# 1985 Kilkenny County Council election

An election to Kilkenny County Council took place on 20 June 1985 as part of the 1985 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). This term was extended for a further year, to 1991.

## Results by party

| Party | Party | Seats | ± | First Pref. votes | FPv% | ±% |
| | Fianna Fáil | 11 | - | 14,722 | 44.77 | |
| | Fine Gael | 10 | - | 11,631 | 35.37 | |
| | Labour | 3 | -1 | 3,509 | 10.67 | |
| | Workers' Party | 1 | - | 1,644 | 5.00 | |
| | Independent | 1 | +1 | 1,370 | 4.17 | |
| Totals | Totals | 26 | - | 32,886 | 100.00 | — |

## Results by local electoral area
### Ballyragget

Ballyragget: 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 | Mary Hilda Cavanagh* | | 1,078 | 1,087 | 1,092 | 1,274 | | | |
| | Fianna Fáil | John Murphy* | | 1,058 | 1,063 | 1,097 | 1,188 | | | |
| | Fianna Fáil | Martin Fitzpatrick* | | 959 | 959 | 1,009 | 1,022 | 1,029 | 1,115 | 1,117 |
| | Labour | Dick Brennan* | | 851 | 946 | 1,044 | 1,067 | 1,074 | 1,146 | 1,149 |
| | Fine Gael | Thomas Coogan | | 680 | 734 | 776 | 950 | 1,043 | 1,135 | 1,149 |
| | Fianna Fáil | Martin Gibbons | | 660 | 666 | 743 | 799 | 807 | 1,109 | 1,121 |
| | Fine Gael | Kieran Brennan | | 529 | 558 | 566 | | | | |
| | Fianna Fáil | Patricia Owens | | 442 | 464 | 586 | 599 | 601 | | |
| | Fianna Fáil | Charles Brennan | | 432 | 454 | | | | | |
| | Fine Gael | John Brennan | | 249 | | | | | | |
| Electorate: 9,852 Valid: 6,938 (71.42%) Spoilt: 98 Quota: 1,157 Turnout: 7,036 |||||||||||

### Kilkenny

Kilkenny: 4 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 | Kieran Crotty TD* | | 1,007 | 1,056 | | | | | | |
| | Fianna Fáil | Sen. Michael Lanigan* | | 838 | 850 | 851 | 860 | 891 | 918 | 990 | 1,007 |
| | Labour | Seamus Pattison TD* | | 800 | 826 | 834 | 863 | 940 | 974 | 1,073 | |
| | Fianna Fáil | Michael McGuinness* | | 753 | 758 | 758 | 772 | 795 | 816 | 881 | 892 |
| | Independent | John Bolger | | 559 | 581 | 585 | 603 | 663 | 714 | 869 | 895 |
| | Independent | John Dalton | | 298 | 304 | 306 | 361 | 372 | 554 | | |
| | Independent | Ken Coogan | | 266 | 269 | 270 | 327 | 333 | | | |
| | Workers' Party | Noel O'Farrell | | 198 | 201 | 201 | | | | | |
| | Fine Gael | Tom Crotty | | 195 | 217 | 243 | 250 | | | | |
| | Fine Gael | Geraldine Maher | | 151 | | | | | | | |
| Electorate: 8,160 Valid: 5,065 (63.87%) Spoilt: 147 Quota: 1,014 Turnout: 5,212 ||||||||||||

### Piltown

Piltown: 7 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 | Liam Aylward TD* | | 1,785 | | | | | | | | |
| | Fine Gael | Dick Dowling TD* | | 1,212 | | | | | | | | |
| | Workers' Party | Sean Walsh* | | 1,145 | | | | | | | | |
| | Fianna Fáil | Eamonn Meade* | | 824 | 950 | 952 | 954 | 958 | 967 | 1,028 | 1,087 | |
| | Fine Gael | Andy Cotterell* | | 654 | 708 | 754 | 759 | 764 | 840 | 890 | 958 | 991 |
| | Fianna Fáil | Dermot Kavanagh | | 544 | 618 | 626 | 630 | 634 | 640 | 643 | 660 | 860 |
| | Fine Gael | John Maher | | 513 | 549 | 566 | 573 | 576 | 651 | 858 | 974 | 988 |
| | Fianna Fáil | Thomas Walsh | | 477 | 579 | 588 | 590 | 611 | 615 | 618 | 635 | |
| | Fianna Fáil | Dick Dunphy* | | 430 | 704 | 708 | 719 | 727 | 771 | 780 | 834 | 1,071 |
| | Labour | Desmond Scahill | | 326 | 347 | 354 | 441 | 459 | 469 | 505 | | |
| | Fine Gael | Mick Wall | | 315 | 327 | 337 | 344 | 346 | 382 | | | |
| | Fine Gael | Joe Cummins | | 226 | 241 | 272 | 278 | 284 | | | | |
| | Labour | John Mahon | | 127 | 134 | 138 | | | | | | |
| Electorate: 12,979 Valid: 8,588 (70.14%) Spoilt: 119 Quota: 1,074 Turnout: 8,707 ||||||||||||

### Thomastown

Thomastown: 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 | James Brett* | | 1,189 | | | | | | | | |
| | Fianna Fáil | Breda Somers | | 768 | 790 | 821 | 828 | 834 | 1,075 | 1,103 | 1,114 | |
| | Fianna Fáil | Michael Fenlon* | | 636 | 650 | 670 | 692 | 808 | 920 | 958 | 965 | 993 |
| | Labour | Michael O'Brien* | | 629 | 631 | 729 | 740 | 968 | 1,029 | 1,184 | | |
| | Fine Gael | Billy Ireland* | | 626 | 628 | 643 | 717 | 742 | 789 | 963 | 987 | 1,241 |
| | Fianna Fáil | John Fennelly* | | 579 | 598 | 622 | 622 | 631 | | | | |
| | Fine Gael | Philip Brennan* | | 571 | 576 | 582 | 634 | 665 | 676 | 797 | 812 | 1,086 |
| | Fine Gael | Tom Maher* | | 568 | 576 | 583 | 647 | 650 | 665 | 737 | 751 | |
| | Fianna Fáil | Tom Quinn | | 553 | 559 | 564 | 627 | 637 | 732 | 762 | 767 | 812 |
| | Fine Gael | Joe Prendergast | | 463 | 464 | 498 | 614 | 638 | 662 | | | |
| | Labour | John Bolger | | 445 | 445 | 479 | 486 | | | | | |
| | Fine Gael | Frank Prendergast | | 427 | 428 | 431 | | | | | | |
| | Workers' Party | Joe Doyle | | 301 | 302 | | | | | | | |
| Electorate: 11,440 Valid: 7,755 (68.77%) Spoilt: 122 Quota: 1,108 Turnout: 7,867 |||||||||||||

### Tullaroan

Tullaroan: 4 seats :
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count |
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 |
| | Fine Gael | Phil Hogan* | | 1,377 | | | | | |
| | Fianna Fáil | Pat Millea | | 664 | 739 | 766 | 803 | 847 | 889 |
| | Fianna Fáil | Thomas Brennan* | | 581 | 609 | 646 | 696 | 749 | 827 |
| | Fianna Fáil | John McGuinness | | 550 | 566 | 614 | 686 | 732 | 761 |
| | Fine Gael | Margaret Tynan* | | 414 | 632 | 654 | 765 | 1,156 | |
| | Fine Gael | Thomas Vaughan | | 376 | 478 | 501 | 592 | | |
| | Labour | Luke Boyle | | 331 | 356 | 410 | | | |
| | Fianna Fáil | Bobby Byrne | | 247 | 251 | | | | |
| Electorate: 7,523 Valid: 4,540 (60.93%) Spoilt: 44 Quota: 909 Turnout: 4,584 ||||||||||