Kerry South (Dáil constituency)

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

Kerry South
Former Dáil Constituency
Outline map
Location of Kerry South within Ireland
Former constituency
Created1937
Abolished2016
Seats3
County councilCounty Kerry

Kerry South was a parliamentary constituency represented in Dáil Éireann, the lower house of the Irish parliament or Oireachtas, from 1937 to 2016. The constituency elected 3 deputies (Teachtaí Dála, commonly known as TDs). The method of election was the single transferable vote form of proportional representation (PR-STV).

History and boundaries[]

The constituency was located in the southern half of County Kerry taking in the Dingle and Iveragh peninsulas, including the towns of Killarney, Dingle, Cahirciveen, Killorglin and Kenmare.[1]

It was established by the Electoral (Revision of Constituencies) Act 1935 when the former Kerry constituency was divided into the constituencies of Kerry North and Kerry South. It was first used at the 1937 general election electing members of the 9th Dáil.

The Electoral (Amendment) Act 2009 defined the constituency as:[1]

"The county of Kerry, except the part thereof which is comprised in the constituency of Kerry North–West Limerick."

It was abolished at the 2016 general election and replaced by the new Kerry constituency.

TDs[]

Teachtaí Dála (TDs) for Kerry South 1937–2016[2]
Key to parties
Dáil Election Deputy
(Party)		 Deputy
(Party)		 Deputy
(Party)
9th 1937[3] John Flynn
(FF) 		Frederick Crowley
(FF) 		Fionán Lynch
(FG)
10th 1938[4]
11th 1943[5] John Healy
(FF)
12th 1944[6]
1944 by-election[7] Donal O'Donoghue
(FF)
1945 by-election[8] Honor Crowley
(FF)
13th 1948[9] John Flynn
(Ind) 		Patrick Palmer
(FG)
14th 1951[10]
15th 1954[11] John Flynn
(FF)
16th 1957[12] John Joe Rice
(SF)
17th 1961[13] Timothy O'Connor
(FF) 		Patrick Connor
(FG)
18th 1965[14]
1966 by-election[15] John O'Leary
(FF)
19th 1969[16] Michael Begley
(FG)
20th 1973[17]
21st 1977[18]
22nd 1981[19] Michael Moynihan
(Lab)
23rd 1982 (Feb)[20]
24th 1982 (Nov)[21]
25th 1987[22] John O'Donoghue
(FF)
26th 1989[23] Michael Moynihan
(Lab)
27th 1992[24] Breeda Moynihan-Cronin
(Lab)
28th 1997[25] Jackie Healy-Rae
(Ind)
29th 2002[26]
30th 2007[27] Tom Sheahan
(FG)
31st 2011[28] Tom Fleming
(Ind) 		Michael Healy-Rae
(Ind) 		Brendan Griffin
(FG)
32nd 2016 Constituency abolished. See Kerry

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: Kerry South[28]
Party Candidate FPv% Count
1 2 3 4 5 6
Fine Gael Brendan Griffin 19.8 8,808 8,943 10,014 10,865 12,636  
Independent Michael Healy-Rae 15.0 6,670 6,789 7,412 9,146 10,129 10,326
Independent Tom Fleming 14.5 6,416 6,548 7,357 8,746 10,389 10,697
Fianna Fáil John O'Donoghue 13.3 5,917 5,960 6,200      
Fine Gael Tom Sheahan 12.8 5,674 5,736 6,577 7,326 8,668 9,409
South Kerry Independent Alliance Michael Gleeson 11.1 4,939 5,222 6,378 7,037    
Labour Marie Moloney 11.1 4,926 5,132        
Green Oonagh Comerford 0.9 401          
Independent Richard Behal 0.8 348          
Independent Dermot Finn 0.6 281          
Electorate: 59,629   Valid: 44,380   Spoilt: 299 (0.7%)   Quota: 11,096   Turnout: 44,679 (74.9%)

2007 general election[]

2007 general election: Kerry South[27]
Party Candidate FPv% Count
1 2 3 4 5 6
Fianna Fáil John O'Donoghue 23.4 9,128 9,407 9,956      
Fianna Fáil Tom Fleming 17.3 6,740 6,972 7,221 7,278 8,393 8,855
Independent Jackie Healy-Rae 15.4 5,993 6,356 6,828 6,882 8,526 9,315
Fine Gael Tom Sheahan 14.3 5,600 5,819 7,927 7,960 11,010  
Labour Breeda Moynihan-Cronin 13.5 5,263 5,904 6,774 6,827    
Fine Gael Séamus Cosaí FitzGerald 10.7 4,195 4,419        
Sinn Féin Lynn Ní Bhaoigheallain 3.5 1,375          
Green John Hickey 1.9 738          
Electorate: 53,660   Valid: 39,032   Spoilt: 293 (0.8%)   Quota: 9,759   Turnout: 39,325 (73.3%)

2002 general election[]

2002 general election: Kerry South[26]
Party Candidate FPv% Count
1 2 3 4 5 6 7
Fianna Fáil John O'Donoghue 25.8 9,445            
Fianna Fáil Tom Fleming 18.9 6,912 6,995 7,255 7,407 7,593 8,276 8,381
Independent Jackie Healy-Rae 17.0 6,229 6,455 6,819 6,893 7,147 8,409 8,584
Labour Breeda Moynihan-Cronin 14.5 5,307 5,480 5,946 5,979 6,432 9,442  
Fine Gael Séamus Cosaí FitzGerald 12.4 4,539 4,732 4,791 4,811 6,083    
Fine Gael Sheila Casey 5.3 1,934 2,033 2,216 2,220      
Independent Donal Grady 3.7 1,346 1,449          
Independent Donal Barry 2.5 934            
Electorate: 51,761   Valid: 36,646   Spoilt: 376 (1.0%)   Quota: 9,162   Turnout: 37,022 (61.0%)

1997 general election[]

1997 general election: Kerry South[29]
Party Candidate FPv% Count
1 2 3 4 5 6 7
Independent Jackie Healy-Rae 20.3 7,220 7,563 8,131 8,318 9,163    
Fianna Fáil John O'Donoghue 20.3 7,204 7,280 7,408 7,487 10,346    
Labour Breeda Moynihan-Cronin 14.1 4,988 5,265 5,550 5,898 6,250 6,706 9,960
Independent Breandan MacGearailt 11.8 4,172 4,265 4,402 4,547 4,686 5,332 5,975
Fianna Fáil Brian O'Leary 11.5 4,079 4,248 4,464 4,493      
Fine Gael Aidan O'Connor 8.6 3,041 3,204 3,353 4,578 4,729 4,904  
Fine Gael Jim Kelly 5.2 1,847 1,928 2,060        
Independent P. J. Cronin 4.4 1,557 1,717          
South Kerry Independent Alliance Michael Gleeson 3.9 1,388            
Electorate: 48,164   Valid: 35,496   Spoilt: 303 (0.9%)   Quota: 8,875   Turnout: 35,799 (74.3%)

1992 general election[]

1992 general election: Kerry South[30]
Party Candidate FPv% Count
1 2 3 4 5 6
Fianna Fáil John O'Donoghue 26.4 8,263          
Labour Breeda Moynihan-Cronin 24.1 7,537 7,613 7,649 7,747 7,843  
Fianna Fáil John O'Leary 19.5 6,113 6,407 6,420 6,470 6,535 7,407
Fine Gael Michael Connor-Scarteen 11.4 3,576 3,601 3,617 3,640 3,660 4,030
Fine Gael Paul Coghlan 8.5 2,658 2,668 2,682 2,706 2,715 3,274
Independent P. J. Cronin 7.9 2,481 2,497 2,518 2,549 2,625  
Sinn Féin Dan Daly 1.1 331 333 335 353    
Independent Pól O'Críocháin 0.9 267 270 277      
Independent Liam West 0.4 112 114        
Electorate: 44,591   Valid: 31,338   Spoilt: 486 (1.5%)   Quota: 7,835   Turnout: 31,824 (71.4%)

1989 general election[]

1989 general election: Kerry South[31]
Party Candidate FPv% Count
1 2 3 4 5
Fianna Fáil John O'Leary 26.8 8,398        
Fianna Fáil John O'Donoghue 26.7 8,375        
Fine Gael Michael Begley 20.7 6,477 6,503 7,103 7,226 7,412
Labour Michael Moynihan 20.5 6,408 6,468 7,125 7,570 7,929
Progressive Democrats John Kelly 4.7 1,458 1,494      
Independent Barbara Hyland 0.6 202        
Electorate: 43,159   Valid: 31,318   Quota: 7,830   Turnout:

1987 general election[]

1987 general election: Kerry South[22]
Party Candidate 1st Pref % Seat Count
Fianna Fáil John O'Leary 7,839 23.6 1
Fianna Fáil John O'Donoghue 5,606 16.9 2
Fine Gael Michael Begley 5,036 15.3 3
Labour Michael Moynihan 4,559 13.7
Fianna Fáil Breandan Mac Gearailt 4,481 13.5
Progressive Democrats Michael Ahern 3,215 9.7
Fine Gael Denis Sheahan 910 2.7
Workers' Party Seán O'Grady 735 2.2
Independent Marcus Counihan 708 2.1
Independent James Falvey 122 0.4
Electorate: ?   Valid: 33,211   Quota: 8,303   Turnout:

November 1982 general election[]

November 1982 general election: Kerry South[21]
Party Candidate 1st Pref % Seat Count
Fianna Fáil John O'Leary 7,898 24.0 3
Labour Michael Moynihan 7,609 23.1 2
Fine Gael Michael Begley 7,524 22.8 1
Fianna Fáil John O'Donoghue 7,201 21.9
Fine Gael Thomas Randles 890 2.7
Independent Joseph O'Shea 845 2.6
Workers' Party Seán O'Grady 679 2.1
Independent Colm O'Sullivan 236 0.7
Independent Stephen Doyle 57 0.2
Electorate: ?   Valid: 32,939   Quota: 8,235   Turnout:

February 1982 general election[]

February 1982 general election: Kerry South[20]
Party Candidate FPv% Count
1 2 3 4 5
Fianna Fáil John O'Leary 23.1 7,510 7,515 7,758 7,764 8,811
Labour Michael Moynihan 21.6 7,038 7,077 7,732 7,877 8,285
Fine Gael Michael Begley 20.8 6,758 6,770 8,292    
Fianna Fáil John O'Donoghue 15.3 4,977 4,999 5,100 5,105 7,094
Fianna Fáil Tom Fitzgerald 10.8 3,523 3,544 3,582 3,585  
Fine Gael Michael Connor Scarteen 8.0 2,584 2,599      
Independent Stephen Doyle 0.4 141        
Electorate: 41,807   Valid: 32,531   Spoilt: 279 (0.9%)   Quota: 8,133   Turnout: 32,810 (78.5%)

1981 general election[]

1981 general election: Kerry South[19]
Party Candidate 1st Pref % Seat Count
Labour Michael Moynihan 8,221 24.5 1
Fianna Fáil John O'Leary 7,383 22.0 2
Fine Gael Michael Begley 6,144 18.3 3
Fianna Fáil Timothy O'Connor 4,702 14.0
Fianna Fáil John O'Donoghue 3,780 11.3
Fine Gael Patrick O'Connor 1,763 5.3
Independent Michael O'Connell 1,600 4.8
Electorate: ?   Valid: 33,593   Quota: 8,399   Turnout:

1977 general election[]

1977 general election: Kerry South[18]
Party Candidate 1st Pref % Seat Count
Fianna Fáil John O'Leary 8,002 24.5 1
Fianna Fáil Timothy O'Connor 7,917 24.2 3
Fine Gael Michael Begley 6,655 20.4 2
Labour Michael Moynihan 5,799 17.7
Fine Gael Michael Connor Scarteen 3,256 10.0
Sinn Féin – The Workers' Party Redmond Sullivan 1,065 3.3
Electorate: ?   Valid: 32,694   Quota: 8,174   Turnout:

1973 general election[]

1973 general election: Kerry South[17]
Party Candidate 1st Pref % Seat Count
Fianna Fáil John O'Leary 8,286 30.3 1 1
Fianna Fáil Timothy O'Connor 5,819 21.3 2
Fine Gael Michael Begley 5,390 19.7 3
Labour Michael Moynihan 3,806 13.9
Fine Gael Daniel Barry 3,025 11.1
Official Sinn Féin Patrick O'Callaghan 1,014 3.7
Electorate: ?   Valid: 27,340   Quota: 6,836   Turnout:

1969 general election[]

1969 general election: Kerry South[16]
Party Candidate 1st Pref % Seat Count
Fianna Fáil John O'Leary 8,656 30.6 1 1
Fianna Fáil Timothy O'Connor 6,490 22.9 2
Fine Gael Michael Begley 4,564 16.1 3
Fine Gael Patrick Connor 3,891 13.8
Labour Tadhg O'Sullivan 2,652 9.4
Fine Gael Daniel Barry 2,038 7.2
Electorate: ?   Valid: 28,291   Quota: 7,073   Turnout:

1966 by-election[]

Following the death of Fianna Fáil TD Honor Crowley, a by-election was held on 7 December 1966. The seat was won by the Fianna Fáil candidate John O'Leary.

1966 by-election: Kerry South[32]
Party Candidate FPv% Count
1 2
Fianna Fáil John O'Leary 45.9 12,499 13,590
Fine Gael Michael Begley 36.3 9,875 12,807
Labour Michael Moynihan 17.8 4,849  
Electorate: 35,832   Valid: 27,223   Quota: 13,612   Turnout: 75.97%

1965 general election[]

1965 general election: Kerry South[14]
Party Candidate 1st Pref % Seat Count
Fianna Fáil Timothy O'Connor 5,977 22.5 2
Fianna Fáil Honor Crowley 5,746 21.6 3
Fine Gael Patrick Connor 5,501 20.7 1
Labour Michael Moynihan 4,712 17.7
Fine Gael Michael Begley 3,250 12.2
Independent James Courtney 1,370 5.2
Electorate: ?   Valid: 26,556   Quota: 6,640   Turnout:

1961 general election[]

1961 general election: Kerry South[13]
Party Candidate 1st Pref % Seat Count
Fianna Fáil Honor Crowley 5,640 22.3 2
Fine Gael Patrick Connor 5,402 21.3 1
Fianna Fáil Timothy O'Connor 5,244 20.7 3
Labour Michael Moynihan 3,630 14.3
Sinn Féin John Joe Rice 3,240 12.8
Fine Gael Michael O'Sullivan 2,158 8.5
Electorate: ?   Valid: 25,314   Quota: 6,329   Turnout:

1957 general election[]

1957 general election: Kerry South[12]
Party Candidate 1st Pref % Seat Count
Fine Gael Patrick Palmer 5,899 26.6 1 1
Fianna Fáil Honor Crowley 5,632 25.4 2 1
Sinn Féin John Joe Rice 5,582 25.1 3 1
Fianna Fáil John Flynn 5,101 23.0
Electorate: ?   Valid: 22,214   Quota: 5,554   Turnout:

1954 general election[]

1954 general election: Kerry South[11]
Party Candidate 1st Pref % Seat Count
Fine Gael Patrick Palmer 6,376 25.6 1 1
Fianna Fáil John Flynn 5,834 23.4 2
Fianna Fáil Honor Crowley 5,732 23.0 3
Labour Michael Moynihan 2,690 10.8
Clann na Talmhan William Dennehy 2,461 9.9
Clann na Poblachta John O'Leary 1,853 7.4
Electorate: ?   Valid: 24,946   Quota: 6,237   Turnout:

1951 general election[]

1951 general election: Kerry South[32]
Party Candidate FPv% Count
1 2 3 4 5
Fine Gael Patrick Palmer 29.5 7,437        
Independent John Flynn 21.2 5,337 5,614 6,023 7,521  
Fianna Fáil Honor Mary Crowley 18.6 4,679 4,739 4,772 5,236 5,438
Fianna Fáil Patrick J. Lane 16.8 4,232 4,312 4,405 4,555 4,648
Clann na Poblachta John Joe O'Leary 9.3 2,330 2,723 3,579    
Clann na Poblachta Jeremiah O'Riordan 4.7 1,170 1,500      
Electorate: 33,680   Valid: 25,185   Quota: 6,297   Turnout: 74.78%

1948 general election[]

1948 general election: Kerry South[32]
Party Candidate FPv% Count
1 2 3 4 5 6
Fine Gael Patrick W. Palmer 18.9 4,924 5,400 5,548 5,689 6,059 6,161
Independent John Flynn 15.7 4,107 4,374 4,767 4,920 6,473 6,944
Fianna Fáil Honor Mary Crowley 15.7 4,091 4,244 4,274 5,973 7,900  
Fianna Fáil John B. Healy 15.3 3,992 4,033 4,164 4,398    
Clann na Poblachta Pádraig O'Donoghue 12.2 3,179 3,468 4,791 4,935 5,079 5,115
Fianna Fáil Donal J. O'Donoghue 8.7 2,278 2,357 2,462      
Clann na Poblachta Patrick Jones 8.1 2,121 2,183        
Independent Patrick J. O'Shea 5.5 1,424          
Electorate: 35,580   Valid: 26,116   Quota: 6,530   Turnout: 73.40%

1945 by-election[]

Following the death of Fianna Fáil TD Frederick Crowley, a by-election was held on 4 December 1945. The seat was won by the Fianna Fáil candidate Honor Crowley, widow of the deceased TD.

1945 by-election: Kerry South[32]
Party Candidate FPv% Count
1
Fianna Fáil Honor Mary Crowley 56.7 10,483
Clann na Talmhan Edmund Horan 43.3 8,018
Electorate: 36,029   Valid: 18,501   Quota: 9,251   Turnout: 51.35%

1944 by-election[]

Following the resignation of Fine Gael TD Fionán Lynch upon his appointment as a judge, a by-election was held on 10 November 1944. The seat was won by the Fianna Fáil candidate Donal O'Donoghue.

1944 by-election: Kerry South[32]
Party Candidate FPv% Count
1 2
Fianna Fáil Donal J O'Donoghue 48.6 10,986 11,771
Clann na Talmhan Edmund Horan 30.1 6,795 9,348
Fine Gael Eoin O'Connell 21.3 4,822  
Electorate: 35,940   Valid: 22,603   Quota: 11,302   Turnout: 62.89%

1944 general election[]

1944 general election: Kerry South[6]
Party Candidate 1st Pref % Seat Count
Fianna Fáil Frederick Crowley 6,693 26.6 1 1
Fianna Fáil John Healy 6,526 25.9 2 1
Fine Gael Fionán Lynch 6,057 24.1 3
Independent Edmund Horan 5,908 23.5
Electorate: ?   Valid: 25,184   Quota: 6,297   Turnout:

1943 general election[]

1943 general election: Kerry South[5]
Party Candidate 1st Pref % Seat Count
Fianna Fáil Frederick Crowley 5,934 22.4 1
Fianna Fáil John Healy 5,323 20.1 3
Fine Gael Fionán Lynch 4,771 18.0 2
Independent Daniel Allman 4,446 16.8
Labour William Myers 4,384 16.5
Independent John Duffy 1,685 6.4
Electorate: ?   Valid: 26,543   Quota: 6,636   Turnout:

1938 general election[]

1938 general election: Kerry South[4]
Party Candidate 1st Pref % Seat Count
Fianna Fáil John Flynn Unopposed N/A 1
Fianna Fáil Frederick Crowley Unopposed N/A 2
Fine Gael Fionán Lynch Unopposed N/A 3

1937 general election[]

1937 general election: Kerry South[3]
Party Candidate 1st Pref % Seat Count
Fianna Fáil John Flynn 7,268 28.3 1 1
Fianna Fáil Frederick Crowley 6,772 26.4 2 1
Fine Gael Fionán Lynch 4,741 18.5 3
Independent Patrick O'Shea 3,532 13.7
Fine Gael William O'Sullivan 3,384 13.2
Electorate: ?   Valid: 25,697   Quota: 6,425   Turnout:

See also[]

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