1979 Dublin Corporation election

1979 Dublin Corporation election

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All 45 seats on Dublin City Council 23 seats needed for a majority
First party Second party Third party   Party Fine Gael Fianna Fáil Labour Seats won 15 12 4   Fourth party   Party Sinn Féin The Workers' Party Seats won 1

An election to all 45 seats on the council of Dublin Corporation took place on 7 June 1979 as part of the 1979 Irish local elections. The city of Dublin was divided into 11 borough electoral areas (BEAs) to elect councillors for a five-year term of office on the electoral system of proportional representation by means of the single transferable vote (PR-STV). The term was extended to 1985.

Boundary changes

At the previous election, there were nine BEAs. This was revised in 1979 to 11 BEAs. ^[1]

Results by party

Party		Seats	±	1st pref	FPv%	±%
	Fine Gael	15			29.3
	Fianna Fáil	12			27.1
	Labour	4			18.3
	Sinn Féin The Workers' Party	1			4.9
	Sinn Féin	0			0.8
	Socialist Labour	0	New		3.4
	Communist	0			0.2
	Independent	6
Total		45		170,256	100.00	—

Candidates marked below as Community were Independent Non-Party candidates who had added the word Community to their names by deed poll.

Results by local electoral area

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^  *: Outgoing councillor.

Area No. 1

The wards of Baldoyle, Beann Éadair A, Beann Éadair B, Clontarf East A, Clontarf East B, Clontarf East C, Coolock A, Raheny A, and Raheny B. ^[2]

Area No. 1: 4 seats ^{[3] [4] [5]}

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11
	Independent	Seán Dublin Bay Rockall Loftus [*]	27.7	4,957
	Fine Gael	Michael Joe Cosgrave [*]	18.0	3,222	3,464	3,495	3,577	3,596
	Fianna Fáil	Michael Woods	11.8	2,109	2,243	2,259	2,362	2,681	2,743	2,800	2,882	3,042	3,047	3,227
	Fianna Fáil	Ned Brennan [*]	11.6	2,076	2,155	2,173	2,239	2,420	2,446	2,482	2,527	2,627	2,628	2,865
	Labour	Tom Duffy [*]	5.6	1,006	1,101	1,127	1,135	1,144	1,251	1,710	1,804	2,061	2,064
	Fine Gael	Mary Byrne	5.1	921	1,089	1,091	1,101	1,127	1,155	1,228	1,843	2,178	2,183	2,935
	Fine Gael	Dermot Melia	4.3	778	895	902	911	933	955	1,001
	Labour	Michael Martin	3.3	599	662	678	680	686	854
	Community	Noel Nutley	3.2	582	921	972	985	999	1,071	1,112	1,180
	Sinn Féin The Workers' Party	Seamus Phelan	3.1	557	593	641	646	651
	Fianna Fáil	Sheila Quinn	2.8	494	550	554	625
	Fianna Fáil	Noel Peers	2.0	351	371	381
	Independent	Val Lynch	1.4	257	283
Electorate: 31,883  Valid: 17,909  Spoilt: 140  Quota: 3,582  Turnout: 56.61%

Area No. 2

The wards of Artane A, Artane B, Artane C, Artane D, Artane E, Clontarf East E, Clontarf West A, Clontarf West B, Coolock B, Coolock C, and Coolock D. ^[2]

Area No. 2: 4 seats ^{[6] [7]}

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13
	Fine Gael	George Birmingham	13.9	2,156	2,162	2,203	2,227	2,244	2,264	2,296	2,347	2,385	2,464	2,583	3,775
	Fianna Fáil	Eugene Timmons [*]	13.6	2,114	2,116	2,131	2,137	2,363	2,676	2,704	3,005	3,056	3,109
	Fine Gael	Ray Fay	9.9	1,536	1,540	1,573	1,593	1,640	1,660	1,687	1,722	1,767	1,822	1,904
	Labour	Michael O'Halloran	9.5	1,475	1,478	1,513	1,529	1,539	1,553	1,638	1,655	1,774	2,039	2,127	2,270	2,542
	Labour	Seán Kenny	7.9	1,231	1,244	1,266	1,303	1,312	1,319	1,349	1,425	1,531	2,096	2,178	2,331	2,617
	Labour	Jimmy Byrne	7.2	1,118	1,120	1,130	1,170	1,174	1,185	1,226	1,249	1,334
	Socialist Labour	Bert Bennett	6.0	923	926	951	1,104	1,109	1,114	1,338	1,360	1,920	2,067	2,129	2,203	2,320
	Fianna Fáil	Ita Green	5.4	832	839	848	861	911	1,026	1,037	1,326	1,351	1,391
	Socialist Labour	Jim Maher	5.1	788	789	809	886	894	907	1,150	1,178
	Fianna Fáil	Jimmy Hutton	4.8	742	744	748	763	807	920	926
	Socialist Labour	Dave Neligan	4.4	689	692	703	750	755	763
	Fianna Fáil	P. J. Mara	3.8	590	592	597	599	663
	Fianna Fáil	Gerald Russell	3.3	504	504	505	508
	Socialist Labour	Mairin Breheny	2.9	448	453	469
	Independent	Austin McCoy	1.6	245	295
	Independent	Ann Creighton	0.7	107
Electorate: 32,163  Valid: 15,498  Spoilt: 229  Quota: 3,100  Turnout: 48.90%

Area No. 3

The wards of Artane F, Artane G, Artane H, Drumcondra North A, Drumcondra North B, Drumcondra North C, Finglas East A, Finglas East B, Finglas East C, Finglas East D, Finglas East E, Finglas East F, Santry A, and Santry B. ^[2]

Area No. 3: 5 seats ^{[8] [9]}

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15
	Community	Hannah Barlow [*]	14.8	2,828	2,841	2,857	2,872	2,892	2,968	3,109	3,063	3,116	3,196
	Labour	Paddy Dunne [*]	11.9	2,261	2,275	2,349	2,360	2,527	2,576	2,589	2,624	2,722	2,835	3,340
	Fianna Fáil	Tim Killeen [*]	11.0	2,097	2,100	2,106	2,110	2,113	2,133	2,373	2,394	2,405	2,414	2,420	2,423	2,462	2,530	2,935
	Fine Gael	Paddy Belton [*]	8.9	1,705	1,705	1,712	1,713	1,719	1,725	1,734	1,832	1,859	1,871	1,918	1,942	2,198	2,336	2,405
	Fine Gael	Mary Flaherty	8.5	1,621	1,626	1,643	1,654	1,671	1,684	1,695	1,828	1,862	1,889	1,963	2,007	2,588	2,750	2,853
	Fianna Fáil	Michael Barrett	8.0	1,523	1,527	1,531	1,537	1,541	1,550	1,642	1,646	1,654	1,663	1,669	1,673	1,698	1,723	2,465
	Fianna Fáil	Danny Bell [*]	6.4	1,219	1,220	1,231	1,240	1,247	1,258	1,365	1,367	1,394	1,411	1,427	1,429	1,469	1,490
	Fine Gael	Eddie Nolan	4.0	756	764	780	787	822	828	838	1,029	1,070	1,089	1,136	1,164
	Socialist Labour	Martin Giblin	3.4	641	651	658	667	677	746	750	762	1,027	1,196	1,239	1,296	1,338
	Labour	Robert Dowds	3.4	641	646	673	680	762	781	783	793	836	890
	Socialist Labour	Billy Keegan [*]	2.8	540	579	603	623	658	704	709	715
	Fianna Fáil	Seán Quinn	2.8	539	541	543	555	562	570
	Fine Gael	Jim Munro	2.8	537	539	548	552	564	581	586
	Sinn Féin	Michael MacConmara	2.5	486	491	499	512	519
	Sinn Féin The Workers' Party	Michael Kenny	2.1	403	450	455	670	702	786	793	798	825
	Sinn Féin The Workers' Party	Joseph Oman	1.9	365	393	400
	Labour	Sam Nolan	1.8	350	361	444	478
	Labour	Frank Lynch	1.7	324	337
	Socialist Party	Eamonn O'Farrell	1.2	230
Electorate: 40,023  Valid: 19,066  Spoilt: 360  Quota: 3,178  Turnout: 48.54%

Area No. 4

The wards of Cabra East A, Cabra East B, Drumcondra South C, Finglas West A, Finglas West B, Finglas West C, Glasnevin A, Glasnevin B, and Inns Quay A. ^[2]

Area No. 4: 4 seats ^{[10] [11]}

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14
	Fianna Fáil	Bertie Ahern	18.6	2,710	2,712	2,776	2,790	2,863	2,885	3,105
	Fine Gael	Alice Glenn [*]	12.8	1,868	1,874	1,877	1,882	1,914	1,944	1,960	1,962	1,975	2,011	2,059	2,357	2,645	2,755
	Fine Gael	Luke Belton [*]	10.5	1,532	1,537	1,542	1,551	1,574	1,590	1,603	1,608	1,623	1,643	1,689	2,204	2,409	2,514
	Labour	Tony Dunne	7.9	1,155	1,201	1,210	1,243	1,270	1,310	1,315	1,316	1,406	1,574	1,605	1,729	1,839	2,205
	Fine Gael	Frank Barr	6.9	1,008	1,020	1,027	1,036	1,049	1,060	1,068	1,073	1,105	1,125	1,174
	Independent	Paddy Farrelly	6.9	999	1,003	1,005	1,026	1,080	1,093	1,116	1,126	1,135	1,157	1,213	1,235
	Sinn Féin The Workers' Party	Proinsias De Rossa	6.6	968	988	994	1,059	1,076	1,263	1,271	1,272	1,341	1,376	1,424	1,480	1,558
	Labour	Gerry Maher	6.0	881	895	900	927	945	985	1,004	1,005	1,123	1,490	1,528	1,584	1,688	1,922
	Labour	Diana Robertson	4.4	637	642	648	665	675	720	728	729	768
	Fianna Fáil	Patrick Duffy	3.2	462	471	520	531	552	554	689	840	849	870
	Sinn Féin The Workers' Party	Margaret O'Leary	2.8	404	410	415	460	474
	Fianna Fáil	Joe Tierney	2.7	396	396	440	443	481	490
	Independent	Richard Gogan [*]	2.6	380	384	393	402
	Independent	Joe McDonagh	2.4	353	360	369
	Socialist Labour	Mick Larkin	2.4	343	425	430	464	486	519	521	521
	Fianna Fáil	Joseph Greene	1.6	234	238
	Socialist Labour	Frank Clarke	1.6	233
Electorate: 32,793  Valid: 14,563  Spoilt: 309  Quota: 2,913  Turnout: 45.35%

Area No. 5

The wards of Arran Quay A, Arran Quay B, Arran Quay C, Arran Quay D, Arran Quay E, Cabra East C, Cabra West A, Cabra West B, Cabra West C, Cabra West D, Cabra West E, Inns Quay B, Inns Quay C, Phoenix Park, Rotunda A, and Rotunda B. ^[2]

Area No. 5: 4 seats ^{[12] [13]}

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13
	Labour	Pat Carroll [*]	16.3	2,361	2,372	2,378	2,416	2,452	2,488	2,594	2,634	2,888	2,914
	Independent	Frank Sherwin [*]	12.9	1,867	1,902	1,917	1,987	2,002	2,080	2,207	2,238	2,278	2,329	2,452	2,587	2,766
	Labour	Jimmy Somers	11.2	1,624	1,639	1,651	1,658	1,675	1,711	1,834	1,855	2,041	2,055	2,152	2,200	2,248
	Fine Gael	Hugh Byrne [*]	10.6	1,538	1,552	1,561	1,595	1,678	1,702	1,718	1,879	1,925	1,945	2,519	2,623	2,717
	Fianna Fáil	Tom Leonard [*]	10.6	1,537	1,549	1,680	1,696	1,707	1,788	1,808	1,816	1,844	2,166	2,205	3,345
	Fianna Fáil	Dermot Fitzpatrick	8.4	1,224	1,233	1,265	1,276	1,297	1,380	1,393	1,413	1,429	1,690	1,727
	Fine Gael	Ann-Marie McDonnell	4.8	693	700	704	720	801	815	827	1,064	1,093	1,113
	Fianna Fáil	Fergus Keely	4.5	649	656	687	697	704	757	763	767	776
	Labour	Griff Cashman	3.8	555	559	560	568	599	609	636	645
	Sinn Féin The Workers' Party	Michael White	3.5	502	512	517	526	527	546
	Fine Gael	John Monaghan	3.4	489	492	495	503	545	554	558
	Independent	Richard Gogan [*]	3.0	440	455	464	474	482
	Fine Gael	Colette Carroll	2.4	344	349	353	361
	Independent	Michael Kelly	1.8	266	278	278
	Fianna Fáil	Pat Schweppe	1.8	266	268
	Independent	Noel Geraghty	1.2	172
Electorate: 32,732  Valid: 14,527  Spoilt: 277  Quota: 2,906  Turnout: 45.22%

Area No. 6

The wards of Ballybough A, Ballybough B, Clontarf East D, Clontarf West C, Clontarf West D, Clontarf West E, Drumcondra South A, Drumcondra South B, Mountjoy A, Mountjoy B, North City, North Dock A, North Dock B, and North Dock C. ^[2]

Area No. 6: 4 seats ^{[14] [15]}

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16
	Fine Gael	Michael Keating [*]	21.3	2,998
	Fianna Fáil	Vincent Brady	15.1	2,135	2,143	2,148	2,157	2,162	2,165	2,173	2,185	2,308	2,332	2,351	2,367	2,400	2,434	2,511	2,562
	Community	Tony Gregory	12.3	1,729	1,744	1,763	1,771	1,795	1,807	1,864	1,891	1,901	2,028	2,062	2,094	2,150	2,404	2,495	2,641
	Fianna Fáil	Noel Mulcahy	11.8	1,671	1,678	1,687	1,689	1,690	1,696	1,706	1,711	1,862	1,884	1,903	1,916	1,939	2,004	2,034	2,095
	Labour	William Cumiskey	5.7	798	808	815	826	838	934	973	984	992	1,034	1,062	1,234	1,265	1,390	1,984	2,246
	Labour	Charlotte Baker	4.8	673	678	701	702	753	794	803	813	834	852	989	1,023	1,128
	Sinn Féin The Workers' Party	Ray McGran	4.7	665	669	683	684	727	739	783	786	790	826	842	858	866
	Fine Gael	Bill Thompson	3.4	481	516	517	519	520	530	602	607	630	720	724
	Fine Gael	Brian Dunne	3.3	460	484	485	490	492	502	511	593	601	614	735	763	1,148	1,168	1,252
	Labour	David Byrne	2.5	352	355	359	383	387	414	445	451	454	473	491
	Fianna Fáil	Rita Ryan	2.5	346	349	354	354	354	358	364	366
	Community	Michael McAnulla	2.3	328	333	340	340	358	365	374	381	389
	Fine Gael	Hugh Grainger	2.1	293	322	325	325	327	333	342	400	409	426
	Fine Gael	Oonagh Egan	2.0	279	301	301	302	303	312	318
	Labour	Jo Walsh	1.8	260	264	266	268	271
	Socialist Labour	Declan Byrne	1.5	213	214	218	275	307	311
	Communist	Seanie Lambe	1.1	149	149	166	167
	Socialist Labour	Des Bonass	1.0	141	142	147
	Independent	George Lynch	0.9	132	133
Electorate: 30,665  Valid: 14,103  Spoilt: 426  Quota: 2,821  Turnout: 47.38%

Area No. 7

The wards of Ballyfermot A, Ballyfermot B, Ballyfermot C, Ballyfermot D, Ballyfermot E, Ballyfermot F, Ballyfermot G, Ballyfermot H, Crumlin A, Crumlin F, Kilmainham A, Kilmainham B, and Kilmainham C. ^[2]

Area No. 7: 4 seats ^[16]

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17
	Fine Gael	Jim Mitchell	23.8	3,787'
	Fianna Fáil	Eileen Lemass	9.9	1,567	1,608	1,609	1,612	1,620	1,641	1,648	1,660	1,909	1,953	1,989	2,057	2,119	2,183	2,245	2,329	2,585
	Fianna Fáil	Lauri Corcoran	8.8	1,405	1,425	1,425	1,428	1,432	1,440	1,448	1,458	1,605	1,657	1,682	1,695	1,715	1,773	1,835	1,882	2,104
	Independent	George Butler	7.4	1,180	1,215	1,218	1,223	1,225	1,235	1,243	1,258	1,265	1,293	1,327	1,340	1,382	1,428	1,561	1,639
	Sinn Féin The Workers' Party	Tomás MacGiolla	7.4	1,168	1,200	1,207	1,222	1,282	1,305	1,351	1,368	1,391	1,430	1,463	1,524	1,663	1,771	1,836	1,988	2,211
	Labour	Paddy O'Mahony	6.0	946	973	977	1,004	1,021	1,025	1,069	1,174	1,182	1,260	1,284	1,339	1,416	1,526	1,694	2,232	2,459
	Labour	Anne McStay	4.9	786	824	827	833	851	883	899	1,011	1,034	1,064	1,110	1,203	1,250	1,424	1,557
	Fine Gael	Bill Brady	4.0	635	764	766	767	769	780	800	809	814	834	1,136	1,160	1,194	1,251
	Independent	Mick O'Mahony	3.5	564	583	584	586	594	598	730	746	752	768	780	799
	Community	Jack Norton	3.5	561	585	593	599	610	633	639	647	667	819	836	1,056	1,095
	Community	Mary Moran	3.4	534	550	553	564	573	579	592	605	611
	Community	Pam O'Reilly	3.4	533	553	556	563	581	594	607	611	625	694	712
	Fianna Fáil	Thomas Dalton	3.3	526	536	539	540	541	563	568	569
	Fine Gael	Paddy Keating	2.6	418	569	572	573	579	598	606	618	643	666
	Independent	Sean Thornton	2.1	340	343	345	350	362	363
	Labour	Margaret Moloney	2.1	334	358	360	372	379	382	392
	Independent	Thomas Byrne	1.4	223	229	230	232	239
	Communist	John Montgomery	1.3	199	205	208	220
	Socialist Labour	Ivor Nolan	0.8	128	133	135
	Independent	James McKenna	0.3	55	58
Electorate: 35,104  Valid: 15,889  Spoilt: 265  Quota: 3,178  Turnout: 46.0%

Area No. 8

The wards of Crumlin B, Crumlin C, Crumlin D, Crumlin E, Kimmage A, Kimmage B, Kimmage C, Kimmage D, Kimmage E, Terenure A, Terenure B, and Terenure C. ^[2]

Area No. 9

The wards of Rathfarnham A, Rathfarnham B, Rathfarnham C, Rathfarnham D, Rathfarnham South, Rathmines East C, Rathmines East D, Rathmines West A, Rathmines West B, Rathmines West C, Rathmines West D, Rathmines West E, and Rathmines West F. ^[2]

Area No. 10

The wards of Mansion House A, Mansion House B, Pembroke East A, Pembroke East B, Pembroke East C, Pembroke East D, Pembroke East E, Pembroke West A, Pembroke West B, Pembroke West C, Rathmines East A, Rathmines East B, and South Dock. ^[2]

Area No. 11

The wards of Merchant's Quay A, Merchant's Quay B, Merchant's Quay C, Merchant's Quay D, Merchant's Quay E, Merchant's Quay F, Royal Exchange A, Royal Exchange B, St. Kevin's, Usher's A, Usher's B, Usher's C, Usher's D, Usher's E, Usher's F, Wood Quay A, and Wood Quay B. ^[2]

Sources

• Department of the Environment (1980). Local elections, 1979: election results and transfer of votes in respect of each county, and county borough council: and election statistics relating to all local authorities (PDF). Official publications. Vol. Prl.9322. Dublin: Stationery Office. Archived (PDF) from the original on 6 March 2016. Retrieved 3 March 2016.
• "1979 Local Elections". ElectionsIreland.org. Retrieved 22 February 2008.
• "Dublin City Council: 1979 Local Election". IrelandElection.com.

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