# 1985 Dublin County Council election in Dún Laoghaire–Rathdown

An election to the electoral county of Dún Laoghaire–Rathdown 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.
Dún Laoghaire–Rathdown was one of three electoral counties in Dublin County established by the Local Government (Reorganisation) Act 1985. The county electoral areas of Ballybrack, Blackrock and Dún Laoghaire served as the relevant electoral areas for the election to the corporation of Dun Laoghaire.

## Results by LEA
### Ballybrack

Ballybrack: 5 seats :
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | 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 | 13 |
| | Fine Gael | Donal Marren | | 1,226 | 1,245 | 1,269 | 1,276 | 1,293 | 1,383 | 1,435 | 1,791 | | | | | |
| | Fianna Fáil | Richard Conroy | | 1,191 | 1,194 | 1,204 | 1,316 | 1,348 | 1,362 | 1,403 | 1,415 | 1,419 | 1,671 | | | |
| | Fianna Fáil | Owen Hammond | | 859 | 861 | 864 | 960 | 1,014 | 1,024 | 1,062 | 1,090 | 1,096 | 1,393 | 1,540 | 1,641 | |
| | Workers' Party | Eamon Gilmore | | 848 | 866 | 899 | 902 | 1,043 | 1,057 | 1,100 | 1,108 | 1,111 | 1,170 | 1,297 | 1,301 | 1,314 |
| | Labour | Frank Smyth | | 763 | 859 | 892 | 897 | 935 | 964 | 997 | 1,043 | 1,061 | 1,102 | 1,267 | 1,270 | 1,279 |
| | Fianna Fáil | David Kane | | 607 | 612 | 620 | 690 | 713 | 723 | 749 | 756 | 758 | | | | |
| | Fine Gael | Steve Nalty | | 605 | 610 | 618 | 624 | 628 | 653 | 727 | | | | | | |
| | Independent | Pat O'Reilly | | 561 | 567 | 609 | 617 | 663 | 671 | 851 | 911 | 923 | 954 | | | |
| | Fine Gael | Barbara Culleton | | 554 | 558 | 580 | 590 | 592 | 865 | 937 | 1,123 | 1,306 | 1,332 | 1,566 | | |
| | Independent | Joan Callaghan | | 483 | 497 | 531 | 539 | 560 | 585 | | | | | | | |
| | Fine Gael | Jim Ansbro | | 469 | 479 | 491 | 492 | 501 | | | | | | | | |
| | Sinn Féin | Mick O'Brien | | 454 | 456 | 461 | 465 | | | | | | | | | |
| | Fianna Fáil | Mary Gray | | 322 | 324 | 331 | | | | | | | | | | |
| | Green | Philip Kearney | | 245 | 248 | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | Labour | Tim Wilson | | 165 | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | Independent | Victor Boyhan | | 25 | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| Electorate: 20,774 Valid: 9,377 (45.46%) Spoilt: 66 Quota: 1,563 Turnout: 9,443 |||||||||||||||||

### Blackrock

Blackrock: 4 seats :
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count |
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 |
| | Fine Gael | John H. Dockrell* | | 1,328 | 1,340 | 1,379 | 1,456 | 1,475 | 1,705 |
| | Fianna Fáil | Paddy Madigan | | 1,121 | 1,149 | 1,185 | 1,233 | 1,435 | 1,526 |
| | Fine Gael | Aine Elliot* | | 1,119 | 1,127 | 1,213 | 1,288 | 1,316 | 1,632 |
| | Fianna Fáil | Anne Brady* | | 1,113 | 1,130 | 1,185 | 1,220 | 1,661 | |
| | Fianna Fáil | Michael Cotter | | 693 | 715 | 745 | 767 | | |
| | Fine Gael | William O'Grady | | 663 | 688 | 734 | 774 | 789 | |
| | Labour | Niamh Bhreathnach | | 577 | 618 | 757 | 1,080 | 1,111 | 1,190 |
| | Labour | Kevin Cronin | | 548 | 589 | 651 | | | |
| | Green | Betty Reeves | | 476 | 564 | | | | |
| | Workers' Party | Eamonn Daly | | 312 | | | | | |
| Electorate: 18,849 Valid: 7,950 (42.59%) Spoilt: 77 Quota: 1,591 Turnout: 8,027 ||||||||||

### Clonskeagh

Clonskeagh: 3 seats :
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count |
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 |
| | Fine Gael | Tom Hand* | | 1,784 | | | | | | |
| | Fianna Fáil | Seamus Brock | | 1,165 | 1,179 | 1,197 | 1,253 | 1,282 | 1,330 | 1,599 |
| | Fine Gael | Gina Menzies | | 888 | 1,037 | 1,055 | 1,073 | 1,200 | 1,510 | 1,573 |
| | Fianna Fáil | Pól MacMurchú | | 800 | 806 | 812 | 820 | 839 | 871 | 1,254 |
| | Fianna Fáil | Paul McNulty | | 662 | 672 | 677 | 690 | 732 | 765 | |
| | Green | Ingrid Masterson | | 370 | 375 | 377 | 433 | | | |
| | Workers' Party | Gerry Nolan | | 249 | 254 | 267 | | | | |
| | Labour | Peter Nolan | | 246 | 254 | 346 | 440 | 578 | | |
| | Labour | Willie Byrne | | 149 | 157 | | | | | |
| Electorate: 14,231 Valid: 6,313 (44.85%) Spoilt: 70 Quota: 1,579 Turnout: 6,383 |||||||||||

### Dundrum

Dundrum: 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 | Tom Kitt* | | 2,509 | | | | | | | |
| | Fianna Fáil | Tony Fox | | 782 | 1,205 | 1,219 | 1,302 | 1,374 | 1,393 | 2,058 | |
| | Labour | Frank Buckley* | | 730 | 786 | 853 | 898 | 1,130 | 1,213 | 1,264 | 1,358 |
| | Fine Gael | Mary Elliott | | 662 | 707 | 744 | 749 | 815 | 1,109 | 1,211 | 1,290 |
| | Fine Gael | Austin Corcoran | | 642 | 699 | 724 | 735 | 760 | 985 | 1,051 | 1,113 |
| | Fine Gael | Myles Tierney* | | 564 | 616 | 631 | 634 | 672 | | | |
| | Fianna Fáil | Trevor Matthews | | 505 | 845 | 859 | 883 | 932 | 962 | | |
| | Workers' Party | Eamonn O Liadhain | | 435 | 460 | 520 | 615 | | | | |
| | Sinn Féin | Don Begley | | 313 | 331 | 342 | | | | | |
| | Green | Murrough Lacy | | 201 | 207 | | | | | | |
| | Independent | Gabriel McGovern | | 59 | 65 | | | | | | |
| Electorate: 15,568 Valid: 7,402 (47.9%) Spoilt: 53 Quota: 1,481 Turnout: 7,457 ||||||||||||

### Dún Laoghaire

Dún Laoghaire: 5 seats :
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | Count | Count | 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 | 13 | 14 | 15 |
| | Fine Gael | Liam T. Cosgrave TD | | 2,456 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | Fianna Fáil | Betty Coffey | | 1,110 | 1,119 | 1,125 | 1,132 | 1,151 | 1,160 | 1,198 | 1,211 | 1,362 | 1,387 | 1,403 | 1,424 | 1,435 | 1,791 | 1,873 |
| | Sinn Féin | Kevin Fitzpatrick | | 1,063 | 1,070 | 1,077 | 1,080 | 1,086 | 1,098 | 1,112 | 1,235 | 1,266 | 1,307 | 1,321 | 1,342 | 1,345 | 1,387 | 1,483 |
| | Fianna Fáil | Bill Harvey* | | 1,057 | 1,061 | 1,066 | 1,074 | 1,080 | 1,093 | 1,097 | 1,134 | 1,249 | 1,306 | 1,331 | 1,345 | 1,353 | 1,887 | 1,993 |
| | Fine Gael | Brendan Henderson* | | 857 | 951 | 958 | 966 | 984 | 998 | 1,023 | 1,037 | 1,057 | 1,160 | 1,503 | 2,243 | | | |
| | Fianna Fáil | Adrian Hardiman | | 854 | 859 | 865 | 867 | 870 | 877 | 887 | 905 | 1,052 | 1,074 | 1,080 | 1,098 | 1,111 | | |
| | Labour | Jane Dillon-Byrne* | | 700 | 715 | 727 | 760 | 787 | 837 | 932 | 994 | 1,007 | 1,179 | 1,238 | 1,310 | 1,408 | 1,471 | 2,041 |
| | Labour | Eric Doyle* | | 663 | 679 | 684 | 701 | 707 | 723 | 755 | 814 | 831 | 974 | 1,001 | 1,052 | 1,133 | 1,169 | |
| | Fine Gael | John O'Sullivan | | 575 | 623 | 623 | 636 | 648 | 661 | 685 | 696 | 699 | 735 | | | | | |
| | Labour | Jack Loughran* | | 524 | 531 | 534 | 564 | 566 | 584 | 600 | 670 | 683 | | | | | | |
| | Fine Gael | Elizabeth Gregan | | 503 | 508 | 510 | 510 | 515 | 518 | 529 | 552 | | | | | | | |
| | Fine Gael | Mark Crimmins | | 435 | 642 | 646 | 650 | 679 | 687 | 725 | 741 | 766 | 784 | 998 | | | | |
| | Workers' Party | Aidan Kendrick | | 406 | 409 | 415 | 416 | 423 | 471 | 520 | | | | | | | | |
| | Green | Theresa Butterfield | | 287 | 289 | 305 | 310 | 357 | 401 | | | | | | | | | |
| | Democratic Socialist | Christy Hudson | | 241 | 242 | 250 | 254 | 263 | | | | | | | | | | |
| | Independent | Victor Boyhan | | 202 | 202 | 212 | 212 | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | Labour | Philip Murphy | | 134 | 136 | 136 | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | Independent | Ubi Dwyer | | 101 | 102 | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| Electorate: 27,482 Valid: 12,168 (44.72%) Spoilt: 123 Quota: 2,029 Turnout: 12,291 |||||||||||||||||||

### Glencullen

Glencullen: 3 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 | Edward McDonald | | 1,271 | 1,275 | 1,290 | 1,351 | 1,499 | 1,516 | 2,036 | |
| | Fianna Fáil | Jimmy Murphy | | 1,042 | 1,040 | 1,066 | 1,072 | 1,117 | 1,159 | 1,407 | 1,742 |
| | Fine Gael | Sam Carroll* | | 881 | 888 | 931 | 1,009 | 1,066 | 1,423 | 1,551 | 1,563 |
| | Fianna Fáil | Larry Butler | | 855 | 856 | 877 | 891 | 932 | 962 | | |
| | Fine Gael | Jim Gildea | | 827 | 834 | 867 | 974 | 1,037 | 1,401 | 1,432 | 1,436 |
| | Fine Gael | Joseph Curry | | 684 | 686 | 731 | 794 | 840 | | | |
| | Workers' Party | Denis O'Callaghan | | 419 | 423 | 485 | 581 | | | | |
| | Labour | Justin Kilcullen | | 357 | 430 | 478 | | | | | |
| | Green | Alison Badrian | | 296 | 298 | | | | | | |
| | Labour | Roger Cole | | 105 | | | | | | | |
| Electorate: 14,499 Valid: 6,737 (46.83%) Spoilt: 53 Quota: 1,685 Turnout: 6,790 ||||||||||||

### Stillorgan

Stillorgan: 4 seats :
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count |
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 |
| | Labour | Eithne Fitzgerald* | | 1,328 | 1,352 | 1,411 | 1,464 | 1,513 | 1,735 |
| | Fianna Fáil | Paddy Hickey* | | 1,228 | 1,243 | 1,266 | 1,268 | 1,458 | 1,505 |
| | Fianna Fáil | Don Lydon | | 1,211 | 1,234 | 1,276 | 1,293 | 1,557 | 1,638 |
| | Fine Gael | Olivia Mitchell | | 1,013 | 1,035 | 1,073 | 1,356 | 1,393 | 1,489 |
| | Fine Gael | Donal Lowry | | 942 | 957 | 1,002 | 1,190 | 1,210 | 1,266 |
| | Fianna Fáil | Carmel Ryan | | 546 | 558 | 591 | 598 | | |
| | Fine Gael | Chris O'Malley | | 537 | 543 | 571 | | | |
| | Green | Joseph Thornton | | 429 | 472 | 607 | 617 | 638 | |
| | Independent | Fred O'Brien | | 391 | 442 | | | | |
| | Independent | M. MacFeorais | | 219 | | | | | |
| Electorate: 17,976 Valid: 7,844 (43.91%) Spoilt: 50 Quota: 1,569 Turnout: 7,894 ||||||||||