# 1985 Clare County Council election

An election to Clare County Council took place on 20 June 1985 as part of that year's Irish local elections. 32 councillors were elected from six 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 | 17 | 0 | 23,382 | 53.52 | |
| | Fine Gael | 8 | -1 | 10,232 | 23.42 | |
| | Labour | 2 | 0 | 2,256 | 5.16 | |
| | Independent | 5 | +2 | 7,629 | 17.46 | |
| Totals | Totals | 32 | +1 | 43,393 | 100.00 | — |

## Results by local electoral area
### Ennis

Ennis: 4 seats :
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count |
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 |
| | Independent | Tommy Brennan | | 1,007 | | | | | |
| | Fianna Fáil | Frank Barrett | | 827 | 845 | 864 | 892 | 917 | |
| | Fianna Fáil | Bobby Burke | | 673 | 693 | 716 | 741 | 777 | 825 |
| | Fine Gael | Michael Howard* | | 627 | 648 | 679 | 772 | 1,044 | |
| | Fianna Fáil | Peter Considine | | 606 | 627 | 642 | 661 | 691 | 742 |
| | Fine Gael | Angela Coughlan | | 334 | 345 | 368 | 422 | | |
| | Labour | Flan Honan | | 228 | 238 | 280 | | | |
| | Workers' Party | Dermot Hayes | | 186 | 194 | | | | |
| Electorate: 8,261 Valid: 4,488 (55.11%) Spoilt: 65 Quota: 898 Turnout: 4,553 ||||||||||

### Ennistymon

Ennistymon: 5 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 | Tony Killeen | | 1,284 | | | | | | |
| | Fine Gael | Frank Henchy* | | 1,120 | 1,127 | 1,134 | 1,472 | | | |
| | Fianna Fáil | Enda Mulkere | | 1,029 | 1,052 | 1,060 | 1,081 | 1,128 | 1,135 | 1,440 |
| | Labour | Martin Lafferty* | | 1,027 | 1,036 | 1,043 | 1,216 | | | |
| | Fianna Fáil | Jimmy Nagle* | | 932 | 951 | 955 | 1,009 | 1,057 | 1,086 | 1,730 |
| | Fianna Fáil | Jack Lynch* | | 887 | 946 | 956 | 994 | 1,044 | 1,062 | |
| | Fine Gael | Bill Slattery | | 645 | 649 | 652 | | | | |
| | Independent | Joseph Meehan | | 47 | 48 | | | | | |
| Electorate: 9,782 Valid: 6,971 (71.72%) Spoilt: 45 Quota: 1,162 Turnout: 7,016 |||||||||||

### Killaloe

Killaloe: 6 seats :
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count |
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 |
| | Independent | John Minogue* | | 1,545 | | | | |
| | Fianna Fáil | Colm Wiley* | | 1,385 | | | | |
| | Fianna Fáil | Joe Gorman | | 1,295 | 1,360 | | | |
| | Fine Gael | Patrick Bugler* | | 1,208 | 1,266 | 1,497 | | |
| | Fine Gael | Tony McMahon* | | 1,197 | 1,221 | 1,248 | 1,278 | 1,286 |
| | Fianna Fáil | Michael Begley | | 1,038 | 1,044 | 1,131 | 1,150 | 1,201 |
| | Fianna Fáil | Harry Brannn* | | 885 | 900 | 1,251 | 1,361 | |
| | Fianna Fáil | Eoin Maloney | | 726 | 777 | | | |
| Electorate: 13,372 Valid: 9,279 (69.89%) Spoilt: 367 Quota: 1,326 Turnout: 9,346 |||||||||

### Kilrush

Kilrush: 6 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 |
| | Fianna Fáil | P.J. Kelly | | 1,099 | 1,106 | 1,203 | 1,219 | 1,220 | 1,275 | | | |
| | Fianna Fáil | Bill Chambers | | 1,084 | 1,108 | 1,234 | 1,280 | | | | | |
| | Fine Gael | Madeleine Taylor-Quinn TD* | | 955 | 1,079 | 1,091 | 1,213 | 1,217 | 1,301 | | | |
| | Fine Gael | Jackie Keane* | | 872 | 923 | 1,039 | 1,059 | 1,061 | 1,081 | 1,085 | 1,452 | |
| | Fianna Fáil | Seán Keating* | | 820 | 846 | 877 | 998 | 1,006 | 1,135 | 1,143 | 1,249 | |
| | Independent | William O'Looney | | 756 | 771 | 772 | 803 | 804 | 991 | 1,021 | 1,090 | 1,157 |
| | Fianna Fáil | Michael Flynn | | 562 | 584 | 625 | 660 | 666 | | | | |
| | Fianna Fáil | Martin Foran* | | 556 | 585 | 594 | 693 | 700 | 816 | 819 | 866 | 901 |
| | Independent | Sean Maloney | | 551 | 585 | 589 | | | | | | |
| | Fine Gael | Sean Ryan | | 547 | 607 | 682 | 726 | 730 | 771 | | | |
| | Fianna Fáil | Timmy McMahon | | 514 | 519 | | | | | | | |
| | Fine Gael | Annette Burke | | 410 | | | | | | | | |
| Electorate: 11,784 Valid: 8,726 (74.54%) Spoilt: 58 Quota: 1,247 Turnout: 8,784 |||||||||||||

### Miltown-Malbay

Miltown-Malbay: 6 seats :
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count |
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 |
| | Independent | P.J. Burke* | | 1,408 | | | | | |
| | Independent | Christy Curtin* | | 1,249 | | | | | |
| | Fianna Fáil | James Breen | | 1,038 | 1,082 | 1,102 | 1,128 | 1,147 | 1,320 |
| | Fianna Fáil | Flan Garvey | | 974 | 1,010 | 1,024 | 1,044 | 1,053 | 1,133 |
| | Fine Gael | Donal Carey TD* | | 883 | 908 | 929 | 1,175 | | |
| | Fianna Fáil | Haulie Daly | | 756 | 767 | 788 | 794 | 798 | 830 |
| | Fianna Fáil | Michael Hillery | | 617 | 668 | 672 | 752 | 792 | 1,165 |
| | Fianna Fáil | Timothy Sexton | | 603 | 657 | 659 | 707 | 736 | |
| | Fine Gael | P.J. Meade | | 404 | 436 | 447 | | | |
| | Independent | Basil Minihane | | 65 | 69 | | | | |
| | Independent | Frank McTigue | | 36 | 39 | | | | |
| Electorate: 11,177 Valid: 8,033 (72.42%) Spoilt: 61 Quota: 1,148 Turnout: 8,094 ||||||||||

### Shannon

Shannon: 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 |
| | Fianna Fáil | Pat McMahon* | | 1,103 | | | | | | | | |
| | Labour | Patricia McCarthy* | | 1,001 | 1,006 | 1,026 | 1,074 | | | | | |
| | Fianna Fáil | Sean Driscoll | | 977 | 991 | 1,002 | 1,015 | 1,103 | | | | |
| | Fianna Fáil | PJ Cunningham | | 568 | 586 | 631 | 632 | 648 | 662 | 705 | 769 | |
| | Fianna Fáil | Seán Hillery | | 544 | 561 | 577 | 593 | 636 | 666 | 702 | 863 | 1,267 |
| | Fine Gael | Sonny Scanlon | | 419 | 421 | 446 | 519 | 526 | 528 | 790 | 868 | 1,050 |
| | Independent | John Murray | | 404 | 407 | 427 | 427 | 540 | 554 | 594 | | |
| | Fine Gael | Mary Donnelly | | 382 | 390 | 409 | 440 | 454 | 457 | | | |
| | Independent | Brigid Makowski | | 372 | 372 | 380 | 382 | | | | | |
| | Fine Gael | Joan Reddan | | 229 | 231 | 237 | | | | | | |
| | Independent | JJ McCabe | | 189 | 191 | | | | | | | |
| Electorate: 9,767 Valid: 6,188 (63.36%) Quota: 1,032 |||||||||||||