# 1991 Kilkenny County Council election

An election to Kilkenny County Council took place on 27 June 1991 as part of that year's Irish local elections. 26 councillors were elected from five 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 | 12 | +1 | 13,981 | 43.19 | |
| | Fine Gael | 10 | 0 | 10,787 | 33.33 | |
| | Labour | 4 | +1 | 5,178 | 16.00 | |
| | Workers' Party | 0 | -1 | 664 | 2.05 | |
| | Independent | 0 | -1 | 798 | 2.47 | |
| Totals | Totals | 26 | - | 32,369 | 100.00 | — |

## Results by local electoral area
### Ballyragget

Ballyragget - 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 |
| | Fine Gael | Mary Hilda Cavanagh* | 16.5% | 1,142 | 1,155 | | | | | | | |
| | Labour | Dick Brennan* | 13.5% | 931 | 981 | 988 | 1,011 | 1,049 | 1,191 | | | |
| | Fianna Fáil | John Murphy* | 12.6% | 870 | 874 | 933 | 959 | 1,043 | 1,271 | | | |
| | Fine Gael | John Brennan | 11.5% | 797 | 802 | 804 | 820 | 1,094 | 1,212 | | | |
| | Fianna Fáil | Martin Fitzpatrick | 9.9% | 682 | 685 | 758 | 882 | 902 | 967 | 1,033 | 1,059 | 1,089 |
| | Fianna Fáil | Patricia Owens | 9.4% | 650 | 653 | 661 | 677 | 698 | | | | |
| | Fianna Fáil | Shem O'Donnell | 8.8% | 609 | 631 | 737 | 768 | 848 | 959 | 1,010 | 1,021 | 1,028 |
| | Fine Gael | Kathleen Conroy | 7.4% | 509 | 513 | 519 | 555 | | | | | |
| | Independent | Brid Phelan | 4.5% | 313 | 316 | 350 | | | | | | |
| | Fianna Fáil | Michael Wilson | 4.4% | 304 | 306 | | | | | | | |
| | Labour | John Bergin | 1.6% | 111 | | | | | | | | |
| Electorate: 9,780 Valid: 6,918 (70.74%) Spoilt: 78 Quota: 1,154 Turnout: 6,996 (71.53%) |||||||||||||

### Kilkenny

Kilkenny - 4 seats :
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count |
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 |
| | Labour | Seamus Pattison TD* | 24.3% | 1,130 | | | | | | |
| | Fianna Fáil | Senator Michael Lanigan* | 16.5% | 765 | 792 | 815 | 834 | 842 | 995 | |
| | Fine Gael | Kieran Crotty* | 15.4% | 715 | 762 | 791 | 983 | | | |
| | Fianna Fáil | Michael McGuinness | 14.6% | 680 | 701 | 713 | 737 | 741 | 833 | 917 |
| | Fianna Fáil | Evelyn White | 6.6% | 306 | 322 | 342 | 361 | 366 | | |
| | Fine Gael | Carmel Boyd | 6.4% | 299 | 319 | 329 | | | | |
| | Independent | John Bolger* | 6.3% | 292 | 317 | 346 | 394 | 423 | 478 | 624 |
| | Workers' Party | Joe Butler | 5.8% | 268 | 299 | 362 | 376 | 383 | 409 | |
| | Fianna Fáil | Michael McGrath | 4.2% | 193 | 206 | | | | | |
| Electorate: 8,088 Valid: 4,648 (57.47%) Spoilt: 39 Quota: 930 Turnout: 4,687 (57.95%) |||||||||||

### Piltown

Piltown - 7 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 | Liam Aylward TD* | 23.6% | 1,906 | | | | | | | |
| | Fine Gael | Dick Dowling* | 15.2% | 1,229 | | | | | | | |
| | Fine Gael | Andy Cotterell* | 9.5% | 763 | 812 | 896 | 914 | 931 | 1,069 | | |
| | Labour | Joe Walsh | 9.3% | 750 | 795 | 814 | 1,045 | | | | |
| | Fine Gael | John Maher* | 8.6% | 697 | 753 | 773 | 784 | 795 | 1,081 | | |
| | Fianna Fáil | Marguerite Drea | 6.6% | 534 | 676 | 682 | 690 | 822 | 837 | 843 | 849 |
| | Fianna Fáil | Dick Dunphy* | 6.4% | 517 | 739 | 748 | 754 | 855 | 922 | 962 | 981 |
| | Fine Gael | Catherine Kearns | 6% | 482 | 508 | 563 | 579 | 596 | | | |
| | Fianna Fáil | Ann Blackmore | 5.7% | 456 | 678 | 682 | 702 | 823 | 858 | 884 | 890 |
| | Workers' Party | Martin Kennedy* | 4.9% | 396 | 421 | 434 | | | | | |
| | Fianna Fáil | Albert Byrne | 4.2% | 335 | 445 | 455 | 491 | | | | |
| Electorate: 12,979 Valid: 8,065 (62.14%) Spoilt: 106 Quota: 1,009 Turnout: 8,171 (62.96%) ||||||||||||

### Thomastown

Thomastown - 6 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 | James Brett* | 15.7% | 1,179 | | | | | | |
| | Labour | Michael O'Brien* | 14% | 1,055 | 1,061 | 1,075 | | | | |
| | Fianna Fáil | Kevin Fennelly | 12.3% | 922 | 948 | 965 | 1,028 | | | |
| | Fine Gael | Billy Ireland* | 11.1% | 835 | 841 | 858 | 904 | 936 | 946 | 1,015 |
| | Fine Gael | Tom Maher | 9.2% | 692 | 701 | 717 | 780 | 940 | 960 | 991 |
| | Labour | John Bolger | 8.6% | 646 | 648 | 657 | 689 | 703 | 708 | |
| | Fine Gael | Philip Brennan* | 8% | 600 | 605 | 610 | 699 | 716 | 729 | 815 |
| | Fianna Fáil | Michael Fenlon* | 7.6% | 573 | 586 | 594 | 606 | 675 | 806 | 1,039 |
| | Fianna Fáil | Breda Somers* | 6.6% | 493 | 518 | 528 | 598 | | | |
| | Progressive Democrats | Patrick Crowley | 4.7% | 350 | 360 | 434 | | | | |
| | Progressive Democrats | Donal McDonald | 2.3% | 175 | 177 | | | | | |
| Electorate: 11,771 Valid: 7,520 (63.89%) Spoilt: 96 Quota: 1,075 Turnout: 7,616 (64.7%) |||||||||||

### Tullaroan

Tullaroan - 4 seats :
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count |
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 |
| | Fine Gael | Phil Hogan TD* | 20.6% | 1,073 | | | | | | |
| | Fianna Fáil | Pat Millea* | 14.4% | 754 | 758 | 831 | 857 | 931 | 1,244 | |
| | Fianna Fáil | John McGuinness | 12.1% | 633 | 634 | 709 | 733 | 794 | 949 | 1,098 |
| | Fine Gael | Margaret Tynan* | 11.1% | 578 | 587 | 606 | 789 | 960 | 1,036 | 1,060 |
| | Labour | Tony Patterson | 10.6% | 555 | 557 | 580 | 647 | 739 | 789 | 816 |
| | Fianna Fáil | Joe Rice | 9.1% | 476 | 477 | 561 | 586 | 665 | | |
| | Progressive Democrats | Martin Gibbons* | 8.4% | 436 | 438 | 473 | 534 | | | |
| | Fine Gael | Paul Cuddihy | 7.2% | 376 | 385 | 397 | | | | |
| | Fianna Fáil | Tom Brennan* | 6.5% | 337 | 338 | | | | | |
| Electorate: 8,832 Valid: 5,218 (59.04%) Spoilt: 49 Quota: 1,044 Turnout: 5,267 (59.64%) |||||||||||