Cork North (Dáil constituency)

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

Cork North was a parliamentary constituency represented in Dáil Éireann, the lower house of the Irish parliament or Oireachtas from 1923 to 1961. The constituency elected 3 (and sometimes 4) 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).

Cork North
Former Dáil constituency
Former constituency
Created	1923
Abolished	1961
Seats	3 (1923–1937) 4 (1937–1948) 3 (1948–1961)
Local government area	County Cork
Created from	Cork Mid, North, South, South East and West
Replaced by	Cork Mid Cork North-East

History

The constituency was created under the Electoral Act 1923, for the 1923 general election to Dáil Éireann, whose members formed the 4th Dáil. The constituency returned 3 Teachtaí Dála initially. The number of seats was increased to 4 for the 1937 general election but was reduced back to 3 for the 1948 general election.

It succeeded the constituency of Cork Mid, North, South, South East and West. It was abolished under the Electoral (Amendment) Act 1961, when it was replaced by the new constituency of Cork North-East and Cork Mid.

Boundaries

It consisted of the county electoral areas of Kanturk and Macroom in the administrative county of Cork.^[1]

TDs

Teachtaí Dála (TDs) for Cork North 1923–1961[2]
Key to parties   CnaT = Clann na Talmhan   CnaG = Cumann na nGaedheal   FP = Farmers' Party   FF = Fianna Fáil   FG = Fine Gael   Ind = Independent   Lab = Labour   Rep = Republican
Dáil	Election	Deputy (Party)		Deputy (Party)		Deputy (Party)		Deputy (Party)
4th	1923[3]		Daniel Corkery (Rep)		Daniel Vaughan (FP)		Thomas Nagle (Lab)	3 seats 1923–1937
5th	1927 (Jun)[4]		Daniel Corkery (Ind)				Timothy Quill (Lab)
6th	1927 (Sep)[5]		Daniel Corkery (FF)				Daniel O'Leary (CnaG)
7th	1932[6]		Seán Moylan (FF)
8th	1933[7]				Daniel Corkery (FF)
9th	1937[8]				Patrick Daly (FG)		Timothy Linehan (FG)		Con Meaney (FF)
10th	1938[9]
11th	1943[10]				Patrick Halliden (CnaT)				Leo Skinner (FF)
12th	1944[11]						Patrick McAuliffe (Lab)
13th	1948[12]							3 seats 1948–1961
14th	1951[13]				Denis O'Sullivan (FG)
15th	1954[14]
16th	1957[15]		Batt Donegan (FF)
17th	1961	Constituency abolished. See Cork North-East and Cork Mid

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: Cork North^[15][16]

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2
	Fine Gael	Denis J. O'Sullivan	28.6	7,911
	Labour	Patrick McAuliffe	24.9	6,887	7,688
	Fianna Fáil	Batt Donegan	24.9	6,865	6,971
	Fianna Fáil	Seán Moylan	21.6	5,960	6,058
Electorate: 35,117   Valid: 27,623   Quota: 6,906   Turnout: 78.7%

1954 general election

1954 general election: Cork North^[14][16]

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2
	Fianna Fáil	Seán Moylan	25.3	7,461
	Fine Gael	Denis J. O'Sullivan	24.9	7,355	9,385
	Labour	Patrick McAuliffe	24.5	7,243	7,597
	Fianna Fáil	Batt Donegan	14.4	4,241	4,797
	Independent	William Biggane	10.9	3,232
Electorate: 35,577   Valid: 29,532   Quota: 7,384   Turnout: 83.0%

1951 general election

1951 general election: Cork North^[16]

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2	3	4
	Fine Gael	Denis J. O'Sullivan	25.9	7,824
	Labour	Patrick McAuliffe	21.9	6,617	6,729	7,579
	Fianna Fáil	Seán Moylan	17.4	5,269	5,276	5,422	7,640
	Fianna Fáil	Con Meaney	14.5	4,381	4,398	4,792	6,085
	Fianna Fáil	Cornelius O'Callaghan	12.7	3,853	3,867	4,300
	Independent	Garrett Barrett	7.6	2,291	2,406
Electorate: 36,120   Valid: 30,235   Quota: 7,559   Turnout: 83.71%

1948 general election

1948 general election: Cork North^[16]

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2	3	4	5
	Fianna Fáil	Seán Moylan	25.6	7,624
	Labour	Patrick McAuliffe	22.3	6,634	6,655	7,403	8,471
	Clann na Talmhan	Patrick J. Halliden	16.3	4,851	4,857	5,133	5,845	5,998
	Fine Gael	Denis J. O'Sullivan	15.9	4,741	4,746	5,053	5,578	5,678
	Fianna Fáil	Con Meaney	13.8	4,118	4,250	4,405
	Clann na Poblachta	John B. Sullivan	5.1	1,520	1,523
	Clann na Poblachta	William C. Toomey	1.1	333	334
Electorate: 37,288   Valid: 29,821   Quota: 7,456   Turnout: 79.97%

1944 general election

1944 general election: Cork North^[11][17]

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2	3	4	5
	Fianna Fáil	Seán Moylan	18.9	7,030	7,097	10,099
	Labour	Patrick McAuliffe	17.9	6,659	7,035	7,308	7,326	7,463
	Clann na Talmhan	Patrick Halliden	17.9	6,648	7,706
	Fianna Fáil	Leo Skinner	13.7	5,108	5,355	5,762	5,781	8,247
	Fianna Fáil	Con Meaney	11.0	4,081	4,146
	Fine Gael	Timothy Linehan	10.6	3,938	5,687	6,005	6,237	6,296
	Fine Gael	Patrick Daly	10.0	3,719
Electorate: 49,205   Valid: 37,183   Quota: 7,437   Turnout: 75.6%

1943 general election

1943 general election: Cork North^[10][17]

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2	3	4	5	6
	Fianna Fáil	Seán Moylan	16.4	6,456	6,642	6,942	9,824
	Clann na Talmhan	Patrick Halliden	15.4	6,079	6,403	6,503	6,730	6,790	7,644
	Fine Gael	Timothy Linehan	12.1	4,758	5,008	5,145	5,379	5,423	7,917
	Fianna Fáil	Leo Skinner	10.6	4,187	4,822	4,947	5,254	7,004	7,328
	Labour	Patrick McAuliffe	10.3	4,068	4,264	6,734	6,949	7,028	7,244
	Fianna Fáil	Con Meaney	9.6	3,769	3,893	3,994
	Fine Gael	Patrick Daly	9.0	3,545	4,379	4,699	4,728	4,736
	Labour	John Crotty	8.4	3,324	3,740
	Independent	Seán Keane, Snr	7.3	2,893
	Independent	David Forde	0.8	331
Electorate: 49,205   Valid: 39,410   Quota: 7,883   Turnout: 80.1%

1938 general election

1938 general election: Cork North^[9][17]

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2	3	4
	Fianna Fáil	Seán Moylan	25.7	10,070
	Fine Gael	Timothy Linehan	20.2	7,920
	Fine Gael	Patrick Daly	20.0	7,845	7,901
	Labour	Timothy Quill	12.6	4,950	5,095	5,158	5,441
	Fianna Fáil	William Griffin	11.9	4,658	5,037	5,039
	Fianna Fáil	Con Meaney	9.7	3,794	5,436	5,443	9,819
Electorate: 47,221   Valid: 39,237   Quota: 7,848   Turnout: 83.1%

1937 general election

1937 general election: Cork North^[8][17]

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2	3	4	5	6
	Fine Gael	Timothy Linehan	20.3	7,953
	Fianna Fáil	Seán Moylan	19.6	7,649	7,652	7,701	7,743	10,391
	Fine Gael	Patrick Daly	15.4	6,023	6,130	9,441
	Labour	Timothy Quill	14.9	5,824	5,828	6,007	6,634	6,983	7,092
	Fianna Fáil	Con Meaney	10.3	4,024	4,029	4,065	4,133	4,842	7,281
	Fianna Fáil	Patrick Murphy	9.9	3,854	3,854	3,868	3,896
	Independent	Edward Cronin	9.6	3,762	3,778
Electorate: 47,822   Valid: 39,089   Quota: 7,818   Turnout: 81.7%

1933 general election

1933 general election: Cork North^[7][17]

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2	3	4
	Cumann na nGaedheal	Daniel O'Leary	25.1	7,736
	Fianna Fáil	Seán Moylan	24.3	7,463	7,464	7,571	7,925
	Fianna Fáil	Daniel Corkery	23.1	7,093	7,095	7,277	7,641
	National Centre Party	Daniel Vaughan	22.1	6,799	6,838	6,912	7,161
	Labour	Daniel Hinchin	3.3	1,029	1,030	1,264
	Labour	Dominick O'Sullivan	2.1	645	646
Electorate: 35,973   Valid: 30,765   Quota: 7,692   Turnout: 85.5%

1932 general election

1932 general election: Cork North^[6][17]

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2
	Farmers' Party	Daniel Vaughan	22.9	6,408	6,931
	Fianna Fáil	Seán Moylan	22.3	6,238	7,278
	Cumann na nGaedheal	Daniel O'Leary	22.0	6,133	6,947
	Fianna Fáil	Daniel Corkery	19.0	5,314	6,454
	Labour	Daniel Hinchin	13.8	3,854
Electorate: 34,720   Valid: 27,947   Quota: 6,987   Turnout: 80.5%

September 1927 general election

September 1927 general election: Cork North^[5][17]

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2	3	4
	Fianna Fáil	Daniel Corkery	30.2	7,800
	Cumann na nGaedheal	Daniel O'Leary	27.4	7,074
	Farmers' Party	Daniel Vaughan	20.0	5,147	5,281	5,799	6,193
	Labour	Timothy Quill	16.0	4,123	5,052	5,133	6,074
	Independent	Daniel Hinchin	6.4	1,642	1,932	1,960
Electorate: 35,492   Valid: 25,786   Quota: 6,447   Turnout: 72.7%

June 1927 general election

June 1927 general election: Cork North^[4][17]

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2	3	4
	Independent	Daniel Corkery	24.0	5,602	5,661	6,046
	Labour	Timothy Quill	17.9	4,165	4,558	4,702	6,041
	Farmers' Party	Daniel Vaughan	17.6	4,099	4,923	5,640	6,223
	Independent	Daniel Hinchin	11.3	2,627	2,785	3,046
	Farmers' Party	Daniel Forde	11.0	2,575	2,998	3,318	3,425
	Independent	Michael Barry	9.1	2,131	2,285
	Cumann na nGaedheal	John Cronin	9.0	2,106
Electorate: 35,492   Valid: 23,305   Quota: 5,827   Turnout: 65.7%

1923 general election

Figures from the second count are not available.

1923 general election: Cork North^[3][17]

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2	3
	Republican	Daniel Corkery	30.7	6,290
	Farmers' Party	Daniel Vaughan	21.0	4,299	N/A	5,206
	Labour	Thomas Nagle	18.1	3,716	N/A	5,224
	Farmers' Party	Edward Neville	16.5	3,385	N/A	4,701
	Cumann na nGaedheal	John Lynch	13.6	2,792	N/A
Electorate: 37,100   Valid: 20,482   Quota: 5,121   Turnout: 55.2%

See also

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

References

1. "Electoral (Amendment) Act, 1923: (Constituencies)". Irish Statute Book database. Archived from the original on 7 August 2011. Retrieved 15 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 1923: Cork North". ElectionsIreland.org. Archived from the original on 21 February 2011. Retrieved 15 September 2010.
4. "General election June 1927: Cork North". ElectionsIreland.org. Archived from the original on 21 February 2011. Retrieved 15 September 2010.
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11. "General election 1944: Cork North". ElectionsIreland.org. Archived from the original on 21 February 2011. Retrieved 15 September 2010.
12. "General election 1948: Cork North". ElectionsIreland.org. Archived from the original on 21 February 2011. Retrieved 15 September 2010.
13. "General election 1951: Cork North". ElectionsIreland.org. Archived from the original on 21 February 2011. Retrieved 15 September 2010.
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16. Gallagher, Michael (2009). Irish Elections 1948–77: Results and Analysis Sources for the Study of Irish Politics 2. Routledge. ISBN 9781138973343.
17. Gallagher, Michael (1993). Irish Elections 1922-44: Results and Analysis. PSAI Press. ISBN 0951974815.

External links

• Oireachtas Members Database