# 1920 Dublin County Council election

The 1920 Dublin County Council election was held on Monday, 7 June 1920.
The county was divided into four electoral divisions: Clondalkin (3 councillors), Kingstown (5 councillors), Rathmines (7 councillors), and Swords (4 councillors).
One of the most notable events of the election was the defeat of P.J. O'Neill J.P. in Swords. O'Neill had been Chairman of the council since its creation in 1899. Mr J. J. Lawlor, the outgoing Chairman of South Dublin RDC, was also defeated.

## Council results

| Party | Party | Seats | ± | Seats % | Votes | Votes % | ±% |
| | Sinn Féin | 12 | 12 | 61.16 | 11,320 | 59.87 | New |
| | Irish Labour | 2 | 2 | 15.79 | 2,283 | 12.07 | 6.89 |
| | Irish Nationalist | 2 | 6 | 10.53 | 1,440 | 7.62 | |
| | Irish Unionist | 2 | 1 | 15.79 | 955 | 5.05 | |
| | Ind. Unionist | 1 | 1 | 5.26 | 1,625 | 8.59 | |
| | Independent | 0 | | 0.00 | 1,206 | 6.38 | |
| | WNHA | 0 | | 0.00 | 78 | 0.41 | New |
| Totals | Totals | 19 | | 100.00 | 18,907 | 100.00 | |

## Division results
### Clondalkin Electoral Division

Clondalkin Electoral Division – 3 seats :
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | Count | Count |
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| | Sinn Féin | Michael Costello | 39.62 | 2,063 | | |
| | Sinn Féin | James McNeill | 36.01 | 1,875 | | |
| | Sinn Féin | Cornelius O'Donovan | 12.37 | 644 | 1,336 | |
| | Ind. Unionist | Lady Russell | 4.21 | 219 | | |
| | Independent | J. J. Lawlor (incumbent) | 3.59 | 187 | | |
| | Independent | Alfred B. Coyle (incumbent) | 2.63 | 137 | | |
| | Independent | S. C. Giltrap (incumbent) | 1.57 | 82 | | |
| Electorate: - Valid: 5,207 Spoilt: 5 Quota: 1,299 Turnout: 5,212 |||||||

### Kingstown Electoral Division

Kingstown Electoral Division – 5 seats :
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | 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 | 15 |
| | Sinn Féin | Patrick Little | 22.91 | 1,636 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | Sinn Féin | Eoin MacNeill | 21.18 | 1,512 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | Ind. Unionist | Margaret Dockrell | 19.37 | 1,383 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | Irish Unionist | Patrick Merrin | 8.43 | 602 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1,080 | 1,156 | 1,238 |
| | Sinn Féin | James William O'Sullivan | 7.10 | 507 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1,120 | 1,202 | 1,484 |
| | Labour | Thomas Crimmins | 7.55 | 539 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 812 | 893 | |
| | Irish Nationalist | William Field (incumbent) | 6.60 | 471 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 698 | | |
| | Irish Unionist | R. A. Potterton | 4.94 | 353 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | Labour | Edward Kelly | 3.99 | 285 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | Irish Nationalist | Michael Broderick | 3.33 | 238 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | Irish Nationalist | J. J. Kennedy | 1.54 | 110 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | Irish Nationalist | M. F. Judd (incumbent) | 1.44 | 103 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | WNHA | M. Fegan Redmond | 1.09 | 78 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | Independent | Charles McKernan | 0.73 | 52 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | Irish Nationalist | M. J. McAllister (incumbent) | 0.63 | 45 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | Ind. Unionist | R. E. Powell | 0.32 | 23 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| Electorate: 15,519 Valid: 7,140 Spoilt: 795 Quota: 1,322 Turnout: 7,935 |||||||||||||||||||

### Rathmines Electoral Division

Rathmines Electoral Division – 7 seats :
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count |
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | 1 |
| | Irish Nationalist | James Mahoney (incumbent) | | no contest |
| | Sinn Féin | Thomas O'Connor | | no contest |
| | Sinn Féin | Michael Stafford | | no contest |
| | Sinn Féin | Christopher O'Kelly | | no contest |
| | Sinn Féin | George Walsh | | no contest |
| | Irish Unionist | Charles S. Dunbar | | no contest |
| | Sinn Féin | Alfred McGloughlin | | no contest |
| | Irish Unionist | William Beckett | | no contest |
| | Irish Nationalist | William MacCabe (incumbent) | | no contest |
| Electorate: - Valid: - Spoilt: - Quota: - Turnout: - |||||
Some of the Sinn Féin team formed an electoral group (The Cuala Group) as follows Alf McGloughlin, Thomas O'Connor, Christopher O'Kelly, Michael Stafford and George Walsh.

### Swords Electoral Division

Swords Electoral Division – 4 seats :
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count |
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | 1 |
| | Sinn Féin | Frank Lawless | 39.32 | 2,266 |
| | Labour | Patrick Curran | 18.71 | 1,078 |
| | Sinn Féin | H. J. Freel | 14.18 | 817 |
| | Independent | R. A. Butler (incumbent) | 7.25 | 418 |
| | Irish Nationalist | P. J. O'Neill (incumbent) | 6.68 | 385 |
| | Labour | John Wilson | 6.61 | 381 |
| | Independent | Arohdale Graham (incumbent) | 5.73 | 330 |
| | Irish Nationalist | Michael Dunne | 1.53 | 88 |
| Electorate: 11,107 Valid: 5,450 Spoilt: 313 Quota: 1,153 Turnout: 5,763 |||||