# 1999 South Tipperary County Council election

An election to all 26 seats on South Tipperary County Council took place on 10 June 1999 as part of the 1999 Irish local elections. South Tipperary was divided into five local electoral areas (LEAs) to elect councillors for a five-year term of office on the electoral system of proportional representation by means of the single transferable vote (PR-STV).

## Results by party

| Party | Party | Seats | ± | 1st pref | FPv% | ±% |
| | Fianna Fáil | 12 | 2 | 14,909 | 40.15 | |
| | Fine Gael | 9 | | 10,419 | 28.06 | |
| | Labour | 1 | 3 | 4,575 | 12.32 | |
| | Workers and Unemployed | 2 | 1 | 2,833 | 7.63 | |
| | Independent | 4 | | 3,742 | 10.08 | |
| Total | Total | 26 | | 37,129 | 100.00 | — |

## Results by local electoral area
### Cahir

Cahir: 4 seats :
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count |
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 |
| | Fianna Fáil | Michael Anglim* | 24.42 | 1,475 | | | | |
| | Fianna Fáil | Mattie McGrath | 16.03 | 968 | 1,058 | 1,255 | | |
| | Fianna Fáil | Barry O'Brien | 15.60 | 942 | 995 | 1,137 | 1,274 | |
| | Fine Gael | Liam Ahearn | 12.75 | 770 | 806 | 861 | 1,020 | 1,045 |
| | Fine Gael | Dan Costigan | 11.14 | 673 | 696 | 805 | 1,074 | 1,114 |
| | Labour | Seanie Lonergan | 11.14 | 673 | 700 | 736 | | |
| | Fianna Fáil | Andy Moloney | 8.92 | 539 | 576 | | | |
| Electorate: 9,184 Valid: 6,040 (65.77%) Spoilt: 75 Quota: 1,209 Turnout: 6,115 (66.58%) |||||||||

### Cashel

Cashel: 4 seats :
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count |
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 |
| | Fine Gael | Jack Crowe* | 21.62 | 1,444 | | | | |
| | Fine Gael | Tom Hayes* | 18.36 | 1,226 | 1,273 | 1,377 | | |
| | Fine Gael | Tom Wood* | 16.14 | 1,078 | 1,093 | 1,140 | 1,329 | 1,345 |
| | Fianna Fáil | Seán McCarthy* | 12.75 | 1,022 | 1,031 | 1,194 | 1,311 | 1,319 |
| | Fianna Fáil | Roger Kennedy | 10.99 | 734 | 746 | 917 | 1,126 | 1,143 |
| | Labour | Pat Barry | 9.36 | 625 | 638 | 683 | | |
| | Fianna Fáil | Bridie Hammersley* | 8.23 | 550 | 562 | | | |
| Electorate: 10,808 Valid: 6,679 (61.80%) Spoilt: 93 Quota: 1,336 Turnout: 6,772 (62.66%) |||||||||

### Clonmel

Clonmel: 7 seats :
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count |
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 |
| | Workers and Unemployed | Seamus Healy* | 17.17 | 1,525 | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | Fianna Fáil | Tom Ambrose* | 13.32 | 1,183 | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | Fianna Fáil | Pat Norris* | 12.20 | 1,084 | 1,111 | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | Fine Gael | Seán Nyhan | 7.58 | 673 | 705 | 712 | 718 | 736 | 753 | 787 | 808 | 848 | 905 | 975 | 1,025 | 1,078 |
| | Fine Gael | Derry Foley | 7.20 | 640 | 648 | 654 | 658 | 668 | 674 | 685 | 689 | 701 | 765 | 809 | 842 | 855 |
| | Fianna Fáil | Niall Dennehy | 5.61 | 498 | 519 | 520 | 542 | 552 | 564 | 594 | 610 | 630 | 681 | 865 | 940 | 974 |
| | Workers and Unemployed | Phil Prendergast | 5.21 | 463 | 516 | 526 | 529 | 540 | 587 | 620 | 739 | 914 | 990 | 1,046 | 1,336 | |
| | Fianna Fáil | Bernard Lennon | 5.02 | 446 | 470 | 475 | 486 | 499 | 505 | 523 | 532 | 551 | 595 | | | |
| | Independent | Ted Boyle* | 4.73 | 420 | 445 | 451 | 463 | 476 | 493 | 532 | 553 | 592 | 656 | 719 | 787 | 817 |
| | Progressive Democrats | Tina Whitford | 4.06 | 361 | 374 | 382 | 386 | 396 | 422 | 467 | 488 | 510 | | | | |
| | Workers and Unemployed | Billy Shoer | 3.52 | 313 | 345 | 348 | 349 | 362 | 387 | 406 | 486 | 575 | 635 | 678 | | |
| | Workers and Unemployed | Alison Byrne | 3.05 | 271 | 322 | 327 | 330 | 337 | 370 | 404 | 485 | | | | | |
| | Workers and Unemployed | Brian O'Donnell | 2.94 | 261 | 337 | 338 | 339 | 349 | 385 | 397 | | | | | | |
| | Labour | Anne Taylor | 2.74 | 243 | 256 | 271 | 273 | 332 | 345 | | | | | | | |
| | Independent | Terri O'Neill | 2.54 | 226 | 248 | 253 | 254 | 266 | | | | | | | | |
| | Labour | Jimmy Keating | 2.04 | 181 | 195 | 211 | 213 | | | | | | | | | |
| | Labour | Canice Egan | 1.08 | 96 | 99 | | | | | | | | | | | |
| Electorate: 15,142 Valid: 8,884 (58.67%) Spoilt: 139 Quota: 1,111 Turnout: 9,023 (59.59%) |||||||||||||||||

### Fethard

Fethard: 6 seats :
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count |
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 |
| | Labour | Denis Landy* | 14.78 | 1,247 | | | | | | | |
| | Fianna Fáil | Susan Meagher* | 13.19 | 1,113 | 1,114 | 1,118 | 1,129 | 1,203 | 1,274 | | |
| | Independent | Eddie O'Meara | 10.40 | 877 | 878 | 881 | 891 | 944 | 997 | 1,083 | 1,124 |
| | Independent | Waltie Moloney | 9.78 | 825 | 825 | 825 | 831 | 860 | 883 | 919 | 941 |
| | Fianna Fáil | Denis Bourke* | 9.27 | 782 | 793 | 794 | 893 | 899 | 982 | 1,003 | 1,217 |
| | Fianna Fáil | Pat O'Meara | 8.71 | 735 | 736 | 739 | 745 | 765 | 847 | 1,038 | 1,057 |
| | Fine Gael | John Dowley | 5.64 | 560 | 566 | 571 | 643 | 688 | 762 | 777 | |
| | Labour | Noel Quinlan | 5.64 | 560 | 566 | 578 | 589 | 617 | 628 | | |
| | Fine Gael | John Fahey | 5.61 | 558 | 559 | 569 | 579 | 736 | 742 | 850 | 1,121 |
| | Fine Gael | Noel Fitzgerald | 5.07 | 428 | 428 | 436 | 442 | | | | |
| | Fianna Fáil | Dick Tobin | 4.85 | 409 | 412 | 412 | 444 | 452 | | | |
| | Progressive Democrats | Tony Kehoe | 3.43 | 289 | 300 | 302 | | | | | |
| | Independent | Sean Clancy | 0.63 | 53 | 53 | | | | | | |
| Electorate: 13,749 Valid: 8,436 (61.36%) Spoilt: 151 Quota: 1,206 Turnout: 8,587 (62.46%) ||||||||||||

### Tipperary

Tipperary: 5 seats :
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count |
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 |
| | Fine Gael | Michael Fitzgerald* | 16.87 | 1,196 | | | | | | | |
| | Fianna Fáil | Michael Maguire* | 13.54 | 960 | 980 | 1,071 | 1,074 | 1,209 | | | |
| | Fianna Fáil | Joe Donovan | 12.96 | 919 | 943 | 974 | 976 | 1,039 | 1,047 | 1,290 | |
| | Independent | Christy Kinahan* | 12.81 | 908 | 1,018 | 1,141 | 1,142 | 1,173 | 1,175 | 1,277 | |
| | Fine Gael | Brendan Griffin* | 8.42 | 597 | 630 | 726 | 731 | 929 | 935 | 1,067 | 1,126 |
| | Labour | Mick Byrnes | 7.94 | 563 | 674 | 703 | 704 | 796 | 804 | 874 | 906 |
| | Fine Gael | John Clancy | 8.12 | 576 | 587 | 608 | 609 | | | | |
| | Fianna Fáil | Bernie Doherty | 7.76 | 550 | 582 | 616 | 617 | 657 | 660 | | |
| | Independent | Denis Leahy | 6.12 | 434 | 459 | | | | | | |
| | Labour | Billy Bourke | 5.46 | 387 | | | | | | | |
| Electorate: 11,436 Valid: 7,090 (62.00%) Spoilt: 103 Quota: 1,182 Turnout: 7,193 (62.90%) ||||||||||||