# Cork South (Dáil constituency)

Cork South was a parliamentary constituency represented in Dáil Éireann, the lower house of the Irish parliament or Oireachtas from 1948 to 1961. The constituency elected 3 deputies (Teachtaí Dála, commonly known as TDs) to the Dáil, on the system of proportional representation by means of the single transferable vote (PR-STV).

## History

The constituency was created under the Electoral (Amendment) Act 1947, for the 1948 general election to Dáil Éireann. It succeeded the constituency of Cork South-East. It was abolished under the Electoral (Amendment) Act 1961, when it was partially replaced by the new constituency of Cork South-West.

## Boundaries

The administrative county of Cork except the portion thereof which was comprised in the constituencies of Cork Borough, Cork North, Cork East and Cork West.

## TDs

Teachtaí Dála (TDs) for Cork South 1948–1961 :
| Key to parties  Lab = Labour  CnaT = Clann na Talmhan  FF = Fianna Fáil  Ind = Independent  FG = Fine Gael ||||||||
| Dáil | Election | Deputy (Party) | Deputy (Party) | Deputy (Party) | Deputy (Party) | Deputy (Party) | Deputy (Party) |
| 13th | 1948 | | Dan Desmond (Lab) | | Seán Buckley (FF) | | Patrick Lehane (CnaT) |
| 14th | 1951 | | Dan Desmond (Lab) | | Seán Buckley (FF) | | Patrick Lehane (Ind) |
| 15th | 1954 | | Dan Desmond (Lab) | | Seán McCarthy (FF) | | Tadhg Manley (FG) |
| 16th | 1957 | | Dan Desmond (Lab) | | Seán McCarthy (FF) | | Tadhg Manley (FG) |
| 17th | 1961 | Constituency abolished | Constituency abolished | Constituency abolished | Constituency abolished | Constituency abolished | Constituency abolished |
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
### 1957 general election

1957 general election: Cork South :
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | Count |
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | 1 | 2 |
| | Labour | Dan Desmond | 23.0 | 6,176 | 6,527 |
| | Fianna Fáil | Seán McCarthy | 22.9 | 6,146 | 6,855 |
| | Fianna Fáil | Sean MacDiarmaid Fawsitt | 18.7 | 5,016 | 5,982 |
| | Fine Gael | Tadhg Manley | 17.8 | 4,769 | 6,999 |
| | Independent | Patrick Dineen | 17.6 | 4,712 | |
| Electorate: 36,421 Valid: 26,819 Quota: 6,705 Turnout: 73.6% ||||||

### 1954 general election

1954 general election: Cork South :
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | Count | Count |
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| | Labour | Dan Desmond | 25.8 | 7,704 | | |
| | Fine Gael | Tadhg Manley | 24.8 | 7,401 | 9,930 | |
| | Fianna Fáil | Seán McCarthy | 19.1 | 5,714 | 6,295 | 6,624 |
| | Fianna Fáil | Seán MacDiarmaid Fawsitt | 16.3 | 4,872 | 5,475 | 5,798 |
| | Independent | Patrick Lehane | 14.1 | 4,206 | | |
| Electorate: 36,935 Valid: 29,897 Quota: 7,475 Turnout: 80.9% |||||||

### 1951 general election

1951 general election: Cork South :
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | Count | Count |
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| | Labour | Dan Desmond | 25.5 | 7,699 | | |
| | Fianna Fáil | Seán Buckley | 24.8 | 7,500 | 7,611 | |
| | Independent | Patrick Lehane | 17.2 | 5,215 | 5,697 | 7,022 |
| | Fianna Fáil | William Kent | 13.1 | 3,964 | 4,010 | |
| | Fine Gael | Tadhg Manley | 10.2 | 3,089 | 5,124 | 5,416 |
| | Fine Gael | John L. O'Sullivan | 9.2 | 2,775 | | |
| Electorate: 37,398 Valid: 30,242 Quota: 7,561 Turnout: 80.87% |||||||

### 1948 general election

1948 general election: Cork South :
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count |
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 |
| | Labour | Dan Desmond | 25.1 | 7,241 | | | | | |
| | Clann na Talmhan | Patrick Lehane | 18.2 | 5,245 | 5,247 | 5,395 | 6,087 | 6,227 | 6,858 |
| | Fianna Fáil | Seán Buckley | 17.3 | 5,000 | 5,008 | 5,028 | 5,451 | 8,750 | |
| | Fine Gael | Eamonn O'Neill | 15.6 | 4,488 | 4,494 | 5,326 | 5,949 | 5,995 | 6,147 |
| | Fianna Fáil | Jeremiah Browne | 12.1 | 3,502 | 3,505 | 3,512 | 3,638 | | |
| | Clann na Poblachta | Tom Hales | 7.9 | 2,287 | 2,297 | 2,339 | | | |
| | Fine Gael | Michael O'Driscoll | 3.7 | 1,077 | 1,078 | | | | |
| Electorate: 38,522 Valid: 28,840 Quota: 7,211 Turnout: 74.87% ||||||||||