Cork South-East (Dáil constituency)

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

Cork South-East
Former Dáil Éireann Parliamentary Constituency
Former constituency
Created	1937
Abolished	1948
Seats	3
County/City council	County Cork

Cork South-East was a parliamentary constituency represented in Dáil Éireann, the lower house of the Irish parliament or Oireachtas from 1937 to 1948. The constituency elected 3 deputies (Teachtaí Dála, commonly known as TDs) to the Dáil, using the single transferable vote form of proportional representation (PR-STV).

Contents

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  1 History
  


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  2 Boundaries
  


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  3 TDs
  


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  4 Elections
  
  
  
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    4.1 1944 general election
    
  
  
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    4.2 1943 general election
    
  
  
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    4.3 1938 general election
    
  
  
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    4.4 1937 general election
    
  
  
  
  


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  5 See also
  


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  6 References
  


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  7 External links
  

History

The constituency was created under the Electoral (Revision of Constituencies) Act 1935,^[1] for the 1937 general election to the Dáil Éireann. It succeeded the old Cork East constituency. It was abolished under the Electoral (Amendment) Act 1947, when it was replaced by the new constituency of Cork South.^[2]

Boundaries

It consisted of the District electoral divisions of:

"Ballincollig, Ballintemple, Ballycotton, Ballyfeard, Ballyfoyle, Ballygarvan, Ballymartle, Ballynaglogh, Ballyspillane, Bishopstown, Blackpool, Blarney, Caherlag, Carrigaline (Cork), Carrigaline (Kinsale), Carrignavar, Carrigrohane Beg, Carrigtwohill, Castlemartyr, Clonmult, Cloyne, Cobh Rural, Corkbeg, Cullen, Dangan, Douglas, Dripsey, Dunderrow, Dungourney, Farrenbrien, Firmount, Garryvoe, Glenville, Greenfort, Ightermurragh, Inch, Inishkenny, Killeagh (Cork), Kilmonoge, Kilpatrick, Kinure, Knockantota, Knockraha, Lehenagh, Liscleary, Lisgoold, Matehy, Middleton Rural, Mogeely, Monkstown Rural, Nohaval, Ovens, Rathcooney, Riverstown, Rostellan, St. Mary's, Templebodan, Templebreedy, Templemichael, Templenacarriga and Whitechurch and the Urban Districts of Cobh, Midleton and Passage West in the administrative county of Cork".^[1]

TDs

Teachtaí Dála (TDs) for Cork South-East 1937–1948[3]
Key to parties   FG = Fine Gael   FF = Fianna Fáil   Lab = Labour Party
Dáil	Election	Deputy (Party)		Deputy (Party)		Deputy (Party)
9th	1937[4]		Jeremiah Hurley (Lab)		Martin Corry (FF)		Brook Brasier (FG)
10th	1938[5]
11th	1943[6]		Thomas Looney (Lab)				William Broderick (FG)
12th	1944[7]		Seán McCarthy (FF)
13th	1948	Constituency abolished

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

1944 general election

1944 general election: Cork South-East[7]
Party		Candidate	1st Pref	%	Seat	Count
	Fianna Fáil	Martin Corry	8,038	26.5	1	1
	Fianna Fáil	Seán McCarthy	5,155	17.0	2
	Fine Gael	William Broderick	5,350	17.6	3
	Independent	Patrick Lehane	5,484	18.0
	Independent	Thomas Looney	3,087	10.2
	Labour Party	Dan Desmond	1,636	5.4
	Labour Party	David Barry	1,603	5.3
Electorate: ?   Valid: 30,353   Quota: 7,589   Turnout:

1943 general election

1943 general election: Cork South-East[6]
Party		Candidate	1st Pref	%	Seat	Count
	Fianna Fáil	Martin Corry	8,767	26.7	1	1
	Fine Gael	William Broderick	6,123	18.6	2
	Labour Party	Thomas Looney	2,755	8.4	3
	Independent	Patrick Lehane	4,499	13.7
	Fianna Fáil	Seán McCarthy	3,374	10.3
	Fine Gael	Edmond Carey	2,644	8.0
	Independent	John Hurley	2,481	7.5
	Labour Party	Patrick O'Brien	2,248	6.8
Electorate: ?   Valid: 32,891   Quota: 8,223   Turnout:

1938 general election

1938 general election: Cork South-East[5]
Party		Candidate	1st Pref	%	Seat	Count
	Fine Gael	Brook Brasier	8,535	26.8	1	1
	Fianna Fáil	Martin Corry	7,701	24.2	2
	Labour Party	Jeremiah Hurley	5,872	18.4	3
	Fianna Fáil	Eoin "the Pope" O'Mahony	5,175	16.2
	Fine Gael	Edmond Carey	4,597	14.4
Electorate: ?   Valid: 31,880   Quota: 7,971   Turnout:

1937 general election

1937 general election: Cork South-East[4]
Party		Candidate	1st Pref	%	Seat	Count
	Fine Gael	Brook Brasier	8,594	27.7	1	1
	Fianna Fáil	Martin Corry	7,567	24.4	2
	Labour Party	Jeremiah Hurley	6,720	21.7	3
	Fine Gael	William Broderick	4,818	15.5
	Fianna Fáil	M. Leahy	3,315	10.7
Electorate: ?   Valid: 31,014   Quota: 7,754   Turnout:

See also

• Dáil constituencies


• Politics of the Republic of Ireland


• Historic Dáil constituencies


• Elections in the Republic of Ireland

References

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   ^ "Electoral (Amendment) Act, 1947: First Schedule (Constituencies)". Irish Statute Book database. Retrieved 2 March 2009.
   


3. 
   ^ Walker, Brian M, ed. (1992). Parliamentary election results in Ireland, 1918–92. Dublin: Royal Irish Academy. ISBN 0-901714-96-8. ISSN 0332-0286.
   


4. 
   ^ ^ab "General election 1937: Cork South–East". ElectionsIreland.org. Retrieved 2 March 2009.
   


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   ^ ^ab "General election 1938: Cork South–East". ElectionsIreland.org. Retrieved 2 March 2009.
   


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   ^ ^ab "General election 1943: Cork South–East". ElectionsIreland.org. Retrieved 2 March 2009.
   


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   ^ ^ab "General election 1944: Cork South–East". ElectionsIreland.org. Retrieved 2 March 2009.
   

External links

• Oireachtas Members Database

v t e Parliamentary constituencies in County Cork and Borough/City
Parliament of Ireland to 1800	Baltimore (1614–1800) Bandonbridge (1614–1800) Castlemartyr (1676–1800) Charleville (1673–1800) Clonakilty (1613–1800) Cork City (1264–1800) Cork County (????–1800) Doneraile (1640–1800) Kinsale (1334?–1800) Mallow (1613–1800) Midleton (1671–1800) Rathcormack (c.1611–1800) Youghal (1374–1800)
Westminster 1801–1922 and First Dáil 1918	Bandon (1801–85) Cork County (1801–85) Cork City (1801–1922) East Cork (1885–1922) Mid Cork (1885–1922) North Cork (1885–1922) North East Cork (1885–1922) South Cork (1885–1922) South East Cork (1885–1922) West Cork (1885–1922) Kinsale (1801–85) Mallow (1801–85) Youghal (1801–85)
Dáil Éireann 1918–present	Historic Cork Borough (1921–69) Cork City (1977–81) Cork City North-West (1969–77) Cork City South-East (1969–77) Cork East and North East (1921–23) Cork Mid (1961–81) Cork Mid, North, South, South East and West (1921–23) Cork North (1923–61) Cork North-East (1961–81) Cork South (1948–61) Cork South-East (1937–48) Cork West (1923–61) Current Cork East (1923–37, 1948–61, 1981–) Cork North-Central (1981–) Cork North-West (1981–) Cork South-Central (1981–) Cork South-West (1961–)
European Parliament 1979–present	Munster (1979–2004) South (2004–)
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