Dublin North-Central Created 1948 Abolished 2016 Seats 3 (1948–1961) 4 (1961–1977) 3 (1977–1981) 4 (1981–2007) 3 (2007–2016) City council Dublin City
Dublin North-Central was a parliamentary constituency represented in Dáil Éireann , the lower house of the Irish parliament or Oireachtas , from 1948 to 2016. The method of election was the single transferable vote form of proportional representation (PR-STV).
History and boundaries [ ]
It varied between 3 and 4 seats from its creation in 1948. It was located on the north side of Dublin city.[1]
The Electoral (Amendment) Act 2009 defined the constituency as:[1]
"In the city of Dublin the electoral divisions of:
Beaumont B, Beaumont C, Beaumont D, Beaumont E, Beaumont F, Clontarf East A, Clontarf East B, Clontarf East C, Clontarf East D, Clontarf East E, Clontarf West A, Clontarf West B, Clontarf West C, Clontarf West D, Clontarf West E, Drumcondra South A, Edenmore, Grace Park, Harmonstown A, Harmonstown B, Kilmore A, Kilmore B, Kilmore C, Kilmore D."
It was subsumed into the new Dublin Bay North constituency at the 2016 general election .
The constituency's most high-profile TD was Charles Haughey , who won the first seat in the constituency at every election from 1981 until his retirement in 1992, when his son Seán Haughey won a seat but did not top the poll.
TDs [ ]
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 [ ]
2011 general election [ ]
2011 general election : Dublin North-Central[22]
Party
Candidate
FPv%
Count
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
Fine Gael
Richard Bruton
25.0
9,685
9,790
Labour
Aodhán Ó Ríordáin
22.5
8,731
8,911
9,329
10,192
Independent
Finian McGrath
15.4
5,986
6,156
6,701
7,777
8,119
8,150
11,025
Fianna Fáil
Seán Haughey
12.9
5,017
5,077
5,128
5,295
5,338
5,348
Fine Gael
Naoise Ó Muirí
12.8
4,959
5,033
5,098
5,240
5,353
5,403
6,399
Sinn Féin
Helen McCormack
5.6
2,165
2,187
2,602
People Before Profit
John Lyons[23]
3.6
1,399
1,587
Green
Donna Cooney
1.3
501
Independent
Paul Clarke
0.9
331
Electorate: 52,992 Valid: 38,774 Spoilt: 413 (1.1%) Quota: 9,694 Turnout: 39,187 (73.9%)
2007 general election [ ]
2007 general election : Dublin North-Central[21]
Party
Candidate
FPv%
Count
1
2
3
4
5
Fine Gael
Richard Bruton
25.5
9,303
Fianna Fáil
Seán Haughey
24.8
9,026
9,046
9,280
Fianna Fáil
Ivor Callely
19.2
7,003
7,019
7,167
7,252
7,952
Independent
Finian McGrath
14.2
5,169
5,212
5,768
5,819
9,397
Labour
Derek McDowell
7.3
2,649
2,741
2,884
2,897
Green
Bronwen Maher
5.2
1,891
1,913
2,160
2,186
Sinn Féin
Peter Lawlor
3.8
1,375
1,380
Electorate: 53,443 Valid: 36,416 Spoilt: 342 (0.9%) Quota: 9,105 Turnout: 36,758 (68.8%)
2002 general election [ ]
2002 general election : Dublin North-Central[20]
Party
Candidate
FPv%
Count
1
2
3
4
5
6
Fianna Fáil
Seán Haughey
19.0
7,614
7,655
7,718
8,028
Fianna Fáil
Ivor Callely
17.2
6,896
6,937
7,035
7,213
7,438
7,833
Fianna Fáil
Deirdre Heney
13.8
5,533
5,564
5,627
5,802
6,101
6,527
Fine Gael
Richard Bruton
12.9
5,159
5,195
6,247
6,362
6,750
9,045
Labour
Derek McDowell
10.5
4,203
4,285
4,431
4,719
5,548
Ind. Health Alliance
Finian McGrath
9.5
3,781
3,893
4,021
4,698
5,756
7,638
Sinn Féin
Frances McCole
5.7
2,299
2,445
2,459
Green
Bronwen Maher
5.7
2,275
2,403
2,486
3,058
Fine Gael
Gerry Breen
4.1
1,650
1,661
Socialist Workers
Ritchie Brown
1.6
638
Electorate: 65,583 Valid: 40,048 Spoilt: 427 (1.1%) Quota: 8,010 Turnout: 40,475 (61.7%)
1997 general election [ ]
1997 general election : Dublin North-Central[24]
Party
Candidate
FPv%
Count
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
Fianna Fáil
Ivor Callely
25.9
11,190
Fine Gael
Richard Bruton
19.0
8,196
8,364
8,376
8,447
8,639
Fianna Fáil
Seán Haughey
17.8
7,670
8,901
Labour
Derek McDowell
6.6
2,848
2,891
2,896
2,972
3,489
3,633
3,718
4,025
4,669
6,490
6,992
Independent
Seán D. Dublin Bay-Rockall Loftus
5.8
2,485
2,578
2,595
2,689
2,772
2,857
3,115
3,504
4,428
5,176
6,616
Fine Gael
Niamh Cosgrave
3.9
1,713
1,743
1,746
1,771
1,849
2,858
3,001
3,193
3,475
Green
Stephen Rawson
3.8
1,650
1,692
1,697
1,834
1,989
2,019
2,213
2,747
Independent
Finian McGrath
3.6
1,551
1,595
1,600
1,709
1,797
1,823
1,930
Progressive Democrats
Ronan Garvey
3.3
1,424
1,568
1,584
1,602
1,642
1,665
Fine Gael
Cathy Fay
3.1
1,326
1,352
1,354
1,372
1,435
Democratic Left
Helen Lahert
2.8
1,194
1,226
1,229
1,338
Fianna Fáil
Ita Green
2.7
1,184
1,867
2,065
2,114
2,163
2,217
2,913
3,155
3,489
3,784
Socialist Workers
Richard Browne
1.6
698
717
718
Independent
Norman Hunt Jnr.
0.1
36
37
37
Electorate: 66,559 Valid: 43,165 Spoilt: 456 (1.1%) Quota: 8,634 Turnout: 43,621 (65.5%)
1992 general election [ ]
1992 general election : Dublin North-Central[25]
Party
Candidate
FPv%
Count
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
13
Labour
Derek McDowell
23.1
10,609
Fianna Fáil
Seán Haughey
17.9
8,202
8,276
8,289
8,300
8,309
8,340
8,418
8,495
8,631
8,837
8,945
10,912
Fine Gael
Richard Bruton
16.7
7,657
8,001
8,012
8,020
8,031
8,073
8,101
8,251
8,651
10,505
Fianna Fáil
Ivor Callely
12.9
5,917
5,991
5,996
6,007
6,015
6,038
6,083
6,138
6,229
6,365
6,511
8,145
9,632
Fianna Fáil
John Stafford
8.2
3,759
3,808
3,814
3,823
3,830
3,876
3,922
4,012
4,086
4,351
4,513
Independent
Seán Dublin Bay Loftus
7.7
3,551
3,733
3,755
3,806
3,851
3,956
4,094
4,391
5,082
5,376
6,237
6,639
6,789
Fine Gael
Pat Lee
5.7
2,620
2,739
2,746
2,754
2,765
2,797
2,817
2,873
3,019
Democratic Left
Helen Lahert
3.0
1,376
1,765
1,781
1,806
1,823
1,859
1,934
2,136
Independent
Finian McGrath
1.7
764
846
856
866
901
970
1,133
Sinn Féin
Nick McBennett
1.4
644
671
673
675
684
696
Independent
Noel O'Hanrahan
0.8
363
401
406
408
443
Independent
Tony O'Byrne
0.3
156
185
192
219
Independent
Mary Margaret Doyle Dunne
0.3
143
155
178
Independent
Rosemary Burns
0.3
122
135
Electorate: 64,859 Valid: 45,883 Spoilt: 634 (1.4%) Quota: 9,177 Turnout: 46,517 (71.7%)
1989 general election [ ]
1989 general election : Dublin North-Central[26]
Party
Candidate
FPv%
Count
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
Fianna Fáil
Charles J. Haughey
23.8
9,105
Fianna Fáil
Ivor Callely
13.9
5,340
5,836
5,841
5,846
5,873
5,909
6,126
6,350
6,897
Fine Gael
Richard Bruton
13.9
5,323
5,374
5,385
5,394
5,614
5,683
5,976
6,281
7,704
Fianna Fáil
Vincent Brady
13.9
5,320
6,116
6,119
6,130
6,156
6,181
6,418
6,616
6,958
Fine Gael
George Birmingham
12.1
4,631
4,659
4,674
4,677
4,888
4,940
5,225
5,356
6,140
Workers' Party
Triona Dooney
6.8
2,595
2,614
2,635
2,671
2,717
2,899
3,168
Labour
Michael O'Halloran
5.0
1,928
1,948
1,952
1,962
2,001
3,028
3,335
5,136
Independent
Dublin Bay Loftus
4.2
1,612
1,633
1,652
1,752
1,827
1,878
Labour
Derek McDowell
3.7
1,398
1,410
1,431
1,448
1,474
Progressive Democrats
Una O'Mahony
1.8
690
694
698
702
Independent
Tom Denning
0.5
191
193
225
Independent
Don Donnelly
0.4
141
142
Electorate: 55,827 Valid: 38,274 Quota: 7,655 Turnout:
1987 general election [ ]
1987 general election : Dublin North-Central[16]
Party
Candidate
1st Pref
%
Seat
Count
Fianna Fáil
Charles Haughey
12,986
30.3
1
1
Fine Gael
George Birmingham
5,201
12.1
4
Fine Gael
Richard Bruton
5,196
12.1
3
Fianna Fáil
Vincent Brady
4,454
10.4
2
Fianna Fáil
Ivor Callely
3,904
9.1
Progressive Democrats
James O'Hanrahan
3,582
8.3
Labour
Flor O'Mahony
2,973
6.9
Workers' Party
Triona Dooney
1,643
3.8
Independent
Seán Dublin Bay Rockall Loftus
1,341
3.1
Sinn Féin
Ciaran MacCormaic
779
1.8
Democratic Socialist
Philip O'Connor
681
1.6
Independent
Austin McCoy
111
0.3
Independent
Barbara Hyland
73
0.2
Electorate: ? Valid: 42,924 Quota: 8,585 Turnout:
November 1982 general election [ ]
November 1982 general election : Dublin North-Central[15]
Party
Candidate
1st Pref
%
Seat
Count
Fianna Fáil
Charles Haughey
14,516
35.9
1
1
Fine Gael
George Birmingham
8,876
21.9
2
1
Fine Gael
Richard Bruton
5,948
14.7
4
Fianna Fáil
Vincent Brady
3,465
8.6
3
Labour
Flor O'Mahony
3,082
7.6
Fianna Fáil
Ita Greene
1,746
4.3
Workers' Party
Pádraig Yeates
1,476
3.7
Independent
Bernadette McAliskey
1,023
2.5
Democratic Socialist
Philip O'Connor
224
0.6
Independent
Andrew Dillon
114
0.3
Electorate: ? Valid: 40,470 Quota: 8,095 Turnout:
February 1982 general election [ ]
February 1982 general election : Dublin North-Central[14]
Party
Candidate
1st Pref
%
Seat
Count
Fianna Fáil
Charles Haughey
16,143
39.6
1
1
Fine Gael
George Birmingham
7,727
18.9
2
Fine Gael
Richard Bruton
4,591
11.3
4
Fianna Fáil
Vincent Brady
3,212
7.9
3
Labour
Michael O'Halloran
2,172
5.3
Independent
Bernadette McAliskey
2,085
5.1
Independent
Seán Dublin Bay Rockall Loftus
1,801
4.4
Fianna Fáil
Ita Greene
1,517
3.7
Fine Gael
Mary Byrne
1,004
2.5
Independent
John Curley
240
0.6
Independent
T C G O'Mahony
214
0.5
Independent
Anthony O'Hara
89
0.2
Electorate: ? Valid: 40,795 Quota: 8,160 Turnout:
1981 general election [ ]
1981 general election : Dublin North-Central[13] [27]
Party
Candidate
1st Pref
%
Seat
Count
Fianna Fáil
Charles Haughey
17,637
43.5
1
1
Fine Gael
George Birmingham
6,304
15.5
2
Socialist Labour
Noël Browne
5,031
12.4
3
Fine Gael
Paddy Belton
2,899
7.1
Fianna Fáil
Vincent Brady
1,818
4.5
4
Independent
Vincent Doherty
1,481
3.7
Fianna Fáil
Eugene Timmons
1,209
3.0
Fine Gael
Mary Byrne
1,138
2.8
Labour
Michael O'Halloran
1,093
2.7
Independent
Hannah Barlow
1,039
2.6
Labour
Michael Martin
730
1.8
Communist Party
John Curley
156
0.4
Independent
Andrew Dillon
46
0.1
Electorate: ? Valid: 40,581 Quota: 8,117 Turnout:
1977 general election [ ]
1977 general election : Dublin North-Central[12]
Party
Candidate
FPv%
Count
1
2
3
4
5
6
Labour
Michael O'Leary
20.2
4,729
5,319
5,641
5,754
6,014
Fianna Fáil
Vincent Brady
19.9
4,678
4,700
4,814
5,861
Fianna Fáil
Noel Mulcahy
13.6
3,198
3,216
3,318
3,840
3,894
4,612
Fine Gael
Michael Keating
12.4
2,912
3,003
3,058
3,093
4,933
5,826
Fine Gael
Ray Fay
9.2
2,166
2,258
2,285
2,328
Independent
Kevin Byrne
8.1
1,903
1,942
2,287
2,376
2,466
Fianna Fáil
William Doran
7.6
1,775
1,808
1,878
Sinn Féin – The Workers' Party
Raymond McGran
4.9
1,138
1,179
Labour
William Cummiskey
4.0
953
Electorate: 37,934 Valid: 25,528 Spoilt: 245 (0.9%) Quota: 5,883 Turnout: 25,773 (67.9%)
1973 general election [ ]
1973 general election : Dublin North-Central[11]
Party
Candidate
1st Pref
%
Seat
Count
Fianna Fáil
George Colley
10,263
29.8
1
1
Labour
Michael O'Leary
5,795
16.8
2
Fine Gael
Luke Belton
5,624
16.3
3
Fine Gael
Patrick Lindsay
3,078
8.9
Fianna Fáil
Celia Lynch
3,025
8.8
4
Official Sinn Féin
Mairin de Burca
1,667
4.8
Fianna Fáil
John Kenny
1,274
3.7
Fine Gael
Alice Glenn
1,240
3.6
Labour
William Cumiskey
1,106
3.2
Independent
Seán Dublin Bay Rockall Loftus
578
1.7
Independent
Noirin Butler
489
1.4
Labour
Seoirse Dearle
345
1.0
Electorate: ? Valid: 34,484 Quota: 6,897 Turnout:
1969 general election [ ]
1969 general election : Dublin North-Central[10]
Party
Candidate
1st Pref
%
Seat
Count
Fianna Fáil
George Colley
10,519
29.0
1
1
Labour
Michael O'Leary
7,423
20.4
2
1
Fine Gael
Luke Belton
4,655
12.8
4
Fine Gael
Patrick Lindsay
4,552
12.5
Fianna Fáil
Celia Lynch
2,607
7.2
3
Labour
William Cumiskey
2,089
5.8
Fianna Fáil
Thomas Stafford
1,919
5.3
Fine Gael
Michael Kelly
1,055
2.9
Labour
James Quinn
891
2.5
Fianna Fáil
Dermot Ryan
610
1.7
Electorate: ? Valid: 36,320 Quota: 7,265 Turnout:
1965 general election [ ]
1965 general election : Dublin North-Central[9]
Party
Candidate
1st Pref
%
Seat
Count
Fianna Fáil
Vivion de Valera
8,376
31.1
1
Fine Gael
Luke Belton
2,999
11.1
3
Labour
Susan Geraghty Bowler
2,418
9.0
Fine Gael
Patrick McGilligan
2,276
8.4
Fianna Fáil
Celia Lynch
2,192
8.1
2
Labour
Michael O'Leary
2,122
7.9
4
Independent
Frank Sherwin
1,615
6.0
Labour
Thomas Herlihy
1,517
5.6
Fine Gael
James Maher
1,251
4.6
Clann na Poblachta
Leo Nealon
1,080
4.0
Fianna Fáil
Pádraic Ó Cléirigh
953
3.5
Independent
George Murphy
172
0.6
Electorate: ? Valid: 26,971 Quota: 5,395 Turnout:
1961 general election [ ]
1957 by-election [ ]
Following the death of Fianna Fáil TD Colm Gallagher , a by-election was held on 14 November 1957. The seat was won by Independent candidate Frank Sherwin.
1957 by-election : Dublin North-Central[28]
Party
Candidate
FPv%
Count
1
2
3
4
Independent
Frank Sherwin
33.4
4,077
4,386
5,127
6,910
Fianna Fáil
John O'Byrne Gregan
27.4
3,353
3,449
3,686
4,179
Fine Gael
Victor Carton
19.6
2,394
2,607
2,842
Sinn Féin
Seán Garland
13.4
1,633
1,706
Labour
Thomas Herlihy
6.2
761
Electorate: 26,903 Valid: 12,218 Quota: 6,110 Turnout: 45.42%
1957 general election [ ]
1954 general election [ ]
1951 general election [ ]
1951 general election : Dublin North-Central[28]
Party
Candidate
FPv%
Count
1
2
3
4
5
Fianna Fáil
Vivion de Valera
41.0
9,307
Fine Gael
Patrick McGilligan
21.8
4,956
5,069
5,366
5,388
5,769
Labour
Martin O'Sullivan
15.5
3,526
3,701
4,147
4,154
5,191
Fianna Fáil
Colm Gallagher
10.6
2,397
5,462
5,712
Independent
Michael Mullen
6.3
1,434
1,571
1,726
1,734
Clann na Poblachta
Fionán Breathnach
4.7
1,076
1,218
Electorate: 34,456 Valid: 22,696 Quota: 5,675 Turnout: 65.87%
1948 general election [ ]
1948 general election : Dublin North-Central[28]
Party
Candidate
FPv%
Count
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
Fianna Fáil
Vivion de Valera
40.8
9,682
Fine Gael
Patrick McGilligan
16.3
3,878
3,966
3,995
4,381
4,420
4,578
5,307
6,094
Labour
Martin O'Sullivan
16.3
3,873
4,149
4,309
4,349
4,473
4,713
7,055
Clann na Poblachta
Fionán Breathnach
11.4
2,708
2,863
2,884
2,888
2,922
4,169
Clann na Poblachta
Christopher A. Macken
6.7
1,596
1,671
1,697
1,741
1,767
Fianna Fáil
Colm Gallagher
3.3
780
2,970
3,001
3,020
4,169
4,215
4,666
4,993
Fianna Fáil
John S. O'Connor
2.1
505
1,394
1,411
1,427
Fine Gael
Michael Hughes
2.0
468
513
517
National Labour Party
George Walker
1.1
271
294
Electorate: 35,989 Valid: 23,761 Quota: 5,941 Turnout: 66.02%
See also [ ]
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