# Cork North-East (Dáil constituency)

Cork North-East was a parliamentary constituency represented in Dáil Éireann, the lower house of the Irish parliament or Oireachtas from 1961 to 1981. The constituency elected 5 deputies (Teachtaí Dála, commonly known as TDs) to the Dáil until 1969, and then 4 thereafter. The method of election was proportional representation by means of the single transferable vote (PR-STV).

## History

The constituency was created under the Electoral (Amendment) Act 1961, for the 1961 general election to Dáil Éireann. The constituency returned 5 deputies from 1961 to 1969. Under the Electoral (Amendment) Act 1969 this was reduced to 4 seats from 1969 onwards.
It was abolished under the Electoral (Amendment) Act 1980, when it was partially replaced by the new constituencies of Cork East and Cork North-West.

## Boundaries

The district electoral divisions of the former Rural District of Fermoy; former rural district of Kanturk; former rural district of Mallow; former rural district of Midleton; former rural district of Mitchelstown No. 1; former rural district of Youghal; and the urban districts of Cobh, Fermoy, Mallow, Midleton and Youghal.

## TDs

Teachtaí Dála (TDs) for Cork North-East 1961–1981 :
| Key to parties  FG = Fine Gael  FF = Fianna Fáil  Lab = Labour ||||||||||||
| Dáil | Election | Deputy (Party) | Deputy (Party) | Deputy (Party) | Deputy (Party) | Deputy (Party) | Deputy (Party) | Deputy (Party) | Deputy (Party) | Deputy (Party) | Deputy (Party) |
| 17th | 1961 | | John Moher (FF) | | Martin Corry (FF) | | Philip Burton (FG) | | Richard Barry (FG) | | Patrick McAuliffe (Lab) |
| 18th | 1965 | | Jerry Cronin (FF) | | Martin Corry (FF) | | Philip Burton (FG) | | Richard Barry (FG) | | Patrick McAuliffe (Lab) |
| 19th | 1969 | | Jerry Cronin (FF) | | Seán Brosnan (FF) | | Gerard Cott (FG) | | Richard Barry (FG) | 4 seats 1969–1981 | 4 seats 1969–1981 |
| 20th | 1973 | | Jerry Cronin (FF) | | Liam Ahern (FF) | | Patrick Hegarty (FG) | | Richard Barry (FG) | 4 seats 1969–1981 | 4 seats 1969–1981 |
| 20th | 1974 by-election | | Jerry Cronin (FF) | | Seán Brosnan (FF) | | Patrick Hegarty (FG) | | Richard Barry (FG) | 4 seats 1969–1981 | 4 seats 1969–1981 |
| 21st | 1977 | | Jerry Cronin (FF) | | Seán Brosnan (FF) | | Patrick Hegarty (FG) | | Richard Barry (FG) | 4 seats 1969–1981 | 4 seats 1969–1981 |
| 21st | 1979 by-election | | Jerry Cronin (FF) | | Myra Barry (FG) | | Patrick Hegarty (FG) | | Richard Barry (FG) | 4 seats 1969–1981 | 4 seats 1969–1981 |
| 22nd | 1981 | Constituency abolished. See Cork East and Cork North-West | Constituency abolished. See Cork East and Cork North-West | Constituency abolished. See Cork East and Cork North-West | Constituency abolished. See Cork East and Cork North-West | Constituency abolished. See Cork East and Cork North-West | Constituency abolished. See Cork East and Cork North-West | Constituency abolished. See Cork East and Cork North-West | Constituency abolished. See Cork East and Cork North-West | Constituency abolished. See Cork East and Cork North-West | Constituency abolished. See Cork East and Cork North-West |
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 Fianna Fáil TD Seán Brosnan, a by-election was held on 7 November 1979. The seat was won by the Fine Gael candidate Myra Barry.
1979 by-election: Cork North-East :
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | Count |
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | 1 | 2 |
| | Fine Gael | Myra Barry | 38.7 | 15,939 | 20,292 |
| | Fianna Fáil | John Brosnan | 36.3 | 14,961 | 17,883 |
| | Sinn Féin The Workers' Party | Joe Sherlock | 22.8 | 9,395 | |
| | Independent | Mary Ann Duggan | 2.2 | 911 | |
| Electorate: 60,075 Valid: 41,206 Quota: 20,604 Turnout: 68.6% ||||||

### 1977 general election

1977 general election: Cork North-East :
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count |
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 |
| | Fianna Fáil | Seán Brosnan | 18.7 | 8,840 | 8,986 | 9,025 | 9,078 | 9,788 | | |
| | Fianna Fáil | Jerry Cronin | 17.6 | 8,352 | 8,440 | 8,501 | 8,632 | 8,828 | 10,221 | |
| | Fine Gael | Richard Barry | 16.0 | 7,590 | 7,628 | 7,864 | 9,024 | 9,382 | 10,296 | |
| | Fine Gael | Patrick Hegarty | 12.9 | 6,117 | 6,260 | 6,727 | 7,251 | 7,863 | 8,367 | 8,667 |
| | Fianna Fáil | Carey Joyce | 11.9 | 5,630 | 5,661 | 5,684 | 5,706 | 5,825 | 6,608 | 6,719 |
| | Sinn Féin The Workers' Party | Joe Sherlock | 9.5 | 4,485 | 4,584 | 4,765 | 4,925 | 5,252 | | |
| | Independent | Noel Collins | 5.1 | 2,433 | 2,488 | 2,560 | 2,600 | | | |
| | Fine Gael | Michael Broderick | 4.3 | 2,036 | 2,047 | 2,161 | | | | |
| | Labour | Liam Duggan | 2.3 | 1,094 | 1,288 | | | | | |
| | Independent | John Kidney | 1.7 | 788 | | | | | | |
| Electorate: 59,115 Valid: 47,365 Quota: 9,474 Turnout: 80.1% |||||||||||

### 1974 by-election

Following the death of Fianna Fáil TD Liam Ahern, a by-election was held on 13 November 1974. The seat was won by the Fianna Fáil candidate Seán Brosnan.
1974 by-election: Cork North-East :
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | Count | Count |
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| | Fianna Fáil | Seán Brosnan | 49.4 | 19,928 | 20,031 | 21,912 |
| | Fine Gael | Michael Broderick | 34.0 | 13,708 | 14,561 | 16,330 |
| | Sinn Féin (Official) | Joe Sherlock | 13.3 | 5,363 | 5,659 | |
| | Labour | Liam Hurley | 3.1 | 1,243 | | |
| | Independent | Angela Cunningham | 0.3 | 132 | | |
| Electorate: 55,388 Valid: 40,374 Quota: 20,188 Turnout: 72.2% |||||||

### 1973 general election

1973 general election: Cork North-East :
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count |
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 |
| | Fianna Fáil | Jerry Cronin | 24.0 | 9,608 | | | | | | |
| | Fine Gael | Richard Barry | 18.0 | 7,188 | 7,270 | 7,281 | 7,477 | 8,122 | | |
| | Fianna Fáil | Liam Ahern | 13.5 | 5,403 | 5,946 | 5,963 | 6,098 | 6,169 | 6,470 | 6,671 |
| | Fianna Fáil | Seán Brosnan | 12.6 | 5,029 | 5,778 | 5,790 | 5,917 | 5,994 | 6,296 | 6,485 |
| | Fine Gael | Patrick Hegarty | 10.2 | 4,066 | 4,082 | 4,102 | 4,511 | 5,085 | 5,474 | 7,961 |
| | Fine Gael | Michael Broderick | 7.5 | 2,994 | 3,055 | 3,057 | 3,101 | 3,328 | 4,230 | |
| | Sinn Féin (Official) | Joe Sherlock | 6.2 | 2,488 | 2,608 | 2,629 | 2,707 | 3,071 | | |
| | Labour | William Fennessy | 4.7 | 1,887 | 1,914 | 1,923 | 2,093 | | | |
| | Independent | Noel Collins | 3.0 | 1,228 | 1,237 | 1,240 | | | | |
| | Independent | Cuthbert Kelly | 0.3 | 100 | 102 | | | | | |
| Electorate: 50,016 Valid: 39,991 Quota: 7,999 Turnout: 80.0% |||||||||||

### 1969 general election

1969 general election: Cork North-East :
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count |
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 |
| | Fianna Fáil | Jerry Cronin | 23.0 | 8,842 | | | | | | |
| | Fine Gael | Richard Barry | 18.6 | 7,133 | 7,202 | 7,588 | 7,654 | 9,127 | | |
| | Fianna Fáil | Seán Brosnan | 13.7 | 5,281 | 5,731 | 5,831 | 5,908 | 5,945 | 5,959 | 6,363 |
| | Fianna Fáil | Liam Ahern | 13.2 | 5,050 | 5,504 | 5,583 | 5,669 | 5,704 | 5,715 | 6,044 |
| | Labour | Patrick McAuliffe | 8.7 | 3,335 | 3,462 | 3,560 | 4,800 | 5,123 | 5,197 | |
| | Fine Gael | Gerard Cott | 8.2 | 3,162 | 3,165 | 3,858 | 4,038 | 4,531 | 5,616 | 6,373 |
| | Fine Gael | Jeremiah O'Hanlon | 6.1 | 2,354 | 2,398 | 2,477 | 2,512 | | | |
| | Labour | Donie O'Driscoll | 4.4 | 1,687 | 1,695 | 1,763 | | | | |
| | Fine Gael | Daniel Casey | 4.1 | 1,566 | 1,570 | | | | | |
| Electorate: 48,840 Valid: 38,410 Quota: 7,683 Turnout: 78.6% |||||||||||

### 1965 general election

1965 general election: Cork North-East :
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count |
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 |
| | Fine Gael | Richard Barry | 17.4 | 8,007 | | | | | |
| | Labour | Patrick McAuliffe | 15.3 | 7,013 | 7,045 | 7,084 | 7,505 | 7,919 | |
| | Fianna Fáil | Martin Corry | 14.7 | 6,753 | 6,762 | 6,778 | 7,052 | 9,543 | |
| | Fianna Fáil | Jerry Cronin | 12.9 | 5,919 | 5,932 | 5,950 | 5,985 | 6,693 | 7,471 |
| | Fine Gael | Philip Burton | 10.8 | 4,949 | 5,113 | 5,183 | 7,610 | 7,857 | |
| | Fianna Fáil | John Moher | 10.7 | 4,905 | 4,924 | 4,956 | 4,992 | 5,588 | 6,696 |
| | Fianna Fáil | Seán Brosnan | 9.9 | 4,542 | 4,563 | 4,572 | 4,837 | | |
| | Fine Gael | Cornelius Carey | 7.9 | 3,626 | 3,717 | 3,734 | | | |
| | Independent | John A. O'Shaughnessy | 0.5 | 227 | 228 | | | | |
| Electorate: 58,336 Valid: 45,941 Quota: 7,657 Turnout: 78.8% ||||||||||

### 1961 general election

1961 general election: Cork North-East :
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count |
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 |
| | Fine Gael | Richard Barry | 19.0 | 8,454 | | | | | |
| | Labour | Patrick McAuliffe | 17.0 | 7,584 | | | | | |
| | Fianna Fáil | Martin Corry | 15.9 | 7,093 | 7,151 | 7,170 | 7,496 | | |
| | Fianna Fáil | Batt Donegan | 11.9 | 5,318 | 5,327 | 5,359 | 5,522 | 5,690 | 5,836 |
| | Fianna Fáil | John Moher | 11.9 | 5,304 | 5,397 | 5,414 | 5,681 | 5,925 | 6,089 |
| | Fine Gael | Philip Burton | 11.6 | 5,150 | 5,796 | 5,854 | 6,012 | 8,255 | |
| | Fine Gael | Daniel Casey | 8.2 | 3,663 | 3,860 | 3,879 | 4,060 | | |
| | Sinn Féin | Denis O'Connor | 4.4 | 1,939 | 1,972 | 1,993 | | | |
| Electorate: 58,694 Valid: 44,505 Quota: 7,418 Turnout: 75.8% ||||||||||