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	'''Dublin County North''' was a ] represented in ], the lower house of the Irish parliament or ], from 1969 to 1981. The method of election was ] by means of the ] (PR-STV).		'''Dublin County North''' was a ] represented in ], the lower house of the Irish parliament or ], from 1969 to 1981. The method of election was ] by means of the ] (PR-STV).

	==History==		==History and boundaries==
	The constituency was created under the ] for the ], electing 4 deputies (], commonly known as TDs). Under the ], it was reduced to 3 seats from 1977 onwards. It was abolished by the ].		The constituency was created under the ] for the ], electing 4 deputies (], commonly known as TDs). Under the ], it was reduced to 3 seats from 1977 onwards. It was abolished by the ].

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⚫	== Boundaries ==
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	The constituency boundaries were defined as: "The administrative ], except the parts thereof which are comprised in the constituency of ] and in the constituency of ] and the ] ward in the ]."<ref>{{cite web \|title=Electoral (Amendment) Act, 1969: Schedule (Constituencies) \|url=http://www.irishstatutebook.ie/1969/en/act/pub/0003/sched1.html \|work=Irish Statute Book database \|accessdate=31 August 2010 \|url-status=dead \|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20131015100825/http://www.irishstatutebook.ie/1969/en/act/pub/0003/sched1.html \|archivedate=15 October 2013 }}</ref>
			\|+ Changes to the constituency of Dublin County North, 1969–1981
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			!Years
			!TDs
		⚫	!Boundaries
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			\|1969–1977
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			\|], except the parts thereof which are comprised in the constituencies of ] and ];

			and the Baldoyle ward in the county borough of ].<ref>{{cite Irish legislation\|year=1969\|number=3\|schedule=y\|stitle=Constituencies\|name=]\|date=26 March 1969\|access-date=14 May 2022}}</ref>
			\|Created from ]

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			\|1977–1981
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			\|style="text-align:center"\|{{hidden\|In County Dublin, the district electoral divisions of\|Balbriggan Rural, Balbriggan Urban, Ballyboghil, Balscadden, Clonmethan, Coolock, Donabate, Drumcondra Rural Number One, Drumcondra Rural Number Two, Finglas, Garristown, Hollywood, Holmpatrick, Kilsallaghan, Kinsaley, Lusk, Malahide, Rush, Skerries, Swords East, Swords West;}}

			and in the county borough of Dublin, the wards of Finglas East C, Santry A.<ref>{{cite Irish legislation\|year=1974\|number=7\|name=]\|date=7 May 1974\|schedule=y\|stitle=Constituencies\|access-date=2 October 2022}}</ref>
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			\|1981–1987
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			\|style="text-align:center"\|Constituency abolished
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	== TDs ==		== TDs ==

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Dáil constituency (1969–1981)

Dublin County North
Former Dáil constituency
Former constituency
Created	1969
Abolished	1981
Seats	4 (1969–1977) 3 (1977–1981)
Local government area	County Dublin
Created from	Dublin County
Replaced by	Dublin North

Dublin County North was a parliamentary constituency represented in Dáil Éireann, the lower house of the Irish parliament or Oireachtas, from 1969 to 1981. The method of election was proportional representation by means of the single transferable vote (PR-STV).

History and boundaries

The constituency was created under the Electoral (Amendment) Act 1969 for the 1969 general election, electing 4 deputies (Teachtaí Dála, commonly known as TDs). Under the Electoral (Amendment) Act 1974, it was reduced to 3 seats from 1977 onwards. It was abolished by the Electoral (Amendment) Act 1980.

Changes to the constituency of Dublin County North, 1969–1981
Years	TDs	Boundaries	Notes
1969–1977	4	County Dublin, except the parts thereof which are comprised in the constituencies of Dublin County South and Dún Laoghaire and Rathdown; and the Baldoyle ward in the county borough of Dublin.	Created from Dublin County
1977–1981	3	In County Dublin, the district electoral divisions of Balbriggan Rural, Balbriggan Urban, Ballyboghil, Balscadden, Clonmethan, Coolock, Donabate, Drumcondra Rural Number One, Drumcondra Rural Number Two, Finglas, Garristown, Hollywood, Holmpatrick, Kilsallaghan, Kinsaley, Lusk, Malahide, Rush, Skerries, Swords East, Swords West; and in the county borough of Dublin, the wards of Finglas East C, Santry A.
1981–1987	—	Constituency abolished	See Dublin North

TDs

Teachtaí Dála (TDs) for Dublin County North 1969–1981
Key to parties FF = Fianna Fáil FG = Fine Gael Lab = Labour
Dáil	Election	Deputy (Party)		Deputy (Party)		Deputy (Party)		Deputy (Party)
19th	1969		Patrick Burke (FF)		Desmond Foley (FF)		Mark Clinton (FG)		Justin Keating (Lab)
20th	1973		Patrick Burke (FF)		Seán Walsh (FF)		Mark Clinton (FG)		Justin Keating (Lab)
21st	1977		Ray Burke (FF)		Joe Fox (FF)		John Boland (FG)	3 seats 1977–1981
22nd	1981	Constituency abolished. See Dublin North

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

1977 general election

1977 general election: Dublin County North
Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
Party		Candidate	FPv%	1	2	3	4	5	6	7
	Fianna Fáil	Ray Burke	33.0	11,794
	Fine Gael	John Boland	20.6	7,367	7,456	7,575	9,101
	Fianna Fáil	Patricia McGill	12.2	4,340	5,108	5,140	5,230	5,677	5,692	6,571
	Fianna Fáil	Joe Fox	10.1	3,618	5,479	5,514	5,578	5,896	5,906	6,870
	Labour	Patrick Murphy	9.5	3,373	3,415	4,334	4,464	5,536	5,684
	Independent politicians in Ireland	Eamonn O'Brien	6.1	2,189	2,226	2,337	2,364
	Fine Gael	John Corry	5.0	1,770	1,808	1,866
	Labour	Seán Ryan	3.5	1,260	1,291
Electorate: 52,608 Valid: 35,711 Spoilt: 309 (0.9%) Quota: 8,928 Turnout: 36,020 (68.4%)

1973 general election

1973 general election: Dublin County North
Party		Candidate	FPv%	%	Seat	Count
	Fianna Fáil	Ray Burke	10,652	24.1	1	1
	Fine Gael	Mark Clinton	5,730	12.9	4
	Labour	Justin Keating	5,570	12.6	2
	Fianna Fáil	Seán Walsh	5,381	12.2	3
	Fine Gael	John Boland	5,263	11.9
	Aontacht Éireann	Desmond Foley	3,387	7.7
	Labour	Michael Gannon	3,215	7.3
	Labour	Maire Walsh	2,226	5.0
	Fianna Fáil	Seán Dungan	1,588	3.6
	Fine Gael	Denis Farrell	1,253	2.8
Electorate: ? Valid: 44,265 Quota: 8,854 Turnout:

1969 general election

1969 general election: Dublin County North
Party		Candidate	FPv%	%	Seat	Count
	Fianna Fáil	Patrick Burke	8,050	21.8	1	1
	Fianna Fáil	Desmond Foley	5,231	14.2	3
	Labour	Justin Keating	4,198	11.4	4
	Fine Gael	Mark Clinton	4,050	11.0	2
	Fianna Fáil	Seán Walsh	3,335	9.0
	Labour	Michael Gannon	2,900	7.8
	Fine Gael	John Boland	2,368	6.4
	Labour	Joseph Connolly	2,281	6.2
	Fine Gael	Éamon Rooney	2,092	5.7
	Labour	Patrick Murphy	1,778	4.8
	Fine Gael	Anthony Butterley	688	1.9
Electorate: ? Valid: 36,971 Quota: 7,395 Turnout:

References

Electoral (Amendment) Act 1969, Schedule: Constituencies (No. 3 of 1969, Schedule). Enacted on 26 March 1969. Act of the Oireachtas. Retrieved from Irish Statute Book on 14 May 2022.
Electoral (Amendment) Act 1974, Schedule: Constituencies (No. 7 of 1974, Schedule). Enacted on 7 May 1974. Act of the Oireachtas. Retrieved from Irish Statute Book on 2 October 2022.
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 1969: Dublin County North". ElectionsIreland.org. Retrieved 5 March 2009.
^ "General election 1973: Dublin County North". ElectionsIreland.org. Retrieved 5 March 2009.
^ "General election 1977: Dublin County North". ElectionsIreland.org. Retrieved 5 March 2009.
The Irish Times, 20 June 1977, p7–10

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