# Cork South-East (Dáil constituency)

Cork South-East 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, on the system of proportional representation by means of the single transferable vote (PR-STV).

## History

The constituency was created under the Electoral (Revision of Constituencies) Act 1935, for the 1937 general election to the Dáil Éireann. It succeeded the old Cork East constituency. It was abolished under the Electoral (Amendment) Act 1947, when it was replaced by the new constituency of Cork South.

## Boundaries

It consisted of the district electoral divisions of:
    "Ballincollig, Ballintemple, Ballycotton, Ballyfeard, Ballyfoyle, Ballygarvan, Ballymartle, Ballynaglogh, Ballyspillane, Bishopstown, Blackpool, Blarney, Caherlag, Carrigaline (Cork), Carrigaline (Kinsale), Carrignavar, Carrigrohane Beg, Carrigtwohill, Castlemartyr, Clonmult, Cloyne, Cobh Rural, Corkbeg, Cullen, Dangan, Douglas, Dripsey, Dunderrow, Dungourney, Farrenbrien, Firmount, Garryvoe, Glenville, Greenfort, Ightermurragh, Inch, Inishkenny, Killeagh (Cork), Kilmonoge, Kilpatrick, Kinure, Knockantota, Knockraha, Lehenagh, Liscleary, Lisgoold, Matehy, Middleton Rural, Mogeely, Monkstown Rural, Nohaval, Ovens, Rathcooney, Riverstown, Rostellan, St. Mary's, Templebodan, Templebreedy, Templemichael, Templenacarriga and Whitechurch and the Urban Districts of Cobh, Midleton and Passage West in the administrative county of Cork".

## TDs

Teachtaí Dála (TDs) for Cork South-East 1937–1948 :
| Key to parties  FG = Fine Gael  FF = Fianna Fáil  Lab = Labour ||||||||
| Dáil | Election | Deputy (Party) | Deputy (Party) | Deputy (Party) | Deputy (Party) | Deputy (Party) | Deputy (Party) |
| 9th | 1937 | | Jeremiah Hurley (Lab) | | Martin Corry (FF) | | Brook Brasier (FG) |
| 10th | 1938 | | Jeremiah Hurley (Lab) | | Martin Corry (FF) | | Brook Brasier (FG) |
| 11th | 1943 | | Thomas Looney (Lab) | | Martin Corry (FF) | | William Broderick (FG) |
| 12th | 1944 | | Seán McCarthy (FF) | | Martin Corry (FF) | | William Broderick (FG) |
| 13th | 1948 | Constituency abolished | Constituency abolished | Constituency abolished | Constituency abolished | Constituency abolished | Constituency abolished |
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

1944 general election: Cork South-East :
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count |
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 |
| | Fianna Fáil | Martin Corry | 26.5 | 8,038 | | | | |
| | Clann na Talmhan | Patrick Lehane | 18.1 | 5,484 | 5,516 | 5,635 | 5,913 | 6,399 |
| | Fine Gael | William Broderick | 17.6 | 5,350 | 5,365 | 5,691 | 6,074 | 6,684 |
| | Fianna Fáil | Seán McCarthy | 17.0 | 5,155 | 5,494 | 5,656 | 5,915 | 7,111 |
| | National Labour Party | Thomas Looney | 10.2 | 3,087 | 3,120 | 3,336 | 3,888 | |
| | Labour | Dan Desmond | 5.4 | 1,636 | 1,653 | 2,275 | | |
| | Labour | David Barry | 5.3 | 1,603 | 1,616 | | | |
| Electorate: 44,356 Valid: 30,353 Quota: 7,589 Turnout: 68.4% |||||||||

### 1943 general election

1943 general election: Cork South-East :
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count |
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 |
| | Fianna Fáil | Martin Corry | 26.7 | 8,767 | | | | | |
| | Fine Gael | William Broderick | 18.6 | 6,123 | 6,135 | 6,222 | 6,657 | 8,364 | |
| | Clann na Talmhan | Patrick Lehane | 13.7 | 4,499 | 4,523 | 4,571 | 4,870 | 5,215 | 5,909 |
| | Fianna Fáil | Seán McCarthy | 10.3 | 3,374 | 3,794 | 3,915 | 4,413 | 4,640 | |
| | Labour | Thomas Looney | 8.4 | 2,755 | 2,776 | 4,568 | 5,374 | 5,585 | 6,355 |
| | Fine Gael | Edmond Carey | 8.0 | 2,644 | 2,654 | 2,697 | 2,882 | | |
| | Independent | John Hurley | 7.5 | 2,481 | 2,525 | 2,650 | | | |
| | Labour | Patrick O'Brien | 6.8 | 2,248 | 2,261 | | | | |
| Electorate: 44,356 Valid: 32,891 Quota: 8,223 Turnout: 74.2% ||||||||||

### 1938 general election

1938 general election: Cork South-East :
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | Count | Count |
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| | Fine Gael | Brook Brasier | 26.8 | 8,535 | | |
| | Fianna Fáil | Martin Corry | 24.2 | 7,701 | 7,715 | 8,116 |
| | Labour | Jeremiah Hurley | 18.4 | 5,872 | 5,908 | 7,587 |
| | Fianna Fáil | Eoin O'Mahony | 16.2 | 5,175 | 5,187 | 5,710 |
| | Fine Gael | Edmond Carey | 14.4 | 4,597 | 5,099 | |
| Electorate: 41,655 Valid: 31,880 Quota: 7,971 Turnout: 76.5% |||||||

### 1937 general election

1937 general election: Cork South-East :
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | Count | Count |
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| | Fine Gael | Brook Brasier | 27.7 | 8,594 | | |
| | Fianna Fáil | Martin Corry | 24.4 | 7,567 | 10,134 | |
| | Labour | Jeremiah Hurley | 21.7 | 6,720 | 7,261 | 8,958 |
| | Fine Gael | William Broderick | 15.5 | 4,818 | 4,926 | 5,010 |
| | Fianna Fáil | Michael Leahy | 10.7 | 3,315 | | |
| Electorate: 41,669 Valid: 31,014 Quota: 7,754 Turnout: 74.4% |||||||