Mayo South (Dáil constituency)

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

Mayo South 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 South
Former Dáil constituency
Location of Mayo South within Ireland
Former constituency
Created	1923
Abolished	1969
Seats	5 (1923–1948) 4 (1948–1969)
Local government area	County Mayo
Created from	Mayo North and West Mayo South–Roscommon South 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 1948, Mayo South elected 5 deputies (Teachtaí Dála, commonly known as TDs). Under the Electoral (Amendment) Act 1947, this was reduced to 4 with effect from the 1948 general election.^[2]

It was abolished under the Electoral (Amendment) Act 1969, when it and Mayo North were replaced by the two new constituencies of Mayo East and Mayo West.^[3]

Boundaries

The constituency covered the county electoral areas of Castlebar, Claremorris and Westport, in the administrative county of Mayo.^[1]

TDs

Teachtaí Dála (TDs) for Mayo South 1923–1969[4]
Key to parties   CnaG = Cumann na nGaedheal   CnaT = Clann na Talmhan   FF = Fianna Fáil   FG = Fine Gael   Lab = Labour   Rep = Republican
Dáil	Election	Deputy (Party)		Deputy (Party)		Deputy (Party)		Deputy (Party)		Deputy (Party)
4th	1923[5]		Tom Maguire (Rep)		Michael Kilroy (Rep)		William Sears (CnaG)		Joseph MacBride (CnaG)		Martin Nally (CnaG)
5th	1927 (Jun)[6]		Thomas J. O'Connell (Lab)		Michael Kilroy (FF)		Eugene Mullen (FF)		James FitzGerald-Kenney (CnaG)
6th	1927 (Sep)[7]						Richard Walsh (FF)
7th	1932[8]		Edward Moane (FF)
8th	1933[9]
9th	1937[10]				Micheál Clery (FF)				James FitzGerald-Kenney (FG)		Martin Nally (FG)
10th	1938[11]		Mícheál Ó Móráin (FF)
11th	1943[12]						Joseph Blowick (CnaT)				Dominick Cafferky (CnaT)
12th	1944[13]								Richard Walsh (FF)
	1945 by-election[14]				Bernard Commons (CnaT)
13th	1948[15]									4 seats 1948–1969
14th	1951[16]				Seán Flanagan (FF)				Dominick Cafferky (CnaT)
15th	1954[17]								Henry Kenny (FG)
16th	1957[18]
17th	1961[19]
18th	1965[20]						Michael Lyons (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 South^[20][21]

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2	3	4	5	6
	Fianna Fáil	Mícheál Ó Móráin	23.7	7,286
	Fine Gael	Henry Kenny	23.0	7,071
	Fianna Fáil	Seán Flanagan	15.6	4,799	5,510	5,546	6,811
	Fine Gael	Michael Lyons	13.9	4,265	4,295	4,831	5,018	5,111	5,679
	Fine Gael	Martin Finn	13.8	4,247	4,291	4,556	4,694	4,772	5,125
	Clann na Poblachta	Oliver Morahan	5.4	1,651	1,710	1,778	1,835	1,918
	Fianna Fáil	John J. Keane	4.7	1,442	1,731	1,744
Electorate: 42,253   Valid: 30,761   Quota: 6,153   Turnout: 72.8%

1961 general election

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

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2	3	4	5	6	7
	Fianna Fáil	Mícheál Ó Móráin	23.1	6,965
	Fine Gael	Henry Kenny	20.6	6,215
	Fianna Fáil	Seán Flanagan	14.5	4,368	4,841	4,849	4,908	6,045
	Clann na Talmhan	Joseph Blowick	13.6	4,088	4,189	4,231	4,566	4,652	5,180	5,748
	Fine Gael	Martin Finn	8.0	2,409	2,426	2,476	2,534	2,651	3,016
	Fine Gael	Michael Lyons	7.4	2,230	2,252	2,334	2,415	2,454	3,116	4,904
	Independent	Dominick Cafferky	6.4	1,941	1,961	1,968	1,991	2,033
	Fianna Fáil	George McGuire	4.1	1,236	1,530	1,533	1,576
	Clann na Talmhan	Thomas Thornton	2.1	645	663	666
Electorate: 44,841   Valid: 30,097   Quota: 6,020   Turnout: 67.1%

1957 general election

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

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2	3	4	5	6
	Clann na Talmhan	Joseph Blowick	16.8	5,749	6,056	6,247	6,689	7,078
	Fianna Fáil	Mícheál Ó Móráin	16.5	5,624	5,736	5,778	5,833	7,530
	Fianna Fáil	Seán Flanagan	15.8	5,391	5,475	5,590	5,750	7,038
	Fine Gael	Henry Kenny	12.9	4,411	4,587	5,922	6,265	6,490	6,603
	Fianna Fáil	Patrick Duffy	10.6	3,624	3,853	3,868	3,911
	Clann na Talmhan	Dominick Cafferky	9.7	3,311	3,405	4,016	5,445	5,563	5,636
	Clann na Talmhan	Douglas Kelly	7.4	2,525	2,541	2,613
	Fine Gael	Michael Lyons	6.9	2,366	2,427
	Clann na Poblachta	Oliver Morahan	3.4	1,155
Electorate: 49,018   Valid: 34,156   Quota: 6,832   Turnout: 69.7%

1954 general election

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

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8
	Clann na Talmhan	Joseph Blowick	17.3	6,338	6,463	6,602	7,923
	Fianna Fáil	Seán Flanagan	15.7	5,742	5,804	6,538	6,630	6,640	7,661
	Fine Gael	Henry Kenny	13.6	4,983	5,045	5,156	5,438	5,508	5,659	5,686	8,220
	Fianna Fáil	Mícheál Ó Móráin	11.5	4,204	4,250	5,164	5,204	5,216	7,139	7,430
	Fine Gael	Michael Lyons	9.3	3,400	3,427	3,492	3,647	3,676	3,723	3,732
	Fianna Fáil	Patrick Duffy	9.0	3,309	3,334	3,453	3,487	3,489
	Clann na Talmhan	Dominick Cafferky	8.7	3,197	3,237	3,258	4,130	4,602	4,775	4,781	5,607
	Clann na Talmhan	Bernard Commons	7.3	2,669	2,824	2,882
	Fianna Fáil	Bernard Joyce	6.0	2,190	2,215
	Independent	Martin Carney	1.6	603
Electorate: 50,516   Valid: 36,635   Quota: 7,328   Turnout: 72.5%

1951 general election

1951 general election: Mayo South^[21]

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9
	Clann na Talmhan	Joseph Blowick	18.1	6,974	7,096	7,180	7,217	8,838
	Clann na Talmhan	Dominick Cafferky	15.5	5,947	5,959	5,972	6,282	7,804
	Fianna Fáil	Mícheál Ó Móráin	13.5	5,187	5,209	5,220	5,506	5,606	5,661	5,667	9,116
	Fianna Fáil	Patrick Gibbons	12.4	4,756	4,771	4,815	4,961	5,029	5,042	5,044
	Fine Gael	John T. Ruane	10.6	4,085	4,383	4,824	4,917	5,271	6,229	6,332	6,587	6,666
	Fianna Fáil	Seán Flanagan	10.1	3,887	3,895	3,899	5,481	5,591	5,639	5,644	6,520	7,869
	Clann na Talmhan	Bernard Commons	9.8	3,751	3,784	3,791	3,888
	Fianna Fáil	Martin J. Cassidy	7.1	2,713	2,715	2,717
	Fine Gael	Patrick Shanley	1.5	578	613
	Fine Gael	Patrick Gavin	1.5	561
Electorate: 52,366   Valid: 38,439   Quota: 7,688   Turnout: 73.40%

1948 general election

1948 general election: Mayo South^[21]

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8
	Clann na Talmhan	Joseph Blowick	13.0	5,052	5,067	5,336	5,358	5,970	6,311	6,332	7,198
	Fianna Fáil	Richard Walsh	11.8	4,594	4,621	4,662	7,135	7,269	8,528
	Clann na Talmhan	Bernard Commons	11.3	4,393	4,423	4,486	4,530	5,168	5,330	5,346	8,583
	Clann na Talmhan	Dominick Cafferky	10.8	4,193	4,361	4,390	4,511	4,683	4,738	4,744
	Fianna Fáil	Patrick Gibbons	10.0	3,889	3,919	4,170	4,314	4,540
	Fianna Fáil	Mícheál Ó Móráin	9.6	3,713	3,749	3,837	4,375	4,594	6,705	7,382	7,435
	Fianna Fáil	Patrick Regan	9.1	3,534	3,646	3,674
	Fine Gael	John T. Ruane	8.7	3,379	4,179	4,287	4,410	4,912	5,068	5,098	5,303
	Clann na Poblachta	John James Durcan	5.9	2,307	2,574	3,897	3,933
	Clann na Poblachta	Owen Hughes	5.1	1,967	2,288
	Fine Gael	John McCarthy	2.5	983
	Clann na Poblachta	John Grealy	2.3	883
Electorate: 55,555   Valid: 38,887   Quota: 7,778   Turnout: 70.00%

1945 by-election

Following the resignation of Fianna Fáil TD Micheál Clery, a by-election was held on 4 December 1945. The seat was won by the Clann na Talmhan candidate Bernard Commons

1945 by-election: Mayo South^[21]

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1
	Clann na Talmhan	Bernard Commons	53.3	16,977
	Fianna Fáil	Charles Gilmartin	46.7	14,861
Electorate: 57,775   Valid: 31,838   Quota: 15,920   Turnout: 55.11%

1944 general election

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

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2	3	4	5	6
	Fianna Fáil	Micheál Clery	17.4	6,814
	Clann na Talmhan	Dominick Cafferky	14.7	5,743	5,757	6,131	6,177	8,287
	Fianna Fáil	Richard Walsh	13.7	5,366	5,522	5,575	6,413	6,563
	Fianna Fáil	Mícheál Ó Móráin	11.8	4,620	4,646	4,679	6,438	6,493	6,507
	Clann na Talmhan	Joseph Blowick	11.4	4,471	4,474	4,501	4,589	5,876	7,580
	Clann na Talmhan	Bernard Commons	9.7	3,789	3,797	3,829	3,868
	Fine Gael	James FitzGerald-Kenney	9.5	3,738	3,744	4,914	4,983	5,115	5,153
	Fianna Fáil	Michael Kilroy	7.2	2,825	2,888	2,923
	Fine Gael	John O'Connor	4.6	1,819	1,826
Electorate: 59,780   Valid: 39,185   Quota: 6,531   Turnout: 65.6%

1943 general election

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

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11
	Fianna Fáil	Micheál Clery	14.6	6,118	6,147	6,174	6,201	6,289	6,427	6,495	6,983
	Clann na Talmhan	Dominick Cafferky	12.9	5,415	5,434	5,453	5,502	5,602	6,037	6,100	6,175	6,175	8,400
	Clann na Talmhan	Joseph Blowick	11.9	4,992	4,999	5,058	5,168	5,272	5,328	5,761	5,969	5,970	7,188
	Fianna Fáil	Richard Walsh	10.2	4,283	4,302	4,411	4,487	4,603	4,640	4,823	5,479	5,483	5,593	5,636
	Clann na Talmhan	Bernard Commons	8.8	3,695	3,721	3,756	3,786	4,054	4,078	4,135	4,177	4,177
	Fianna Fáil	Mícheál Ó Móráin	8.4	3,516	3,538	3,570	3,723	3,762	3,808	4,440	5,940	5,944	5,983	6,001
	Fine Gael	James FitzGerald-Kenney	7.3	3,052	3,062	3,118	3,194	4,137	5,213	5,433	5,633	5,633	5,936	6,054
	Fianna Fáil	Michael Gallagher	6.9	2,892	2,907	2,918	2,956	2,967	2,986	3,629
	Independent	John Morahan	5.5	2,307	2,311	2,326	2,550	2,572	2,624
	Fine Gael	William Gallagher	4.6	1,925	1,943	1,947	1,985	2,073
	Fine Gael	Martin Nally	4.3	1,791	1,819	1,861	1,912
	Labour	James Quigley	1.9	790	868	1,174
	Labour	William Walsh (Ballinrobe)	1.6	669	777
	Labour	William Walsh (Kiltimagh)	1.0	398
Electorate: 59,780   Valid: 41,843   Quota: 6,974   Turnout: 70.0%

1938 general election

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

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2	3	4	5	6	7
	Fianna Fáil	Micheál Clery	20.5	8,781
	Fianna Fáil	Richard Walsh	15.9	6,816	7,469
	Fine Gael	James FitzGerald-Kenney	15.7	6,727	6,762	6,763	6,965	8,288
	Fianna Fáil	Mícheál Ó Móráin	12.6	5,395	5,600	5,697	5,952	6,029	6,072	6,097
	Fine Gael	Martin Nally	11.2	4,813	4,841	4,844	4,976	8,148
	Fine Gael	William Gallagher	11.2	4,779	4,812	4,814	4,882
	Fianna Fáil	Edward Moane	10.8	4,617	5,285	5,509	5,660	5,734	5,791	5,823
	Labour	James Quigley	2.2	923	940	940
Electorate: 59,800   Valid: 42,851   Quota: 7,142   Turnout: 71.7%

1937 general election

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

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2	3	4	5	6	7
	Fianna Fáil	Micheál Clery	20.0	8,235
	Fianna Fáil	Richard Walsh	15.5	6,373	6,805	7,179
	Fine Gael	James FitzGerald-Kenney	14.5	5,951	5,983	6,389	6,404	6,637	6,695	7,644
	Fine Gael	James Morrisroe	9.7	3,988	3,999	4,073	4,076	4,141	4,169
	Fine Gael	Martin Nally	9.5	3,906	3,925	4,276	4,298	4,363	4,402	6,966
	Fine Gael	James McGing	9.3	3,834	3,854	3,996	3,998	4,131	4,203	4,515
	Fianna Fáil	Edward Moane	9.0	3,684	4,288	4,538	4,641	7,182
	Fianna Fáil	Mícheál Ó Móráin	7.9	3,246	3,418	3,587	3,698
	Independent	Malachi Forde	4.6	1,907	1,997
Electorate: 59,999   Valid: 41,124   Quota: 6,855   Turnout: 68.5%

1933 general election

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

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2	3	4	5
	Fianna Fáil	Michael Kilroy	17.2	7,033
	Fianna Fáil	Richard Walsh	15.6	6,410	6,422	6,447	6,566	6,608
	Fianna Fáil	George Maguire	14.2	5,805	5,887	5,946	6,010	6,044
	Fianna Fáil	Edward Moane	13.9	5,706	5,802	5,851	6,134	6,230
	Cumann na nGaedheal	James FitzGerald-Kenney	13.6	5,588	5,589	5,870	8,342
	Cumann na nGaedheal	Martin Nally	12.0	4,926	4,927	5,234	6,841
	Cumann na nGaedheal	James McGing	9.2	3,764	3,768	4,768
	Cumann na nGaedheal	Patrick O'Donnell	4.3	1,773	1,775
Electorate: 51,619   Valid: 41,005   Quota: 6,835   Turnout: 79.4%

1932 general election

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

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8
	Cumann na nGaedheal	James FitzGerald-Kenney	18.3	7,041
	Fianna Fáil	Richard Walsh	18.0	6,945
	Fianna Fáil	Michael Kilroy	14.5	5,589	5,610	5,739	6,105	7,628
	Fianna Fáil	Edward Moane	12.2	4,711	4,731	4,844	5,007	5,912	7,003
	Cumann na nGaedheal	Martin Nally	8.9	3,414	3,704	3,717	4,073	4,271	4,291	4,308	6,952
	Cumann na nGaedheal	Martin Moran	8.0	3,094	3,305	3,314	3,727	3,797	3,828	3,849
	Labour	Thomas J. O'Connell	8.0	3,085	3,105	3,132	3,447	3,719	3,785	4,134	4,666
	Fianna Fáil	George Maguire	7.4	2,839	2,850	3,063	3,178
	Independent	Thomas Moclair	4.7	1,796	1,844	1,865
Electorate: 50,843   Valid: 38,514   Quota: 6,420   Turnout: 75.8%

September 1927 general election

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

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2	3	4
	Cumann na nGaedheal	James FitzGerald-Kenney	16.5	5,650	5,698	5,701	5,787
	Cumann na nGaedheal	Martin Nally	15.3	5,241	5,297	5,300	5,503
	Fianna Fáil	Richard Walsh	14.5	4,978	5,987
	Fianna Fáil	Michael Kilroy	12.1	4,171	5,538	5,733
	Cumann na nGaedheal	Patrick O'Donnell	11.8	4,058	4,095	4,097	4,245
	Labour	Thomas J. O'Connell	11.0	3,790	3,953	3,963	5,107
	Fianna Fáil	Edward Moane	9.7	3,344	3,707	3,758
	Fianna Fáil	Eugene Mullen	9.0	3,104
Electorate: 52,989   Valid: 34,336   Quota: 5,723   Turnout: 64.8%

June 1927 general election

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

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11
	Labour	Thomas J. O'Connell	12.1	4,144	4,228	4,325	4,617	4,779	5,296	5,944
	Fianna Fáil	Michael Kilroy	11.2	3,836	3,929	3,977	4,043	4,062	4,221	4,442	4,489	4,491	6,101
	Cumann na nGaedheal	Martin Nally	10.0	3,429	3,587	3,722	3,924	4,763	5,066	5,649	5,726
	Fianna Fáil	Eugene Mullen	9.6	3,282	3,322	3,355	3,406	3,440	3,792	3,884	3,902	3,905	4,393	4,735
	Fianna Fáil	Richard Walsh	9.6	3,268	3,313	3,367	3,379	3,412	3,556	3,609	3,618	3,621	4,431	4,496
	Fianna Fáil	Edward Moane	8.9	3,056	3,101	3,129	3,255	3,270	3,320	3,367	3,375	3,375
	Cumann na nGaedheal	James FitzGerald-Kenney	8.4	2,884	2,952	3,281	3,596	4,166	4,561	5,546	5,637	5,661	5,713
	Cumann na nGaedheal	Patrick O'Donnell	6.8	2,336	2,344	2,424	2,805	3,015	3,286
	National League	Thomas Moclair	6.6	2,260	2,296	2,517	2,639	2,712
	Cumann na nGaedheal	Joseph MacBride	5.2	1,769	1,828	1,910
	Cumann na nGaedheal	William Sears	5.1	1,728	1,772	1,927	2,114
	Farmers' Party	Peter Tuohy	3.2	1,093	1,417
	Farmers' Party	Thomas Kelly	3.1	1,075
Electorate: 52,989   Valid: 34,160   Quota: 5,694   Turnout: 64.5%

1923 general election

1923 general election: Mayo South^[5][22]

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9
	Cumann na nGaedheal	William Sears	20.5	6,571
	Republican	Tom Maguire	17.8	5,712
	Cumann na nGaedheal	Joseph MacBride	14.8	4,758	5,117	5,124	5,417
	Republican	Michael Kilroy	11.0	3,516	3,524	3,637	3,689	3,692	3,812	4,146	6,460
	Cumann na nGaedheal	Martin Nally	10.8	3,468	3,932	3,941	4,140	4,169	4,322	4,650	4,690	4,737
	Cumann na nGaedheal	Charles Bewley	7.7	2,479	2,656	2,658	2,784	2,813	3,223	3,590	3,613	3,626
	Republican	Thomas Derrig	6.7	2,148	2,152	2,372	2,389	2,390	2,455	2,551
	Labour	Michael O'Connor	4.0	1,298	1,345	1,354	1,411	1,416	1,633
	Independent	P. J. O'Malley	3.7	1,175	1,234	1,236	1,347	1,354
	Farmers' Party	Peter Tuohy	2.9	929	1,039	1,046
Electorate: 58,513   Valid: 32,054   Quota: 5,343   Turnout: 54.8%

See also

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