Cork North-East (Dáil constituency)

Dáil constituency (1961–1981)

Cork North-East
Former Dáil constituency
Former constituency
Created	1961
Abolished	1981
Seats	5 (1961–1969) 4 (1969–1981)
Local government area	County Cork
Created from	Cork North
Replaced by	Cork East Cork North-West

Cork North-East was a parliamentary constituency represented in Dáil Éireann, the lower house of the Irish parliament or Oireachtas from 1961 to 1981. The constituency elected 5 deputies (Teachtaí Dála, commonly known as TDs) to the Dáil until 1969, and then 4 thereafter. The method of election was proportional representation by means of the single transferable vote (PR-STV).

History

The constituency was created under the Electoral (Amendment) Act 1961, for the 1961 general election to Dáil Éireann. The constituency returned 5 deputies from 1961 to 1969. Under the Electoral (Amendment) Act 1969 this was reduced to 4 seats from 1969 onwards.

It was abolished under the Electoral (Amendment) Act 1980, when it was partially replaced by the new constituencies of Cork East and Cork North-West.

Boundaries

The district electoral divisions of the former Rural District of Fermoy; former rural district of Kanturk; former rural district of Mallow; former rural district of Midleton; former rural district of Mitchelstown No. 1; former rural district of Youghal; and the urban districts of Cobh, Fermoy, Mallow, Midleton and Youghal.

TDs

Teachtaí Dála (TDs) for Cork North-East 1961–1981
Key to parties FG = Fine Gael FF = Fianna Fáil Lab = Labour
Dáil	Election	Deputy (Party)		Deputy (Party)		Deputy (Party)		Deputy (Party)		Deputy (Party)
17th	1961		John Moher (FF)		Martin Corry (FF)		Philip Burton (FG)		Richard Barry (FG)		Patrick McAuliffe (Lab)
18th	1965		Jerry Cronin (FF)		Martin Corry (FF)		Philip Burton (FG)				Patrick McAuliffe (Lab)
19th	1969				Seán Brosnan (FF)		Gerard Cott (FG)			4 seats 1969–1981
20th	1973				Liam Ahern (FF)		Patrick Hegarty (FG)
20th	1974 by-election				Seán Brosnan (FF)
21st	1977				Seán Brosnan (FF)
21st	1979 by-election				Myra Barry (FG)
22nd	1981	Constituency abolished. See Cork East and Cork 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.

Elections

*: Outgoing TD

1979 by-election

Following the death of Fianna Fáil TD Seán Brosnan, a by-election was held on 7 November 1979. The seat was won by the Fine Gael candidate Myra Barry.

1979 by-election: Cork North-East
Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
Party		Candidate	FPv%	1	2
	Fine Gael	Myra Barry	38.7	15,939	20,292
	Fianna Fáil	John Brosnan	36.3	14,961	17,883
	Sinn Féin The Workers' Party	Joe Sherlock	22.8	9,395
	Independent	Mary Ann Duggan	2.2	911
Electorate: 60,075 Valid: 41,206 Quota: 20,604 Turnout: 68.6%

1977 general election

1977 general election: Cork North-East
Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
Party		Candidate	FPv%	1	2	3	4	5	6	7
	Fianna Fáil	Seán Brosnan	18.7	8,840	8,986	9,025	9,078	9,788
	Fianna Fáil	Jerry Cronin	17.6	8,352	8,440	8,501	8,632	8,828	10,221
	Fine Gael	Richard Barry	16.0	7,590	7,628	7,864	9,024	9,382	10,296
	Fine Gael	Patrick Hegarty	12.9	6,117	6,260	6,727	7,251	7,863	8,367	8,667
	Fianna Fáil	Carey Joyce	11.9	5,630	5,661	5,684	5,706	5,825	6,608	6,719
	Sinn Féin The Workers' Party	Joe Sherlock	9.5	4,485	4,584	4,765	4,925	5,252
	Independent	Noel Collins	5.1	2,433	2,488	2,560	2,600
	Fine Gael	Michael Broderick	4.3	2,036	2,047	2,161
	Labour	Liam Duggan	2.3	1,094	1,288
	Independent	John Kidney	1.7	788
Electorate: 59,115 Valid: 47,365 Quota: 9,474 Turnout: 80.1%

1974 by-election

Following the death of Fianna Fáil TD Liam Ahern, a by-election was held on 13 November 1974. The seat was won by the Fianna Fáil candidate Seán Brosnan.

1974 by-election: Cork North-East
Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
Party		Candidate	FPv%	1	2	3
	Fianna Fáil	Seán Brosnan	49.4	19,928	20,031	21,912
	Fine Gael	Michael Broderick	34.0	13,708	14,561	16,330
	Sinn Féin (Official)	Joe Sherlock	13.3	5,363	5,659
	Labour	Liam Hurley	3.1	1,243
	Independent	Angela Cunningham	0.3	132
Electorate: 55,388 Valid: 40,374 Quota: 20,188 Turnout: 72.2%

1973 general election

1973 general election: Cork North-East
Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
Party		Candidate	FPv%	1	2	3	4	5	6	7
	Fianna Fáil	Jerry Cronin	24.0	9,608
	Fine Gael	Richard Barry	18.0	7,188	7,270	7,281	7,477	8,122
	Fianna Fáil	Liam Ahern	13.5	5,403	5,946	5,963	6,098	6,169	6,470	6,671
	Fianna Fáil	Seán Brosnan	12.6	5,029	5,778	5,790	5,917	5,994	6,296	6,485
	Fine Gael	Patrick Hegarty	10.2	4,066	4,082	4,102	4,511	5,085	5,474	7,961
	Fine Gael	Michael Broderick	7.5	2,994	3,055	3,057	3,101	3,328	4,230
	Sinn Féin (Official)	Joe Sherlock	6.2	2,488	2,608	2,629	2,707	3,071
	Labour	William Fennessy	4.7	1,887	1,914	1,923	2,093
	Independent	Noel Collins	3.0	1,228	1,237	1,240
	Independent	Cuthbert Kelly	0.3	100	102
Electorate: 50,016 Valid: 39,991 Quota: 7,999 Turnout: 80.0%

1969 general election

1969 general election: Cork North-East
Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
Party		Candidate	FPv%	1	2	3	4	5	6	7
	Fianna Fáil	Jerry Cronin	23.0	8,842
	Fine Gael	Richard Barry	18.6	7,133	7,202	7,588	7,654	9,127
	Fianna Fáil	Seán Brosnan	13.7	5,281	5,731	5,831	5,908	5,945	5,959	6,363
	Fianna Fáil	Liam Ahern	13.2	5,050	5,504	5,583	5,669	5,704	5,715	6,044
	Labour	Patrick McAuliffe	8.7	3,335	3,462	3,560	4,800	5,123	5,197
	Fine Gael	Gerard Cott	8.2	3,162	3,165	3,858	4,038	4,531	5,616	6,373
	Fine Gael	Jeremiah O'Hanlon	6.1	2,354	2,398	2,477	2,512
	Labour	Donie O'Driscoll	4.4	1,687	1,695	1,763
	Fine Gael	Daniel Casey	4.1	1,566	1,570
Electorate: 48,840 Valid: 38,410 Quota: 7,683 Turnout: 78.6%

1965 general election

1965 general election: Cork North-East
Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
Party		Candidate	FPv%	1	2	3	4	5	6
	Fine Gael	Richard Barry	17.4	8,007
	Labour	Patrick McAuliffe	15.3	7,013	7,045	7,084	7,505	7,919
	Fianna Fáil	Martin Corry	14.7	6,753	6,762	6,778	7,052	9,543
	Fianna Fáil	Jerry Cronin	12.9	5,919	5,932	5,950	5,985	6,693	7,471
	Fine Gael	Philip Burton	10.8	4,949	5,113	5,183	7,610	7,857
	Fianna Fáil	John Moher	10.7	4,905	4,924	4,956	4,992	5,588	6,696
	Fianna Fáil	Seán Brosnan	9.9	4,542	4,563	4,572	4,837
	Fine Gael	Cornelius Carey	7.9	3,626	3,717	3,734
	Independent	John A. O'Shaughnessy	0.5	227	228
Electorate: 58,336 Valid: 45,941 Quota: 7,657 Turnout: 78.8%

1961 general election

1961 general election: Cork North-East
Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
Party		Candidate	FPv%	1	2	3	4	5	6
	Fine Gael	Richard Barry	19.0	8,454
	Labour	Patrick McAuliffe	17.0	7,584
	Fianna Fáil	Martin Corry	15.9	7,093	7,151	7,170	7,496
	Fianna Fáil	Batt Donegan	11.9	5,318	5,327	5,359	5,522	5,690	5,836
	Fianna Fáil	John Moher	11.9	5,304	5,397	5,414	5,681	5,925	6,089
	Fine Gael	Philip Burton	11.6	5,150	5,796	5,854	6,012	8,255
	Fine Gael	Daniel Casey	8.2	3,663	3,860	3,879	4,060
	Sinn Féin	Denis O'Connor	4.4	1,939	1,972	1,993
Electorate: 58,694 Valid: 44,505 Quota: 7,418 Turnout: 75.8%

References

^ "Electoral (Amendment) Act, 1961: Schedule (Constituencies)". Irish Statute Book database. Archived from the original on 11 October 2012. Retrieved 28 February 2009.
"Electoral (Amendment) Act, 1969: Schedule (Constituencies)". Irish Statute Book database. Archived from the original on 15 October 2013. Retrieved 28 February 2009.
^ Walker, Brian M, ed. (1992). Parliamentary election results in Ireland, 1918–92. Dublin: Royal Irish Academy. ISBN 0-901714-96-8. ISSN 0332-0286.
^ "General election 1961: Cork North–East". ElectionsIreland.org. Archived from the original on 21 February 2011. Retrieved 20 October 2010.
^ "General election 1965: Cork North–East". ElectionsIreland.org. Archived from the original on 21 February 2011. Retrieved 20 October 2010.
^ "General election 1969: Cork North–East". ElectionsIreland.org. Archived from the original on 21 February 2011. Retrieved 20 October 2010.
^ "General election 1973: Cork North–East". ElectionsIreland.org. Archived from the original on 21 February 2011. Retrieved 20 October 2010.
"By-election 1974: Cork North–East". ElectionsIreland.org. Archived from the original on 25 August 2007. Retrieved 28 February 2009.
^ "General election 1977: Cork North–East". ElectionsIreland.org. Archived from the original on 11 September 2007. Retrieved 28 February 2009.
"By-election 1979: Cork North–East". ElectionsIreland.org. Archived from the original on 30 November 2010. Retrieved 28 February 2009.
^ Gallagher, Michael (2009). Irish Elections 1948–77: Results and Analysis Sources for the Study of Irish Politics 2. Routledge. ISBN 9781138973343.
"22nd Dáil 1981 general election results" (PDF). Houses of the Oireachtas. September 1981. Retrieved 19 October 2023.
^ "21st Dáil 1977 general election results" (PDF). Houses of the Oireachtas. February 1978. Retrieved 19 October 2023.
"20th Dáil 1973 general election results" (PDF). Houses of the Oireachtas. October 1973. Retrieved 30 October 2024.
"19th Dáil 1969 general election results" (PDF). Houses of the Oireachtas. January 1970. Retrieved 9 December 2024.

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