# 1985 Dublin County Council election in Dublin–Belgard

An election to the electoral county of Dublin–Belgard within Dublin County to Dublin County Council took place on 20 June 1985 as part of that year's Irish local elections. Councillors were elected from local electoral areas on the system of proportional representation by means of the single transferable vote voting for a five-year term of office.This term was extended for a further year, to 1991.
Dublin–Belgard was one of three electoral counties established by the Local Government (Reorganisation) Act 1985.

## Results by local electoral area
### Clondalkin

Clondalkin: 3 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 | Mary Harney TD* | | 2,098 | | | | | | | | |
| | Fianna Fáil | Colm McGrath | | 1,111 | 1,210 | 1,227 | 1,232 | 1,304 | 1,332 | 1,375 | 1,420 | 1,560 |
| | Fine Gael | Therese Ridge | | 631 | 646 | 660 | 695 | 751 | 846 | 901 | 1,541 | 1,660 |
| | Fianna Fáil | Noel Hayes | | 618 | 768 | 780 | 789 | 823 | 882 | 974 | 994 | 1,204 |
| | Fine Gael | Leon Hennessy | | 597 | 613 | 626 | 635 | 667 | 730 | 773 | | |
| | Sinn Féin | Hugh Boyle | | 573 | 582 | 593 | 604 | 640 | 687 | 932 | 946 | |
| | Workers' Party | Anne Finnegan | | 481 | 487 | 499 | 532 | 579 | 681 | | | |
| | Independent | Paul Price | | 296 | 305 | 322 | 334 | | | | | |
| | Labour | Eugene Fitzsimons | | 289 | 294 | 360 | 501 | 522 | | | | |
| | Labour | Robert Dowds | | 219 | 223 | 263 | | | | | | |
| | Labour | Declan O Broin | | 197 | 204 | | | | | | | |
| Electorate: 15,983 Valid: 7,110 (44.97%) Spoilt: 78 Quota: 1,778 Turnout: 7,188 |||||||||||||

### Greenhills

Greenhills: 4 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 | Chris Flood | | 2,183 | | | | | | |
| | Fine Gael | Senator Larry McMahon* | | 768 | 822 | 862 | 880 | 993 | 1,030 | 1,465 |
| | Workers' Party | Terry Delaney | | 742 | 782 | 852 | 864 | 994 | 1,190 | 1,262 |
| | Independent | Gerry Jago | | 588 | 726 | 781 | 793 | 851 | 917 | 952 |
| | Fine Gael | Therese McGarry | | 516 | 543 | 558 | 564 | 654 | 659 | |
| | Sinn Féin | Cliona Nic Mhurchu | | 489 | 501 | 527 | 532 | 555 | | |
| | Fianna Fáil | Padraig Lynch | | 443 | 841 | 877 | 1,179 | 1,225 | 1,314 | 1,370 |
| | Labour | Kevin Forsyth | | 429 | 450 | 494 | 512 | | | |
| | Fianna Fáil | Richard Raymond | | 227 | 362 | 386 | | | | |
| | Independent | Sammy Macken | | 220 | 233 | | | | | |
| | Green Alliance | Patricia Greene | | 100 | 103 | | | | | |
| Electorate: 14,967 Valid: 6,705 (45.41%) Spoilt: 94 Quota: 1,342 Turnout: 6,797 |||||||||||

### Lucan

Lucan: 4 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 | Liam Lawlor TD* | | 1,827 | | | | | | |
| | Fianna Fáil | Finbarr Hanrahan | | 1,091 | 1,126 | 1,145 | 1,182 | 1,643 | 1,715 | 1,937 |
| | Fine Gael | Brian Fleming* | | 1,067 | 1,071 | 1,087 | 1,243 | 1,322 | 1,593 | 1,714 |
| | Fine Gael | Peter Brady | | 991 | 996 | 1,008 | 1,029 | 1,034 | 1,169 | 1,294 |
| | Workers' Party | Michael Finnegan | | 992 | 905 | 981 | 1,038 | 1,058 | 1,129 | |
| | Labour | Michael Gannon* | | 887 | 894 | 929 | 1,129 | 1,155 | 1,223 | 1,578 |
| | Fine Gael | Tommy Morris | | 601 | 603 | 609 | 653 | 673 | | |
| | Fianna Fáil | Dave McSweeney | | 562 | 589 | 602 | 644 | | | |
| | Labour | Michael Brennan | | 556 | 557 | 579 | | | | |
| | Green Alliance | Joseph Harden | | 147 | 148 | | | | | |
| | Communist | Jean Roche | | 77 | 77 | | | | | |
| Electorate: 17,496 Valid: 8,708 (50.29%) Spoilt: 90 Quota: 1,742 Turnout: 8,798 |||||||||||

### Rathfarnam

Rathfarnam: 4 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 | Seamus Brennan TD | | 1,957 | | | | | | | |
| | Fine Gael | Alan Shatter TD* | | 1,611 | | | | | | | |
| | Fine Gael | Mary Muldoon | | 867 | 899 | 920 | 1,038 | 1,133 | 1,759 | | |
| | Fianna Fáil | Ann Ormonde | | 741 | 964 | 965 | 1,002 | 1,041 | 1,060 | 1,108 | 1,756 |
| | Fianna Fáil | Stephen Riney | | 668 | 756 | 757 | 780 | 819 | 833 | 858 | |
| | Independent | Tom Sharkey | | 541 | 557 | 559 | 641 | 873 | 915 | 1,037 | 1,150 |
| | Fine Gael | Anne D'Alton | | 506 | 519 | 536 | 619 | 725 | | | |
| | Green Alliance | Fiona Garland | | 465 | 475 | 476 | 582 | | | | |
| | Labour | Marie Woods | | 460 | 471 | 475 | | | | | |
| Electorate: 16,535 Valid: 7,816 (47.55%) Spoilt: 46 Quota: 1,564 Turnout: 7,862 ||||||||||||

### Tallaght–Oldbawn

Tallaght–Oldbawn: 3 seats :
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count |
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 |
| | Fianna Fáil | John Hannon | | 1,146 | 1,150 | 1,160 | 1,179 | 1,199 | 1,231 | 1,278 | 1,308 | 1,383 | 1,781 | | |
| | Fianna Fáil | Jim Barry | | 848 | 851 | 863 | 890 | 899 | 913 | 951 | 1,016 | 1,263 | 1,633 | | |
| | Fianna Fáil | Sean Basquille | | 782 | 785 | 791 | 803 | 824 | 881 | 893 | 923 | 978 | | | |
| | Sinn Féin | Stan Clarke | | 608 | 615 | 620 | 650 | 656 | 668 | 698 | 870 | | | | |
| | Fine Gael | Breda Cass | | 582 | 593 | 608 | 624 | 741 | 837 | 904 | 947 | 990 | 1,082 | 1,162 | 1,184 |
| | Fine Gael | Jim Higgins | | 504 | 511 | 525 | 556 | 714 | 783 | 895 | 980 | 1,070 | 1,112 | 1,144 | 1,157 |
| | Workers' Party | Brian McCabe | | 381 | 401 | 414 | 494 | 501 | 560 | 632 | | | | | |
| | Fine Gael | Seamus Murphy | | 348 | 361 | 370 | 382 | | | | | | | | |
| | Democratic Socialist | Eamonn Maloney | | 308 | 323 | 331 | | | | | | | | | |
| | Independent | Mary Kearney | | 306 | 329 | 337 | 395 | 411 | 437 | | | | | | |
| | Labour | Tony Deegan | | 255 | 262 | 362 | 390 | 404 | | | | | | | |
| | Labour | Anne Kinsella | | 189 | 202 | | | | | | | | | | |
| | Green Alliance | Freda O'Neill | | 131 | | | | | | | | | | | |
| Electorate: 14,687 Valid: 6,388 (44.1%) Spoilt: 89 Quota: 1,598 Turnout: 6,477 ||||||||||||||||

### Tallaght–Rathcoole

Tallaght–Rathcoole: 3 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 | Seán Walsh TD* | | 1,139 | 1,141 | 1,156 | 1,163 | 1,256 | 1,293 | 1,374 | 1,434 | 1,533 |
| | Labour | Mervyn Taylor TD* | | 944 | 960 | 996 | 1,030 | 1,054 | 1,348 | 1,726 | | |
| | Workers' Party | Pat Rabbitte | | 917 | 925 | 991 | 1,003 | 1,039 | 1,065 | 1,087 | 1,135 | 1,547 |
| | Sinn Féin | John Noonan | | 794 | 796 | 837 | 852 | 882 | 922 | 948 | 961 | |
| | Fianna Fáil | Charlie O'Connor | | 722 | 727 | 738 | 746 | 937 | 954 | 990 | 1,017 | 1,141 |
| | Labour | Austin Nolan | | 473 | 480 | 489 | 492 | 501 | | | | |
| | Fine Gael | Brid Hayes | | 439 | 445 | 448 | 605 | 610 | 674 | | | |
| | Fianna Fáil | Mary Morton | | 361 | 364 | 396 | 399 | | | | | |
| | Fine Gael | Frank Farrell | | 238 | 240 | 242 | | | | | | |
| | Independent | Stephen Mahon | | 225 | 229 | | | | | | | |
| | Green Alliance | Kate O'Brien | | 57 | | | | | | | | |
| Electorate: 12,980 Valid: 6,309 (49.18%) Spoilt: 74 Quota: 1,578 Turnout: 6,383 |||||||||||||

### Terenure

Terenure: 5 seats :
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count |
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 |
| | Fine Gael | Stanley Laing* | | 2,017 | | | | | | | | | | |
| | Fianna Fáil | Sean Ardagh | | 1,356 | 1,362 | 1,371 | 1,417 | 1,440 | 1,466 | 1,495 | 1,513 | 1,789 | | |
| | Fianna Fáil | Seamus McGowan | | 1,120 | 1,128 | 1,133 | 1,195 | 1,230 | 1,253 | 1,305 | 1,325 | 1,639 | 2,372 | |
| | Fianna Fáil | Gerry Mullally | | 858 | 866 | 871 | 906 | 916 | 925 | 937 | 965 | 1,074 | | |
| | Independent | Seamus Ashe | | 760 | 765 | 809 | 871 | 885 | 1,048 | 1,127 | 1,149 | 1,202 | 1,256 | 1,395 |
| | Fianna Fáil | Sonny Knowles | | 724 | 728 | 735 | 766 | 772 | 789 | 854 | 872 | | | |
| | Fine Gael | Martin Lynch | | 708 | 824 | 853 | 865 | 909 | 929 | 978 | 1,627 | 1,662 | 1,770 | |
| | Fine Gael | Declan Ryan* | | 612 | 676 | 694 | 704 | 771 | 787 | 851 | | | | |
| | Labour | Éamonn Walsh | | 583 | 589 | 600 | 614 | 720 | 802 | 1,172 | 1,220 | 1,252 | 1,281 | 1,335 |
| | Labour | Tom Murtagh | | 549 | 554 | 562 | 576 | 679 | 760 | | | | | |
| | Workers' Party | Shay Kelly | | 388 | 390 | 437 | 453 | 475 | | | | | | |
| | Labour | Katherine Maguire | | 385 | 402 | 425 | 442 | | | | | | | |
| | Independent | Michael J. Stokes | | 310 | 315 | 335 | | | | | | | | |
| | Green Alliance | Denis Deasy | | 228 | 232 | | | | | | | | | |
| Electorate: 23,022 Valid: 10,598 (46.46%) Spoilt: 93 Quota: 1,767 Turnout: 10,695 |||||||||||||||