# 1985 Dublin County Council election in Dublin–Fingal

An election to all 24 seats on the council of the electoral county of Dublin–Fingal within Dublin County took place on 20 June 1985 as part of the 1985 Irish local elections. Councillors were elected from 6 local electoral areas 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 for a further year, to 1991.
Dublin–Fingal was one of three electoral counties in Dublin County established by the Local Government (Reorganisation) Act 1985. The councillors elected also sat as members of Dublin County Council, along with those elected for Dublin–Belgard and Dún Laoghaire–Rathdown.

## Results by local electoral area
### Balbriggan

Balbriggan: 5 seats :
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count |
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 |
| | Fianna Fáil | Jack Larkin | | 1,386 | 1,405 | 1,450 | 1,646 | | | | | |
| | Fine Gael | Cathal Boland* | | 1,245 | 1,272 | 1,285 | 1,298 | 1,300 | 1,593 | | | |
| | Fianna Fáil | Sean Gilbride | | 1,082 | 1,102 | 1,142 | 1,230 | 1,300 | 1,336 | 1,337 | 1,430 | 1,493 |
| | Fianna Fáil | Jim Geraghty | | 971 | 979 | 992 | 1,105 | 1,133 | 1,146 | 1,147 | 1,177 | 1,405 |
| | Labour | Ken Farrell | | 942 | 968 | 998 | 1,008 | 1,008 | 1,019 | 1,021 | 1,365 | 1,596 |
| | Independent | Catherine Cusack | | 640 | 705 | 748 | 763 | 763 | 794 | 796 | 840 | |
| | Fine Gael | Bill Reynolds* | | 636 | 644 | 653 | 742 | 748 | 854 | 899 | 959 | 1,070 |
| | Fine Gael | Patricia Gallen | | 588 | 614 | 633 | 646 | 648 | | | | |
| | Fianna Fáil | John Maxwell | | 540 | 547 | 570 | | | | | | |
| | Labour | Joe Davis | | 536 | 563 | 649 | 661 | 664 | 779 | 786 | | |
| | Sinn Féin | Briege Tuite | | 363 | 394 | | | | | | | |
| | Green Alliance | Trevor Sargent | | 227 | | | | | | | | |
| | Independent | Kay Hanratty | | 50 | | | | | | | | |
| Electorate: 17,776 Valid: 9,206 (52.6%) Spoilt: 149 Quota: 1,535 Turnout: 9,351 |||||||||||||

### Castleknock

Castleknock: 4 seats :
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count |
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 |
| | Fine Gael | Jim Fay* | | 922 | 928 | 944 | 987 | 1,016 | 1,163 | | | |
| | Fianna Fáil | Ned Ryan | | 882 | 884 | 886 | 890 | 898 | 909 | 909 | 1,247 | |
| | Fianna Fáil | Tom Boland | | 834 | 838 | 841 | 847 | 870 | 880 | 880 | 1,187 | |
| | Fianna Fáil | Teresa Watters | | 752 | 754 | 760 | 772 | 794 | 825 | 826 | | |
| | Independent | Seán Lyons | | 714 | 718 | 761 | 794 | 916 | 935 | 939 | 1,015 | 1,098 |
| | Fine Gael | Tom Samfey | | 561 | 564 | 568 | 593 | 615 | 834 | 865 | 925 | 962 |
| | Fine Gael | Jennifer Payne | | 361 | 364 | 379 | 425 | 452 | | | | |
| | Workers' Party | Eamonn Lynskey | | 219 | 226 | 249 | 304 | | | | | |
| | Labour | Ita Kavanagh | | 175 | 210 | 234 | | | | | | |
| | Green Alliance | John Garvey | | 141 | 143 | | | | | | | |
| | Labour | Bill Hughes | | 69 | | | | | | | | |
| Electorate: 11,887 Valid: 5,630 (47.79%) Spoilt: 51 Quota: 1,127 Turnout: 5,681 |||||||||||||

### Howth

Howth: 4 seats :
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count |
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 |
| | Fine Gael | Michael Joe Cosgrave* | | 1,536 | | | | | | | | |
| | Fianna Fáil | Liam Creaven | | 912 | 920 | 927 | 941 | 990 | 1,129 | 1,177 | 1,528 | |
| | Independent | Noel Peers | | 759 | 770 | 812 | 909 | 1,148 | 1,218 | 1,265 | 1,303 | 1,309 |
| | Fianna Fáil | Eilis Rickard | | 663 | 673 | 680 | 698 | 737 | 919 | 939 | 1,224 | 1,351 |
| | Fianna Fáil | Tom Kavanagh | | 651 | 655 | 659 | 675 | 701 | 775 | 783 | | |
| | Fine Gael | Joan Maher | | 608 | 679 | 741 | 780 | 812 | 840 | 1,240 | 1,314 | 1,322 |
| | Fianna Fáil | Eugene Rudden | | 479 | 484 | 488 | 497 | 527 | | | | |
| | Fine Gael | Muriel O Tiarnaigh | | 467 | 490 | 511 | 521 | 541 | 553 | | | |
| | Independent | Paul Arnold | | 364 | 373 | 397 | 476 | | | | | |
| | Workers' Party | Eugene O'Leary | | 263 | 266 | 322 | | | | | | |
| | Labour | Tony Dermody | | 230 | 235 | | | | | | | |
| Electorate: 14,314 Valid: 6,932 (48.9%) Spoilt: 68 Quota: 1,387 Turnout: 7,000 |||||||||||||

### Malahide

Malahide: 4 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 | G.V. Wright | | 1,724 | | | | | | |
| | Labour | Bernie Malone* | | 1,091 | 1,123 | 1,222 | 1,245 | 1,385 | 1,690 | |
| | Fine Gael | Nora Owen* | | 905 | 931 | 953 | 980 | 1,394 | | |
| | Fianna Fáil | Vincent Hughes | | 760 | 792 | 827 | 910 | 1,002 | 1,060 | 1,127 |
| | Fine Gael | Tom Houlihan | | 678 | 681 | 702 | 707 | | | |
| | Fianna Fáil | Pat Dunne* | | 674 | 800 | 823 | 974 | 993 | 1,133 | 1,218 |
| | Independent | Michael Howard | | 557 | 592 | 679 | 712 | 743 | | |
| | Fianna Fáil | Linda Rafferty | | 253 | 325 | 337 | | | | |
| | Green Alliance | Colm O Caomhanaigh | | 161 | 165 | | | | | |
| | Independent | Joe McDermott | | 147 | 150 | | | | | |
| Electorate: 12,671 Valid: 6,950 (55.12%) Spoilt: 35 Quota: 1,391 Turnout: 6,985 |||||||||||

### Mulhuddart

Mulhuddart: 3 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 | Jim Fahey | | 1,203 | | | | | | |
| | Fianna Fáil | Marian McGennis | | 755 | 767 | 788 | 841 | 1,027 | 1,082 | 1,129 |
| | Workers' Party | Ollie Lunney | | 693 | 740 | 764 | 813 | 990 | 1,039 | 1,043 |
| | Fine Gael | Marian Sheehan | | 582 | 604 | 779 | 1,098 | 1,293 | | |
| | Independent | Seán Lyons | | 521 | 540 | 576 | 626 | | | |
| | Fine Gael | Tom Reynolds | | 414 | 425 | 483 | | | | |
| | Fine Gael | Liam Skelly | | 303 | 322 | | | | | |
| | Labour | Michael Martin | | 135 | | | | | | |
| Electorate: 10,480 Valid: 4,606 (44.35%) Spoilt: 42 Quota: 1,152 Turnout: 4,648 |||||||||||

### Swords

Swords: 4 seats :
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | Count | Count | Count |
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 |
| | Fianna Fáil | Ray Burke | | 2,335 | | | |
| | Labour | Seán Ryan* | | 1,308 | | | |
| | Fianna Fáil | Cyril Gallagher* | | 739 | 1,229 | 1,316 | |
| | Fine Gael | Anne Devitt | | 652 | 701 | 788 | 1,258 |
| | Fine Gael | Paddy Donovan | | 504 | 532 | 592 | |
| | Workers' Party | Shane McManus | | 416 | 449 | | |
| | Fianna Fáil | Oliver Dennis | | 727 | 849 | 950 | 1,014 |
| Electorate: 13,877 Valid: 6,336 (46.26%) Spoilt: 83 Quota: 1,268 Turnout: 6,419 ||||||||