# Dublin Townships (Dáil constituency)

Dublin Townships was a parliamentary constituency represented in Dáil Éireann, the lower house of the Irish parliament or Oireachtas from 1937 to 1948. The constituency elected 3 deputies (Teachtaí Dála, commonly known as TDs) to the Dáil, using proportional representation by means of the single transferable vote (PR-STV).

## History and boundaries

The constituency was created under the Electoral (Revision of Constituencies) Act 1935, and first used at the 1937 general election. It was created from the constituency of Dublin County, which was reduced in size. It reflected a transfer of territory from Dublin County to Dublin City effected by the Local Government (Dublin) Act 1930.
The boundaries were defined as: "The area referred to in the Local Government (Dublin) Act 1930, as the added urban districts and also so much of the land described in Part III of the First Schedule to the said Act as is contiguous to the said area and also the townland of Clonskeagh." The "added urban districts" are defined in the 1930 Act as "the urban district of Pembroke and the urban district of Rathmines and Rathgar". Pembroke included Ballsbridge, Donnybrook, Sandymount, Irishtown and Ringsend.
At the next revision of constituencies, under the Electoral (Amendment) Act 1947, it was succeeded by Dublin South-East, which took effect at the 1948 general election.

## TDs

Teachtaí Dála (TDs) for Dublin Townships 1937–1948 :
| Key to parties  FF = Fianna Fáil  FG = Fine Gael ||||||||
| Dáil | Election | Deputy (Party) | Deputy (Party) | Deputy (Party) | Deputy (Party) | Deputy (Party) | Deputy (Party) |
| 9th | 1937 | | Seán MacEntee (FF) | | John A. Costello (FG) | | Ernest Benson (FG) |
| 10th | 1938 | | Seán MacEntee (FF) | | John A. Costello (FG) | | Ernest Benson (FG) |
| 11th | 1943 | | Seán MacEntee (FF) | | Bernard Butler (FF) | | Ernest Benson (FG) |
| 12th | 1944 | | Seán MacEntee (FF) | | Bernard Butler (FF) | | John A. Costello (FG) |
| 13th | 1948 | Constituency abolished. See Dublin South-East | Constituency abolished. See Dublin South-East | Constituency abolished. See Dublin South-East | Constituency abolished. See Dublin South-East | Constituency abolished. See Dublin South-East | Constituency abolished. See Dublin South-East |
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
### 1944 general election

The surpluses of MacEntee and Costello were distributed on successive counts, but separate figures for the 2nd Count are unavailable.
1944 general election: Dublin Townships :
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | Count | Count | Count |
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 |
| | Fianna Fáil | Seán MacEntee | 27.4 | 10,034 | | | |
| | Fine Gael | John A. Costello | 26.0 | 9,530 | | | |
| | Fianna Fáil | Bernard Butler | 21.6 | 7,895 | N/A | 8,748 | 9,399 |
| | Fine Gael | Ernest Benson | 19.3 | 7,056 | N/A | 7,428 | 8,523 |
| | Labour | Herman Good | 5.8 | 2,104 | N/A | 2,133 | |
| Electorate: 54,479 Valid: 36,619 Quota: 9,155 Turnout: 67.2% ||||||||

### 1943 general election

Full figures for the second and third counts are unavailable.
1943 general election: Dublin Townships :
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | Count | Count | Count |
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 |
| | Fianna Fáil | Seán MacEntee | 29.4 | 11,336 | | | |
| | Fine Gael | Ernest Benson | 23.2 | 8,953 | N/A | N/A | 9,807 |
| | Fine Gael | John A. Costello | 19.5 | 7,508 | N/A | N/A | 8,794 |
| | Fianna Fáil | Bernard Butler | 16.8 | 6,499 | N/A | N/A | 9,000 |
| | Labour | James Cawley | 5.7 | 2,205 | N/A | N/A | |
| | Labour | Joseph Browne | 5.4 | 2,096 | N/A | | |
| Electorate: 54,479 Valid: 38,597 Quota: 9,650 Turnout: 70.9% ||||||||

### 1938 general election

1938 general election: Dublin Townships :
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | Count |
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | 1 | 2 |
| | Fianna Fáil | Seán MacEntee | 30.6 | 10,903 | |
| | Fine Gael | Ernest Benson | 27.5 | 9,804 | |
| | Fine Gael | John A. Costello | 24.8 | 8,813 | 8,905 |
| | Fianna Fáil | William Black | 17.1 | 6,081 | 7,991 |
| Electorate: 53,518 Valid: 35,601 Quota: 8,901 Turnout: 66.5% ||||||

### 1937 general election

1937 general election: Dublin Townships :
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | Count | Count |
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| | Fianna Fáil | Seán MacEntee | 27.4 | 10,124 | | |
| | Fine Gael | John A. Costello | 22.8 | 8,418 | 8,432 | 8,706 |
| | Fine Gael | Ernest Benson | 22.5 | 8,313 | 8,322 | 8,471 |
| | Independent | Maud Walsh | 17.7 | 6,535 | 6,590 | 8,352 |
| | Fianna Fáil | Bernard Butler | 9.7 | 3,587 | 4,388 | |
| Electorate: 52,664 Valid: 36,977 Quota: 9,245 Turnout: 70.2% |||||||