# 1991 Dublin County Council election in South Dublin

An election to the council of the electoral county of South Dublin within Dublin County to Dublin County Council took place on 27 June 1991 as part of that year's Irish local elections. 26 councillors were elected for a five-year term of office from five local electoral areas on the system of proportional representation by means of the single transferable vote. It was one of three electoral counties within Dublin County at this election, the others being Fingal and Dún Laoghaire–Rathdown. The term was extended twice, first to 1998, then to 1999.
The electoral county had been established in 1985 as Dublin–Belgard and was renamed South Dublin for these local elections.
From 1 January 1994, on the coming into effect of the Local Government (Dublin) Act 1993, County Dublin was disestablished as an administrative county, and in its place the electoral counties became three new counties. The councillors listed below became the councillors for South Dublin County Council from that date.

## Results by party

| Party | Party | Seats | ± | First Pref. votes | FPv% | ±% |
| | Fianna Fáil | 7 | -6 | 16,179 | 29.1 | |
| | Fine Gael | 6 | -2 | 10,176 | 18.3 | |
| | Labour | 4 | +2 | 9,796 | 17.6 | |
| | Progressive Democrats | 4 | +4 | 5,080 | 9.1 | |
| | Workers' Party | 3 | +1 | 4,842 | 8.7 | |
| | Green | 1 | +1 | 3,294 | 5.9 | |
| | Independent | 1 | 0 | 4,294 | 7.7 | |
| Totals | Totals | 26 | 0 | 53,634 | 100.0 | — |

## Results by local electoral area
### Clondalkin

Clondalkin - 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 | Therese Ridge* | 18.3% | 1,378 | 1,431 | 1,459 | 1,497 | 1,563 | 1,733 | 1,883 |
| | Progressive Democrats | Colm Tyndall | 17.7% | 1,332 | 1,355 | 1,375 | 1,447 | 1,544 | 1,647 | 1,863 |
| | Fianna Fáil | Colm McGrath* | 14.6% | 1,104 | 1,112 | 1,136 | 1,257 | 1,280 | 1,316 | 2,027 |
| | Fianna Fáil | Catherine Sherwin | 13.1% | 986 | 1,004 | 1,028 | 1,182 | 1,229 | 1,259 | |
| | Workers' Party | Donna Conlon | 8.9% | 671 | 729 | 809 | 813 | 943 | 1,292 | 1,356 |
| | Labour | Robert Dowds | 8.3% | 626 | 679 | 711 | 721 | 794 | | |
| | Fianna Fáil | Pat Smyth | 5.7% | 431 | 436 | 441 | | | | |
| | Green | Conor Delaney | 5.3% | 400 | 436 | 496 | 518 | | | |
| | Sinn Féin | Vincent Coffey | 4.2% | 315 | 340 | | | | | |
| | Independent | Maurice Duffy | 2.4% | 178 | | | | | | |
| | Independent | Maire O'Connor | 1.6% | 123 | | | | | | |
| Electorate: 20,425 Valid: 7,544 (36.9%) Spoilt: 63 Quota: 1,887 Turnout: 7,607 (37.2%) |||||||||||

### Greenhills

Greenhills - 4 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 |
| | Labour | Mervyn Taylor TD* | 24.1% | 1,576 | | | | | | | | |
| | Workers' Party | Don Tipping* | 13.9% | 912 | 966 | 995 | 1,020 | 1,107 | 1,138 | 1,306 | 1,357 | |
| | Fine Gael | Michael Keating | 11% | 720 | 745 | 754 | 875 | 919 | 946 | 1,066 | 1,126 | 1,170 |
| | Independent | Bob Byrne | 9.3% | 611 | 628 | 645 | 651 | 713 | 736 | | | |
| | Fianna Fáil | Geraldine O'Connor | 8.8% | 577 | 584 | 586 | 607 | 626 | 767 | 819 | | |
| | Fianna Fáil | Margaret Farrell | 8.1% | 525 | 537 | 549 | 555 | 580 | 828 | 943 | 1,412 | |
| | Labour | Denis Mackin | 8% | 522 | 634 | 648 | 667 | 737 | 755 | 881 | 1,040 | 1,089 |
| | Fianna Fáil | Michael Hanrahan | 7.2% | 468 | 479 | 505 | 511 | 523 | | | | |
| | Green | Alison Larkin | 4.6% | 298 | 308 | 345 | 363 | | | | | |
| | Fine Gael | Michael O'Brien | 3.4% | 224 | 228 | 228 | | | | | | |
| | Sinn Féin | Dessie Early | 2.4% | 157 | 162 | | | | | | | |
| Electorate: 16,819 Valid: 6,540 (38.9%) Spoilt: 50 Quota: 1,319 Turnout: 6,590 (39.2%) |||||||||||||

### Lucan

Lucan - 4 seats :
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | 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 |
| | Independent | Guss O'Connell | 14.2% | 1,406 | 1,477 | 1,532 | 1,649 | 1,894 | 2,032 | | | | | |
| | Fine Gael | Peter Brady | 13.5% | 1,336 | 1,346 | 1,472 | 1,549 | 1,587 | 1,612 | 1,619 | 1,775 | 1,812 | 1,987 | |
| | Fianna Fáil | Finbarr Hanrahan* | 11.3% | 1,119 | 1,126 | 1,145 | 1,182 | 1,215 | 1,440 | 1,459 | 1,514 | 1,607 | 2,362 | |
| | Fianna Fáil | Liam Lawlor TD* | 9.1% | 905 | 910 | 919 | 934 | 950 | 1,110 | 1,123 | 1,173 | 1,246 | | |
| | Labour | Eamon Tuffy | 8.3% | 826 | 829 | 834 | 927 | 1,000 | 1,026 | 1,030 | 1,211 | 1,263 | 1,315 | 1,430 |
| | Sinn Féin | John McCann | 7.9% | 783 | 789 | 797 | 808 | 815 | 828 | 830 | 919 | | | |
| | Labour | John O'Halloran | 7.8% | 775 | 781 | 795 | 815 | 884 | 898 | 901 | 1,058 | 1,379 | 1,467 | 1,553 |
| | Workers' Party | Anne Finnegan | 6.7% | 665 | 671 | 677 | 748 | 777 | 799 | 803 | | | | |
| | Fianna Fáil | Deirdre Doherty-Ryan | 5.9% | 580 | 591 | 609 | 630 | 675 | | | | | | |
| | Labour | Michael Brennan | 5% | 497 | 534 | 563 | 598 | | | | | | | |
| | Green | Bridin O'Connor | 5% | 492 | 512 | 531 | | | | | | | | |
| | Fine Gael | Tom Kavanagh | 3.1% | 311 | 316 | | | | | | | | | |
| | Independent | Michael Kirwan | 2% | 200 | | | | | | | | | | |
| Electorate: 20,266 Valid: 9,895 (48.8%) Spoilt: 75 Quota: 1,980 Turnout: 9,970 (49.2%) |||||||||||||||

### Rathfarnam

Rathfarnam - 4 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 | Ann Ormonde* | 19% | 1,582 | 1,584 | 1,601 | 1,872 | | | |
| | Fine Gael | Alan Shatter TD* | 14.3% | 1,191 | 1,202 | 1,241 | 1,286 | 1,303 | 1,538 | 1,671 |
| | Green | Máire Mullarney | 14% | 1,163 | 1,176 | 1,289 | 1,313 | 1,327 | 1,511 | 1,877 |
| | Fine Gael | Mary Muldoon* | 13.96% | 1,161 | 1,166 | 1,194 | 1,206 | 1,213 | 1,355 | 1,622 |
| | Fianna Fáil | Damien Fee | 10.4% | 862 | 884 | 897 | 989 | 1,142 | 1,223 | 1,325 |
| | Independent | Vincent Kenny | 9.1% | 760 | 767 | 832 | 842 | 849 | 944 | |
| | Progressive Democrats | Ronnie McBrien | 8.6% | 719 | 721 | 760 | 778 | 788 | | |
| | Fianna Fáil | Stephen Riney* | 5.8% | 479 | 479 | 485 | | | | |
| | Labour | Billy Byrne | 2.7% | 227 | 339 | | | | | |
| | Labour | Graham Corcoran | 1.9% | 154 | | | | | | |
| Electorate: 20,175 Valid: 8,318 (41.2%) Spoilt: 35 Quota: 1,664 Turnout: 8,353 (41.4%) |||||||||||

### Tallaght-Oldbawn

Tallaght-Oldbawn - 3 seats :
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count |
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 |
| | Fianna Fáil | John Hannon* | 22.3% | 1,572 | 1,579 | 1,590 | 1,663 | 1,684 | 1,915 | | | | |
| | Workers' Party | Pat Rabbitte TD* | 13.5% | 947 | 967 | 980 | 994 | 1,066 | 1,102 | 1,125 | 1,255 | 1,472 | 1,736 |
| | Progressive Democrats | Breda Cass* | 12.7% | 892 | 900 | 916 | 920 | 969 | 998 | 1,021 | 1,062 | 1,131 | 1,501 |
| | Fine Gael | Senator Larry McMahon* | 11.2% | 789 | 799 | 889 | 912 | 942 | 964 | 988 | 1,009 | 1,083 | |
| | Labour | Eamonn Maloney | 9.5% | 667 | 677 | 689 | 703 | 741 | 748 | 756 | 801 | | |
| | Labour | Ned Gibbons | 9.4% | 663 | 667 | 673 | 676 | 706 | 762 | 775 | 885 | 1,271 | 1,415 |
| | Sinn Féin | Seán Crowe | 5.7% | 399 | 436 | 438 | 441 | 461 | 480 | 496 | | | |
| | Fianna Fáil | Jim Barry* | 5.5% | 389 | 394 | 395 | 430 | 434 | | | | | |
| | Green | Malachy Murphy | 3.7% | 259 | 271 | 279 | 280 | | | | | | |
| | Fianna Fáil | Frank Dwan | 2.5% | 178 | 179 | 179 | | | | | | | |
| | Fine Gael | Paul Ringland | 2.2% | 158 | 159 | | | | | | | | |
| | Republican Sinn Féin | Peter Cunningham | 1.8% | 125 | | | | | | | | | |
| Electorate: 14,687 Valid: 6,388 (43.5%) Spoilt: 89 Quota: 1,598 Turnout: 6,477 (44.1%) ||||||||||||||

### Tallaght-Rathcoole

Tallaght-Rathcoole- 3 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 |
| | Workers' Party | Mick Billane | 20.3% | 1217 | 1,228 | 1,264 | 1,306 | 1,368 | 1,488 | 1,554 | | |
| | Fianna Fáil | Charlie O'Connor | 15.4% | 922 | 987 | 996 | 1,019 | 1,144 | 1,182 | 1,216 | 1,220 | 1,656 |
| | Progressive Democrats | Catherine Quinn | 13.1% | 785 | 786 | 796 | 889 | 934 | 982 | 1,199 | 1,208 | 1,421 |
| | Fianna Fáil | Jim Daly* | 12.3% | 741 | 757 | 759 | 764 | 783 | 832 | 904 | 914 | |
| | Labour | Maria Ingle | 11.6% | 694 | 700 | 712 | 741 | 815 | 886 | 936 | 954 | 1,028 |
| | Sinn Féin | Tony Flannery | 6.4% | 386 | 390 | 397 | 409 | 429 | | | | |
| | Fine Gael | Pat Corcoran | 6.4% | 384 | 388 | 451 | 463 | 484 | 519 | | | |
| | Independent | John O'Mahony | 6% | 359 | 363 | 374 | 389 | | | | | |
| | Progressive Democrats | Martin Smith | 3.7% | 224 | 226 | 248 | | | | | | |
| | Fine Gael | Jim Lovett | 2.9% | 177 | 178 | | | | | | | |
| | Fianna Fáil | Mary Morton | 1.9% | 114 | | | | | | | | |
| Electorate: 15,744 Valid: 6,003 (38.1%) Spoilt: 80 Quota: 1,501 Turnout: 6,083 (38.6%) |||||||||||||

### Terenure

Terenure- 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 | Stanley Laing* | 14.4% | 1,488 | 1,503 | 1,541 | 1,566 | 1,585 | 1,630 | 1,685 | 1,768 |
| | Labour | Éamonn Walsh | 12.4% | 1,278 | 1,382 | 1,384 | 1,527 | 1,625 | 1,656 | 1,678 | 1,845 |
| | Labour | Senator Pat Upton | 11.3% | 1,169 | 1,309 | 1,352 | 1,424 | 1,454 | 1,492 | 1,520 | 1,780 |
| | Progressive Democrats | Cáit Keane | 10.9% | 1,128 | 1,159 | 1,173 | 1,218 | 1,267 | 1,317 | 1,376 | 1,542 |
| | Fianna Fáil | Sean Ardagh* | 10.4% | 1,070 | 1,075 | 1,268 | 1,311 | 1,540 | 2,082 | | |
| | Fine Gael | Martin Lynch* | 9.5% | 981 | 992 | 1,014 | 1,037 | 1,051 | 1,081 | 1,096 | 1,163 |
| | Green | Jim Murphy | 6.6% | 682 | 751 | 761 | 851 | 880 | 904 | 940 | |
| | Fianna Fáil | Michael J. Stokes | 5.4% | 555 | 564 | 641 | 675 | 848 | | | |
| | Fianna Fáil | Molly Tighe | 5.3% | 550 | 559 | 615 | 671 | | | | |
| | Independent | Seamus Ashe* | 5.1% | 532 | 561 | 566 | | | | | |
| | Fianna Fáil | Gerry Mullally | 4.5% | 470 | 472 | | | | | | |
| | Workers' Party | Deirdre O'Connell | 4.2% | 430 | | | | | | | |
| Electorate: 24,148 Valid: 10,333 (42.8%) Spoilt: 85 Quota: 1,723 Turnout: 10,418 (43.1%) ||||||||||||