# 1991 Monaghan County Council election

An election to Monaghan County Council took place on 27 June 1991 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). This term was extended twice, first to 1998, then to 1999.

## Results by party

| Party | Party | Seats | ± | First Pref. votes | FPv% | ±% |
| | Fianna Fáil | 8 | -2 | 9,777 | 40.12% | |
| | Fine Gael | 7 | 0 | 7,981 | 32.75% | |
| | Sinn Féin | 2 | 0 | 3,396 | 13.94% | |
| | Independent | 3 | +2 | 2,964 | 12.16% | |
| Totals | Totals | 20 | 0 | 24,367 | 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 |
| | Fine Gael | Bill Cotter TD* | 22.4% | 1,435 | | | | | | | |
| | Fianna Fáil | Pádraig McNally* | 18.7% | 1,198 | | | | | | | |
| | Fianna Fáil | Rosaleen O'Hanlon* | 14.3% | 917 | 965 | 1,024 | 1,087 | | | | |
| | Fine Gael | Patrick Jones* | 12.6% | 808 | 1,031 | 1,041 | 1,092 | | | | |
| | Independent | Peter Murphy | 9.6% | 615 | 647 | 653 | 691 | 698 | 704 | 802 | 926 |
| | Fianna Fáil | Tom Freeman | 8% | 515 | 532 | 556 | 584 | 591 | 596 | 659 | 873 |
| | Fianna Fáil | Joe Meegan | 5.7% | 367 | 382 | 403 | 435 | 440 | 445 | 509 | |
| | Sinn Féin | Brian Meegan | 4.7% | 303 | 312 | 316 | 348 | 353 | 356 | | |
| | Workers' Party | Francis O'Donoghue | 3.9% | 249 | 272 | 272 | | | | | |
| Electorate: 9,384 Valid: 6,407 (68.28%) Spoilt: 53 Quota: 1,068 Turnout: 6,460 (68.84%) ||||||||||||

### Castleblayney

Castleblayney- 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 | Senator Francis O'Brien* | 19.1% | 1,105 | | | | | | |
| | Fine Gael | Arthur Carville* | 18.6% | 1,080 | | | | | | |
| | Fianna Fáil | Brendan Hughes* | 15.2% | 879 | 911 | 929 | 944 | 1,044 | | |
| | Fine Gael | John F. Conlan* | 13.4% | 777 | 805 | 841 | 939 | 1,002 | | |
| | Fine Gael | Adam Armstrong | 12.2% | 710 | 716 | 757 | 781 | 811 | 828 | 847 |
| | Fianna Fáil | Olivia Keenan | 10.3% | 598 | 650 | 661 | 714 | 797 | 836 | 852 |
| | Sinn Féin | Malachy Woods | 6.4% | 370 | 378 | 383 | 456 | | | |
| | Independent | Talbot Duffy | 4.8% | 280 | 292 | 294 | | | | |
| Electorate: 8,853 Valid: 5,799 (65.5%) Spoilt: 59 Quota: 967 Turnout: 5,858 (65.87%) |||||||||||

### Clones

Clones - 4 seats :
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | Count | Count |
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| | Fianna Fáil | Jimmy Leonard TD* | 25.9% | 1,314 | | |
| | Fine Gael | Hugh McElvaney* | 18.8% | 952 | 986 | 1,035 |
| | Independent | Walter Pringle | 18% | 913 | 938 | 1,037 |
| | Fine Gael | Seymour Crawford | 17.9% | 910 | 936 | 973 |
| | Sinn Féin | Pat Treanor* | 14.4% | 732 | 755 | 832 |
| | Fianna Fáil | Patrick McKenna* | 4.7% | 239 | 429 | |
| | Independent | Joseph Duffy | 0.2% | 12 | 13 | |
| Electorate: 7,736 Valid: 5,072 (65.56%) Spoilt: 52 Quota: 1,015 Turnout: 5,124 (66.24%) |||||||

### Monaghan

Monaghan - 6 seats :
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count |
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 |
| | Sinn Féin | Caoimhghin O Caolain* | 16.8% | 1,193 | | | | |
| | Fianna Fáil | Patsy Treanor* | 15.9% | 1,127 | | | | |
| | Fianna Fáil | Willie McKenna* | 14.4% | 1,019 | | | | |
| | Fine Gael | Stephen McAree* | 12.7% | 899 | 905 | 921 | 978 | 1,269 |
| | Independent | Noel Maxwell | 12.4% | 877 | 882 | 887 | 925 | 969 |
| | Sinn Féin | Brian McKenna | 11.3% | 798 | 942 | 953 | 1,003 | 1,017 |
| | Fianna Fáil | Matt Caulfield | 7% | 499 | 507 | 574 | 617 | 644 |
| | Fine Gael | Timothy O'Hanrahan | 5.8% | 410 | 417 | 425 | 443 | |
| | Independent | Plunkett McKenna | 3.8% | 267 | 277 | 284 | | |
| Electorate: 11,830 Valid: 7,089 (59.92%) Spoilt: 77 Quota: 1,013 Turnout: 7,166 (60.57%) |||||||||