Dublin North-Central (Dáil constituency)

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

Dublin North-Central
Former Dáil Éireann
Parliamentary Constituency
Location of Dublin North-Central within County Dublin
Former constituency
Created1948
Abolished2016
Seats3 (1948–1961)
4 (1961–1977)
3 (1977–1981)
4 (1981–2007)
3 (2007–2016)
City councilDublin City

History and boundaries

It varied between 3 and 4 seats from its creation in 1948. It was located on the north side of Dublin city.[1]

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

"In the city of Dublin the electoral divisions of:
Beaumont B, Beaumont C, Beaumont D, Beaumont E, Beaumont F, Clontarf East A, Clontarf East B, Clontarf East C, Clontarf East D, Clontarf East E, Clontarf West A, Clontarf West B, Clontarf West C, Clontarf West D, Clontarf West E, Drumcondra South A, Edenmore, Grace Park, Harmonstown A, Harmonstown B, Kilmore A, Kilmore B, Kilmore C, Kilmore D."

It was subsumed into the new Dublin Bay North constituency at the 2016 general election.

The constituency's most high-profile TD was Charles Haughey, who won the first seat in the constituency at every election from 1981 until his retirement in 1992, when his son Seán Haughey won a seat but did not top the poll.

TDs
Teachtaí Dála (TDs) for Dublin North-Central 1948–2016[2]
Key to parties
DáilElectionDeputy
(Party)		Deputy
(Party)		Deputy
(Party)		Deputy
(Party)
13th1948[3] Vivion de Valera
(FF)		 Martin O'Sullivan
(Lab)		 Patrick McGilligan
(FG)		 3 seats
1948–1961
14th1951[4] Colm Gallagher
(FF)
15th1954[5] Maureen O'Carroll
(Lab)
16th1957[6] Colm Gallagher
(FF)
1957 by-election[7] Frank Sherwin
(Ind)
17th1961[8] Celia Lynch
(FF)
18th1965[9] Michael O'Leary
(Lab)		 Luke Belton
(FG)
19th1969[10] George Colley
(FF)
20th1973[11]
21st1977[12] Vincent Brady
(FF)		 Michael Keating
(FG)		 3 seats
1977–1981
22nd1981[13] Charles Haughey
(FF)		 Noël Browne
(SLP)		 George Birmingham
(FG)
23rd1982 (Feb)[14] Richard Bruton
(FG)
24th1982 (Nov)[15]
25th1987[16]
26th1989[17] Ivor Callely
(FF)
27th1992[18] Seán Haughey
(FF)		 Derek McDowell
(Lab)
28th1997[19]
29th2002[20] Finian McGrath
(Ind)
30th2007[21] 3 seats
from 2007
31st2011[22] Aodhán Ó Ríordáin
(Lab)
32nd2016 Constituency abolished. See Dublin Bay North

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 North-Central[22]
PartyCandidateFPv%Count 1Count 2Count 3Count 4Count 5Count 6Count 7
Fine Gael Richard Bruton 25.0 9,685 9,790          
Labour Party Aodhán Ó Ríordáin 22.5 8,731 8,911 9,329 10,192      
Independent Finian McGrath 15.4 5,986 6,156 6,701 7,777 8,119 8,150 11,025
Fianna Fáil Seán Haughey 12.9 5,017 5,077 5,128 5,295 5,338 5,348  
Fine Gael Naoise Ó Muirí 12.8 4,959 5,033 5,098 5,240 5,353 5,403 6,399
Sinn Féin Helen McCormack 5.6 2,165 2,187 2,602        
People Before Profit John Lyons[23] 3.6 1,399 1,587          
Green Party Donna Cooney 1.3 501            
Independent Paul Clarke 0.9 331            
Electorate: 52,992   Valid: 38,774   Spoilt: 413 (1.1%)   Quota: 9,694   Turnout: 39,187 (73.9%)

    2007 general election
    2007 general election: Dublin North-Central[21]
    PartyCandidateFPv%Count 1Count 2Count 3Count 4Count 5
    Fine Gael Richard Bruton 25.5 9,303        
    Fianna Fáil Seán Haughey 24.8 9,026 9,046 9,280    
    Fianna Fáil Ivor Callely 19.2 7,003 7,019 7,167 7,252 7,952
    Independent Finian McGrath 14.2 5,169 5,212 5,768 5,819 9,397
    Labour Party Derek McDowell 7.3 2,649 2,741 2,884 2,897  
    Green Party Bronwen Maher 5.2 1,891 1,913 2,160 2,186  
    Sinn Féin Peter Lawlor 3.8 1,375 1,380      
    Electorate: 53,443   Valid: 36,416   Spoilt: 342 (0.9%)   Quota: 9,105   Turnout: 36,758 (68.8%)

      2002 general election
      2002 general election: Dublin North-Central[20]
      PartyCandidateFPv%Count 1Count 2Count 3Count 4Count 5Count 6
      Fianna Fáil Seán Haughey 19.0 7,614 7,655 7,718 8,028    
      Fianna Fáil Ivor Callely 17.2 6,896 6,937 7,035 7,213 7,438 7,833
      Fianna Fáil Deirdre Heney 13.8 5,533 5,564 5,627 5,802 6,101 6,527
      Fine Gael Richard Bruton 12.9 5,159 5,195 6,247 6,362 6,750 9,045
      Labour Party Derek McDowell 10.5 4,203 4,285 4,431 4,719 5,548  
      Ind. Health Alliance Finian McGrath 9.5 3,781 3,893 4,021 4,698 5,756 7,638
      Sinn Féin Frances McCole 5.7 2,299 2,445 2,459      
      Green Party Bronwen Maher 5.7 2,275 2,403 2,486 3,058    
      Fine Gael Gerry Breen 4.1 1,650 1,661        
      Socialist Workers Ritchie Brown 1.6 638          
      Electorate: 65,583   Valid: 40,048   Spoilt: 427 (1.1%)   Quota: 8,010   Turnout: 40,475 (61.7%)

        1997 general election
        1997 general election: Dublin North-Central[19]
        Party Candidate 1st Pref % Seat Count
        Fianna Fáil Ivor Callely 11,190 25.9 1 1
        Fine Gael Richard Bruton 8,196 19.0 3 5
        Fianna Fáil Seán Haughey 7,670 17.8 2 2
        Labour Party Derek McDowell 2,848 6.6 4 11
        Independent Seán Dublin Bay Rockall Loftus 2,485 5.8
        Fine Gael Niamh Cosgrave 1,713 3.9
        Green Party Stephen Rawson 1,650 3.8
        Independent Finian McGrath 1,551 3.6
        Progressive Democrats Ronan Garvey 1,424 3.3
        Fine Gael Cathy Fay 1,326 3.1
        Democratic Left Helen Lahert 1,194 2.8
        Fianna Fáil Ita Green 1,184 2.7
        Socialist Workers Ritchie Browne 698 1.6
        Independent Norman Hunt 36 0.1
        Electorate: 66,559   Valid: 43,165   Spoilt: 456 (1.1%)   Quota: 8,634   Turnout: 43,621 (65.5%)

        1992 general election
        1992 general election: Dublin North-Central[18]
        Party Candidate 1st Pref % Seat Count
        Labour Party Derek McDowell 10,609 23.1 1 1
        Fianna Fáil Seán Haughey 8,202 17.9 3 12
        Fine Gael Richard Bruton 7,657 16.7 2 10
        Fianna Fáil Ivor Callely 5,917 12.9 4 13
        Fianna Fáil John Stafford 3,759 8.2
        Independent Seán Dublin Bay Rockall Loftus 3,551 7.7
        Fine Gael Pat Lee 2,620 5.7
        Democratic Left Helen Lahert 1,376 3.0
        Independent Finian McGrath 764 1.7
        Sinn Féin Nick McBennett 644 1.4
        Independent Noel O'Hanrahan 363 0.8
        Independent Tony O'Byrne 156 0.3
        Independent Mary Doyle Dunne 143 0.3
        Independent Rosemary Burns 122 0.3
        Electorate: 64,859   Valid: 45,883   Spoilt: 634 (1.4%)   Quota: 9,177   Turnout: 46,517 (71.7%)

        1989 general election
        1989 general election: Dublin North-Central[17]
        Party Candidate 1st Pref % Seat Count
        Fianna Fáil Charles Haughey 9,105 23.8 1
        Fianna Fáil Ivor Callely 5,340 13.9 4
        Fine Gael Richard Bruton 5,323 13.9 2
        Fianna Fáil Vincent Brady 5,320 13.9 3
        Fine Gael George Birmingham 4,631 12.1
        Workers' Party Triona Dooney 2,595 6.8
        Labour Party Michael O'Halloran 1,928 5.0
        Independent Seán Dublin Bay Rockall Loftus 1,612 4.2
        Labour Party Derek McDowell 1,398 3.7
        Progressive Democrats Una O'Mahony 690 1.8
        Independent Lord Tom Denning 191 0.5
        Independent Don Donnelly 141 0.4
        Electorate: ?   Valid: 38,274   Quota: 7,655   Turnout:

        1987 general election
        1987 general election: Dublin North-Central[16]
        Party Candidate 1st Pref % Seat Count
        Fianna Fáil Charles Haughey 12,986 30.3 1 1
        Fine Gael George Birmingham 5,201 12.1 4
        Fine Gael Richard Bruton 5,196 12.1 3
        Fianna Fáil Vincent Brady 4,454 10.4 2
        Fianna Fáil Ivor Callely 3,904 9.1
        Progressive Democrats James O'Hanrahan 3,582 8.3
        Labour Party Flor O'Mahony 2,973 6.9
        Workers' Party Triona Dooney 1,643 3.8
        Independent Seán Dublin Bay Rockall Loftus 1,341 3.1
        Sinn Féin Ciaran MacCormaic 779 1.8
        Democratic Socialist Philip O'Connor 681 1.6
        Independent Austin McCoy 111 0.3
        Independent Barbara Hyland 73 0.2
        Electorate: ?   Valid: 42,924   Quota: 8,585   Turnout:

        November 1982 general election
        November 1982 general election: Dublin North-Central[15]
        Party Candidate 1st Pref % Seat Count
        Fianna Fáil Charles Haughey 14,516 35.9 1 1
        Fine Gael George Birmingham 8,876 21.9 2 1
        Fine Gael Richard Bruton 5,948 14.7 4
        Fianna Fáil Vincent Brady 3,465 8.6 3
        Labour Party Flor O'Mahony 3,082 7.6
        Fianna Fáil Ita Greene 1,746 4.3
        Workers' Party Pádraig Yeates 1,476 3.7
        Independent Bernadette McAliskey 1,023 2.5
        Democratic Socialist Philip O'Connor 224 0.6
        Independent Andrew Dillon 114 0.3
        Electorate: ?   Valid: 40,470   Quota: 8,095   Turnout:

        February 1982 general election
        February 1982 general election: Dublin North-Central[14]
        Party Candidate 1st Pref % Seat Count
        Fianna Fáil Charles Haughey 16,143 39.6 1 1
        Fine Gael George Birmingham 7,727 18.9 2
        Fine Gael Richard Bruton 4,591 11.3 4
        Fianna Fáil Vincent Brady 3,212 7.9 3
        Labour Party Michael O'Halloran 2,172 5.3
        Independent Bernadette McAliskey 2,085 5.1
        Independent Seán Dublin Bay Rockall Loftus 1,801 4.4
        Fianna Fáil Ita Greene 1,517 3.7
        Fine Gael Mary Byrne 1,004 2.5
        Independent John Curley 240 0.6
        Independent T C G O'Mahony 214 0.5
        Independent Anthony O'Hara 89 0.2
        Electorate: ?   Valid: 40,795   Quota: 8,160   Turnout:

        1981 general election
        1981 general election: Dublin North-Central[13][24]
        Party Candidate 1st Pref % Seat Count
        Fianna Fáil Charles Haughey 17,637 43.5 1 1
        Fine Gael George Birmingham 6,304 15.5 2
        Socialist Labour Noël Browne 5,031 12.4 3
        Fine Gael Paddy Belton 2,899 7.1
        Fianna Fáil Vincent Brady 1,818 4.5 4
        Independent Vincent Doherty 1,481 3.7
        Fianna Fáil Eugene Timmons 1,209 3.0
        Fine Gael Mary Byrne 1,138 2.8
        Labour Party Michael O'Halloran 1,093 2.7
        Independent Hannah Barlow 1,039 2.6
        Labour Party Michael Martin 730 1.8
        Communist Party John Curley 156 0.4
        Independent Andrew Dillon 46 0.1
        Electorate: ?   Valid: 40,581   Quota: 8,117   Turnout:

        1977 general election
        1977 general election: Dublin North-Central[12]
        PartyCandidateFPv%Count 1Count 2Count 3Count 4Count 5Count 6
        Labour Party Michael O'Leary 20.2 4,729 5,319 5,641 5,754 6,014  
        Fianna Fáil Vincent Brady 19.9 4,678 4,700 4,814 5,861    
        Fianna Fáil Noel Mulcahy 13.6 3,198 3,216 3,318 3,840 3,894 4,612
        Fine Gael Michael Keating 12.4 2,912 3,003 3,058 3,093 4,933 5,826
        Fine Gael Ray Fay 9.2 2,166 2,258 2,285 2,328    
        Independent Kevin Byrne 8.1 1,903 1,942 2,287 2,376 2,466  
        Fianna Fáil William Doran 7.6 1,775 1,808 1,878      
        Sinn Féin - The Workers' Party Raymond McGran 4.9 1,138 1,179        
        Labour Party William Cummiskey 4.0 953          
        Electorate: 37,934   Valid: 25,528   Spoilt: 245 (0.9%)   Quota: 5,883   Turnout: 25,773 (67.9%)

          1973 general election
          1973 general election: Dublin North-Central[11]
          Party Candidate 1st Pref % Seat Count
          Fianna Fáil George Colley 10,263 29.8 1 1
          Labour Party Michael O'Leary 5,795 16.8 2
          Fine Gael Luke Belton 5,624 16.3 3
          Fine Gael Patrick Lindsay 3,078 8.9
          Fianna Fáil Celia Lynch 3,025 8.8 4
          Sinn Féin (Official) Mairin de Burca 1,667 4.8
          Fianna Fáil John Kenny 1,274 3.7
          Fine Gael Alice Glenn 1,240 3.6
          Labour Party William Cumiskey 1,106 3.2
          Independent Seán Dublin Bay Rockall Loftus 578 1.7
          Independent Noirin Butler 489 1.4
          Labour Party Seoirse Dearle 345 1.0
          Electorate: ?   Valid: 34,484   Quota: 6,897   Turnout:

          1969 general election
          1969 general election: Dublin North-Central[10]
          Party Candidate 1st Pref % Seat Count
          Fianna Fáil George Colley 10,519 29.0 1 1
          Labour Party Michael O'Leary 7,423 20.4 2 1
          Fine Gael Luke Belton 4,655 12.8 4
          Fine Gael Patrick Lindsay 4,552 12.5
          Fianna Fáil Celia Lynch 2,607 7.2 3
          Labour Party William Cumiskey 2,089 5.8
          Fianna Fáil Thomas Stafford 1,919 5.3
          Fine Gael Michael Kelly 1,055 2.9
          Labour Party James Quinn 891 2.5
          Fianna Fáil Dermot Ryan 610 1.7
          Electorate: ?   Valid: 36,320   Quota: 7,265   Turnout:

          1965 general election
          1965 general election: Dublin North-Central[9]
          Party Candidate 1st Pref % Seat Count
          Fianna Fáil Vivion de Valera 8,376 31.1 1
          Fine Gael Luke Belton 2,999 11.1 3
          Labour Party Susan Geraghty Bowler 2,418 9.0
          Fine Gael Patrick McGilligan 2,276 8.4
          Fianna Fáil Celia Lynch 2,192 8.1 2
          Labour Party Michael O'Leary 2,122 7.9 4
          Independent Frank Sherwin 1,615 6.0
          Labour Party Thomas Herlihy 1,517 5.6
          Fine Gael James Maher 1,251 4.6
          Clann na Poblachta Leo Nealon 1,080 4.0
          Fianna Fáil Pádraic Ó Cléirigh 953 3.5
          Independent George Murphy 172 0.6
          Electorate: ?   Valid: 26,971   Quota: 5,395   Turnout:

          1961 general election
          1961 general election: Dublin North-Central[8]
          Party Candidate 1st Pref % Seat Count
          Fianna Fáil Vivion de Valera 7,282 29.5 1 1
          Independent Frank Sherwin 5,356 21.7 2 1
          Fine Gael Patrick McGilligan 2,572 10.4 4
          Independent Thomas Stafford 2,284 9.3
          Fianna Fáil Celia Lynch 2,043 8.3 3
          Fine Gael Luke Belton 1,365 5.5
          Fine Gael James Maher 1,214 4.9
          Labour Party Thomas Herlihy 987 4.0
          Labour Party Diarmuid Collins 843 3.4
          Fianna Fáil Pádraic Ó Cléirigh 723 2.9
          Electorate: ?   Valid: 24,669   Quota: 4,934   Turnout:

          1957 by-election

          Following the death of Fianna Fáil TD Colm Gallagher, a by-election was held on 14 November 1957. The seat was won by Independent candidate Frank Sherwin.

          1957 by-election: Dublin North-Central[25]
          PartyCandidateFPv%Count 1Count 2Count 3Count 4
          Independent Frank Sherwin 33.4 4,077 4,386 5,127 6,910
          Fianna Fáil John O'Byrne Gregan 27.4 3,353 3,449 3,686 4,179
          Fine Gael Victor Carton 19.6 2,394 2,607 2,842  
          Sinn Féin Seán Garland 13.4 1,633 1,706    
          Labour Party Thomas Herlihy 6.2 761      
          Electorate: 26,903   Valid: 12,218   Quota: 6,110   Turnout: 45.42%

            1957 general election
            1957 general election: Dublin North-Central[6]
            Party Candidate 1st Pref % Seat Count
            Fianna Fáil Vivion de Valera 5,421 33.7 1 1
            Fine Gael Patrick McGilligan 2,985 18.6 2
            Independent Frank Sherwin 2,425 15.1
            Fianna Fáil Colm Gallagher 2,330 14.5 3
            Labour Party Maureen O'Carroll 1,088 6.8
            Independent Kathleen Swanton 669 4.2
            Fine Gael Frederick Mullen 594 3.7
            Clann na Poblachta Tomás Doherty 569 3.5
            Electorate: ?   Valid: 16,081   Quota: 4,021   Turnout:

            1954 general election
            1954 general election: Dublin North-Central[5]
            Party Candidate 1st Pref % Seat Count
            Fianna Fáil Vivion de Valera 5,945 29.2 1 1
            Fine Gael Patrick McGilligan 5,168 25.4 2 1
            Clann na Poblachta Fionán Breathnach 2,420 11.9
            Fianna Fáil Colm Gallagher 2,278 11.2
            Fine Gael John Hedigan 1,915 9.4
            Labour Party Maureen O'Carroll 1,443 7.1 3
            Labour Party Thomas Herlihy 1,215 6.0
            Electorate: ?   Valid: 20,384   Quota: 5,097   Turnout:

            1951 general election
            1951 general election: Dublin North-Central[25]
            PartyCandidateFPv%Count 1Count 2Count 3Count 4Count 5
            Fianna Fáil Vivion de Valera 41.0 9,307        
            Fine Gael Patrick McGilligan 21.8 4,956 5,069 5,366 5,388 5,769
            Labour Party Martin O'Sullivan 15.5 3,526 3,701 4,147 4,154 5,191
            Fianna Fáil Colm Gallagher 10.6 2,397 5,462 5,712    
            Independent Michael Mullen 6.3 1,434 1,571 1,726 1,734  
            Clann na Poblachta Fionán Breathnach 4.7 1,076 1,218      
            Electorate: 34,456   Valid: 22,696   Quota: 5,675   Turnout: 65.87%

              1948 general election
              1948 general election: Dublin North-Central[25]
              PartyCandidateFPv%Count 1Count 2Count 3Count 4Count 5Count 6Count 7Count 8
              Fianna Fáil Vivion de Valera 40.8 9,682              
              Fine Gael Patrick McGilligan 16.3 3,878 3,966 3,995 4,381 4,420 4,578 5,307 6,094
              Labour Party Martin O'Sullivan 16.3 3,873 4,149 4,309 4,349 4,473 4,713 7,055  
              Clann na Poblachta Fionán Breathnach 11.4 2,708 2,863 2,884 2,888 2,922 4,169    
              Clann na Poblachta Christopher A. Macken 6.7 1,596 1,671 1,697 1,741 1,767      
              Fianna Fáil Colm Gallagher 3.3 780 2,970 3,001 3,020 4,169 4,215 4,666 4,993
              Fianna Fáil John S. O'Connor 2.1 505 1,394 1,411 1,427        
              Fine Gael Michael Hughes 2.0 468 513 517          
              National Labour Party George Walker 1.1 271 294            
              Electorate: 35,989   Valid: 23,761   Quota: 5,941   Turnout: 66.02%

                See also

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