# 1985 South Tipperary County Council election

An election to South Tipperary County Council took place on 20 June 1985 as part of the Irish local elections. 26 councillors were elected from five 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 | 14 | +3 | 16,537 | 43.78 | |
| | Fine Gael | 8 | 0 | 10,932 | 28.94 | |
| | Labour | 3 | -1 | 4,518 | 11.96 | |
| | Independent | 1 | -2 | 3,773 | 9.99 | |
| Totals | Totals | 26 | - | 37,772 | 100.00 | — |

## Results by local electoral area
### Cahir

Cahir: 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 | Seán Byrne TD* | | 1,447 | | | | | | | | |
| | Fianna Fáil | John Brennan* | | 947 | 1,049 | 1,063 | 1,071 | 1,094 | 1,146 | | | |
| | Fine Gael | Theresa Ahearn* | | 905 | 921 | 948 | 959 | 969 | 1,006 | 1,016 | 1,148 | |
| | Fianna Fáil | Con Donovan* | | 847 | 943 | 949 | 980 | 989 | 1,000 | 1,011 | 1,069 | 1,111 |
| | Fine Gael | Sean Sampson* | | 663 | 680 | 683 | 687 | 705 | 720 | 722 | 869 | 1,049 |
| | Fianna Fáil | Mattie McGrath | | 588 | 659 | 676 | 681 | 699 | 735 | 741 | 757 | 795 |
| | Fine Gael | John Arrigan | | 364 | 378 | 379 | 390 | 407 | 415 | 418 | | |
| | Labour | Eamonn Shine | | 257 | 263 | 267 | 280 | 302 | 418 | 425 | 443 | |
| | Labour | John O'Leary | | 246 | 253 | 268 | 285 | 296 | | | | |
| | Sinn Féin | Jimmy Maher | | 138 | 141 | 144 | 160 | | | | | |
| | Independent | Joe Meaney | | 116 | 121 | 130 | | | | | | |
| | Independent | Jim Cooney | | 98 | 105 | | | | | | | |
| Electorate: 9,700 Valid: 6,616 (69.04%) Spoilt: 83 Quota: 1,103 Turnout: 6,697 |||||||||||||

### Cashel

Cashel: 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 | Dr. Seán McCarthy TD* | | 1,486 | | | | | | |
| | Fine Gael | Jack Crowe* | | 1,116 | 1,142 | 1,209 | | | | |
| | Fine Gael | John Ryan* | | 766 | 776 | 780 | 806 | 890 | 1,019 | 1,164 |
| | Fianna Fáil | Timmy Hammersley* | | 743 | 787 | 801 | 919 | 928 | 1,083 | 1,217 |
| | Independent | John Bergin | | 637 | 653 | 679 | 702 | 754 | 772 | |
| | Fianna Fáil | Denis McInerney* | | 620 | 725 | 785 | 855 | 882 | 1,016 | 1,202 |
| | Fine Gael | Tom Wood | | 572 | 590 | 660 | 667 | 813 | 824 | 1,012 |
| | Fianna Fáil | John O'Grady | | 394 | 421 | 424 | 477 | 482 | | |
| | Fine Gael | Patrick Downey | | 312 | 315 | 332 | 338 | | | |
| | Workers' Party | Sean Hill | | 299 | 306 | | | | | |
| | Fianna Fáil | Kitty Barry | | 291 | 314 | 324 | | | | |
| Electorate: 9,788 Valid: 7,236 (74.58%) Spoilt: 64 Quota: 1,207 Turnout: 7,300 |||||||||||

### Clonmel

Clonmel: 5 seats :
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count |
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 |
| | Independent | Sean Treacy TD* | | 2,172 | | | | |
| | Fianna Fáil | Noel Davern | | 1,041 | 1,141 | 1,163 | 1,228 | 1,302 |
| | Fianna Fáil | Tom Ambrose* | | 950 | 1,038 | 1,058 | 1,119 | 1,243 |
| | Fine Gael | Johnny Kehoe | | 842 | 920 | 938 | 1,240 | 1,292 |
| | Fianna Fáil | Brendan Cronin | | 763 | 869 | 878 | 916 | 1,034 |
| | Labour | Sean Lyons* | | 683 | 984 | 1,040 | 1,109 | 1,328 |
| | Workers and Unemployed | Seamus Healy | | 535 | 667 | 682 | 719 | |
| | Fine Gael | Terence Darmody* | | 518 | 579 | 594 | | |
| | Labour | Mary-Ann Burke | | 132 | 165 | | | |
| Electorate: 10,807 Valid: 7,636 (71.21%) Spoilt: 60 Quota: 1,273 Turnout: 7,696 |||||||||

### Fethard

Fethard: 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 | Ned Meagher | | 1,464 | | | | | | | | |
| | Labour | Ned Brennan* | | 1,135 | 1,162 | 1,231 | 1,237 | 1,305 | | | | |
| | Fine Gael | John Holohan* | | 930 | 944 | 950 | 952 | 956 | 969 | 1,351 | | |
| | Fianna Fáil | Dick Tobin* | | 908 | 961 | 973 | 992 | 1,016 | 1,088 | 1,106 | 1,108 | 1,416 |
| | Fine Gael | Jimmy Hogan | | 785 | 786 | 790 | 843 | 953 | 1,082 | 1,168 | 1,184 | 1,205 |
| | Fianna Fáil | Denis Bourke* | | 759 | 773 | 779 | 810 | 863 | 991 | 998 | 998 | 1,270 |
| | Fine Gael | Sean Clancy | | 653 | 663 | 672 | 673 | 676 | 687 | | | |
| | Fianna Fáil | Joe Aherne | | 644 | 677 | 687 | 691 | 698 | 734 | 763 | 765 | |
| | Fine Gael | James Murphy* | | 630 | 631 | 635 | 651 | 676 | 701 | 785 | 812 | 842 |
| | Sinn Féin | Eddie O'Doherty | | 461 | 463 | 492 | 524 | 592 | | | | |
| | Labour | David Drohan* | | 367 | 367 | 369 | 401 | | | | | |
| | Independent | Dick Joy | | 215 | 215 | 217 | 380 | | | | | |
| | Workers' Party | Michael Langton | | 178 | 181 | | | | | | | |
| Electorate: 12,778 Valid: 9,127 (72.34%) Spoilt: 87 Quota: 1,304 Turnout: 9,244 |||||||||||||

### Tipperary

Tipperary: 5 seats :
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count |
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 |
| | Labour | Michael Ferris* | | 1,564 | | | | | | |
| | Fianna Fáil | William Ryan* | | 1,080 | 1,127 | 1,140 | 1,184 | 1,221 | | |
| | Fine Gael | Michael Fitzgerald* | | 854 | 920 | 955 | 981 | 1,154 | 1,591 | |
| | Fianna Fáil | Josephine Quinlan* | | 830 | 865 | 877 | 928 | 954 | 1,021 | 1,094 |
| | Fianna Fáil | Michael Maguire | | 735 | 774 | 788 | 832 | 861 | 1,049 | 1,136 |
| | Workers' Party | Christy Kinahan | | 636 | 680 | 748 | 850 | 881 | 896 | 916 |
| | Fine Gael | P.J. Maher* | | 607 | 633 | 640 | 646 | 786 | | |
| | Fine Gael | Denis Leahy | | 415 | 441 | 452 | 465 | | | |
| | Sinn Féin | Finbarr Kissane | | 302 | 324 | 342 | | | | |
| | Labour | Paddy Cummins | | 134 | 200 | | | | | |
| Electorate: 10,716 Valid: 7,157 (67.7%) Spoilt: 98 Quota: 1,193 Turnout: 7,255 |||||||||||