.7	4,748	4,785	5,436	5,786
	Fianna Fáil	Joseph Lenehan	19.1	4,190	4,218	5,089	5,240	5,313
	Fine Gael	Thomas O'Hara	18.0	3,933	3,988	4,024	5,260	5,327
	Fine Gael	Patrick Lindsay	16.4	3,598	3,659	3,821	5,378	5,428
	Fine Gael	Michael Browne	15.3	3,350	3,410	3,429
	Fianna Fáil	Thomas Corrigan	8.2	1,795	1,815
	Labour	Seán Davis	1.3	285
Electorate: 32,073   Valid: 21,899   Quota: 5,475   Turnout: 68.3%

1961 general election

1961 general election: Mayo North^[19][21]

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2	3	4	5	6
	Fianna Fáil	Phelim Calleary	21.9	4,684	4,757	5,376
	Fine Gael	Michael Browne	15.4	3,294	3,441	3,497	5,292	5,745
	Independent	Joseph Lenehan	14.0	2,990	3,048	3,085	3,695	4,181	4,247
	Fine Gael	Patrick Lindsay	13.3	2,847	2,900	2,945
	Clann na Talmhan	Thomas O'Hara	13.3	2,846	2,958	3,325	3,639	3,925	4,064
	Fianna Fáil	John Garrett	12.4	2,647	2,675	2,988	3,067
	Fianna Fáil	Martin Cassidy	7.1	1,511	1,519
	Labour	John Reilly	2.5	531
Electorate: 33,914   Valid: 21,350   Quota: 5,338   Turnout: 63.0%

1957 general election

1957 general election: Mayo North^[18][21]

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2	3	4
	Fianna Fáil	Phelim Calleary	27.7	6,415
	Fine Gael	Patrick Lindsay	16.8	3,880	3,901	4,130	5,951
	Clann na Talmhan	Thomas O'Hara	15.8	3,656	3,685	3,802	4,680
	Fianna Fáil	Seán Doherty	15.8	3,648	4,165	6,318
	Fine Gael	Patrick Browne	12.5	2,892	2,920	2,980
	Fianna Fáil	Seán Lynchehaun	11.5	2,662	2,693
Electorate: 34,528   Valid: 23,153   Quota: 5,789   Turnout: 67.1%

1954 general election

1954 general election: Mayo North^[17][21]

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8
	Fianna Fáil	Phelim Calleary	23.5	5,874	6,222	6,420
	Clann na Talmhan	Thomas O'Hara	14.2	3,552	3,563	3,608	3,611	4,364	4,584	5,476	5,812
	Fine Gael	Patrick Lindsay	13.1	3,277	3,305	3,560	3,570	4,161	4,205	6,600
	Fine Gael	Patrick Browne	13.1	3,272	3,280	3,337	3,344	3,712	3,897
	Fianna Fáil	Michael Kilroy	11.5	2,868	3,054	3,207	3,248	3,308	5,047	5,187	5,193
	Fianna Fáil	John Garrett	8.1	2,039	2,253	2,371	2,407	2,468
	Clann na Poblachta	Martin McGrath	6.7	1,678	1,688	2,226	2,237
	Clann na Poblachta	Denis Gallagher	5.3	1,318	1,608
	Independent	James Ginnelly	4.6	1,151
Electorate: 35,571   Valid: 25,029   Quota: 6,258   Turnout: 70.4%

1952 by-election

Following the death of Fianna Fáil TD P. J. Ruttledge, a by-election was held on 26 June 1952. The seat was won by the Fianna Fáil candidate Phelim Calleary.

1952 by-election: Mayo North^[21]

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2	3
	Fianna Fáil	Phelim Calleary	48.3	11,782	12,034	12,441
	Fine Gael	Patrick Lindsay	22.4	5,468	6,778	11,040
	Clann na Poblachta	Martin J. McGrath	19.4	4,743	5,443
	Clann na Talmhan	Frank Devanny	9.9	2,407
Electorate: 36,165   Valid: 24,400   Quota: 12,201   Turnout: 67.47%

1951 general election

1951 general election: Mayo North^[21]

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2	3	4	5
	Fianna Fáil	P. J. Ruttledge	21.5	5,348	5,903	5,946	6,149	6,185
	Fianna Fáil	James Kilroy	17.1	4,259	5,135	5,559	5,672	5,689
	Fine Gael	Patrick Browne	15.6	3,867	3,901	5,940	6,834
	Clann na Talmhan	Thomas O'Hara	14.5	3,600	3,636	3,744	5,809	6,205
	Clann na Poblachta	Martin J. McGrath	12.6	3,131	3,196	3,495
	Fine Gael	Joseph Lenehan	12.0	2,981	3,033
	Fianna Fáil	Frank Moran	6.7	1,663
Electorate: 36,316   Valid: 24,849   Quota: 6,213   Turnout: 68.42%

1948 general election

1948 general election: Mayo North^[21]

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8
	Fianna Fáil	P. J. Ruttledge	21.1	5,320	5,421	5,436	5,464	5,543	5,960	6,069	6,110
	Fine Gael	Patrick Browne	17.0	4,281	4,401	4,452	5,281	5,425	5,481	6,236	6,611
	Fianna Fáil	James Kilroy	15.8	3,992	4,013	4,078	4,244	4,285	5,498	5,555	5,784
	Clann na Poblachta	Michael Hardy	8.8	2,220	2,258	2,365	2,395	3,344	3,402	3,804	4,871
	Clann na Talmhan	James Forde	6.8	1,709	1,768	2,111	2,130	2,166	2,188
	Fianna Fáil	Seán Lynchehaun	6.6	1,655	1,659	1,971	2,042	2,060
	Clann na Poblachta	Martin McGrath	6.1	1,541	1,627	1,638	1,663
	Clann na Poblachta	Michael Hefferon	5.8	1,469	1,479	1,634	1,785	2,116	2,197	2,312
	Fine Gael	Patrick Lindsay	5.2	1,302	1,310	1,413
	Clann na Talmhan	James Ginnelly	4.8	1,211	1,233
	Independent	John Clarke	2.0	499
Electorate: 37,602   Valid: 25,199   Quota: 6,300   Turnout: 67.02%

1944 general election

1944 general election: Mayo North^[13][22]

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2	3	4
	Fianna Fáil	P. J. Ruttledge	27.8	6,818
	Fine Gael	Patrick Browne	19.9	4,875	4,916	6,075	6,230
	Fianna Fáil	James Kilroy	18.7	4,602	5,079	5,463	7,812
	Clann na Talmhan	Thomas O'Hara	15.3	3,748	3,787	3,902	4,014
	Fianna Fáil	Seán Lynchahaun	10.6	2,597	2,708	2,884
	Fine Gael	Joseph Lenehan	7.8	1,917	1,927
Electorate: 39,368   Valid: 24,557   Quota: 6,140   Turnout: 62.4%

1943 general election

Full figures on the fourth and fifth counts are unavailable.

1943 general election: Mayo North^[12][22]

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2	3	4	5	6
	Fianna Fáil	P. J. Ruttledge	22.7	5,602	5,767	5,824	N\A	7,125
	Fine Gael	Patrick Browne	15.4	3,789	3,902	5,284	N\A	N\A	6,057
	Fianna Fáil	James Kilroy	14.3	3,525	3,785	3,985	N\A	N\A	6,408
	Fianna Fáil	Michael Hardy	14.0	3,446	3,499	3,534	3,577
	Clann na Talmhan	Thomas O'Hara	11.3	2,785	2,891	2,924	N\A	N\A	5,070
	Clann na Talmhan	Niall McCormack	9.4	2,315	2,532	2,671
	Fine Gael	Patrick Lindsay	7.9	1,936	2,057
	Independent	Pádraig McAndrew	5.1	1,247
Electorate: 39,368   Valid: 24,645   Quota: 6,162   Turnout: 62.6%

1938 general election

The number of votes of Jordan on the 4th count is unavailable.

1938 general election: Mayo North^[11][22]

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2	3	4
	Fianna Fáil	P. J. Ruttledge	31.4	8,277
	Fine Gael	Patrick Browne	23.0	6,060	6,103	6,104	8,737
	Fianna Fáil	John Munnelly	20.3	5,353	6,655
	Fianna Fáil	Thomas Jordan	14.2	3,749	4,065	4,133	N/A
	Fine Gael	Patrick Lindsay	11.0	2,896	2,928	2,930
Electorate: 38,186   Valid: 26,335   Quota: 6,584   Turnout: 69.0%

1937 general election

1937 general election: Mayo North^[10][22]

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2	3	4	5
	Fianna Fáil	P. J. Ruttledge	31.3	7,934
	Fianna Fáil	John Munnelly	17.7	4,497	5,152	5,276	5,424	5,441
	Fine Gael	Patrick Browne	17.7	4,481	4,510	5,835	8,761
	Fianna Fáil	Michael Kilroy	13.8	3,504	4,358	4,434	4,511	4,531
	Fine Gael	Michael O'Hara	11.9	3,019	3,054	3,393
	Fine Gael	Patrick Lindsay	7.6	1,940	1,957
Electorate: 38,170   Valid: 25,375   Quota: 6,344   Turnout: 66.5%

1933 general election

1933 general election: Mayo North^[9][22]

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2	3	4	5
	Fianna Fáil	P. J. Ruttledge	24.9	8,430
	Fianna Fáil	Micheál Clery	18.7	6,311	7,682
	Cumann na nGaedheal	Michael Davis	18.2	6,172	6,187	6,188	8,303
	Cumann na nGaedheal	James Morrisroe	16.1	5,434	5,441	5,459	5,780	7,303
	Fianna Fáil	John Munnelly	14.5	4,914	5,171	6,062	6,133	6,145
	Cumann na nGaedheal	John Corcoran	7.6	2,575	2,587	2,591
Electorate: 42,501   Valid: 33,836   Quota: 6,768   Turnout: 79.6%

1932 general election

1932 general election: Mayo North^[8][22]

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2	3	4
	Fianna Fáil	P. J. Ruttledge	27.5	8,690
	Cumann na nGaedheal	Patrick O'Hara	18.5	5,853	5,878	5,884	6,973
	Cumann na nGaedheal	Michael Davis	18.4	5,809	5,850	5,856	6,383
	Fianna Fáil	Micheál Clery	17.2	5,433	7,355
	Fianna Fáil	John Munnelly	11.7	3,704	4,059	5,082	5,388
	Cumann na nGaedheal	Thomas J. O'Reilly	6.6	2,088	2,119	2,123
Electorate: 42,229   Valid: 31,577   Quota: 6,316   Turnout: 74.8%

September 1927 general election

September 1927 general election: Mayo North^[7][22]

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2	3	4	5
	Fianna Fáil	P. J. Ruttledge	28.6	8,560
	Cumann na nGaedheal	Michael Davis	24.9	7,464
	Cumann na nGaedheal	Mark Henry	18.5	5,550	5,585	6,231
	Fianna Fáil	Micheál Clery	10.2	3,062	4,963	4,994	4,998	7,933
	Fianna Fáil	John Munnelly	9.1	2,727	3,285	3,313	3,323
	Cumann na nGaedheal	Thomas J. O'Reilly	8.7	2,615	2,685	3,448	3,669	3,850
Electorate: 44,704   Valid: 29,978   Quota: 5,996   Turnout: 67.1%

June 1927 general election

June 1927 general election: Mayo North^[6][22]

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2	3	4	5	6
	Cumann na nGaedheal	Michael Davis	22.9	6,643
	Fianna Fáil	P. J. Ruttledge	20.8	6,020
	Cumann na nGaedheal	Mark Henry	13.1	3,787	4,269	4,270	4,382	6,022
	Sinn Féin	John Madden	12.2	3,550	3,567	3,638	3,749	3,894	6,308
	National League	Patrick O'Hara	11.2	3,237	3,303	3,313	3,513	3,670	3,900
	Fianna Fáil	Micheál Clery	10.5	3,043	3,054	3,186	3,260	3,325
	Cumann na nGaedheal	Thomas J. O'Reilly	7.0	2,024	2,276	2,279	2,375
	Labour	Terence Waldron	2.4	683	700	705
Electorate: 44,704   Valid: 28,987   Quota: 5,798   Turnout: 64.8%

1925 by-election

Following the resignation of Cumann na nGaedheal TD Joseph McGrath, a by-election was held on 11 March 1925. The seat was won by the Cumann na nGaedheal candidate Michael Tierney.

1925 by-election: Mayo North^[5][22]

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1
	Cumann na nGaedheal	Michael Tierney	57.7	18,385
	Republican	Thomas Derrig	42.3	13,458
Electorate: 46,134   Valid: 31,843   Quota: 15,922   Turnout: 69.0%

1924 by-election

Following the disqualification of Cumann na nGaedheal TD Henry Coyle, a by-election was held on 18 November 1924. The seat was won by the Republican candidate John Madden.

1924 by-election: Mayo North^[4][22]

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1
	Republican	John Madden	51.5	14,628
	Cumann na nGaedheal	Michael Tierney	48.5	13,758
Electorate: 46,134   Valid: 28,386   Quota: 14,194   Turnout: 61.5%

1923 general election

1923 general election: Mayo North^[3][22]

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11
	Republican	P. J. Ruttledge	34.3	8,997
	Cumann na nGaedheal	Joseph McGrath	30.5	8,011
	Cumann na nGaedheal	Henry Coyle	11.4	2,997	3,036	3,975	3,986	4,018	4,034	4,208	4,554	4,582	4,903	8,132
	Cumann na nGaedheal	Patrick O'Hara	8.0	2,097	2,113	3,122	3,212	3,234	3,246	3,347	3,582	3,617	4,689
	Cumann na nGaedheal	John Ruane	3.8	1,002	1,030	1,462	1,479	1,499	1,504	1,597	1,681	1,704
	Republican	John Crowley	3.2	832	3,462	3,472	3,479	3,498	3,670	3,836	3,912	4,969	5,034	5,104
	Farmers' Party	Charles Flynn	3.0	793	824	981	988	1,069	1,085	1,138
	Labour	Archie Heron	2.5	647	726	796	806	820	833
	Republican	Joseph Kelly	1.8	478	1,173	1,179	1,191	1,197	1,286	1,329	1,361
	Farmers' Party	Timothy O'Sullivan	0.6	151	178	229	239
	Republican	Michael Keaveney	0.5	137	328	335	338	359
	Independent	Oliver J. O'Connor	0.4	99	111	192
Electorate: 53,719   Valid: 26,241   Quota: 5,249   Turnout: 48.9%

See also

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