# 2004 Kilkenny County Council election

An election to Kilkenny County Council took place on 11 June 2004 as part of that year's 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).

## Results by party

| Party | Party | Seats | ± | First Pref. votes | FPv% | ±% |
| | Fine Gael | 11 | 0 | 15,029 | 37.64 | |
| | Fianna Fáil | 8 | -4 | 13,690 | 34.28 | |
| | Labour | 5 | +4 | 5,950 | 14.90 | |
| | Green | 1 | +1 | 1,858 | 4.65 | |
| | Independent | 1 | -1 | 1,609 | 4.03 | |
| Totals | Totals | 26 | 0 | 39,933 | 100.00 | — |

## Results by local electoral area
### Ballyragget

Ballyragget - 5 seats :
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count |
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 |
| | Labour | Maurice Shortall | 22.57 | 1,789 | | | | | |
| | Fine Gael | Mary Hilda Cavanagh* | 18.29 | 1,450 | | | | | |
| | Fine Gael | Catherine Connery* | 18.20 | 1,205 | 753 | 873 | 917 | 953 | 957 |
| | Fianna Fáil | Pat Millea* | 14.04 | 1,113 | 812 | 945 | 1,359 | | |
| | Fine Gael | Dan Brennan* | 12.14 | 962 | 859 | 876 | 908 | 957 | 962 |
| | Fianna Fáil | Martin Carroll* | 9.97 | 790 | 756 | 965 | 1,087 | | |
| | Fianna Fáil | Seán Doherty | 7.80 | 618 | 664 | | | | |
| Electorate: 12,093 Valid: 7,927 (65.55%) Spoilt: 162 Quota: 1,322 Turnout: 8,089 (66.89%) ||||||||||

### Callan

Callan - 3 seats :
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count |
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | 1 |
| | Fianna Fáil | Matt Doran | 29.12 | 1,468 |
| | Fine Gael | Tom Maher* | 28.80 | 1,452 |
| | Fine Gael | Billy Ireland* | 26.04 | 1,313 |
| | Fianna Fáil | Eamon Walsh | 16.05 | 809 |
| Electorate: 8,464 Valid: 5,042 (59.57%) Spoilt: 177 Quota: 1,261 Turnout: 5,219 (61.66%) |||||

### Kilkenny

Kilkenny - 7 seats :
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | 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 |
| | Fianna Fáil | John Coonan* | 11.07 | 1,207 | 1,219 | 1,242 | 1,262 | 1,281 | 1,332 | 1,370 | | | | | | | |
| | Fianna Fáil | Pat Fitzpatrick* | 9.93 | 1,083 | 1,088 | 1,106 | 1,144 | 1,132 | 1,160 | 1,196 | 1,317 | 1,356 | 1,357 | 1,358 | 1,422 | | |
| | Green | Malcolm Noonan | 9.85 | 1,074 | 1,099 | 1,142 | 1,183 | 1,287 | 1,372 | | | | | | | | |
| | Fine Gael | Martin Brett* | 7.12 | 776 | 787 | 802 | 857 | 866 | 901 | 929 | 1,005 | 1,116 | 1,167 | 1,168 | 1,354 | 1,374 | |
| | Labour | Joe Cody* | 7.08 | 772 | 842 | 877 | 904 | 946 | 995 | 1,205 | 1,275 | 1,330 | 1,333 | 1,336 | 1,426 | | |
| | Progressive Democrats | Coleman Loughnane | 6.56 | 715 | 721 | 757 | 790 | 805 | 839 | 868 | 933 | 977 | 979 | 979 | 1,031 | 1,043 | 1,046 |
| | Fianna Fáil | Michael Lanigan, Jnr* | 6.27 | 684 | 701 | 719 | 733 | 764 | 786 | 813 | 921 | 962 | 963 | 964 | 1,029 | 1,044 | 1,061 |
| | Fine Gael | Pat Crotty | 5.94 | 648 | 655 | 665 | 693 | 699 | 725 | 753 | 778 | 901 | 901 | 901 | | | |
| | Fine Gael | Paul Cuddihy* | 5.80 | 632 | 650 | 666 | 717 | 724 | 745 | 777 | 795 | 982 | 983 | 984 | 1,277 | 1,293 | 1,310 |
| | Fine Gael | Paddy Hogan | 5.34 | 582 | 586 | 607 | 660 | 676 | 692 | 719 | 751 | | | | | | |
| | Fianna Fáil | John Eardly | 4.78 | 521 | 527 | 538 | 546 | 565 | 593 | 605 | | | | | | | |
| | Sinn Féin | Tom Kiernan | 3.76 | 410 | 413 | 426 | 432 | | | | | | | | | | |
| | Independent | Teresa Mullen* | 3.67 | 400 | 410 | 442 | 473 | 507 | | | | | | | | | |
| | Labour | Marie Fitzpatrick | 3.61 | 394 | 448 | 465 | 479 | 508 | 553 | | | | | | | | |
| | Fine Gael | Breda Raggett | 3.54 | 386 | 407 | 416 | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | Independent | Jimmy Leahy | 3.08 | 336 | 343 | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | Labour | Tony Patterson | 2.60 | 283 | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| Electorate: 19,198 Valid: 10,903 (56.79%) Spoilt: 134 Quota: 1,363 Turnout: 11,086 (57.75%) ||||||||||||||||||

### Piltown

Piltown - 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 | Bobby Aylward* | 16.66 | 1,478 | | | | | | | | |
| | Fine Gael | Pat Dunphy* | 12.89 | 1,144 | 1,155 | 1,169 | 1,175 | 1,183 | 1,271 | | | |
| | Labour | Tomás Breathnach | 12.47 | 1,107 | 1,122 | 1,203 | 1,206 | 1,237 | 1,284 | | | |
| | Fine Gael | Dick Dowling* | 11.72 | 1,040 | 1,058 | 1,083 | 1,097 | 1,186 | 1,218 | 1,223 | 1,224 | 1,332 |
| | Fine Gael | Catherine Phelan-Holden | 8.07 | 716 | 744 | 763 | 874 | 906 | 956 | 959 | 960 | 1,040 |
| | Fine Gael | John O'Dwyer | 7.72 | 685 | 693 | 721 | 758 | 800 | 806 | 807 | 807 | 858 |
| | Sinn Féin | Kevin Dunphy | 7.57 | 672 | 680 | 719 | 731 | 751 | 800 | 804 | 804 | |
| | Fianna Fáil | Cora Long* | 5.95 | 528 | 562 | 567 | 615 | 702 | 990 | 993 | 994 | 1,156 |
| | Fianna Fáil | Ann Blackmore* | 5.34 | 474 | 520 | 533 | 585 | 661 | | | | |
| | Fianna Fáil | Margaret Haberlin | 4.45 | 395 | 407 | 429 | 461 | | | | | |
| | Fianna Fáil | Pat Walsh | 3.81 | 338 | 363 | 371 | | | | | | |
| | Green | John Fitzgerald | 3.35 | 297 | 302 | | | | | | | |
| Electorate: 14,187 Valid: 8,874 (62.55%) Spoilt: 112 Quota: 1,268 Turnout: 9,099 (64.14%) |||||||||||||

### Thomastown

Thomastown - 5 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 | Pat O'Neill | 15.12 | 1,145 | 1,195 | 1,343 | | | | |
| | Labour | Michael O'Brien | 12.73 | 964 | 1,071 | 1,091 | 1,094 | 1,125 | 1,202 | 1,222 |
| | Fianna Fáil | Tom Brennan* | 11.98 | 907 | 944 | 991 | 997 | 1,155 | 1,504 | |
| | Independent | Dixie Doyle* | 11.53 | 873 | 913 | 931 | 934 | 981 | 1,140 | 1,214 |
| | Fine Gael | Andy Cotterell* | 8.85 | 670 | 715 | 855 | 906 | 934 | 1,063 | 1,106 |
| | Fianna Fáil | Seán Treacy | 8.79 | 666 | 693 | 711 | 714 | 870 | | |
| | Labour | Ann Phelan | 8.46 | 641 | 718 | 857 | 867 | 1,061 | 1,115 | 1,138 |
| | Fianna Fáil | Joan Murphy* | 8.07 | 611 | 636 | 698 | 702 | | | |
| | Fine Gael | John Meaney | 8.04 | 609 | 633 | | | | | |
| | Green | Judith Ashton | 6.43 | 487 | | | | | | |
| Electorate: 12,083 Valid: 7,573 (62.67%) Spoilt: 162 Quota: 1,263 Turnout: 7,735 (64.02%) |||||||||||