# 2004 Offaly County Council election

An election to Offaly County Council took place on 11 June 2004 as part of that year's Irish local elections. 21 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% | ±% |
| | Fianna Fáil | 8 | -1 | 10,884 | 33.78 | |
| | Fine Gael | 6 | -1 | 9,443 | 29.31 | |
| | Progressive Democrats | 2 | +2 | 2,331 | 7.23 | |
| | Independent | 5 | +1 | 7,655 | 23.76 | |
| | Labour | 0 | -1 | 1,251 | 3.88 | |
| Totals | Totals | 21 | - | 32,222 | 100.00 | — |

## Results by local electoral area
### Birr

Birr - 5 seats :
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count |
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 |
| | Fianna Fáil | Peter Ormond* | 13.82 | 1,067 | 1,116 | 1,218 | 1,271 | 1,294 | | |
| | Fine Gael | Percy Clendennen* | 12.10 | 934 | 1,001 | 1,142 | 1,244 | 1,376 | | |
| | Independent | John Carroll | 12.09 | 933 | 979 | 1,004 | 1,074 | 1,156 | 1,332 | |
| | Independent | Tony McLoughlin | 11.18 | 863 | 898 | 919 | 982 | 1,148 | 1,270 | 1,289 |
| | Fine Gael | Tom Rigney* | 10.53 | 813 | 818 | 863 | 886 | 986 | 1,039 | 1,104 |
| | Fianna Fáil | Sinead Moylan-Ryan* | 10.48 | 809 | 859 | 860 | 904 | 922 | 1,175 | 1,180 |
| | Fianna Fáil | William Loughlane | 7.72 | 596 | 652 | 669 | 750 | 760 | | |
| | Fine Gael | Denis Sheils | 6.21 | 479 | 491 | 530 | 558 | | | |
| | Fine Gael | Billy Feighery | 5.67 | 438 | 456 | 489 | | | | |
| | Progressive Democrats | Liam Egan | 5.61 | 433 | 438 | | | | | |
| | Fianna Fáil | Jimmy O'Brien | 4.59 | 354 | | | | | | |
| Electorate: 11,941 Valid: 7,719 (64.64%) Spoilt: 126 Quota: 1,287 Turnout: 7,845 (65.70%) |||||||||||

### 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* | 25.65 | 1,819 | | | | | | | |
| | Fianna Fáil | Ger Killally* | 17.44 | 1,237 | | | | | | | |
| | Fine Gael | Geraldine McGarrigle | 8.72 | 618 | 644 | 650 | 657 | 699 | 782 | 885 | 925 |
| | Fine Gael | John Foran* | 7.47 | 530 | 610 | 620 | 624 | 695 | 823 | 993 | 1,038 |
| | Progressive Democrats | Eddie Fitzpatrick | 7.09 | 503 | 520 | 616 | 617 | 692 | 878 | 901 | 1,092 |
| | Fine Gael | Liam Hogan | 6.91 | 490 | 595 | 597 | 604 | 613 | 641 | | |
| | Progressive Democrats | Fergus McDonnell | 6.28 | 445 | 624 | 650 | 657 | 692 | 706 | 893 | 947 |
| | Fine Gael | Jack Deegan | 6.91 | 440 | 450 | 514 | 515 | 600 | | | |
| | Independent | Frank Weir* | 6.09 | 432 | 463 | 502 | 506 | | | | |
| | Fianna Fáil | Tom Nolan* | 4.37 | 310 | 491 | 509 | 533 | 619 | 672 | 694 | |
| | Progressive Democrats | Sam Gee | 3.77 | 267 | 275 | | | | | | |
| Electorate: 12,817 Valid: 7,091 (55.32%) Spoilt: 174 Quota: 1,182 Turnout: 7,265 (56.68%) ||||||||||||

### 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* | 20.75 | 1,218 | | | | | |
| | Fine Gael | Marcella Corcoran Kennedy* | 16.14 | 947 | 971 | 997 | 1,057 | 1,195 | |
| | Fianna Fáil | Eamon Dooley* | 15.49 | 909 | 914 | 921 | 964 | 995 | 1,037 |
| | Fianna Fáil | Tom Feighery* | 14.82 | 870 | 872 | 880 | 903 | 998 | 1,209 |
| | Labour | Timmy Molloy | 9.10 | 534 | 535 | 565 | 592 | 640 | |
| | Independent | Ollie Daly | 9.06 | 532 | 538 | 549 | 685 | 735 | 871 |
| | Progressive Democrats | Seán O'Brien | 6.47 | 380 | 382 | 402 | 420 | | |
| | Independent | John Bracken | 5.90 | 346 | 363 | | | | |
| | Independent | Christopher Gannon | 1.33 | 78 | 78 | | | | |
| | Green | Stephen Hollinshead | 0.94 | 55 | 56 | | | | |
| Electorate: 9,449 Valid: 5,869 (62.11%) Spoilt: 99 Quota: 1,174 Turnout: 5,968 (63.16%) ||||||||||

### Tullamore

Tullamore - 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 |
| | Fine Gael | Tommy McKeigue* | 13.01 | 1,502 | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | Independent | Dervill Dolan* | 12.99 | 1,500 | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | Independent | Molly Buckley* | 11.38 | 1,314 | 1,324 | 1,327 | 1,342 | 1,352 | 1,380 | 1,452 | | | | | | |
| | Fianna Fáil | Barry Cowen* | 10.13 | 1,169 | 1,172 | 1,188 | 1,225 | 1,245 | 1,249 | 1,259 | 1,275 | 1,304 | 1,321 | 1,485 | | |
| | Independent | Johnny Butterfield | 8.76 | 1,011 | 1,017 | 1,019 | 1,027 | 1,034 | 1,054 | 1,078 | 1,090 | 1,134 | 1,182 | 1,209 | 1,286 | 1,371 |
| | Fine Gael | Michael Fox* | 6.14 | 709 | 722 | 723 | 758 | 759 | 826 | 841 | 850 | 939 | 961 | 1,007 | 1,090 | 1,134 |
| | Fianna Fáil | Danny Owens | 6.07 | 701 | 703 | 704 | 704 | 704 | 706 | 709 | 712 | 752 | 772 | 826 | 1,031 | 1,087 |
| | Independent | Frank Moran | 5.60 | 646 | 647 | 669 | 693 | 723 | 724 | 729 | 761 | 767 | 796 | 807 | 821 | |
| | Fianna Fáil | Paddy Rowland | 5.15 | 594 | 597 | 598 | 602 | 602 | 616 | 620 | 624 | 637 | 653 | 719 | | |
| | Labour | Seán O'Brien* | 4.58 | 529 | 535 | 536 | 537 | 542 | 554 | 570 | 664 | 688 | 726 | 781 | 889 | 948 |
| | Fianna Fáil | Brian Digan | 3.89 | 449 | 452 | 453 | 454 | 455 | 460 | 464 | 472 | 482 | 503 | | | |
| | Progressive Democrats | Breda Treacy | 2.62 | 303 | 305 | 306 | 308 | 310 | 313 | 330 | 331 | | | | | |
| | Sinn Féin | Seamus Walsh | 2.06 | 238 | 239 | 239 | 239 | 322 | 324 | 336 | 346 | 361 | | | | |
| | Green | Alison Badrian | 1.69 | 195 | 196 | 196 | 197 | 197 | 205 | | | | | | | |
| | Labour | Peter Greville | 1.63 | 188 | 189 | 191 | 193 | 199 | 207 | 214 | | | | | | |
| | Sinn Féin | Oliver O'Connor | 1.47 | 170 | 170 | 173 | 176 | | | | | | | | | |
| | Fine Gael | Kevin Doheny | 1.46 | 168 | 173 | 173 | 185 | 185 | | | | | | | | |
| | Fine Gael | Noel Reynolds | 1.36 | 157 | 159 | 162 | | | | | | | | | | |
| Electorate: 19,001 Valid: 11,543 (60.75%) Spoilt: 201 Quota: 1,443 Turnout: 11,744 (61.81%) |||||||||||||||||