Cork South (Dáil Éireann constituency)

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

Cork South
Former Dáil Éireann Parliamentary Constituency
Former constituency
Created	1948
Abolished	1961
Seats	3
County/City council	County 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, using the single transferable vote form of proportional representation (PR-STV).

History

The constituency was created under the Electoral (Amendment) Act 1947, for the 1948 general election to Dáil Éireann.^[1] 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.^[2]

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.^[1]

TDs

Teachtaí Dála (TDs) for Cork South 1948–1961^[3]
Key to parties Lab = Labour Party CnaT = Clann na Talmhan FF = Fianna Fáil Ind = Independent FG = Fine Gael
Dáil	Election	Deputy (Party)		Deputy (Party)		Deputy (Party)
13th	1948^[4]		Dan Desmond (Lab)		Patrick Lehane (CnaT)		Seán Buckley (FF)
14th	1951^[5]				Patrick Lehane (Ind)		Seán Buckley (FF)
15th	1954^[6]				Tadhg Manley (FG)		Seán McCarthy (FF)
16th	1957^[7]				Tadhg Manley (FG)		Seán McCarthy (FF)
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^[7]
Party		Candidate	1st Pref	%	Seat	Count
	Fine Gael	Tadhg Manley	4,769	17.8	1
	Fianna Fáil	Seán McCarthy	6,146	22.9	2
	Labour Party	Dan Desmond	6,176	23.0	3
	Fianna Fáil	Sean MacDiarmaid Fawsitt	5,016	18.7
	Independent	Patrick Dineen	4,712	17.6
Electorate: ? Valid: 26,819 Quota: 6,705 Turnout:

1954 general election

1954 general election: Cork South^[6]
Party		Candidate	1st Pref	%	Seat	Count
	Labour Party	Dan Desmond	7,704	25.8	1	1
	Fine Gael	Tadhg Manley	7,401	24.8	2
	Fianna Fáil	Seán McCarthy	5,714	19.1	3
	Fianna Fáil	Seán MacDiarmaid Fawsitt	4,872	16.3
	Clann na Talmhan	Patrick Lehane	4,206	14.1
Electorate: ? Valid: 29,897 Quota: 7,475 Turnout:

1951 general election

1951 general election: Cork South^[5]
Party		Candidate	1st Pref	%	Seat	Count
	Labour Party	Dan Desmond	7,699	25.5	1	1
	Fianna Fáil	Seán Buckley	7,500	24.8	2
	Independent	Patrick Lehane	5,215	17.2	3
	Fianna Fáil	William Kent	3,964	13.1
	Fine Gael	Tadhg Manley	3,089	10.2
	Fine Gael	John O'Sullivan	2,775	9.2
Electorate: ? Valid: 30,242 Quota: 7,561 Turnout:

1948 general election

1948 general election: Cork South^[4]
Party		Candidate	1st Pref	%	Seat	Count
	Labour Party	Dan Desmond	7,241	25.1	1	1
	Fianna Fáil	Seán Buckley	5,000	17.3	2
	Clann na Talmhan	Patrick Lehane	5,245	18.2	3
	Fine Gael	Eamonn O'Neill	4,488	15.6
	Fianna Fáil	Jeremiah Browne	3,502	12.1
	Clann na Poblachta	Tom Hales	2,287	7.9
	Fine Gael	Michael O'Driscoll	1,077	3.7
Electorate: ? Valid: 28,840 Quota: 7,211 Turnout:

References

1 2 "Electoral (Amendment) Act, 1947: First Schedule (Constituencies)". Irish Statute Book database. Retrieved 2 March 2009.
↑ "Electoral (Amendment) Act, 1961: Schedule (Constituencies)". Irish Statute Book database. Retrieved 2 March 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.
1 2 "General election 1948: Cork South". ElectionsIreland.org. Retrieved 2 March 2009.
1 2 "General election 1951: Cork South". ElectionsIreland.org. Retrieved 2 March 2009.
1 2 "General election 1954: Cork South". ElectionsIreland.org. Retrieved 2 March 2009.
1 2 "General election 1957: Cork South". ElectionsIreland.org. Retrieved 2 March 2009.

External links

Oireachtas Members Database

Parliamentary constituencies in County Cork and Borough/City

Parliament of Ireland to 1800	Baltimore (1614–1800) Bandonbridge (1614–1800) Castlemartyr (1676–1800) Charleville (1673–1800) Clonakilty (1613–1800) Cork City (1264–1800) Cork County (????–1800) Doneraile (1640–1800) Kinsale (1334?–1800) Mallow (1613–1800) Midleton (1671–1800) Rathcormack (c.1611–1800) Youghal (1374–1800)

Westminster 1801–1922 and First Dáil 1918	Bandon (1801–85) Cork County (1801–85) Cork City (1801–1922) East Cork (1885–1922) Mid Cork (1885–1922) North Cork (1885–1922) North East Cork (1885–1922) South Cork (1885–1922) South East Cork (1885–1922) West Cork (1885–1922) Kinsale (1801–85) Mallow (1801–85) Youghal (1801–85)

Dáil Éireann 1918–present	Cork Borough (1921–69) Cork City (1977–81) Cork City North–West (1969–77) Cork City South–East (1969–77) Cork East (1923–37, 1948–61, 1981–) Cork East and North East (1921–23) Cork Mid (1961–81) Cork Mid, North, South, South East and West (1921–23) Cork North (1923–61) Cork North–Central (1981–) Cork North–East (1961–81) Cork North–West (1981–) Cork South (1948–61) Cork South–Central (1981–) Cork South–East (1937–48) Cork South–West (1961–) Cork West (1923–61)

European Parliament 1979–present	Munster (1979–2004) South (2004–)

Irish counties: Carlow Cavan Clare Cork Donegal Dublin Galway Kerry Kildare Kilkenny Laois Leitrim Limerick Longford Louth Mayo Meath Monaghan Offaly Roscommon Sligo Tipperary Waterford Westmeath Wexford Wicklow

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