# 1985 Offaly County Council election

An election to Offaly County Council took place on 20 June 1985 as part of the 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). This term was extended for a further year, to 1991.

## Results by party

| Party | Party | Seats | ± | First Pref. votes | FPv% | ±% |
| | Fianna Fáil | 12 | +2 | 13,280 | 49.78 | |
| | Fine Gael | 6 | -3 | 8,673 | 32.48 | |
| | Independent | 3 | +2 | 3,304 | 12.37 | |
| | Labour | 0 | -1 | 1,090 | 4.08 | |
| Totals | Totals | 21 | - | 24,722 | 100.00 | — |

## Results by local electoral area
### Birr

Birr- 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 | Pat Moylan | | 1,049 | 1,059 | 1,059 | 1,088 | 1,171 | | | |
| | Fianna Fáil | Michelle Hoolan | | 835 | 840 | 909 | 924 | 940 | 941 | 971 | 994 |
| | Fine Gael | Tom Enright TD* | | 827 | 883 | 955 | 982 | 1,182 | | | |
| | Fianna Fáil | Joe Dooley* | | 788 | 806 | 810 | 875 | 908 | 910 | 1,030 | 1,086 |
| | Fine Gael | Joe Clear* | | 724 | 734 | 807 | 822 | 887 | 908 | 1,318 | |
| | Fianna Fáil | Seamus Loughnane* | | 680 | 709 | 718 | 781 | 788 | 795 | 838 | 865 |
| | Fine Gael | Percy Clendennen* | | 523 | 540 | 564 | 595 | 685 | 723 | | |
| | Fine Gael | Padraig Horan | | 447 | 482 | 515 | 538 | | | | |
| | Sinn Féin | Patrick Grogan | | 299 | 308 | 308 | | | | | |
| | Fine Gael | Patrick Collison | | 289 | 293 | | | | | | |
| | Labour | Fred Ryan | | 214 | | | | | | | |
| Electorate: 9,040 Valid: 6,675 (74.99%) Spoilt: 104 Quota: 1,113 Turnout: 6,779 ||||||||||||

### Edenderry

Edenderry: 5 seats :
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count |
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 |
| | Fianna Fáil | Ger Connolly TD* | | 1,787 | | | | |
| | Fine Gael | Michael Fox* | | 843 | 864 | 876 | 1,015 | 1,029 |
| | Independent | James Flanagan* | | 772 | 868 | 884 | 1,095 | |
| | Fine Gael | Donal Dunne* | | 753 | 794 | 837 | 925 | 941 |
| | Fianna Fáil | Patrick Gorman* | | 730 | 1,088 | | | |
| | Fianna Fáil | Paddy Scully* | | 724 | 872 | 893 | 977 | 994 |
| | Fine Gael | Paul O'Kelly | | 321 | 349 | 352 | | |
| | Independent | Eileen O'Connor | | 211 | 243 | 266 | | |
| | Independent | Eugene Mulligan | | 141 | 156 | | | |
| Electorate: 10,162 Valid: 6,282 (62.99%) Spoilt: 119 Quota: 1,048 Turnout: 6,401 |||||||||

### Ferbane

Ferbane- 5 seats :
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | Count | Count | Count |
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 |
| | Fianna Fáil | Eamon Dooley* | | 1,223 | | | |
| | Fine Gael | Connie Hanniffy* | | 1,075 | | | |
| | Fianna Fáil | Tom Feighery* | | 894 | 1,075 | | |
| | Fianna Fáil | Patrick Mahon | | 723 | 773 | 786 | 953 |
| | Fine Gael | Bernard Corcoran* | | 700 | 740 | 840 | 936 |
| | Fine Gael | Attracta Dooley | | 552 | 557 | 608 | 703 |
| | Independent | Seamus Boland | | 442 | 453 | 472 | |
| Electorate: 8,741 Valid: 5,673 (65.7%) Spoilt: 70 Quota: 946 Turnout: 5,743 ||||||||

### Tullamore

Tullamore: 6 seats :
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | Count | 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 | 14 | 15 |
| | Fianna Fáil | Brian Cowen TD* | | 1,844 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | Fianna Fáil | John Flanagan | | 832 | 1,046 | 1,054 | 1,067 | 1,130 | 1,155 | | | | | | | | | |
| | Independent | Johnny Butterfield* | | 812 | 830 | 840 | 849 | 856 | 872 | 873 | 899 | 917 | 953 | 987 | 1,054 | 1,118 | 1,289 | |
| | Fine Gael | Frank Feery* | | 672 | 782 | 787 | 800 | 803 | 809 | 809 | 819 | 832 | 876 | 969 | 1,015 | 1,029 | 1,047 | 1,057 |
| | Independent | Thomas Dolan | | 526 | 645 | 646 | 657 | 669 | 675 | 675 | 678 | 686 | 691 | 698 | 720 | 742 | 824 | 861 |
| | Fianna Fáil | Patrick Mitchell | | 452 | 480 | 482 | 483 | 513 | 515 | 515 | 523 | 603 | 647 | 668 | 694 | 945 | 991 | 999 |
| | Independent | May Keeley | | 400 | 412 | 414 | 430 | 435 | 455 | 455 | 497 | 524 | 537 | 552 | 625 | 650 | | |
| | Fine Gael | Ian Lee | | 353 | 356 | 366 | 367 | 377 | 385 | 385 | 400 | 413 | 492 | 679 | 716 | 789 | 837 | 851 |
| | Fianna Fáil | Michael Lynam | | 336 | 405 | 407 | 414 | 427 | 427 | 427 | 430 | 494 | 500 | 516 | 545 | | | |
| | Fine Gael | Peter Kelly | | 301 | 305 | 308 | 312 | 322 | 327 | 327 | 338 | 344 | | | | | | |
| | Fine Gael | Bernadette Owens | | 293 | 297 | 303 | 305 | 309 | 327 | 327 | 348 | 366 | 436 | | | | | |
| | Labour | Laurence Byrne* | | 259 | 273 | 280 | 306 | 310 | 342 | 343 | 438 | 455 | 471 | 490 | | | | |
| | Fianna Fáil | Miriam O'Callaghan | | 209 | 238 | 243 | 247 | 285 | 296 | 296 | 315 | | | | | | | |
| | Labour | Ernest McGuire | | 191 | 196 | 216 | 241 | 245 | 294 | 294 | | | | | | | | |
| | Labour | Vincent Wynter | | 184 | 186 | 208 | 216 | 217 | | | | | | | | | | |
| | Fianna Fáil | Ann Mansoor | | 164 | 200 | 204 | 206 | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | Labour | Seán O'Brien | | 125 | 127 | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | Labour | John O'Dwyer | | 117 | 139 | 149 | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| Electorate: 12,194 Valid: 8,070 (67.55%) Spoilt: 167 Quota: 1,153 Turnout: 8,237 |||||||||||||||||||