# 1991 Offaly County Council election

An election to Offaly County Council took place on 27 June 1991 as part of that year's Irish local elections. 21 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 twice, first to 1998, then to 1999.

## Results by party

| Party | Party | Seats | ± | First Pref. votes | FPv% | ±% |
| | Fianna Fáil | 10 | -2 | 10,232 | 41.39 | |
| | Fine Gael | 6 | - | 7,699 | 31.14 | |
| | Labour | 1 | +1 | 1,686 | 6.82 | |
| | Progressive Democrats | 1 | +1 | 1,015 | 4.11 | |
| | Independent | 3 | - | 3,221 | 13.03 | |
| Totals | Totals | 21 | - | 24,722 | 100.00 | — |

## Results by local electoral area
### Birr

Birr- 5 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 |
| | Fine Gael | Tom Enright TD* | 15.5% | 924 | 966 | 1,076 | | | | | |
| | Fianna Fáil | Pat Moylan* | 13.2% | 789 | 823 | 898 | 908 | 1,010 | | | |
| | Fine Gael | Percy Clendennen | 12.4% | 742 | 760 | 801 | 820 | 876 | 896 | 904 | 906 |
| | Fianna Fáil | Seamus Loughnane* | 11.4% | 681 | 725 | 794 | 813 | 1,037 | | | |
| | Fianna Fáil | Pat McLoughney | 11% | 658 | 689 | 732 | 740 | | | | |
| | Fine Gael | Joe Clear* | 11% | 657 | 678 | 749 | 759 | 873 | 896 | 904 | 907 |
| | Fianna Fáil | Joe Dooley* | 10.7% | 635 | 688 | 796 | 812 | 999 | | | |
| | Sinn Féin | John Carroll | 9.6% | 570 | 601 | | | | | | |
| | Independent | Neayvn Kavanagh | 5.1% | 304 | | | | | | | |
| Electorate: 9,171 Valid: 5,960 (64.99%) Spoilt: 41 Quota: 994 Turnout: 6,001 (65.43%) ||||||||||||

### Edenderry

Edenderry - 5 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 |
| | Fine Gael | Michael Fox* | 15.6% | 915 | 917 | 937 | 1,038 | | | | |
| | Independent | James Flanagan* | 13.6% | 795 | 844 | 870 | 910 | 942 | 951 | 1,194 | 656 |
| | Fianna Fáil | Frank Weir | 12.3% | 718 | 718 | 791 | 806 | 894 | 898 | 920 | 926 |
| | Fianna Fáil | Noel Bourke | 11.6% | 681 | 701 | 713 | 733 | 746 | 752 | 904 | 982 |
| | Fianna Fáil | Paddy Scully* | 11.6% | 677 | 678 | 684 | 709 | 728 | 747 | 773 | 781 |
| | Progressive Democrats | Tom O'Connell | 9.9% | 579 | 597 | 608 | 642 | 660 | 673 | | |
| | Progressive Democrats | Brigid Emerson | 7.4% | 436 | 438 | 506 | 541 | 675 | 685 | 832 | 867 |
| | Fine Gael | Jack Dunne | 6.2% | 361 | 363 | 388 | 425 | | | | |
| | Green | Anthony Dolan | 5.1% | 299 | 305 | 333 | | | | | |
| | Labour | Sean Coughlan | 4.9% | 289 | 292 | | | | | | |
| | Independent | William Brereton | 1.9% | 111 | | | | | | | |
| Electorate: 10,007 Valid: 5,861 (58.57%) Spoilt: 73 Quota: 977 Turnout: 5,934 (59.3%) ||||||||||||

### Ferbane

Ferbane- 5 seats :
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | Count | Count | Count |
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 |
| | Fine Gael | Connie Hanniffy* | 22.4% | 1,183 | | | |
| | Fianna Fáil | Eamon Dooley* | 18.3% | 966 | | | |
| | Independent | Johnny Butterfield* | 15.7% | 829 | 886 | | |
| | Fianna Fáil | Tom Feighery* | 12.8% | 680 | 695 | 804 | 848 |
| | Fine Gael | Bernard Corcoran* | 12.7% | 673 | 840 | 1,061 | |
| | Fianna Fáil | Patrick Mahon* | 10.3% | 544 | 562 | 602 | 608 |
| | Fine Gael | Pat Troy | 7.9% | 417 | 460 | | |
| Electorate: 8,914 Valid: 5,292 (59.37%) Spoilt: 55 Quota: 883 Turnout: 5,347 (59.98%) ||||||||

### Tullamore

Tullamore - 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 | Brian Cowen TD* | 15% | 1,141 | | | | | | | | |
| | Fianna Fáil | John Flanagan* | 12.5% | 953 | 965 | 981 | 994 | 1,018 | 1,072 | 1,113 | | |
| | Independent | Thomas Dolan* | 11.1% | 844 | 860 | 875 | 879 | 902 | 926 | 950 | 966 | 1,013 |
| | Fine Gael | Tommy McKeigue | 10.9% | 830 | 854 | 855 | 882 | 913 | 946 | 1,057 | 1,118 | |
| | Labour | Pat Gallagher | 9.5% | 722 | 742 | 743 | 808 | 842 | 894 | 921 | 1,099 | |
| | Fine Gael | Frank Feery* | 9.3% | 708 | 712 | 719 | 722 | 724 | 737 | 798 | 810 | 848 |
| | Fianna Fáil | Miriam O'Callaghan* | 9.3% | 706 | 722 | 729 | 747 | 781 | 797 | 816 | 851 | 1,076 |
| | Fianna Fáil | Michael Lynam | 5.3% | 403 | 405 | 408 | 412 | 422 | 430 | 441 | 448 | |
| | Fine Gael | Kevin Wrafter | 3.8% | 289 | 298 | 299 | 304 | 309 | 310 | | | |
| | Labour | Laurence Byrne | 3.3% | 250 | 258 | 259 | 270 | 280 | | | | |
| | Labour | Ernest McGuire | 2.9% | 223 | 232 | 233 | 265 | 292 | 360 | 368 | | |
| | Labour | Seán O'Brien | 2.7% | 202 | 204 | 204 | | | | | | |
| | Independent | Anne O'Toole | 2.5% | 193 | 207 | 207 | 219 | | | | | |
| | Independent | Peadar Keeley | 1% | 78 | | | | | | | | |
| | Independent | May Keeley | 0.5% | 41 | | | | | | | | |
| | Independent | Nellie Gaffney | 0.3% | 26 | 70 | | | | | | | |
| Electorate: 12,610 Valid: 7,609 (60.34%) Spoilt: 64 Quota: 1,088 Turnout: 7,673 (60.85%) |||||||||||||