# 1999 Offaly County Council election

An election to Offaly County Council took place on 10 June 1999 as part of that year's Irish local elections. 21 councillors were elected from four local electoral areas for a five-year term of office on the system of proportional representation by means of the single transferable vote (PR-STV).

## Results by party

| Party | Party | Seats | ± | First Pref. votes | FPv% | ±% |
| | Fianna Fáil | 9 | -1 | 9,880 | 38.14 | |
| | Fine Gael | 7 | +1 | 6,879 | 26.56 | |
| | Labour | 1 | - | 2,366 | 9.13 | |
| | Independent | 4 | +1 | 6,340 | 24.48 | |
| | Progressive Democrats | 0 | -1 | - | - | |
| Totals | Totals | 21 | - | 25,904 | 100.00 | — |

## Results by local electoral area
### Birr

Birr - 5 seats :
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count |
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 |
| | Fine Gael | Olwyn Enright | 16.61 | 1,064 | | | | | |
| | Independent | Peter Ormond | 15.27 | 978 | 982 | 1,073 | | | |
| | Fine Gael | Percy Clendennen* | 14.92 | 956 | 963 | 985 | 1,185 | | |
| | Fianna Fáil | Senator Pat Moylan* | 12.94 | 829 | 877 | 930 | 1,089 | | |
| | Independent | John Carroll | 9.12 | 584 | 597 | 610 | 641 | 665 | 883 |
| | Fianna Fáil | Joe Dooley* | 8.65 | 554 | 632 | 732 | 747 | 762 | 937 |
| | Independent | Tony McLoughlin | 7.63 | 489 | 519 | 529 | 532 | 554 | |
| | Fine Gael | Tom Rigney | 7.02 | 450 | 451 | 455 | | | |
| | Fianna Fáil | Una Collison | 4.40 | 282 | 297 | | | | |
| | Fianna Fáil | James McNamara | 3.43 | 220 | | | | | |
| Electorate: 10,685 Valid: 6,406 (59.95%) Spoilt: 85 Quota: 1,068 Turnout: 6,491 (60.75%) ||||||||||

### Edenderry

Edenderry - 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 |
| | Fianna Fáil | Noel Bourke* | 26.54 | 1,465 | | | | | | | |
| | Fianna Fáil | Ger Killally | 21.42 | 1,182 | | | | | | | |
| | Independent | Frank Weir* | 9.13 | 504 | 533 | 553 | 563 | 583 | 637 | 702 | 782 |
| | Fianna Fáil | Tom Nolan | 8.04 | 444 | 617 | 718 | 721 | 742 | 769 | 866 | 933 |
| | Fine Gael | Emma Jones | 7.56 | 417 | 427 | 431 | 437 | 444 | 463 | | |
| | Fine Gael | Geraldine McGarrigle | 6.58 | 363 | 378 | 403 | 404 | 409 | 477 | 581 | |
| | Fine Gael | John Foran | 6.12 | 338 | 399 | 415 | 420 | 475 | 507 | 639 | 871 |
| | Independent | Fergus McDonnell | 5.98 | 330 | 473 | 499 | 506 | 590 | 626 | 636 | 656 |
| | Independent | Peter McNamee | 5.00 | 276 | 282 | 323 | 338 | 352 | | | |
| | Independent | Tom O'Connell | 2.77 | 153 | 254 | 275 | 282 | | | | |
| | Independent | John Owens | 0.85 | 47 | 54 | 62 | | | | | |
| Electorate: 10,302 Valid: 5,519 (53.57%) Spoilt: 82 Quota: 920 Turnout: 5,601 (54.37%) ||||||||||||

### Ferbane

Ferbane - 4 seats :
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count |
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 |
| | Fine Gael | Connie Hanniffy* | 23.46 | 1,066 | | | | | |
| | Fianna Fáil | Eamon Dooley* | 22.32 | 1,014 | | | | | |
| | Fianna Fáil | Tom Feighery* | 16.00 | 727 | 744 | 818 | 867 | 1,011 | |
| | Labour | Timmy Molloy | 12.52 | 569 | 583 | 588 | 650 | 727 | 750 |
| | Fine Gael | Marcella Corcoran Kennedy | 10.54 | 479 | 573 | 588 | 635 | 806 | 859 |
| | Independent | Padraig Horan | 8.47 | 385 | 411 | 419 | 510 | | |
| | Independent | Christy Gannon | 6.67 | 303 | 309 | 312 | | | |
| Electorate: 8,994 Valid: 4,543 (50.51%) Spoilt: 366 Quota: 909 Turnout: 4,909 (54.58%) ||||||||||

### Tullamore

Tullamore - 7 seats :
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | 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 |
| | Labour | Pat Gallagher* | 16.70 | 1,591 | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | Fianna Fáil | Barry Cowen* | 11.96 | 1,139 | 1,154 | 1,159 | 1,188 | 1,274 | | | | | | | |
| | Fine Gael | Tommy McKeigue* | 8.48 | 808 | 865 | 871 | 947 | 962 | 963 | 1,042 | 1,070 | 1,096 | 1,141 | 1,224 | |
| | Fianna Fáil | John Flanagan* | 8.44 | 804 | 836 | 846 | 851 | 913 | 954 | 996 | 1,018 | 1,155 | 1,181 | 1,521 | |
| | Fine Gael | Michael Fox* | 7.19 | 685 | 701 | 702 | 734 | 775 | 784 | 812 | 819 | 854 | 870 | 909 | 944 |
| | Independent | Thomas Dolan* | 6.76 | 644 | 652 | 662 | 692 | 699 | 700 | 716 | 803 | 818 | 1,036 | 1,052 | 1,071 |
| | Independent | Molly Buckley | 6.37 | 607 | 643 | 648 | 663 | 690 | 694 | 760 | 789 | 807 | 870 | 949 | 986 |
| | Independent | Johnny Butterfield* | 5.65 | 538 | 553 | 566 | 572 | 582 | 584 | 606 | 626 | 768 | 792 | 827 | 864 |
| | Fianna Fáil | Michael Mahon | 4.78 | 455 | 462 | 468 | 471 | 496 | 505 | 510 | 520 | | | | |
| | Sinn Féin | Oliver O'Connor | 4.61 | 439 | 446 | 449 | 458 | 461 | 462 | 485 | | | | | |
| | Independent | Frank Feery | 4.55 | 433 | 446 | 446 | 478 | 483 | 485 | 511 | 580 | 584 | | | |
| | Fianna Fáil | Miriam O'Callaghan* | 4.53 | 432 | 461 | 464 | 473 | 513 | 525 | 571 | 595 | 696 | 726 | | |
| | Fianna Fáil | Vincent Bermingham | 3.50 | 333 | 339 | 341 | 342 | | | | | | | | |
| | Labour | Seán O'Brien | 3.11 | 296 | 443 | 444 | 452 | 457 | 458 | | | | | | |
| | Fine Gael | Brendan McGowan | 2.66 | 253 | 264 | 265 | | | | | | | | | |
| | Independent | John Conroy | 0.72 | 69 | 70 | | | | | | | | | | |
| Electorate: 17,384 Valid: 9,526 (54.80%) Spoilt: 159 Quota: 1,191 Turnout: 9,685 (55.71%) ||||||||||||||||