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{{Infobox constituency
'''Cork South''' was a ] in ], which was represented in ], the lower house of the Irish parliament or ]. It existed from 1948–1961. It elected three ] (TDs) to the Dáil, using the ] method of ] (PR-STV).
| name = Cork South
| type = ]
| year = ]
| abolished = ]
| map4 =
| map_entity = Ireland
| map_size = 200px
| seats = 3
| local_council_label = ]
| local_council = ]
}}
'''Cork South''' was a ] represented in ], the lower house of the Irish parliament or ] from 1948 to 1961. The constituency elected 3 deputies (], commonly known as TDs) to the Dáil, on the system of ] by means of the ] (PR-STV).


==Boundaries== == History ==
The administrative ] except the portion thereof which was comprised in the constituencies of ], ], ] and ].<ref name="ea1947">{{cite web |title=Electoral (Amendment) Act, 1947: First Schedule (constituencies) |url=http://www.irishstatutebook.ie/1947/en/act/pub/0031/gen_1.html#sch1_p4 |work=Irish Statute Book database |accessdate=2009-03-02}}</ref> The constituency was created under the ], for the ] to Dáil Éireann.<ref name="ea-1947"/> It succeeded the constituency of ]. It was abolished under the ], when it was partially replaced by the new constituency of ].<ref name="ea-1961">{{cite web |title=Electoral (Amendment) Act, 1961: Schedule (Constituencies) |url=http://www.irishstatutebook.ie/1961/en/act/pub/0019/sched1.html |work=Irish Statute Book database |access-date=2 March 2009 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121011071247/http://www.irishstatutebook.ie/1961/en/act/pub/0019/sched1.html |archive-date=11 October 2012 |url-status=dead }}</ref>


==History== == Boundaries ==
The constituency was created in 1948, under the ],<ref name="ea1947"/> for the ] to Dáil Éireann. It succeeded the constituency of ]. It was abolished under the ],<ref name="ea1961">{{cite web |title=Electoral (Amendment) Act, 1961: Schedule (constituencies) |url=http://www.irishstatutebook.ie/1961/en/act/pub/0019/gen_1.html#sch1_p3 |work=Irish Statute Book database |accessdate=2009-03-02}}</ref> when it was partially replaced by the new constituency of ]. The administrative ] except the portion thereof which was comprised in the constituencies of ], ], ] and ].<ref name="ea-1947">{{cite web |title=Electoral (Amendment) Act, 1947: First Schedule (Constituencies) |url=http://www.irishstatutebook.ie/1947/en/act/pub/0031/sched1.html |work=Irish Statute Book database |access-date=2 March 2009 |archive-date=23 July 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130723231134/http://www.irishstatutebook.ie/1947/en/act/pub/0031/sched1.html |url-status=live }}</ref>


== TDs == == TDs ==
{{Irish TD table begin {{Irish TD table begin
| constituency = Cork South |constituency = Cork South
| maxTDs = 3 |maxTDs = 3
| start = 1948 |start = 1948
| end = 1961 |end = 1961
| refs = <ref name="walker">{{cite book |title=Parliamentary election results in Ireland, 1918-92 |editor=Walker, Brian M |publisher=Royal Irish Academy |location=Dublin |year=1992 |isbn=0 901714 96 8 |issn=0332-0286 }}</ref> |refs =<ref name="walker">{{cite book |title=Parliamentary election results in Ireland, 1918–92 |editor=Walker, Brian M |publisher=Royal Irish Academy |location=Dublin |year=1992 |isbn=0-901714-96-8 |issn=0332-0286 }}</ref>
<!-- The unnamed parameters below generate a key to parties --> <!-- The unnamed parameters below generate a key to parties -->
| Labour Party (Ireland) |Labour Party (Ireland)
| Clann na Talmhan |Clann na Talmhan
| Fianna Fáil |Fianna Fáil
| Independent politician (Ireland) |Independent politician (Ireland)
| Fine Gael |Fine Gael
}} }}
{{Irish TD table Dáil {{Irish TD table Dáil
| dailnum = 13 |dailnum = 13
| refs = <ref name="ei1948corks">{{cite web |title=1948 general election: Cork South |url=http://www.electionsireland.org/result.cfm?election=1948&cons=60 |work=ElectionsIreland.org |accessdate=2009=03-02}}</ref> |refs =<ref name="ei-corks-1948">{{cite web |title=General election 1948: Cork South |url=http://www.electionsireland.org/result.cfm?election=1948&cons=60 |work=ElectionsIreland.org |access-date=2 March 2009 |archive-date=3 September 2007 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070903010531/http://www.electionsireland.org/result.cfm?election=1948&cons=60 |url-status=live }}</ref>
}} }}
{{Irish TD table TD with party link {{Irish TD table TD with party link
| name = ] |name = ]
| elections = 4 |elections = 4
| party = Labour Party (Ireland) |party = Labour Party (Ireland)
}} }}
{{Irish TD table TD with party link {{Irish TD table TD with party link
| name = ] |name = ]
| elections = 1 |elections = 2
| party = Clann na Talmhan |party = Fianna Fáil
}} }}
{{Irish TD table TD with party link {{Irish TD table TD with party link
| name = ] |name = ]
| elections = 2 |elections = 1
| party = Fianna Fáil |party = Clann na Talmhan
}} }}
{{Irish TD table Dáil {{Irish TD table Dáil
| dailnum = 14 |dailnum = 14
| refs = <ref name="ei1951corks">{{cite web |title=1951 general election: Cork South |url=http://www.electionsireland.org/result.cfm?election=1951&cons=60 |work=ElectionsIreland.org |accessdate=2009=03-02}}</ref> |refs =<ref name="ei-corks-1951">{{cite web |title=General election 1951: Cork South |url=http://www.electionsireland.org/result.cfm?election=1951&cons=60 |work=ElectionsIreland.org |access-date=2 March 2009 |archive-date=24 August 2007 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070824115055/http://www.electionsireland.org/result.cfm?election=1951&cons=60 |url-status=live }}</ref>
}} }}
{{Irish TD table TD with party link {{Irish TD table TD with party link
| name = ] |name = ]
| elections = 1 |elections = 1
| party = Independent politician (Ireland) |party = Independent politician (Ireland)
}} }}
{{Irish TD table Dáil {{Irish TD table Dáil
| dailnum = 15 |dailnum = 15
| refs = <ref name="ei1954corks">{{cite web |title=1954 general election: Cork South |url=http://www.electionsireland.org/result.cfm?election=1954&cons=60 |work=ElectionsIreland.org |accessdate=2009=03-02}}</ref> |refs =<ref name="ei-corks-1954">{{cite web |title=General election 1954: Cork South |url=http://www.electionsireland.org/result.cfm?election=1954&cons=60 |work=ElectionsIreland.org |access-date=2 March 2009 |archive-date=1 September 2007 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070901012943/http://www.electionsireland.org/result.cfm?election=1954&cons=60 |url-status=live }}</ref>
}} }}
{{Irish TD table TD with party link {{Irish TD table TD with party link
| name = ] |name = ]
| elections = 2 |elections = 2
| party = Fine Gael |party = Fianna Fáil
}} }}
{{Irish TD table TD with party link {{Irish TD table TD with party link
| name = ] |name = ]
| elections = 2 |elections = 2
| party = Fianna Fáil |party = Fine Gael
}} }}
{{Irish TD table Dáil {{Irish TD table Dáil
| dailnum = 16 |dailnum = 16
| refs = <ref name="ei1957corks">{{cite web |title=1957 general election: Cork South |url=http://www.electionsireland.org/result.cfm?election=1957&cons=60 |work=ElectionsIreland.org |accessdate=2009=03-02}}</ref> |refs =<ref name="ei-corks-1957">{{cite web |title=General election 1957: Cork South |url=http://www.electionsireland.org/result.cfm?election=1957&cons=60 |work=ElectionsIreland.org |access-date=2 March 2009 |archive-date=19 September 2007 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070919191654/http://www.electionsireland.org/result.cfm?election=1957&cons=60 |url-status=live }}</ref>
}} }}
{{Irish TD table end {{Irish TD table end
| dailnum = 17 |dailnum = 17
| maxTDs = 3 |maxTDs = 3
| comment = Constituency abolished |comment = Constituency abolished
}} }}


== Elections == == Elections ==

{{section stub|date=March 2009}}
=== 1957 general election ===
{{STV Election box begin2
|title = ]: Cork South<ref name="ei-corks-1957"/><ref name="GallagherIrishElections"/>
|numcounts = 2
}}
{{STV Election box candidate2
|candidate = ''']'''
|party = Labour Party (Ireland)
|percentage = 23.0
|count1 = 6,176
|count2 = '''6,527'''
}}
{{STV Election box candidate2
|candidate = ''']'''
|party = Fianna Fáil
|percentage = 22.9
|count1 = 6,146
|count2 = '''6,855'''
}}
{{STV Election box candidate2
|candidate = Sean MacDiarmaid Fawsitt
|party = Fianna Fáil
|percentage = 18.7
|count1 = 5,016
|count2 = 5,982
}}
{{STV Election box candidate2
|candidate = ''']'''
|party = Fine Gael
|percentage = 17.8
|count1 = 4,769
|count2 = '''6,999'''
}}
{{STV Election box candidate2
|candidate = Patrick Dineen
|party = Independent politician (Ireland)
|percentage = 17.6
|count1 = 4,712
|count2 = &nbsp;
}}
{{STV Election box end2
|numcounts = 2
|electorate = 36,421
|valid = 26,819
|spoilt =
|quota = 6,705
|turnout = 73.6%
}}

=== 1954 general election ===
{{STV Election box begin2
|title = ]: Cork South<ref name="ei-corks-1954"/><ref name="GallagherIrishElections"/>
|numcounts = 3
}}
{{STV Election box candidate2
|candidate = ''']'''
|party = Labour Party (Ireland)
|percentage = 25.8
|count1 = '''7,704'''
|count2 = &nbsp;
|count3 = &nbsp;
}}
{{STV Election box candidate2
|candidate = ''']'''
|party = Fine Gael
|percentage = 24.8
|count1 = 7,401
|count2 = '''9,930'''
|count3 = &nbsp;
}}
{{STV Election box candidate2
|candidate = ''']'''
|party = Fianna Fáil
|percentage = 19.1
|count1 = 5,714
|count2 = 6,295
|count3 = '''6,624'''
}}
{{STV Election box candidate2
|candidate = Seán MacDiarmaid Fawsitt
|party = Fianna Fáil
|percentage = 16.3
|count1 = 4,872
|count2 = 5,475
|count3 = 5,798
}}
{{STV Election box candidate2
|candidate = ]
|party = Independent politician (Ireland)
|percentage = 14.1
|count1 = 4,206
|count2 = &nbsp;
|count3 = &nbsp;
}}
{{STV Election box end2
|numcounts = 3
|electorate = 36,935
|valid = 29,897
|spoilt =
|quota = 7,475
|turnout = 80.9%
}}

=== 1951 general election ===
{{STV Election box begin2
|title = ]: Cork South<ref name="GallagherIrishElections"/>
|numcounts = 3
}}
{{STV Election box candidate2
|candidate = ''']'''
|party = Labour Party (Ireland)
|percentage = 25.5
|count1 = '''7,699'''
|count2 = &nbsp;
|count3 = &nbsp;
}}
{{STV Election box candidate2
|candidate = ''']'''
|party = Fianna Fáil
|percentage = 24.8
|count1 = 7,500
|count2 = '''7,611'''
|count3 = &nbsp;
}}
{{STV Election box candidate2
|candidate = ''']'''
|party = Independent politician (Ireland)
|percentage = 17.2
|count1 = 5,215
|count2 = 5,697
|count3 = '''7,022'''
}}
{{STV Election box candidate2
|candidate = ]
|party = Fianna Fáil
|percentage = 13.1
|count1 = 3,964
|count2 = 4,010
|count3 = &nbsp;
}}
{{STV Election box candidate2
|candidate = ]
|party = Fine Gael
|percentage = 10.2
|count1 = 3,089
|count2 = 5,124
|count3 = 5,416
}}
{{STV Election box candidate2
|candidate = ]
|party = Fine Gael
|percentage = 9.2
|count1 = 2,775
|count2 = &nbsp;
|count3 = &nbsp;
}}
{{STV Election box end2
|numcounts = 3
|electorate = 37,398
|valid = 30,242
|spoilt =
|quota = 7,561
|turnout = 80.87%
}}

=== 1948 general election ===
{{STV Election box begin2
|title = ]: Cork South<ref name="GallagherIrishElections">{{cite book|last=Gallagher|first=Michael|author-link=Michael Gallagher (academic)|date=2009|title=Irish Elections 1948–77: Results and Analysis Sources for the Study of Irish Politics 2|publisher=Routledge|isbn=9781138973343}}</ref>
|numcounts = 6
}}
{{STV Election box candidate2
|candidate = ''']'''
|party = Labour Party (Ireland)
|percentage = 25.1
|count1 = '''7,241'''
|count2 = &nbsp;
|count3 = &nbsp;
|count4 = &nbsp;
|count5 = &nbsp;
|count6 = &nbsp;
}}
{{STV Election box candidate2
|candidate = ''']'''
|party = Clann na Talmhan
|percentage = 18.2
|count1 = 5,245
|count2 = 5,247
|count3 = 5,395
|count4 = 6,087
|count5 = 6,227
|count6 = '''6,858'''
}}
{{STV Election box candidate2
|candidate = ''']'''
|party = Fianna Fáil
|percentage = 17.3
|count1 = 5,000
|count2 = 5,008
|count3 = 5,028
|count4 = 5,451
|count5 = '''8,750'''
|count6 = &nbsp;
}}
{{STV Election box candidate2
|candidate = ]
|party = Fine Gael
|percentage = 15.6
|count1 = 4,488
|count2 = 4,494
|count3 = 5,326
|count4 = 5,949
|count5 = 5,995
|count6 = 6,147
}}
{{STV Election box candidate2
|candidate = Jeremiah Browne
|party = Fianna Fáil
|percentage = 12.1
|count1 = 3,502
|count2 = 3,505
|count3 = 3,512
|count4 = 3,638
|count5 = &nbsp;
|count6 = &nbsp;
}}
{{STV Election box candidate2
|candidate = ]
|party = Clann na Poblachta
|percentage = 7.9
|count1 = 2,287
|count2 = 2,297
|count3 = 2,339
|count4 = &nbsp;
|count5 = &nbsp;
|count6 = &nbsp;
}}
{{STV Election box candidate2
|candidate = Michael O'Driscoll
|party = Fine Gael
|percentage = 3.7
|count1 = 1,077
|count2 = 1,078
|count3 = &nbsp;
|count4 = &nbsp;
|count5 = &nbsp;
|count6 = &nbsp;
}}
{{STV Election box end2
|numcounts = 6
|electorate = 38,522
|valid = 28,840
|spoilt =
|quota = 7,211
|turnout = 74.87%
}}


== See also == == See also ==
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== References == == References ==
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== External links == ==External links==
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Latest revision as of 16:21, 22 April 2023

Dáil constituency (1948–1961) For the 1885–1922 constituency, see South Cork (UK Parliament constituency).

Cork South
Former Dáil constituency
Former constituency
Created1948
Abolished1961
Seats3
Local government areaCounty Cork

Cork South was a parliamentary constituency represented in Dáil Éireann, the lower house of the Irish parliament or Oireachtas from 1948 to 1961. The constituency elected 3 deputies (Teachtaí Dála, commonly known as TDs) to the Dáil, on the system of proportional representation by means of the single transferable vote (PR-STV).

History

The constituency was created under the Electoral (Amendment) Act 1947, for the 1948 general election to Dáil Éireann. It succeeded the constituency of Cork South-East. It was abolished under the Electoral (Amendment) Act 1961, when it was partially replaced by the new constituency of Cork South-West.

Boundaries

The administrative county of Cork except the portion thereof which was comprised in the constituencies of Cork Borough, Cork North, Cork East and Cork West.

TDs

Teachtaí Dála (TDs) for Cork South 1948–1961
Key to parties
Dáil Election Deputy
(Party)		 Deputy
(Party)		 Deputy
(Party)
13th 1948 Dan Desmond
(Lab) 		Seán Buckley
(FF) 		Patrick Lehane
(CnaT)
14th 1951 Patrick Lehane
(Ind)
15th 1954 Seán McCarthy
(FF) 		Tadhg Manley
(FG)
16th 1957
17th 1961 Constituency abolished

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

1957 general election

1957 general election: Cork South
Party Candidate FPv% Count
1 2
Labour Dan Desmond 23.0 6,176 6,527
Fianna Fáil Seán McCarthy 22.9 6,146 6,855
Fianna Fáil Sean MacDiarmaid Fawsitt 18.7 5,016 5,982
Fine Gael Tadhg Manley 17.8 4,769 6,999
Independent Patrick Dineen 17.6 4,712  
Electorate: 36,421   Valid: 26,819   Quota: 6,705   Turnout: 73.6%  

1954 general election

1954 general election: Cork South
Party Candidate FPv% Count
1 2 3
Labour Dan Desmond 25.8 7,704    
Fine Gael Tadhg Manley 24.8 7,401 9,930  
Fianna Fáil Seán McCarthy 19.1 5,714 6,295 6,624
Fianna Fáil Seán MacDiarmaid Fawsitt 16.3 4,872 5,475 5,798
Independent Patrick Lehane 14.1 4,206    
Electorate: 36,935   Valid: 29,897   Quota: 7,475   Turnout: 80.9%  

1951 general election

1951 general election: Cork South
Party Candidate FPv% Count
1 2 3
Labour Dan Desmond 25.5 7,699    
Fianna Fáil Seán Buckley 24.8 7,500 7,611  
Independent Patrick Lehane 17.2 5,215 5,697 7,022
Fianna Fáil William Kent 13.1 3,964 4,010  
Fine Gael Tadhg Manley 10.2 3,089 5,124 5,416
Fine Gael John L. O'Sullivan 9.2 2,775    
Electorate: 37,398   Valid: 30,242   Quota: 7,561   Turnout: 80.87%  

1948 general election

1948 general election: Cork South
Party Candidate FPv% Count
1 2 3 4 5 6
Labour Dan Desmond 25.1 7,241          
Clann na Talmhan Patrick Lehane 18.2 5,245 5,247 5,395 6,087 6,227 6,858
Fianna Fáil Seán Buckley 17.3 5,000 5,008 5,028 5,451 8,750  
Fine Gael Eamonn O'Neill 15.6 4,488 4,494 5,326 5,949 5,995 6,147
Fianna Fáil Jeremiah Browne 12.1 3,502 3,505 3,512 3,638    
Clann na Poblachta Tom Hales 7.9 2,287 2,297 2,339      
Fine Gael Michael O'Driscoll 3.7 1,077 1,078        
Electorate: 38,522   Valid: 28,840   Quota: 7,211   Turnout: 74.87%  

See also

References

  1. ^ "Electoral (Amendment) Act, 1947: First Schedule (Constituencies)". Irish Statute Book database. Archived from the original on 23 July 2013. Retrieved 2 March 2009.
  2. "Electoral (Amendment) Act, 1961: Schedule (Constituencies)". Irish Statute Book database. Archived from the original on 11 October 2012. Retrieved 2 March 2009.
  3. Walker, Brian M, ed. (1992). Parliamentary election results in Ireland, 1918–92. Dublin: Royal Irish Academy. ISBN 0-901714-96-8. ISSN 0332-0286.
  4. "General election 1948: Cork South". ElectionsIreland.org. Archived from the original on 3 September 2007. Retrieved 2 March 2009.
  5. "General election 1951: Cork South". ElectionsIreland.org. Archived from the original on 24 August 2007. Retrieved 2 March 2009.
  6. ^ "General election 1954: Cork South". ElectionsIreland.org. Archived from the original on 1 September 2007. Retrieved 2 March 2009.
  7. ^ "General election 1957: Cork South". ElectionsIreland.org. Archived from the original on 19 September 2007. Retrieved 2 March 2009.
  8. ^ Gallagher, Michael (2009). Irish Elections 1948–77: Results and Analysis Sources for the Study of Irish Politics 2. Routledge. ISBN 9781138973343.

External links

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