# Cork City (Dáil constituency)

Cork City was a parliamentary constituency represented in Dáil Éireann, the lower house of the Irish parliament or Oireachtas from 1977 to 1981. The constituency elected 5 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).

## History and boundaries

The constituency was created under the Electoral (Amendment) Act 1974. It was only used for the 1977 general election and a by-election in 1979. The constituency was defined as the county borough of Cork, except the part which was in the Cork Mid constituency. The wards in Cork Mid were Bishopstown E, Gillabbey B, Gillabbey C, Glasheen A, Glasheen B, Glasheen C, Pouladuff A, Pouladuff B, The Lough, Togher A, Togher B.
It was abolished under the Electoral (Amendment) Act 1980 and replaced at the 1981 general election by Cork North-Central and Cork South-Central.

## TDs

Teachtaí Dála (TDs) for Cork City 1977–1981 :
| Key to parties  FF = Fianna Fáil  FG = Fine Gael  Lab = Labour ||||||||||||
| Dáil | Election | Deputy (Party) | Deputy (Party) | Deputy (Party) | Deputy (Party) | Deputy (Party) | Deputy (Party) | Deputy (Party) | Deputy (Party) | Deputy (Party) | Deputy (Party) |
| 21st | 1977 | | Jack Lynch (FF) | | Seán French (FF) | | Pearse Wyse (FF) | | Patrick Kerrigan (Lab) | | Peter Barry (FG) |
| 21st | 1979 by-election | | Jack Lynch (FF) | | Seán French (FF) | | Pearse Wyse (FF) | | Liam Burke (FG) | | Peter Barry (FG) |
| 22nd | 1981 | Constituency abolished. See Cork North-Central and Cork South-Central | Constituency abolished. See Cork North-Central and Cork South-Central | Constituency abolished. See Cork North-Central and Cork South-Central | Constituency abolished. See Cork North-Central and Cork South-Central | Constituency abolished. See Cork North-Central and Cork South-Central | Constituency abolished. See Cork North-Central and Cork South-Central | Constituency abolished. See Cork North-Central and Cork South-Central | Constituency abolished. See Cork North-Central and Cork South-Central | Constituency abolished. See Cork North-Central and Cork South-Central | Constituency abolished. See Cork North-Central and Cork South-Central |
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

^ *: Outgoing TD

### 1979 by-election

Following the death of Labour Party TD Patrick Kerrigan, a by-election was held on 7 November 1979. The seat was won by the Fine Gael candidate Liam Burke.
1979 by-election: Cork City :
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | Count | Count |
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| | Fianna Fáil | John Dennehy | 35.9 | 13,890 | 14,269 | 16,210 |
| | Fine Gael | Liam Burke | 33.2 | 12,832 | 13,411 | 19,524 |
| | Labour | Toddy O'Sullivan | 22.6 | 8,742 | 10,444 | |
| | Sinn Féin The Workers' Party | Ted Tynan | 8.3 | 3,193 | | |
| Electorate: 70,164 Valid: 38,657 Quota: 19,329 Turnout: 55.10% |||||||

### 1977 general election

1977 general election: Cork City :
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count |
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 |
| | Fianna Fáil | Jack Lynch | 39.0 | 20,079 | | | | | | | |
| | Fine Gael | Peter Barry | 13.5 | 6,923 | 7,098 | 7,117 | 7,506 | 7,566 | 9,327 | | |
| | Labour | Patrick Kerrigan | 10.2 | 5,254 | 5,551 | 5,577 | 5,883 | 6,575 | 7,121 | 7,214 | 10,313 |
| | Fianna Fáil | Pearse Wyse | 8.7 | 4,462 | 9,718 | | | | | | |
| | Fianna Fáil | Seán French | 6.5 | 3,359 | 6,357 | 6,975 | 7,186 | 7,458 | 7,597 | 7,605 | 7,806 |
| | Fine Gael | Liam Burke | 6.0 | 3,082 | 3,188 | 3,195 | 3,322 | 3,409 | 3,993 | 4,634 | |
| | Fine Gael | Samuel Allen | 5.5 | 2,850 | 3,011 | 3,021 | 3,159 | 3,283 | | | |
| | Fianna Fáil | Máirín Quill | 4.4 | 2,262 | 4,423 | 4,844 | 5,179 | 5,483 | 5,575 | 5,583 | 5,722 |
| | Sinn Féin The Workers' Party | Ted Tynan | 3.2 | 1,661 | 1,832 | 1,848 | 1,992 | | | | |
| | Independent | Maureen Black | 2.9 | 1,529 | 1,706 | 1,730 | | | | | |
| Electorate: 68,709 Valid: 51,461 (74.9%) Spoilt: 376 (0.6%) Quota: 8,577 Turnout: 51,837 (75.4%) ||||||||||||