# 2004 Monaghan County Council election

An election to Monaghan County Council took place on 11 June 2004 as part of that year's Irish local elections. 20 councillors were elected from four local electoral areas (LEAs) 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 | ± | First Pref. votes | FPv% | ±% |
| | Sinn Féin | 7 | +1 | 9,332 | 31.05 | |
| | Fine Gael | 7 | +1 | 8,982 | 29.89 | |
| | Fianna Fáil | 5 | -3 | 8,826 | 29.37 | |
| | Independent | 1 | +1 | 2,913 | 9.69 | |
| Totals | Totals | 20 | - | 30,053 | 100.00 | — |

## Results by local electoral area
### Carrickmacross

Carrickmacross - 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 |
| | Sinn Féin | Matt Carthy | 17.77 | 1,408 | | | | | | | |
| | Fianna Fáil | Pádraig McNally* | 16.86 | 1,336 | | | | | | | |
| | Sinn Féin | Noel Keelan* | 12.75 | 1,010 | 1,031 | 1,094 | 1,150 | 1,174 | 1,176 | 1,239 | 1,300 |
| | Independent | Vincent P. Martin | 11.08 | 878 | 893 | 901 | 979 | 1,066 | 1,068 | 1,179 | 1,371 |
| | Fine Gael | John Keenan | 8.14 | 645 | 650 | 652 | 662 | 813 | 814 | 841 | 1,248 |
| | Fine Gael | Aidan Murray* | 7.83 | 620 | 644 | 645 | 689 | 807 | 808 | 839 | |
| | Fianna Fáil | Rosaleen O'Hanlon* | 7.19 | 570 | 607 | 610 | 636 | 655 | 659 | 968 | 1,026 |
| | Fianna Fáil | Shane O'Hanlon* | 6.65 | 527 | 570 | 573 | 614 | 651 | 656 | | |
| | Fine Gael | Denis Durcan | 5.36 | 425 | 431 | 434 | 466 | | | | |
| | Independent | Tom Freeman | 3.85 | 305 | 337 | 341 | | | | | |
| | Fianna Fáil | Brian Connolly | 2.51 | 199 | | | | | | | |
| Electorate: 11,094 Valid: 7,923 (71.42%) Spoilt: 194 Quota: 1,321 Turnout: 8,117 (73.17%) ||||||||||||

### Castleblayney

Castleblayney - 5 seats :
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count |
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 |
| | Sinn Féin | Jackie Crowe* | 19.52 | 1,415 | | | | |
| | Fine Gael | Owen Bannigan* | 17.84 | 1,293 | | | | |
| | Fianna Fáil | John O'Brien* | 15.66 | 1,135 | 1,165 | 1,176 | 1,295 | |
| | Fine Gael | Gary Carville* | 15.34 | 1,112 | 1,159 | 1,207 | 1,458 | |
| | Fianna Fáil | Seamus Coyle | 10.70 | 951 | 976 | 992 | 1,090 | 1,167 |
| | Fianna Fáil | Brendan Hughes* | 9.50 | 751 | 793 | 795 | 884 | 946 |
| | Independent | Joe Brennan | 3.39 | 591 | 653 | 660 | | |
| Electorate: 10,701 Valid: 7,248 (67.73%) Spoilt: 91 Quota: 1,209 Turnout: 7,339 (68.58%) |||||||||

### Clones

Clones - 4 seats :
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | Count | Count | Count |
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 |
| | Fine Gael | Hugh McElvaney* | 19.16 | 1,154 | 1,233 | | |
| | Fine Gael | Heather Humphreys* | 18.11 | 1,091 | 1,145 | 1,161 | 1,195 |
| | Sinn Féin | Pat Treanor | 14.05 | 846 | 951 | 1,437 | |
| | Independent | Brendan Casey | 16.93 | 795 | 872 | 978 | 1,093 |
| | Sinn Féin | Sheila McKenna* | 13.97 | 730 | 753 | | |
| | Fianna Fáil | Benny Kieran | 11.65 | 723 | 1,035 | 1,123 | 1,206 |
| | Fianna Fáil | Eugene McCaughey | 8.68 | 684 | | | |
| Electorate: 8,859 Valid: 6,023 (67.99%) Spoilt: 123 Quota: 1,205 Turnout: 6,146 (69.38%) ||||||||

### Monaghan

Monaghan - 6 seats :
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count |
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 |
| | Sinn Féin | Seán Conlon* | 16.13 | 1,429 | | | | | |
| | Fianna Fáil | Robbie Gallagher | 15.72 | 1,393 | | | | | |
| | Sinn Féin | Brian McKenna* | 15.37 | 1,362 | | | | | |
| | Sinn Féin | Brenda McAnespie* | 12.78 | 1,132 | 1,261 | 1,276 | | | |
| | Fine Gael | David Maxwell | 11.95 | 1,059 | 1,068 | 1,080 | 1,112 | 1,118 | 1,236 |
| | Fine Gael | Pat McKenna* | 10.20 | 904 | 908 | 915 | 1,001 | 1,035 | 1,198 |
| | Fine Gael | Eugene Sherry | 7.66 | 679 | 684 | 693 | 734 | 765 | 870 |
| | Fianna Fáil | Emer Brennan | 6.29 | 557 | 566 | 645 | 708 | 733 | |
| | Independent | Plunkett McKenna | 3.88 | 344 | 351 | 356 | | | |
| Electorate: 14,669 Valid: 8,859 (60.39%) Spoilt: 262 Quota: 1,266 Turnout: 9,121 (62.18%) ||||||||||