# 1974 Donegal County Council election

An election to all 28 seats on Donegal County Council took place on 18 June 1974 as part of the Irish local elections. Councillors were elected from five local electoral areas for a five-year term of office on the electoral system of proportional representation by means of the single transferable vote (PR-STV).

## Results by party

| Party | Party | Seats | 1st pref | FPv% |
| | Fianna Fáil | 10 | 19,767 | 35.64% |
| | Fine Gael | 10 | 19,085 | 34.41% |
| | Independent Fianna Fáil | 4 | 6,143 | 11.07% |
| | Sinn Féin (Official) | 1 | 2,178 | 3.93% |
| | Donegal Progressive Party | 1 | 1,745 | 3.14% |
| | Sinn Féin (Provisional) | 0 | 1,021 | 1.84% |
| | Labour | 0 | 242 | 0.44% |
| | Independent | 2 | 7,029 | 9.52% |
| Total | Total | 28 | 55,465 | 100.00% |

## Results by local electoral area

* Sitting in italics

### Buncrana

Buncrana: 6 seats :
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | Count |
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | 1 | 2 |
| | Fine Gael | Bertie Boggs* | 21.7% | 2,604 | |
| | Fianna Fáil | Alex Diver* | 10.3% | 1,237 | |
| | Fianna Fáil | Hugh Conaghan* | 10.0% | 1,204 | |
| | Independent | Tony Gill* | 9.5% | 1,145 | |
| | Fianna Fáil | Conal Doogan* | 8.0% | 963 | |
| | Fine Gael | Sean McLaughlin | 7.7% | 927 | |
| | Independent Fianna Fáil | Michael Deery* | 7.6% | 911 | |
| | Fine Gael | Harry Gillen | 7.0% | 845 | |
| | Fianna Fáil | Dermot McLaughlin | 7.0% | 836 | |
| | Fine Gael | Patrick McLaughlin | 5.7% | 687 | |
| | Fine Gael | Helen O'Sullivan | 2.6% | 317 | |
| | Independent Fianna Fáil | Dermot Kelly | 2.6% | 314 | |
| Electorate: 16,729 Valid: 11,990 Quota: 1,650 ||||||

### Donegal

Donegal: 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 | Clement Coughlan* | 18.50% | 2,1621 | | | | | | |
| | Fine Gael | Michael Melly* | 14.60% | 1,703 | | | | | | |
| | Fianna Fáil | Brendan Murrin* | 11.90% | 1,391 | 1,496 | 1,496 | 1,499 | 1,506 | 1,578 | 1,626 |
| | Fianna Fáil | Sean McEniff* | 11.70% | 1,370 | 1,418 | 1,424 | 1,427 | 1,448 | 1,522 | 1,598 |
| | Fine Gael | Francis Cunningham* | 11.1% | 1,294 | 1,308 | 1,314 | 1,317 | 1,339 | 1,351 | 1,374 |
| | Fine Gael | Colm Gallagher* | 9.7% | 1,130 | 1,238 | 1,253 | 1,267 | 1,401 | 1,444 | 1,618 |
| | Sinn Féin (Provisional) | Joe O'Neill | 8.8% | 1,021 | 1,053 | 1,058 | 1,062 | 1,064 | 1,103 | 1,284 |
| | Independent | Frank Muldoon | 6.5% | 754 | 820 | 821 | 826 | 866 | 954 | — |
| | Independent | Fredrick Scott | 3.6% | 417 | 436 | 438 | 444 | — | | |
| | Fianna Fáil | Eamon Timoney | 3.1% | 366 | 463 | 464 | 473 | 501 | — | |
| | Independent | Thomas McCormack | 0.5% | 57 | 63 | 63 | — | | | |
| Electorate: 15,408 Valid: 11,665 (98.85%) Spoilt: 135 Quota: 1,842 Turnout: 11,800 (76.58%) |||||||||||

### Glenties

Glenties: 6 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 | Paddy Delap* | 21.2% | 2,294 | | | | | | | |
| | Sinn Féin (Official) | Seamus Rogers* | 14.6% | 1,580 | | | | | | | |
| | Independent Fianna Fáil | John Kelly* | 11.2% | 1,209 | 1,281 | 1,287 | 1,292 | 1,323 | 1,342 | 1,348 | 1,372 |
| | Fine Gael | John Gorman* | 9.0% | 971 | 996 | 1,004 | 1,005 | 1,222 | 1,228 | 1,248 | 1,255 |
| | Fine Gael | Donal Whelan | 8.2% | 883 | 886 | 966 | 1,146 | 1,176 | 1,181 | 1,188 | 1,188 |
| | Fine Gael | James Doohan* | 8.1% | 873 | 904 | 913 | 915 | 1,208 | 1,216 | 1,219 | 1,220 |
| | Fianna Fáil | Joseph Campbell* | 7.1% | 771 | 849 | 925 | 1,220 | 1,228 | 1,710 | | |
| | Fine Gael | Patrick Doherty | 6.4% | 689 | 831 | 840 | — | | | | |
| | Fianna Fáil | Peter J. O'Keefe | 6.0% | 647 | 986 | 987 | 1,025 | 1,039 | — | | |
| | Fianna Fáil | Seamus Gallagher | 5.5% | 598 | 652 | 742 | — | | | | |
| | Independent | Anne Barton | 2.7% | 289 | 295 | — | | | | | |
| Electorate: 16,603 Valid: 10,804 Quota: 1,544 ||||||||||||

### Letterkenny

Letterkenny: 6 seats :
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | Count |
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | 1 | 2 |
| | Fianna Fáil | Paddy McGowan* | 17.2% | 2,292 | |
| | Fine Gael | Paddy Harte TD* | 15.1% | 2,018 | |
| | Donegal Progressive Party | Winston Patterson* | 13.1% | 1,745 | |
| | Fianna Fáil | Bernard McGlinchey* | 12.9% | 1,729 | |
| | Fine Gael | J.J. Reid* | 6.5% | 862 | |
| | Independent | James Fields | 5.9% | 692 | |
| | Independent Fianna Fáil | Charles O'Donnell* | 5.5% | 730 | |
| | Independent Fianna Fáil | Patrick Friel | 5.4% | 726 | |
| | Independent Fianna Fáil | Henry Patton | 4.5% | 601 | |
| | Sinn Féin (Official) | Sean O'Donnell | 4.5% | 598 | |
| | Fine Gael | Daniel Coyle | 3.8% | 513 | |
| | Fine Gael | May McClintock | 3.8% | 508 | |
| | Labour | Richard Duffy | 1.8% | 242 | |
| Electorate: 18,770 Valid: 13 356 Quota: 1,909 ||||||

### Milford

Milford: 4 seats :
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | Count |
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | 1 | 2 |
| | Independent Fianna Fáil | Harry Blaney* | 19.4% | 1,695 | |
| | Independent | Noel McGinley* | 14.7% | 1,283 | |
| | Fine Gael | Joachim Loughrey* | 14.3% | 1,254 | |
| | Fine Gael | William McCafferty* | 13.2% | 1,152 | |
| | Fianna Fáil | Ian McGarvey | 7.8% | 680 | |
| | Independent Fianna Fáil | Hugh Boyle | 6.5% | 566 | |
| | Independent | Joseph Gallagher | 6.3% | 547 | |
| | Independent Fianna Fáil | Hugh Gallagher | 3.8% | 331 | |
| | Fianna Fáil | Edward McGettigan | 3.4% | 298 | |
| | Fianna Fáil | Dorothy Borland | 3.2% | 283 | |
| | Fine Gael | Brendan McDaid | 2.7% | 234 | |
| | Independent Fianna Fáil | John Grier | 1.8% | 157 | |
| | Fine Gael | Manus Dennison | 1.5% | 134 | |
| | Fianna Fáil | John Boyce | 1.5% | 133 | |
| Electorate: 10,535 Valid: 8,747(98.38%) Spoilt: 173 Quota: 1,732 Turnout: 8,891 (83.03%) ||||||