# Cork North (Dáil constituency)

Cork North was a parliamentary constituency represented in Dáil Éireann, the lower house of the Irish parliament or Oireachtas from 1923 to 1961. The constituency elected 3 (and sometimes 4) 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 Act 1923, for the 1923 general election to Dáil Éireann, whose members formed the 4th Dáil. The constituency returned 3 Teachtaí Dála initially. The number of seats was increased to 4 for the 1937 general election but was reduced back to 3 for the 1948 general election.
It succeeded the constituency of Cork Mid, North, South, South East and West. It was abolished under the Electoral (Amendment) Act 1961, when it was replaced by the new constituency of Cork North-East and Cork Mid.

## Boundaries

It consisted of the county electoral areas of Kanturk and Macroom in the administrative county of Cork.

## TDs

Teachtaí Dála (TDs) for Cork North 1923–1961 :
| Key to parties  CnaT = Clann na Talmhan  CnaG = Cumann na nGaedheal  FP = Farmers' Party  FF = Fianna Fáil  FG = Fine Gael  Ind = Independent  Lab = Labour  Rep = Republican ||||||||||
| Dáil | Election | Deputy (Party) | Deputy (Party) | Deputy (Party) | Deputy (Party) | Deputy (Party) | Deputy (Party) | Deputy (Party) | Deputy (Party) |
| 4th | 1923 | | Daniel Corkery (Rep) | | Daniel Vaughan (FP) | | Thomas Nagle (Lab) | 3 seats 1923–1937 | 3 seats 1923–1937 |
| 5th | 1927 (Jun) | | Daniel Corkery (Ind) | | Daniel Vaughan (FP) | | Timothy Quill (Lab) | 3 seats 1923–1937 | 3 seats 1923–1937 |
| 6th | 1927 (Sep) | | Daniel Corkery (FF) | | Daniel Vaughan (FP) | | Daniel O'Leary (CnaG) | 3 seats 1923–1937 | 3 seats 1923–1937 |
| 7th | 1932 | | Seán Moylan (FF) | | Daniel Vaughan (FP) | | Daniel O'Leary (CnaG) | 3 seats 1923–1937 | 3 seats 1923–1937 |
| 8th | 1933 | | Seán Moylan (FF) | | Daniel Corkery (FF) | | Daniel O'Leary (CnaG) | 3 seats 1923–1937 | 3 seats 1923–1937 |
| 9th | 1937 | | Seán Moylan (FF) | | Patrick Daly (FG) | | Timothy Linehan (FG) | | Con Meaney (FF) |
| 10th | 1938 | | Seán Moylan (FF) | | Patrick Daly (FG) | | Timothy Linehan (FG) | | Con Meaney (FF) |
| 11th | 1943 | | Seán Moylan (FF) | | Patrick Halliden (CnaT) | | Timothy Linehan (FG) | | Leo Skinner (FF) |
| 12th | 1944 | | Seán Moylan (FF) | | Patrick Halliden (CnaT) | | Patrick McAuliffe (Lab) | | Leo Skinner (FF) |
| 13th | 1948 | | Seán Moylan (FF) | | Patrick Halliden (CnaT) | | Patrick McAuliffe (Lab) | 3 seats 1948–1961 | 3 seats 1948–1961 |
| 14th | 1951 | | Seán Moylan (FF) | | Denis O'Sullivan (FG) | | Patrick McAuliffe (Lab) | 3 seats 1948–1961 | 3 seats 1948–1961 |
| 15th | 1954 | | Seán Moylan (FF) | | Denis O'Sullivan (FG) | | Patrick McAuliffe (Lab) | 3 seats 1948–1961 | 3 seats 1948–1961 |
| 16th | 1957 | | Batt Donegan (FF) | | Denis O'Sullivan (FG) | | Patrick McAuliffe (Lab) | 3 seats 1948–1961 | 3 seats 1948–1961 |
| 17th | 1961 | Constituency abolished. See Cork North-East and Cork Mid | Constituency abolished. See Cork North-East and Cork Mid | Constituency abolished. See Cork North-East and Cork Mid | Constituency abolished. See Cork North-East and Cork Mid | Constituency abolished. See Cork North-East and Cork Mid | Constituency abolished. See Cork North-East and Cork Mid | Constituency abolished. See Cork North-East and Cork Mid | Constituency abolished. See Cork North-East and Cork Mid |
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 North :
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | Count |
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | 1 | 2 |
| | Fine Gael | Denis J. O'Sullivan | 28.6 | 7,911 | |
| | Labour | Patrick McAuliffe | 24.9 | 6,887 | 7,688 |
| | Fianna Fáil | Batt Donegan | 24.9 | 6,865 | 6,971 |
| | Fianna Fáil | Seán Moylan | 21.6 | 5,960 | 6,058 |
| Electorate: 35,117 Valid: 27,623 Quota: 6,906 Turnout: 78.7% ||||||

### 1954 general election

1954 general election: Cork North :
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | Count |
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | 1 | 2 |
| | Fianna Fáil | Seán Moylan | 25.3 | 7,461 | |
| | Fine Gael | Denis J. O'Sullivan | 24.9 | 7,355 | 9,385 |
| | Labour | Patrick McAuliffe | 24.5 | 7,243 | 7,597 |
| | Fianna Fáil | Batt Donegan | 14.4 | 4,241 | 4,797 |
| | Independent | William Biggane | 10.9 | 3,232 | |
| Electorate: 35,577 Valid: 29,532 Quota: 7,384 Turnout: 83.0% ||||||

### 1951 general election

1951 general election: Cork North :
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | Count | Count | Count |
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 |
| | Fine Gael | Denis J. O'Sullivan | 25.9 | 7,824 | | | |
| | Labour | Patrick McAuliffe | 21.9 | 6,617 | 6,729 | 7,579 | |
| | Fianna Fáil | Seán Moylan | 17.4 | 5,269 | 5,276 | 5,422 | 7,640 |
| | Fianna Fáil | Con Meaney | 14.5 | 4,381 | 4,398 | 4,792 | 6,085 |
| | Fianna Fáil | Cornelius O'Callaghan | 12.7 | 3,853 | 3,867 | 4,300 | |
| | Independent | Garrett Barrett | 7.6 | 2,291 | 2,406 | | |
| Electorate: 36,120 Valid: 30,235 Quota: 7,559 Turnout: 83.71% ||||||||

### 1948 general election

1948 general election: Cork North :
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count |
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 |
| | Fianna Fáil | Seán Moylan | 25.6 | 7,624 | | | | |
| | Labour | Patrick McAuliffe | 22.3 | 6,634 | 6,655 | 7,403 | 8,471 | |
| | Clann na Talmhan | Patrick J. Halliden | 16.3 | 4,851 | 4,857 | 5,133 | 5,845 | 5,998 |
| | Fine Gael | Denis J. O'Sullivan | 15.9 | 4,741 | 4,746 | 5,053 | 5,578 | 5,678 |
| | Fianna Fáil | Con Meaney | 13.8 | 4,118 | 4,250 | 4,405 | | |
| | Clann na Poblachta | John B. Sullivan | 5.1 | 1,520 | 1,523 | | | |
| | Clann na Poblachta | William C. Toomey | 1.1 | 333 | 334 | | | |
| Electorate: 37,288 Valid: 29,821 Quota: 7,456 Turnout: 79.97% |||||||||

### 1944 general election

1944 general election: Cork North :
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count |
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 |
| | Fianna Fáil | Seán Moylan | 18.9 | 7,030 | 7,097 | 10,099 | | |
| | Labour | Patrick McAuliffe | 17.9 | 6,659 | 7,035 | 7,308 | 7,326 | 7,463 |
| | Clann na Talmhan | Patrick Halliden | 17.9 | 6,648 | 7,706 | | | |
| | Fianna Fáil | Leo Skinner | 13.7 | 5,108 | 5,355 | 5,762 | 5,781 | 8,247 |
| | Fianna Fáil | Con Meaney | 11.0 | 4,081 | 4,146 | | | |
| | Fine Gael | Timothy Linehan | 10.6 | 3,938 | 5,687 | 6,005 | 6,237 | 6,296 |
| | Fine Gael | Patrick Daly | 10.0 | 3,719 | | | | |
| Electorate: 49,205 Valid: 37,183 Quota: 7,437 Turnout: 75.6% |||||||||

### 1943 general election

1943 general election: Cork North :
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count |
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 |
| | Fianna Fáil | Seán Moylan | 16.4 | 6,456 | 6,642 | 6,942 | 9,824 | | |
| | Clann na Talmhan | Patrick Halliden | 15.4 | 6,079 | 6,403 | 6,503 | 6,730 | 6,790 | 7,644 |
| | Fine Gael | Timothy Linehan | 12.1 | 4,758 | 5,008 | 5,145 | 5,379 | 5,423 | 7,917 |
| | Fianna Fáil | Leo Skinner | 10.6 | 4,187 | 4,822 | 4,947 | 5,254 | 7,004 | 7,328 |
| | Labour | Patrick McAuliffe | 10.3 | 4,068 | 4,264 | 6,734 | 6,949 | 7,028 | 7,244 |
| | Fianna Fáil | Con Meaney | 9.6 | 3,769 | 3,893 | 3,994 | | | |
| | Fine Gael | Patrick Daly | 9.0 | 3,545 | 4,379 | 4,699 | 4,728 | 4,736 | |
| | Labour | John Crotty | 8.4 | 3,324 | 3,740 | | | | |
| | Independent | Seán Keane, Snr | 7.3 | 2,893 | | | | | |
| | Independent | David Forde | 0.8 | 331 | | | | | |
| Electorate: 49,205 Valid: 39,410 Quota: 7,883 Turnout: 80.1% ||||||||||

### 1938 general election

1938 general election: Cork North :
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | Count | Count | Count |
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 |
| | Fianna Fáil | Seán Moylan | 25.7 | 10,070 | | | |
| | Fine Gael | Timothy Linehan | 20.2 | 7,920 | | | |
| | Fine Gael | Patrick Daly | 20.0 | 7,845 | 7,901 | | |
| | Labour | Timothy Quill | 12.6 | 4,950 | 5,095 | 5,158 | 5,441 |
| | Fianna Fáil | William Griffin | 11.9 | 4,658 | 5,037 | 5,039 | |
| | Fianna Fáil | Con Meaney | 9.7 | 3,794 | 5,436 | 5,443 | 9,819 |
| Electorate: 47,221 Valid: 39,237 Quota: 7,848 Turnout: 83.1% ||||||||

### 1937 general election

1937 general election: Cork North :
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count |
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 |
| | Fine Gael | Timothy Linehan | 20.3 | 7,953 | | | | | |
| | Fianna Fáil | Seán Moylan | 19.6 | 7,649 | 7,652 | 7,701 | 7,743 | 10,391 | |
| | Fine Gael | Patrick Daly | 15.4 | 6,023 | 6,130 | 9,441 | | | |
| | Labour | Timothy Quill | 14.9 | 5,824 | 5,828 | 6,007 | 6,634 | 6,983 | 7,092 |
| | Fianna Fáil | Con Meaney | 10.3 | 4,024 | 4,029 | 4,065 | 4,133 | 4,842 | 7,281 |
| | Fianna Fáil | Patrick Murphy | 9.9 | 3,854 | 3,854 | 3,868 | 3,896 | | |
| | Independent | Edward Cronin | 9.6 | 3,762 | 3,778 | | | | |
| Electorate: 47,822 Valid: 39,089 Quota: 7,818 Turnout: 81.7% ||||||||||

### 1933 general election

1933 general election: Cork North :
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | Count | Count | Count |
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 |
| | Cumann na nGaedheal | Daniel O'Leary | 25.1 | 7,736 | | | |
| | Fianna Fáil | Seán Moylan | 24.3 | 7,463 | 7,464 | 7,571 | 7,925 |
| | Fianna Fáil | Daniel Corkery | 23.1 | 7,093 | 7,095 | 7,277 | 7,641 |
| | National Centre Party | Daniel Vaughan | 22.1 | 6,799 | 6,838 | 6,912 | 7,161 |
| | Labour | Daniel Hinchin | 3.3 | 1,029 | 1,030 | 1,264 | |
| | Labour | Dominick O'Sullivan | 2.1 | 645 | 646 | | |
| Electorate: 35,973 Valid: 30,765 Quota: 7,692 Turnout: 85.5% ||||||||

### 1932 general election

1932 general election: Cork North :
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | Count |
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | 1 | 2 |
| | Farmers' Party | Daniel Vaughan | 22.9 | 6,408 | 6,931 |
| | Fianna Fáil | Seán Moylan | 22.3 | 6,238 | 7,278 |
| | Cumann na nGaedheal | Daniel O'Leary | 22.0 | 6,133 | 6,947 |
| | Fianna Fáil | Daniel Corkery | 19.0 | 5,314 | 6,454 |
| | Labour | Daniel Hinchin | 13.8 | 3,854 | |
| Electorate: 34,720 Valid: 27,947 Quota: 6,987 Turnout: 80.5% ||||||

### September 1927 general election

September 1927 general election: Cork North :
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | Count | Count | Count |
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 |
| | Fianna Fáil | Daniel Corkery | 30.2 | 7,800 | | | |
| | Cumann na nGaedheal | Daniel O'Leary | 27.4 | 7,074 | | | |
| | Farmers' Party | Daniel Vaughan | 20.0 | 5,147 | 5,281 | 5,799 | 6,193 |
| | Labour | Timothy Quill | 16.0 | 4,123 | 5,052 | 5,133 | 6,074 |
| | Independent | Daniel Hinchin | 6.4 | 1,642 | 1,932 | 1,960 | |
| Electorate: 35,492 Valid: 25,786 Quota: 6,447 Turnout: 72.7% ||||||||

### June 1927 general election

June 1927 general election: Cork North :
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | Count | Count | Count |
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 |
| | Independent | Daniel Corkery | 24.0 | 5,602 | 5,661 | 6,046 | |
| | Labour | Timothy Quill | 17.9 | 4,165 | 4,558 | 4,702 | 6,041 |
| | Farmers' Party | Daniel Vaughan | 17.6 | 4,099 | 4,923 | 5,640 | 6,223 |
| | Independent | Daniel Hinchin | 11.3 | 2,627 | 2,785 | 3,046 | |
| | Farmers' Party | Daniel Forde | 11.0 | 2,575 | 2,998 | 3,318 | 3,425 |
| | Independent | Michael Barry | 9.1 | 2,131 | 2,285 | | |
| | Cumann na nGaedheal | John Cronin | 9.0 | 2,106 | | | |
| Electorate: 35,492 Valid: 23,305 Quota: 5,827 Turnout: 65.7% ||||||||

### 1923 general election

Figures from the second count are not available.
1923 general election: Cork North :
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | Count | Count |
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| | Republican | Daniel Corkery | 30.7 | 6,290 | | |
| | Farmers' Party | Daniel Vaughan | 21.0 | 4,299 | N/A | 5,206 |
| | Labour | Thomas Nagle | 18.1 | 3,716 | N/A | 5,224 |
| | Farmers' Party | Edward Neville | 16.5 | 3,385 | N/A | 4,701 |
| | Cumann na nGaedheal | John Lynch | 13.6 | 2,792 | N/A | |
| Electorate: 37,100 Valid: 20,482 Quota: 5,121 Turnout: 55.2% |||||||