# 1960 Donegal County Council election

An election to all 28 seats on Donegal County Council took place on 30 June 1960 as part of the Irish local elections. Councillors were elected from five 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).

## Results by party

| Party | Party | Seats | 1st pref | FPv% |
| | Fianna Fáil | 15 | 17,281 | 41.07% |
| | Fine Gael | 11 | 12,614 | 29.98% |
| | Sinn Féin | 1 | 1,741 | 4.14% |
| | Ratepayers | 1 | 826 | 1.96% |
| | Labour | 0 | 240 | 0.57% |
| | Independent | 5 | 9,376 | 22.28% |
| Total | Total | 28 | 42,076 | 100.00% |

## Results by local electoral area

* Sitting in italics

### Buncrana

Buncrana: 6 seats :
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count |
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 |
| | Fianna Fáil | Liam Cunningham* | 18.9% | 1,499 | | | | |
| | Fianna Fáil | Alex Diver* | 15.6% | 1,238 | | | |
| | Fianna Fáil | Michael Deery* | 14.4% | 1,142 | | | | |
| | Fine Gael | James McEleney* | 10.5% | 835 | 851 | 885 | 888 | 1,199 |
| | Fianna Fáil | Robert Doherty | 10.1% | 801 | 909 | 927 | 996 | 1,030 |
| | Fine Gael | James J. McGettigan | 9.5% | 749 | 757 | 766 | 790 | — |
| | Fine Gael | James Deeney* | 8.7% | 692 | 726 | 902 | 907 | 941 |
| | Fianna Fáil | Sean McLaughlin* | 7.2% | 574 | 762 | 837 | 841 | 860 |
| | Independent | Alfred Bateman | 4.9% | 389 | 409 | — | | |
| Electorate: 15,558 Valid: 7,927 Quota: 1,133 Turnout: 8,027 |||||||||

### Donegal

Donegal: 6 seats :
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | 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 |
| | Fine Gael | Christy Gallagher | 10.0% | 1,004 | 1,009 | 1,012 | 1,017 | 1,084 | 1,101 | 1,110 | 1,116 | 1,247 | 1,328 |
| | Fine Gael | Michael Melly* | 8.9% | 889 | 909 | 932 | 1,019 | 1,021 | 1,027 | 1,051 | 1,136 | 1,147 | '1,328 |
| | Fianna Fáil | Frank Muldoon* | 8.8% | 882 | 890 | 911 | 915 | 927 | 935 | 974 | 1,211 | 1,225 | 1,281 | 1,392 |
| | Independent | Brian McRory | 8.5% | 848 | 857 | 858 | 860 | 879 | 892 | 1,064 | 1,067 | 1,090 | 1,106 | 1,156 |
| | Fianna Fáil | Michael O'Donnell | 8.3% | 831 | 833 | 839 | 842 | 842 | 895 | 919 | 946 | 1,033 | 1,046 | 1,387 |
| | Ratepayers | Robert Anderson* | 8.2% | 826 | 831 | 835 | 842 | 980 | 983 | 995 | 1,006 | 1,008 | 1,039 | 1,052 |
| | Fianna Fáil | James Callaghan | 8.0% | 798 | 798 | 798 | 799 | 801 | 819 | 844 | 857 | 885 | 897 | — |
| | Independent | Joseph Doherty | 7.0% | 704 | 711 | 729 | 778 | 779 | 782 | 802 | 842 | 842 | — | |
| | Fine Gael | Seamus McShane | 6.3% | 627 | 631 | 634 | 636 | 642 | 672 | 695 | 702 | 918 | 923 | 1,022 |
| | Sinn Féin | Eamonn Monaghan | 4.7% | 469 | 477 | 478 | 482 | 488 | 501 | — | | | | |
| | Fine Gael | Patrick Cunningham* | 4.4% | 441 | 445 | 446 | 447 | 449 | 674 | 699 | 699 | — | | |
| | Fianna Fáil | Alex McKeaney | 4.4% | 440 | 446 | 549 | 574 | 579 | 582 | 582 | — | | | |
| | Fine Gael | Hugh Gallagher | 4.2% | 425 | 428 | 432 | 432 | 444 | — | | | | | |
| | Independent | Albert Ellis | 3.1% | 311 | 312 | 312 | 312 | — | | | | | | |
| | Independent | Edward Doherty | 2.2% | 218 | 220 | 239 | — | | | | | | | |
| | Fianna Fáil | Anthony King | 2.1% | 214 | 220 | — | | | | | | | | |
| | Independent | Bernard Mangan | 1.1% | 112 | — | | | | | | | | | |
| Valid: 10,039 Spoilt: 130 Quota: 1,435 Turnout: 10,169 |||||||||||||||

### Glenties

Glenties: 6 seats :
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | Count | Count | Count |
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 |
| | Fine Gael | Patrick O'Donnell* | 19.1% | 1,490 | | | |
| | Fianna Fáil | Louis Walsh* | 17.8% | 1,393 | | | |
| | Fianna Fáil | Cormac Breslin* | 15.4% | 1,202 | | | |
| | Fine Gael | Charles Greene* | 14.4% | 1,126 | | | |
| | Sinn Féin | Seamus Rogers | 12.3% | 961 | 1,082 | 1,103 | 1,118 |
| | Fianna Fáil | Sean O'Cinneide* | 10.3% | 803 | 871 | 878 | 1,105 |
| | Fine Gael | Charles McDyre | 9.3% | 727 | 902 | 915 | 949 |
| | Independent | Patrick A. McCarthy | 8.7% | 116 | 125 | — | |
| Valid: 7,818 Spoilt: 84 Quota: 1,117 Turnout: 7,902 ||||||||

### Letterkenny

Letterkenny: 6 seats :
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count |
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 |
| | Independent | William Buchanan* | 16.7% | 1,899 | | | | | | | | | |
| | Fine Gael | Paddy Harte TD | 11.0% | 1,249 | 1,251 | 1,254 | 1,260 | 1,342 | 1,353 | 1,440 | 1,690 | | |
| | Independent | Peter Dunnion* | 10.2% | 1,166 | 1,168 | 1,178 | 1,196 | 1,231 | 1,235 | 1,290 | 1,358 | 1,362 | 1,495 |
| | Fianna Fáil | Paddy McGowan | 8.9% | 1,019 | 1,022 | 1,028 | 1,034 | 1,101 | 1,133 | 1,169 | 1,209 | 1,211 | 1,243 |
| | Fianna Fáil | Bernard McGlinchey | 8.1% | 924 | 924 | 951 | 981 | 1,161 | 1,311 | 1,347 | 1,394 | 1,395 | 1,528 |
| | Independent | Samuel Patterson* | 7.7% | 880 | 1,117 | 1,132 | 1,137 | 1,142 | 1,205 | 1,220 | 1,248 | 1,250 | 1,290 |
| | Independent | Charles O'Donnell* | 6.5% | 741 | 742 | 779 | 811 | 824 | 895 | 948 | 967 | 967 | — |
| | Fine Gael | Hugh McKendrick* | 6.2% | 710 | 711 | 759 | 811 | 824 | 895 | 948 | 967 | 1,012 | 1,226 |
| | Fine Gael | John F. Hunter* | 6.0% | 684 | 694 | 697 | 709 | 722 | 725 | 790 | — | | |
| | Fianna Fáil | John J. Sheridan | 4.9% | 555 | 560 | 569 | 576 | 596 | — | | | | |
| | Ind. Republican | Frank Morris | 4.9% | 554 | 556 | 572 | 626 | 644 | 648 | — | | | |
| | Fianna Fáil | Charles Doherty | 4.2% | 475 | 478 | 481 | 511 | — | | | | | |
| | Sinn Féin | Patrick J. Dawson | 2.7% | 311 | 314 | 332 | — | | | | | | |
| | Labour | John Nugent | 2.1% | 240 | 240 | — | | | | | | | |
| Valid: 11,407 Spoilt: 144 Quota: 1,630 Turnout: 11,551 ||||||||||||||

### Milford

Milford: 4 seats :
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count |
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 |
| | Fianna Fáil | Harry Blaney* | 31.4% | 1,533 | | | | | |
| | Independent | Samuel Baxter* | 17.1% | 834 | 863 | 867 | 893 | 917 | 1,006 |
| | Fine Gael | Patrick Kelly* | 13.3% | 650 | 680 | 687 | 740 | 911 | 976 |
| | Fianna Fáil | John Harkin* | 11.8% | 577 | 747 | 749 | 765 | 813 | 871 |
| | Independent | Charles Harley | 7.7% | 378 | 394 | 411 | 422 | 443 | — |
| | Fianna Fáil | Michael Byrne | 7.6% | 371 | 656 | 660 | 664 | 674 | 717 |
| | Fine Gael | Maurice Ferry | 6.5% | 316 | 330 | 335 | 345 | — | |
| | Independent | William McGrory | 3.7% | 181 | 188 | 191 | — | | |
| | Independent | Edward Helferly | 0.9% | 45 | 49 | — | | | |
| Valid: 4,885 Spoilt: 114 Quota: 978 Turnout: 4,999 ||||||||||