# 1979 Irish local elections

The 1979 Irish local elections were held in all the counties, cities and towns of Ireland on Thursday, 7 June 1979, on the same day as the first direct elections to the European Parliament.

## Results
### Total seats

| Party | Party | Seats | ± | 1st pref | FPv% | ±% |
| | Fianna Fáil | 328 | 24 | 529,909 | 39.0 | 0.8 |
| | Fine Gael | 292 | 12 | 469,074 | 34.6 | 0.9 |
| | Labour | 75 | 4 | 160,684 | 11.8 | 0.9 |
| | Sinn Féin (Provisional) | 11 | 4 | 21,273 | 1.6 | 0.2 |
| | Sinn Féin The Workers' Party | 7 | 1 | 31,238 | 2.3 | 1.0 |
| | Independent Fianna Fáil | 4 | | 10,245 | 0.8 | 0.2 |
| | Protestant Association | 2 | | 1,912 | 0.1 | 0.1 |
| | Donegal Progressive Party | 1 | | 1,728 | 0.1 | New |
| | Independent Socialist Party | 1 | 1 | 675 | 0.0 | New |
| | Independent | 48 | 25 | 120,166 | 8.5 | 0.5 |
| Total | Total | | | 1,421,494 | 100 | — |

### Counties and cities

| Authority | | FF | | FG | | Lab | | SF (P) | | SFWP | | Other | Total |
| Carlow | 8 | 8 | 9 | 9 | 3 | 3 | | | | | 1 | 1 | 21 |
| Cavan | 12 | 12 | 11 | 11 | | | 1 | 1 | | | 1 | 1 | 25 |
| Clare | 17 | 17 | 9 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | | | 2 | 2 | 31 |
| Cork City | 13 | 13 | 12 | 12 | 4 | 4 | | | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 31 |
| Cork County | 23 | 23 | 18 | 18 | 3 | 3 | | | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 47 |
| Donegal | 10 | 10 | 6 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 23 |
| Dublin City | 12 | 12 | 15 | 15 | 11 | 11 | | | 1 | 1 | 6 | 6 | 45 |
| Dublin | 12 | 12 | 14 | 14 | 9 | 9 | | | | | 1 | 1 | 36 |
| Galway | 14 | 14 | 11 | 11 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | | | 2 | 2 | 30 |
| Kerry | 14 | 14 | 7 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | | | 2 | 2 | 26 |
| Kildare | 9 | 9 | 8 | 8 | 4 | 4 | | | | | | | 21 |
| Kilkenny | 11 | 11 | 10 | 10 | 4 | 4 | | | 1 | 1 | | | 26 |
| Laois | 11 | 11 | 12 | 12 | 2 | 2 | | | | | | | 25 |
| Leitrim | 11 | 11 | 9 | 9 | | | 1 | 1 | | | | | 21 |
| Limerick City | 6 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 4 | | | | | 2 | 2 | 17 |
| Limerick County | 15 | 15 | 11 | 11 | | | | | | | 1 | 1 | 27 |
| Longford | 8 | 8 | 9 | 9 | | | 2 | 2 | | | 2 | 2 | 21 |
| Louth | 10 | 10 | 8 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 26 |
| Mayo | 15 | 15 | 16 | 16 | | | | | | | | | 31 |
| Meath | 13 | 13 | 9 | 9 | 5 | 5 | | | | | 2 | 2 | 29 |
| Monaghan | 9 | 9 | 8 | 8 | | | | | | | 3 | 3 | 20 |
| Offaly | 10 | 10 | 9 | 9 | 1 | 1 | | | | | 1 | 1 | 21 |
| Roscommon | 12 | 12 | 12 | 12 | | | 1 | 1 | | | 1 | 1 | 26 |
| Sligo | 10 | 10 | 11 | 11 | 1 | 1 | | | | | 2 | 2 | 24 |
| Tipperary North | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 4 | 4 | | | | | 1 | 1 | 21 |
| Tipperary South | 11 | 11 | 8 | 8 | 4 | 4 | | | | | 3 | 3 | 26 |
| Waterford City | 5 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 2 | | | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 15 |
| Waterford County | 9 | 9 | 11 | 11 | 1 | 1 | | | | | | | 21 |
| Westmeath | 10 | 10 | 9 | 9 | 3 | 3 | | | | | 1 | 1 | 23 |
| Wexford | 10 | 10 | 7 | 7 | 2 | 2 | | | | | 2 | 2 | 21 |
| Wicklow | 7 | 7 | 8 | 8 | 4 | 4 | | | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 21 |

#### Notes

* ↑ Not a registered party.
* ↑ Includes 1 member of the Donegal Progressive Party.
* ↑ Five of the six non-party members of Dublin Corporation were elected as Community candidates, including Tony Gregory, Seán Dublin Bay Loftus and Carmencita Hederman.
* ↑ Two of the three non-party Monaghan councillors were nominated by the Protestant Association.

### Boroughs

| Authority | | FF | | FG | | Lab | | PSF | | Other | Total |
| Clonmel | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 3 | | | 1 | 1 | 12 |
| Drogheda | 3 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 3 | | | 4 | 4 | 12 |
| Dún Laoghaire | 3 | 3 | 8 | 8 | 4 | 4 | | | | | 15 |
| Galway | 5 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | | | 5 | 5 | 12 |
| Kilkenny | 4 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | | | 2 | 2 | 12 |
| Sligo | 3 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 2 | | | 3 | 3 | 12 |
| Wexford | 3 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 12 |