Galway North (Dáil constituency)

For the 1885–1922 constituency, see North Galway (UK Parliament constituency).

Galway North 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, on the system of proportional representation by means of the single transferable vote (PR-STV).

Galway North
Former Dáil constituency
Former constituency
Created	1948
Abolished	1961
Seats	3
Local government area	County Galway
Created from	Galway East Galway West
Replaced by	Galway East Galway West

History

The constituency was created under the Electoral (Amendment) Act 1947 for the 1948 general election to Dáil Éireann.^[1] It was abolished under the Electoral (Amendment) Act 1961, when the three existing Galway constituencies were replaced by the two new constituencies of Galway East and Galway West.

Boundaries

The administrative county of Galway except the portion thereof which was comprised in the County Constituencies of Galway West and Galway South.^[1]

TDs

Teachtaí Dála (TDs) for Galway North 1948–1961[2]
Key to parties   FF = Fianna Fáil   CnaT = Clann na Talmhan   FG = Fine Gael
Dáil	Election	Deputy (Party)		Deputy (Party)		Deputy (Party)
13th	1948[3]		Mark Killilea Snr (FF)		Michael F. Kitt (FF)		Michael Donnellan (CnaT)
14th	1951[4]				James Hession (FG)
15th	1954[5]
16th	1957[6]				Michael F. Kitt (FF)
17th	1961	Constituency abolished. See Galway East and Galway 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.

Elections

1957 general election

1957 general election: Galway North^[6][7]

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2	3
	Clann na Talmhan	Michael Donnellan	33.1	7,399
	Fianna Fáil	Michael F. Kitt	23.3	5,215	5,358	5,946
	Fianna Fáil	Mark Killilea Snr	21.6	4,826	4,939	5,346
	Sinn Féin	Pádraig Ó Ceallaigh	11.4	2,551	2,716
	Fine Gael	James Hession	10.6	2,380	3,765	4,302
Electorate: 29,884   Valid: 22,371   Quota: 5,593   Turnout: 74.9%

1954 general election

1954 general election: Galway North^[5][7]

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2	3	4
	Clann na Talmhan	Michael Donnellan	33.7	7,889
	Fianna Fáil	Michael F. Kitt	19.7	4,619	5,195	5,266	5,352
	Fianna Fáil	Mark Killilea Snr	18.9	4,430	5,600	5,665	5,834
	Fine Gael	James Hession	18.7	4,374	4,553	6,453
	Fianna Fáil	Thomas King	9.0	2,099
Electorate: 30,452   Valid: 23,411   Quota: 5,853   Turnout: 76.9%

1951 general election

1951 general election: Galway North^[7]

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2	3	4
	Clann na Talmhan	Michael Donnellan	34.8	7,923
	Fianna Fáil	Mark Killilea Snr	18.5	4,205	4,287	4,391	5,952
	Fianna Fáil	Michael F. Kitt	18.1	4,120	4,200	4,236	4,886
	Fine Gael	James Hession	12.7	2,882	4,291	5,581	5,764
	Fianna Fáil	Seán Glynn	10.5	2,382	2,511	2,632
	Clann na Poblachta	William Burke	5.6	1,265	1,793
Electorate: 31,373   Valid: 22,777   Quota: 5,695   Turnout: 72.60%

1948 general election

1948 general election: Galway North^[7]

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8
	Fianna Fáil	Mark Killilea Snr	19.9	4,636	4,663	4,682	4,728	4,808	4,961	6,816
	Clann na Talmhan	Michael Donnellan	19.6	4,582	5,072	5,171	5,251	5,861
	Fianna Fáil	Michael F. Kitt	16.0	3,742	3,851	3,876	3,897	4,033	4,166	4,814	5,782
	Fianna Fáil	Seán Glynn	12.1	2,811	2,826	2,838	2,850	2,882	2,924
	Labour	Robert Malachy Burke	9.7	2,273	2,309	2,418	2,466	2,704	3,971	4,162	4,175
	Clann na Poblachta	John Nohilly	6.7	1,562	1,606	1,651	2,352	2,575
	Fine Gael	Mark Wall	4.5	1,046	1,074	1,658	1,679
	Clann na Poblachta	Michael Mannion	4.0	922	944	963
	Fine Gael	William Allen	3.8	886	942
	Clann na Talmhan	Patrick Collins	3.8	876
Electorate: 32,389   Valid: 23,336   Quota: 5,835   Turnout: 72.05%

See also

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

References

1. "Electoral (Amendment) Act, 1947: (Constituencies)". Irish Statute Book database. Retrieved 20 September 2010.
2. Walker, Brian M, ed. (1992). Parliamentary election results in Ireland, 1918–92. Dublin: Royal Irish Academy. ISBN 0-901714-96-8. ISSN 0332-0286.
3. "General election 1948: Galway North". ElectionsIreland.org. Retrieved 20 September 2010.
4. "General election 1951: Galway North". ElectionsIreland.org. Retrieved 20 September 2010.
5. "General election 1954: Galway North". ElectionsIreland.org. Retrieved 20 September 2010.
6. "General election 1957: Galway North". ElectionsIreland.org. Retrieved 20 September 2010.
7. Gallagher, Michael (2009). Irish Elections 1948–77: Results and Analysis Sources for the Study of Irish Politics 2. Routledge. ISBN 9781138973343.

External links

• Oireachtas Members Database