Dublin South (Dáil constituency)

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Dublin South
Former Dáil Éireann
Parliamentary Constituency
Outline map
Location of Dublin South within County Dublin
Former constituency
Created1981
Abolished2016
Seats5
County councilDún Laoghaire–Rathdown
South Dublin
Dublin South
Former Dáil Éireann
Parliamentary Constituency
Former constituency
Created1921
Abolished1948
Seats4 (1921–1923)
7 (1923–1948)
County councilDublin County Borough
Created fromDublin St Patrick's and Dublin St Stephen's Green

Dublin South was a parliamentary constituency represented in Dáil Éireann, the lower house of the Irish parliament or Oireachtas, from 1921 to 1948 and from 1981 to 2016. The method of election was the single transferable vote form of proportional representation (PR-STV).

History and boundaries[]

A Dublin South City constituency existed from 1921 to 1948 when it was abolished.[1] It consisted of the St Patrick's and St Stephen's Green divisions[2] (namely Fitzwilliam, Mansion House, Merchant's Quay, Royal Exchange and Wood Quay wards and part of South Dock and Trinity wards).

A new constituency was created by the Electoral (Amendment) Act 1980 (with the abolition of the previous Dublin County South constituency) and was first used for the 1981 general election.[3] This defined the constituency:[3]

In the county borough of Dublin, the wards of:
Pembroke East D, Rathfarnham B, Rathfarnham C, Rathfarnham South;
and, in the administrative county of Dublin, the district electoral divisions of:
Dundrum Number One, Dundrum Number Two, Dundrum Number Three, Dundrum Number Four, Dundrum Number Five, Glencullen, Milltown Number One, Milltown Number Two, Rathfarnham Number One, Rathfarnham Number Two, Stillorgan Number One, Whitechurch;
and that part of the district electoral division of Tallaght Number One situated south of the centre of the River Dodder.

Of these, Pembroke East D and Dundrum number one had been in Dublin South-East in 1977.[4] All five Rathfarnam wards as well as Whitechurch had been in the abolished Dublin County Mid seat while Dundrum 2–5 along with Glencullen and Milltown 1–2 had been in Dublin County South constituency while Stilorgan one had been divided between Dublin County South and Dún Laoghaire.

The Electoral (Amendment) Act 2009 defined the area of the constituency as (which it would be at the time of its abolition):[5]

In the county of Dún Laoghaire–Rathdown the electoral divisions of:
Ballinteer-Broadford, Ballinteer-Ludford, Ballinteer-Marley, Ballinteer-Meadowbroads, Ballinteer-Meadowmount, Ballinteer-Woodpark, Cabinteely-Loughlinstown, Churchtown-Castle, Churchtown-Landscape, Churchtown-Nutgrove, Churchtown-Orwell, Churchtown-Woodlawn, Clonskeagh-Belfield, Clonskeagh-Farranboley, Clonskeagh-Milltown, Clonskeagh-Roebuck, Clonskeagh-Windy Arbour, Dundrum-Balally, Dundrum-Kilmacud, Dundrum-Sandyford, Dundrum-Sweetmount, Dundrum-Taney, Foxrock-Carrickmines, Foxrock-Torquay, Glencullen, Stillorgan-Deerpark, Stillorgan-Kilmacud, Stillorgan-Leopardstown, Stillorgan-Merville, Stillorgan-Mount Merrion, Tibradden;
and, in the county of South Dublin, the electoral divisions of:
Ballyboden, Edmondstown, Firhouse-Ballycullen, Firhouse-Knocklyon, Rathfarnham-Ballyroan, Rathfarnham-Butterfield, Rathfarnham-Hermitage, Rathfarnham-St. Enda's, Rathfarnham Village.

It ceased to exist at the 2016 general election; areas from Dublin South were added to both Dublin South-West and Dún Laoghaire, and the remaining area formed the new three-seat Dublin Rathdown constituency.

Constituency profile[]

It was one of Ireland's most affluent constituencies, the 2006 Census reported that residents tended to have higher-than-average levels of educational attainment, especially in terms of third-level qualifications, and were much more likely to work in professional and managerial positions.[6] "Volatile, unpredictable and utterly ruthless, Dublin South voters have hired and fired TDs with abandon over the years" – The Irish Times description of the constituency in August 2012.[7]

TDs[]

TDs 1921–1948[]

Teachtaí Dála (TDs) for Dublin South 1921–1948[8]
Key to parties
Dáil Election Deputy
(Party)		 Deputy
(Party)		 Deputy
(Party)		 Deputy
(Party)		 Deputy
(Party)		 Deputy
(Party)		 Deputy
(Party)
2nd 1921[9] Thomas Kelly
(SF) 		Daniel McCarthy
(SF) 		Constance Markievicz
(SF) 		Cathal Ó Murchadha
(SF) 		4 seats
1921–1923
3rd 1922[10] Thomas Kelly
(SF) 		Daniel McCarthy
(SF) 		William O'Brien
(Lab) 		Myles Keogh
(Ind)
4th 1923[11] Philip Cosgrave
(CnaG) 		Daniel McCarthy
(CnaG) 		Constance Markievicz
(Rep) 		Cathal Ó Murchadha
(Rep) 		Michael Hayes
(CnaG) 		Peadar Doyle
(CnaG)
1923 by-election[12] Hugh Kennedy
(CnaG)
March 1924 by-election[13] James O'Mara
(CnaG)
November 1924 by-election[14] Seán Lemass
(SF)
1925 by-election[15] Thomas Hennessy
(CnaG)
5th 1927 (Jun)[16] James Beckett
(CnaG) 		Vincent Rice
(NL) 		Constance Markievicz
(FF) 		Thomas Lawlor
(Lab) 		Seán Lemass
(FF)
1927 by-election[17] Thomas Hennessy
(CnaG)
6th 1927 (Sep)[18] Robert Briscoe
(FF) 		Myles Keogh
(CnaG) 		Frank Kerlin
(FF)
7th 1932[19] James Lynch
(FF)
8th 1933[20] James McGuire
(CnaG) 		Thomas Kelly
(FF)
9th 1937[21] Myles Keogh
(FG) 		Thomas Lawlor
(Lab) 		Joseph Hannigan
(Ind) 		Peadar Doyle
(FG)
10th 1938[22] James Beckett
(FG) 		James Lynch
(FF)
1939 by-election[23] John McCann
(FF)
11th 1943[24] Maurice Dockrell
(FG) 		James Larkin Jnr
(Lab) 		John McCann
(FF)
12th 1944[25]
13th 1948 Constituency abolished. See Dublin South-Central, Dublin South-East and Dublin South-West.

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.

TDs 1981–2016[]

Teachtaí Dála (TDs) for Dublin South 1981–2016[8]
Key to parties
Dáil Election Deputy
(Party)		 Deputy
(Party)		 Deputy
(Party)		 Deputy
(Party)		 Deputy
(Party)
22nd 1981[26] Niall Andrews
(FF) 		Séamus Brennan
(FF) 		Nuala Fennell
(FG) 		John Kelly
(FG) 		Alan Shatter
(FG)
23rd 1982 (Feb)[27]
24th 1982 (Nov)[28]
25th 1987[29] Tom Kitt
(FF) 		Anne Colley
(Progressive Democrats)
26th 1989[30] Nuala Fennell
(FG) 		Roger Garland
(GP)
27th 1992[31] Liz O'Donnell
(Progressive Democrats) 		Eithne FitzGerald
(Lab)
28th 1997[32] Olivia Mitchell
(FG)
29th 2002[33] Eamon Ryan
(GP)
30th 2007[34] Alan Shatter
(FG)
2009 by-election[35] George Lee
(FG)
31st 2011[36] Shane Ross
(Ind) 		Peter Mathews
(FG) 		Alex White
(Lab)
32nd 2016 Constituency abolished. See Dublin Rathdown, Dublin South-West and Dún Laoghaire.

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 South[36]
Party Candidate FPv% Count
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8
Independent Shane Ross 23.5 17,075              
Fine Gael Olivia Mitchell 13.3 9,635 10,454 10,577 10,661 10,763 11,159 11,627 13,379
Fine Gael Peter Mathews 12.5 9,053 9,805 9,987 10,047 10,173 10,494 10,820 12,070
Labour Alex White 11.7 8,524 9,319 9,467 9,747 10,407 14,203    
Fine Gael Alan Shatter 10.6 7,716 8,499 8,580 8,626 8,738 8,966 9,301 10,611
Fianna Fáil Maria Corrigan 9.4 6,844 7,168 7,332 7,400 7,564 7,762 7,932 9,163
Green Eamon Ryan 6.8 4,929 5,489 5,626 5,798 6,120 6,536 7,332  
Labour Aidan Culhane 6.2 4,535 4,839 4,940 5,232 5,691      
Sinn Féin Sorcha Nic Cormaic 2.6 1,915 2,065 2,186 2,617        
People Before Profit Nicola Curry[37] 1.8 1,277 1,455 1,664          
Christian Solidarity Jane Murphy 0.4 277 296            
Independent Buhidma Hussein Hamed 0.4 273 318            
Independent John Doyle 0.3 246 343            
Independent Gerard Dolan 0.2 156 192            
Independent Raymond Whitehead 0.2 120 211            
Independent Eamonn Zaidan 0.1 71 85            
Electorate: 102,387   Valid: 72,646   Spoilt: 459 (0.6%)   Quota: 12,108   Turnout: 73,105 (71.4%)

2009 by-election[]

Following the death of Fianna Fáil TD Séamus Brennan, a by-election was held on 5 June 2009. The seat was won by the Fine Gael candidate George Lee.

2009 by-election: Dublin South[38]
Party Candidate FPv% Count
1
Fine Gael George Lee[39] 53.4 27,768
Labour Alex White[40] 19.8 10,294
Fianna Fáil Shay Brennan[39] 17.8 9,250
Green Elizabeth Davidson[41] 3.5 1,846
Sinn Féin Shaun Tracey[41] 3.3 1,705
Independent Ross O'Mullane[42] 1.2 650
Independent Frank O'Gorman 0.7 351
Independent Noel O'Gara 0.3 172
Electorate: 90,802   Valid: 52,036   Spoilt: 443 (0.8%)   Quota: 26,019   Turnout: 52,479 (57.8%)

2007 general election[]

2007 general election: Dublin South[34]
Party Candidate FPv% Count
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9
Fianna Fáil Séamus Brennan 21.8 13,373                
Fine Gael Olivia Mitchell 14.8 8,037 8,148 8,227 8,236 9,544 9,991 10,846    
Fianna Fáil Tom Kitt 13.9 8,487 10,124 10,425            
Green Eamon Ryan 11.1 6,768 6,885 7,483 7,511 7,814 8,379 9,181 11,889  
Fine Gael Alan Shatter 9.4 5,752 5,820 5,871 5,875 6,658 6,892 7,366 9,456 10,805
Progressive Democrats Liz O'Donnell 6.6 4,045 4,254 4,328 4,337 4,426 4,520      
Labour Alex White 5.8 3,575 3,629 3,843 3,854 4,045 5,739 5,962    
Fianna Fáil Maria Corrigan 5.6 3,438 4,278 4,515 4,655 4,748 4,893 6,816 7,317 7,656
Fine Gael Jim O'Leary 4.7 2,897 2,928 2,991 2,997          
Labour Aidan Culhane 4.6 2,809 2,867 3,052 3,069 3,255        
Sinn Féin Sorcha Nic Cormaic 1.6 992 1,021              
Sinn Féin Shaun Tracey 1.4 851 864              
Fathers Rights Liam Ó Gógáin 0.3 180 185              
Electorate: 89,464   Valid: 61,204   Spoilt: 418 (0.7%)   Quota: 10,201   Turnout: 61,622 (68.9%)

2002 general election[]

2002 general election: Dublin South[33]
Party Candidate FPv% Count
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9
Fianna Fáil Séamus Brennan 16.9 9,326                
Progressive Democrats Liz O'Donnell 15.0 8,288 8,344 8,356 8,647 8,816 9,315      
Fianna Fáil Tom Kitt 14.0 7,744 7,857 7,917 8,117 8,496 10,926      
Fine Gael Olivia Mitchell 10.1 5,568 5,629 5,633 5,844 5,928 6,142 6,540 11,048  
Fine Gael Alan Shatter 9.7 5,363 5,410 5,413 5,568 5,653 5,693 5,833    
Labour Eithne FitzGerald 9.5 5,247 5,400 5,404 5,723 6,077 6,232 6,483 7,108 8,263
Green Eamon Ryan 9.4 5,222 5,482 5,485 6,161 7,124 7,319 8,019 8,546 9,228
Fianna Fáil Maria Corrigan 5.8 3,180 3,220 3,245 3,418 3,648        
Sinn Féin Deirdre Whelan 3.9 2,172 2,345 2,347 2,474          
Ind. Health Alliance Karen Canning 3.8 2,090 2,207 2,209            
Socialist Party Lisa Maher 1.9 1,063                
Electorate: 92,645   Valid: 55,263   Spoilt: 427 (0.8%)   Quota: 9,211   Turnout: 55,690 (60.1%)

1997 general election[]

1997 general election: Dublin South[43]
Party Candidate FPv% Count
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8
Fianna Fáil Tom Kitt 17.1 9,904              
Fianna Fáil Séamus Brennan 15.3 8,861 8,928 9,041 9,187 9,539 12,058    
Fine Gael Olivia Mitchell 15.1 8,775 8,829 8,837 9,015 9,184 9,342 9,415 10,136
Fine Gael Alan Shatter 14.0 8,094 8,157 8,165 8,272 8,352 8,556 8,659 9,364
Labour Eithne FitzGerald 10.6 6,147 6,272 6,280 6,485 6,562 6,667 6,756 8,158
Progressive Democrats Liz O'Donnell 9.4 5,444 5,491 5,520 5,669 5,784 6,593 8,104 9,070
Fianna Fáil Ann Ormonde 6.3 3,629 3,683 3,744 3,837 4,091      
Green Gerry Boland 6.1 3,539 3,780 3,785 4,141 4,432 4,582 4,818  
Independent Richard Greene 2.5 1,431 1,482 1,485 1,585        
Independent Christine Buckley 2.2 1,268 1,426 1,430          
Socialist Party Lisa Maher 1.1 624              
Natural Law Jack Lyons 0.2 115              
Independent Johnny Kingsize Doody 0.1 80              
Independent Gerard P. Dolan 0.1 75              
Electorate: 90,050   Valid: 57,986   Spoilt: 335 (0.6%)   Quota: 9,665   Turnout: 58,321 (64.8%)

1992 general election[]

1992 general election: Dublin South[44]
Party Candidate FPv% Count
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12
Labour Eithne FitzGerald 28.9 17,256                      
Fianna Fáil Séamus Brennan 15.2 9,074 9,514 9,531 9,587 9,627 9,687 10,001          
Fianna Fáil Tom Kitt 12.3 7,304 7,891 7,900 7,969 8,014 8,079 8,303 11,005        
Fine Gael Alan Shatter 10.5 6,244 7,494 7,503 7,513 7,580 7,862 7,938 8,118 8,303 8,309 9,657 10,685
Progressive Democrats Liz O'Donnell 8.7 5,162 6,240 6,249 6,270 6,317 6,603 6,777 6,979 7,225 7,235 7,617 8,790
Fianna Fáil Ann Ormonde 5.2 3,085 3,287 3,291 3,320 3,333 3,377 3,623          
Fine Gael Maurice Manning 5.1 3,065 3,677 3,682 3,693 3,716 3,786 3,902 3,952 4,062 4,071    
Fine Gael Olivia Mitchell 4.6 2,764 3,584 3,589 3,598 3,641 3,763 3,864 3,974 4,098 4,106 6,188 7,012
Green Roger Garland 3.8 2,258 3,086 3,089 3,218 3,303 3,908 4,365 4,516 4,916 4,944 5,047  
Independent Richard Greene 2.8 1,671 1,854 1,870 1,946 2,180 2,324            
Democratic Left Marian White 1.1 640 1,770 1,774 1,827 1,860              
Independent Owen Connolly 0.9 506 588 645 674                
Sinn Féin George Robert Keegan 0.8 486 561 566                  
Independent Kevin Stewart Blair 0.2 119 148                    
Electorate: 85,553   Valid: 59,634   Spoilt: 605 (1.0%)   Quota: 9,940   Turnout: 60,239 (70.4%)

1989 general election[]

1989 general election: Dublin South[45]
Party Candidate FPv% Count
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8
Fianna Fáil Séamus Brennan 25.7 13,927              
Fine Gael Alan Shatter 14.7 7,969 8,143 8,205 8,275 9,382      
Fianna Fáil Tom Kitt 13.3 7,217 10,669            
Fine Gael Nuala Fennell 9.2 4,983 5,088 5,105 5,153 6,340 6,779 7,045 8,337
Green Roger Garland 8.8 4,771 4,900 4,939 5,372 5,451 6,485 6,500 8,832
Progressive Democrats Anne Colley 8.5 4,607 4,814 4,846 4,906 5,192 5,720 5,776 6,717
Labour Eithne FitzGerald 7.6 4,134 4,233 4,258 4,927 5,026 5,461 5,478  
Fine Gael Olivia Mitchell 5.1 2,786 2,822 2,834 2,860        
Fianna Fáil Ann Ormonde 4.3 2,328 3,003 4,446 4,518 4,581      
Workers' Party Eamonn O'Liatháin 2.7 1,440 1,462 1,473          
Electorate: 82,936   Valid: 54,162   Quota: 9,028   Turnout:

1987 general election[]

1987 general election: Dublin South[29]
Party Candidate 1st Pref % Seat Count
Progressive Democrats Anne Colley 11,957 20.9 1 1
Fianna Fáil Séamus Brennan 9,940 17.3 2 1
Fianna Fáil Tom Kitt 8,423 14.7 3
Fine Gael John Kelly 7,247 12.6 4
Fine Gael Alan Shatter 5,720 10.0 5
Fine Gael Nuala Fennell 4,737 8.3
Labour Eithne FitzGerald 2,684 4.7
Fianna Fáil Ann Ormonde 2,133 3.7
Green Roger Garland 1,377 2.4
Workers' Party Eamonn Ó Liathain 1,308 2.3
Independent Mairead Duchon 1,253 2.2
Independent Thomas Sharkey 189 0.3
Independent Padraig O'Neill 142 0.3
Independent Barbara Hyland 114 0.2
Independent Martin MacFeorais 107 0.2
Electorate: ?   Valid: 57,331   Quota: 9,556   Turnout:

November 1982 general election[]

November 1982 general election: Dublin South[28]
Party Candidate 1st Pref % Seat Count
Fine Gael John Kelly 9,774 18.6 1 1
Fine Gael Alan Shatter 7,655 14.6 2
Fianna Fáil Séamus Brennan 7,219 13.8 4
Fine Gael Nuala Fennell 7,106 13.6 3
Fianna Fáil Niall Andrews 6,597 12.6 5
Fianna Fáil Tom Kitt 4,009 7.7
Fine Gael Thomas Hand 2,959 5.6
Labour Eithne FitzGerald 2,388 4.6
Labour Frank Buckley 1,911 3.7
Fianna Fáil Ruairí Brugha 1,353 2.6
Green Roger Garland 950 1.8
Democratic Socialist Denis O'Connor 479 0.9
Electorate: ?   Valid: 52,400   Quota: 8,734   Turnout:

February 1982 general election[]

February 1982 general election: Dublin South[27]
Party Candidate FPv% Count
1 2 3 4 5 6 7
Fine Gael John Kelly 21.0 10,809            
Fianna Fáil Séamus Brennan 15.6 8,055 8,107 8,176 9,555      
Fine Gael Alan Shatter 13.2 6,779 7,790 8,878        
Fine Gael Nuala Fennell 11.3 5,799 6,488 7,578 7,729 7,766 11,554  
Fianna Fáil Niall Andrews 9.6 4,936 4,951 5,018 5,904 6,667 7,168 8,612
Fianna Fáil Síle de Valera 9.4 4,843 4,850 4,895 5,550 5,702 6,010 6,356
Labour John Horgan 8.9 4,589 4,705 5,048 5,188 5,215    
Fianna Fáil Tom Kitt 6.1 3,133 3,150 3,249        
Fine Gael Thomas Hand 4.9 2,511 2,837          
Electorate: 69,195   Valid: 51,454   Spoilt: 312 (0.6%)   Quota: 8,576   Turnout: 51,766 (74.8%)

1981 general election[]

1981 general election: Dublin South[26]
Party Candidate 1st Pref % Seat Count
Fine Gael John Kelly 7,964 15.7 2
Fianna Fáil Séamus Brennan 7,779 15.3 1
Fianna Fáil Niall Andrews 5,690 11.2 5
Fianna Fáil Síle de Valera 5,408 10.6
Fine Gael Alan Shatter 4,762 9.4 4
Fine Gael Nuala Fennell 4,527 8.9 3
Fine Gael Alexis FitzGerald 3,495 6.9
Labour John Horgan 3,004 5.9
Fianna Fáil Tom Kitt 2,636 5.2
Fine Gael Thomas Hand 2,621 5.2
Labour Eithne FitzGerald 1,258 2.5
Labour Frank Buckley 711 1.4
Independent Norman Simpson 616 1.2
Independent Denis O'Connor 335 0.7
Electorate: ?   Valid: 50,806   Quota: 8,468   Turnout:

1944 general election[]

1944 general election: Dublin South[25]
Party Candidate 1st Pref % Seat Count
Fianna Fáil Seán Lemass 15,385 31.3 1 1
Fine Gael Peadar Doyle 5,442 11.1 4
Fine Gael Maurice E. Dockrell 4,355 8.9 6
Fianna Fáil John McCann 4,323 8.8 2
Labour James Larkin Jnr 3,587 7.3 5
Labour Walter Beirne 3,571 7.3
Fianna Fáil Andrew Clarkin 3,328 6.8
Fianna Fáil James B. Lynch 3,148 6.4 3
Fianna Fáil Robert Briscoe 2,852 5.8 7
Independent Joseph Hannigan 1,824 3.7
Fine Gael Thomas Bourke 689 1.4
Fine Gael Michael Byrne 674 1.4
Electorate: ?   Valid: 49,178   Quota: 6,148   Turnout:

1943 general election[]

1943 general election: Dublin South[24]
Party Candidate 1st Pref % Seat Count
Fianna Fáil Seán Lemass 16,399 30.9 1 1
Fine Gael Peadar Doyle 4,971 9.4 2
Labour Walter Beirne 3,326 6.3
Fianna Fáil John McCann 3,133 5.9 3
Fianna Fáil Robert Briscoe 3,127 5.9 4
Labour James Larkin Jnr 3,049 5.7 7
Fine Gael Maurice E. Dockrell 2,841 5.4 5
Fianna Fáil James B. Lynch 2,666 5.0 6
Labour Joseph Hannigan 2,345 4.4
Fianna Fáil Peter White 1,639 3.1
Fine Gael Patrick Cahill 1,525 2.9
Fine Gael Tom O'Higgins 1,461 2.8
Fine Gael E. D. Hoey 1,280 2.4
Fine Gael Myles Keogh 1,152 2.2
Independent Vincent Rice 1,104 2.1
Independent Hanna Sheehy-Skeffington 917 1.7
Labour Owen Hynes 873 1.6
Córas na Poblachta Simon Donnelly 820 1.5
Córas na Poblachta Seán Dowling 494 0.9
Electorate: ?   Valid: 53,122   Quota: 6,641   Turnout:

1939 by-election[]

Following the death of Fine Gael TD James Beckett, a by-election was held on 6 June 1939. The seat was won by the Fianna Fáil candidate John McCann.

1939 by-election: Dublin South[23]
Party Candidate FPv% Count
1
Fianna Fáil John McCann 55.8 20,059
Fine Gael Patrick Cahill 44.2 15,877
Electorate: 80,961   Valid: 35,936   Quota: 17,969   Turnout: 44.4%

1938 general election[]

1938 general election: Dublin South[22]
Party Candidate 1st Pref % Seat Count
Fianna Fáil Seán Lemass 14,151 25.7 1 1
Fine Gael Peadar Doyle 6,877 12.5 2 1
Fianna Fáil John McCann 4,806 8.7
Fine Gael James Beckett 4,681 8.5 3
Fianna Fáil James B. Lynch 4,401 8.0 6
Independent Joseph Hannigan 3,850 7.0 4
Fianna Fáil Robert Briscoe 3,791 6.9 7
Fine Gael Myles Keogh 3,760 6.8
Fianna Fáil Thomas Kelly 3,619 6.6 5
Labour Thomas Lawlor 2,845 5.2
Labour Eamonn Lynch 1,076 2.0
Fine Gael Thomas O'Byrne 765 1.4
Labour Elizabeth O'Connor 460 0.8
Electorate: ?   Valid: 55,082   Quota: 6,886   Turnout:

1937 general election[]

1937 general election: Dublin South[21]
Party Candidate 1st Pref % Seat Count
Fianna Fáil Seán Lemass 15,969 28.0 1 1
Fine Gael Peadar Doyle 5,941 10.4 4
Fine Gael James Beckett 4,623 8.1
Independent Joseph Hannigan 4,031 7.1 6
Fine Gael Myles Keogh 3,973 7.0 7
Labour Thomas Lawlor 3,872 6.8 5
Fianna Fáil Robert Briscoe 3,315 5.8 2
Fianna Fáil Thomas Kelly 2,815 4.9 3
Independent Patrick Medlar 2,474 4.3
Fianna Fáil John McCann 2,058 3.6
Fine Gael James McGuire 2,000 3.5
Fianna Fáil Denis Healy 1,774 3.1
Labour John McCabe 1,523 2.7
Fine Gael Michael Byrne 999 1.8
Independent Frank Ryan 875 1.5
Fianna Fáil Ralph Lynch 771 1.4
Electorate: ?   Valid: 57,013   Quota: 7,127   Turnout:

1933 general election[]

1933 general election: Dublin South[20]
Party Candidate 1st Pref % Seat Count
Fianna Fáil Seán Lemass 14,716 24.2 1 1
Cumann na nGaedheal James Beckett 8,364 13.8 2 1
Cumann na nGaedheal James McGuire 7,414 12.2 4
Cumann na nGaedheal Peadar Doyle 5,920 9.7 7
Fianna Fáil Robert Briscoe 4,894 8.1 3
Fianna Fáil Thomas Kelly 4,831 8.0 5
Fianna Fáil James B. Lynch 4,642 7.6 6
Cumann na nGaedheal Myles Keogh 4,259 7.0
Fianna Fáil Denis Healy 2,888 4.8
Cumann na nGaedheal Thomas Hennessy 2,837 4.7
Electorate: ?   Valid: 60,765   Quota: 7,596   Turnout:

1932 general election[]

1932 general election: Dublin South[19]
Party Candidate 1st Pref % Seat Count
Fianna Fáil Seán Lemass 10,426 18.9 1 1
Cumann na nGaedheal James Beckett 7,381 13.4 2 1
Cumann na nGaedheal Myles Keogh 5,985 10.9 4
Fianna Fáil Robert Briscoe 5,676 10.3 3
Cumann na nGaedheal Peadar Doyle 5,196 9.4 5
Cumann na nGaedheal Thomas Hennessy 3,832 7.0 6
Cumann na nGaedheal Eugene Davy 3,478 6.3
Fianna Fáil James B. Lynch 3,162 5.7 7
Independent Patrick Medlar 2,490 4.5
Fianna Fáil Eoghan O'Rahilly 2,440 4.4
Labour Thomas Lawlor 1,898 3.5
Labour Richard Hennessy 1,536 2.8
Independent James Larkin 917 1.7
Fianna Fáil Frank O'Donnell 650 1.2
Electorate: ?   Valid: 55,067   Quota: 6,884   Turnout:

September 1927 general election[]

September 1927 general election: Dublin South[18]
Party Candidate 1st Pref % Seat Count
Fianna Fáil Seán Lemass 11,240 20.7 1 1
Cumann na nGaedheal Thomas Hennessy 9,400 17.3 2 1
Cumann na nGaedheal James Beckett 7,362 13.5 3 1
Fianna Fáil Robert Briscoe 5,570 10.2 4
Cumann na nGaedheal Peadar Doyle 4,642 8.5 6
Cumann na nGaedheal Vincent Rice 3,678 6.8
Labour Thomas Lawlor 3,662 6.7
Cumann na nGaedheal Myles Keogh 3,522 6.5 5
Independent John Lawlor[a] 2,857 5.3
Fianna Fáil Frank Kerlin 1,320 2.4 7
Fianna Fáil Andrew Clerkin 1,116 2.1
Electorate: ?   Valid: 54,369   Quota: 6,797   Turnout:
  1. ^ John Lawlor ran as an Independent Labour candidate he was president of the Workers' Union of Ireland and a member of Jim Larkin's, Irish Worker League.

1927 by-election[]

Following the death of Fianna Fáil TD Constance Markievicz, a by-election was held on 24 August 1927. The seat was won by the Cumann na nGaedheal candidate Thomas Hennessy.

1927 by-election: Dublin South[17]
Party Candidate FPv% Count
1
Cumann na nGaedheal Thomas Hennessy 55.0 24,139
Fianna Fáil Robert Briscoe 42.5 18,647
Sinn Féin Cathal Ó Murchadha 2.5 1,115
Electorate: 81,136   Valid: 43,901   Quota: 21,951   Turnout: 54.1%

June 1927 general election[]

June 1927 general election: Dublin South[16]
Party Candidate 1st Pref % Seat Count
Fianna Fáil Seán Lemass 8,522 16.1 1 1
Cumann na nGaedheal James Beckett 8,183 15.5 2 1
Independent Vincent Rice 6,575 12.4 3
Independent Myles Keogh 5,290 10.0 5
Cumann na nGaedheal Peadar Doyle 4,428 8.4 6
Fianna Fáil Constance Markievicz 4,026 7.6 4
Labour Thomas Lawlor 2,826 5.3 7
Cumann na nGaedheal John O'Neill 2,555 4.8
Sinn Féin Cathal Ó Murchadha 2,211 4.2
Independent Michael O'Mullane 2,121 4.0
Labour Seán Campbell 1,825 3.5
Fianna Fáil Robert Briscoe 1,705 3.2
Cumann na nGaedheal Patrick Morgan 921 1.7
Fianna Fáil Denis Healy 918 1.7
Labour Thomas Nagle 821 1.6
Electorate: ?   Valid: 52,927   Quota: 6,616   Turnout:

1925 by-election[]

Following the resignation of Cumann na nGaedheal TD Daniel McCarthy, a by-election was held on 11 March 1925. The seat was won by the Cumann na nGaedheal candidate Thomas Hennessy.

1925 by-election: Dublin South[15]
Party Candidate FPv% Count
1
Cumann na nGaedheal Thomas Hennessy 57.0 24,075
Republican Michael O'Mullane 32.9 13,900
Labour Thomas Lawlor 10.1 4,237
Electorate: 78,353   Valid: 42,212   Quota: 21,107   Turnout: 53.9%

November 1924 by-election[]

Following the appointment of Cumann na nGaedheal TD Hugh Kennedy as Chief Justice, a by-election was held on 18 November 1924. The seat was won by the Republican candidate Seán Lemass.

November 1924 by-election: Dublin South[14]
Party Candidate FPv% Count
1
Republican Seán Lemass 51.4 17,297
Cumann na nGaedheal Séamus Hughes 48.6 16,340
Electorate: 78,682   Valid: 33,637   Quota: 16,819   Turnout: 42.8%

March 1924 by-election[]

Following the death of Cumann na nGaedheal TD Philip Cosgrave, a by-election was held on 12 March 1924. The seat was won by the Cumann na nGaedheal candidate James O'Mara.

March 1924 by-election: Dublin South[13]
Party Candidate 1st Pref % Seat Count
Cumann na nGaedheal James O'Mara 15,884 49.0 1 2
Republican Seán Lemass 13,639 42.0
Independent John O'Neill 2,928 9.0
Electorate: 76,882   Valid: 32,451   Quota: 16,226   Turnout: 42.2%

1923 by-election[]

Michael Hayes was also elected for the National University of Ireland constituency and resigned his seat in Dublin South following the election. A by-election was held on 25 October 1923 and the seat was won by the Cumann na nGaedheal candidate Hugh Kennedy.

1923 by-election: Dublin South[12]
Party Candidate FPv% Count
1
Cumann na nGaedheal Hugh Kennedy 67.3 23,676
Republican Michael O'Mullane 32.7 11,502
Electorate: 78,017   Valid: 35,178   Quota: 17,590   Turnout: 45.1%

1923 general election[]

1923 general election: Dublin South[11]
Party Candidate 1st Pref % Seat Count
Cumann na nGaedheal Philip Cosgrave 16,011 34.7 1 1
Republican Constance Markievicz 5,832 12.6 2 1
Cumann na nGaedheal Daniel McCarthy 4,565 9.9 3
Independent Myles Keogh 3,010 6.5 6
Cumann na nGaedheal Michael Hayes 2,778 6.0 5
Independent Andrew Beattie 2,451 5.3
Republican Cathal Ó Murchadha 1,893 4.1 7
Cumann na nGaedheal Peadar Doyle 1,409 3.0 4
Republican Michael O'Mullane 1,315 2.8
Labour William O'Brien 933 2.0
Independent Patrick Medlar 832 1.8
Dublin Trades Council John Farrelly 809 1.7
Independent William McCabe 793 1.7
Cumann na nGaedheal George Lyons 715 1.5
Republican Edward O'Kelly 709 1.5
Independent Bernard Shields 582 1.3
Independent James Shanks 484 1.0
Dublin Trades Council Edward Tucker 391 0.8
Independent Patrick Byrne 385 0.8
Independent Patrick Munden 265 0.6
Electorate: 78,017   Valid: 46,162   Quota: 5,771   Turnout: 59.2%

1922 general election[]

Kenneth Reddin, an election agent, published a sample ballot incorrectly stating that voters had only six preferences.[46] Markievicz secured an injunction in the Republican Supreme Court against Reddin, who published an apology on election day in The Irish Times.[46] The official notice of poll listed Markievicz's name first, but the ballot (and Reddin's sample) listed her third.[46] She later complained that the electoral register was "rotten".[46]

1922 general election: Dublin South[10]
Party Candidate 1st Pref % Seat Count
Sinn Féin (Pro-Treaty) Daniel McCarthy 5,540 21.1 1 1
Labour William O'Brien 4,734 18.0 3 5
Independent Myles Keogh 4,363 16.6 2 4
Sinn Féin (Pro-Treaty) Thomas Kelly 4,344 16.5 4 5
Sinn Féin (Anti-Treaty) Constance Markievicz 3,951 15.0
Independent John O'Connell 2,068 7.9
Sinn Féin (Anti-Treaty) Cathal Ó Murchadha 1,308 5.0
Electorate: 41,466   Valid: 26,308   Quota: 5,262   Turnout: 63.4%

1921 general election[]

1921 general election: Dublin South[9]
Party Candidate 1st Pref % Seat Count
Sinn Féin Thomas Kelly Unopposed N/A 1
Sinn Féin Daniel McCarthy Unopposed N/A 2
Sinn Féin Constance Markievicz Unopposed N/A 3
Sinn Féin Cathal Ó Murchadha Unopposed N/A 4

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