Dublin South (Dáil constituency)

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).

Dublin South
Former Dáil Éireann Parliamentary Constituency
Location of Dublin South within County Dublin
Former constituency
Created	1981
Abolished	2016
Seats	5
County council	Dún Laoghaire–Rathdown South Dublin

Dublin South
Former Dáil Éireann Parliamentary Constituency
Former constituency
Created	1921
Abolished	1948
Seats	4 (1921–1923) 7 (1923–1948)
County council	County Dublin

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). The constituency was re-created under the terms of the Electoral (Amendment) Act 1980 and was first used for the 1981 general election.[3]

The legislation establishing the constituency defined it as consisting of the wards of:[3] Pembroke East D, Rathfarnham B, Rathfarnham C, Rathfarnham South together with 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 the part of the district electoral division of Firhouse 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.

From 2009 the constituency covered the Dún Laoghaire–Rathdown and South Dublin county areas. It covered areas such as Stillorgan (west of the N11 road), Cabinteely (west of the N11 road), Dundrum, Mount Merrion, Kilmacud, Goatstown, Rathfarnham, Sandyford, Stepaside, Kilternan, Ballinteer, Churchtown and Ballyboden.[5]

The Electoral (Amendment) Act 2009 defined the area of the constituency as:[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   CnaG = Cumann na nGaedheal   FF = Fianna Fáil   FG = Fine Gael   Ind = Independent   Lab = Labour Party   NL = National League Party   Rep = Republican   SF = Sinn Féin   SF (PT) = Sinn Féin (Pro-Treaty)
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 (PT))		Daniel McCarthy (SF (PT))		William X. 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   FF = Fianna Fáil   FG = Fine Gael   GP = Green Party   Ind = Independent   Lab = Labour Party   PD = Progressive Democrats
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 (PD)
26th	1989[30]						Nuala Fennell (FG)		Roger Garland (GP)
27th	1992[31]						Liz O'Donnell (PD)		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	Count 2	Count 3	Count 4	Count 5	Count 6	Count 7	Count 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 Party	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 Party	Eamon Ryan	6.8	4,929	5,489	5,626	5,798	6,120	6,536	7,332
	Labour Party	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 Party	Alex White[40]	19.8	10,294
	Fianna Fáil	Shay Brennan[39]	17.8	9,250
	Green Party	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	Count 2	Count 3	Count 4	Count 5	Count 6	Count 7	Count 8	Count 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 Party	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 Party	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 Party	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	Count 2	Count 3	Count 4	Count 5	Count 6	Count 7	Count 8	Count 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 Party	Eithne FitzGerald	9.5	5,247	5,400	5,404	5,723	6,077	6,232	6,483	7,108	8,263
	Green Party	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	Count 2	Count 3	Count 4	Count 5	Count 6	Count 7	Count 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 Party	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 Party	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	Count 2	Count 3	Count 4	Count 5	Count 6	Count 7	Count 8	Count 9	Count 10	Count 11	Count 12
	Labour Party	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 Party	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[30]
Party		Candidate	1st Pref	%	Seat	Count
	Fianna Fáil	Séamus Brennan	13,927	25.7	1
	Fine Gael	Alan Shatter	7,969	14.7	3
	Fianna Fáil	Tom Kitt	7,217	13.3	2
	Fine Gael	Nuala Fennell	4,983	9.2	5
	Green Party	Roger Garland	4,771	8.8	4
	Progressive Democrats	Anne Colley	4,607	8.5
	Labour Party	Eithne FitzGerald	4,134	7.6
	Fine Gael	Olivia Mitchell	2,786	5.1
	Fianna Fáil	Ann Ormonde	2,328	4.3
	Workers' Party	Eamonn Ó Liathain	1,440	2.7
Electorate: ?   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 Party	Eithne FitzGerald	2,684	4.7
	Fianna Fáil	Ann Ormonde	2,133	3.7
	Green Alliance	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 Party	Eithne FitzGerald	2,388	4.6
	Labour Party	Frank Buckley	1,911	3.7
	Fianna Fáil	Ruairí Brugha	1,353	2.6
	Ecology Party	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	Count 2	Count 3	Count 4	Count 5	Count 6	Count 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 Party	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 Party	John Horgan	3,004	5.9
	Fianna Fáil	Tom Kitt	2,636	5.2
	Fine Gael	Thomas Hand	2,621	5.2
	Labour Party	Eithne FitzGerald	1,258	2.5
	Labour Party	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 Party	James Larkin Jnr	3,587	7.3	5
	Labour Party	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 Party	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 Party	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 Party	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 Party	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 Party	Thomas Lawlor	2,845	5.2
	Labour Party	Eamonn Lynch	1,076	2.0
	Fine Gael	Thomas O'Byrne	765	1.4
	Labour Party	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 Party	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 Party	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 Party	Thomas Lawlor	1,898	3.5
	Labour Party	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 Party	Thomas Lawlor	3,662	6.7
	Cumann na nGaedheal	Myles Keogh	3,522	6.5	5
	Independent	John Lawlor	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:

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 Party	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 Party	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 Party	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 Party	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 Party	William X. 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.[45] Markievicz secured an injunction in the Republican Supreme Court against Reddin, who published an apology on election day in The Irish Times.[45] The official notice of poll listed Markievicz's name first, but the ballot (and Reddin's sample) listed her third.[45] She later complained that the electoral register was "rotten".[45]

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 Party	William X. 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

See also

• Dáil constituencies
• Politics of the Republic of Ireland
• Historic Dáil constituencies
• Elections in the Republic of Ireland

References

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External links

• Oireachtas Members Database

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