Dublin Townships (Dáil constituency)
Dublin Townships was a parliamentary constituency represented in Dáil Éireann, the lower house of the Irish parliament or Oireachtas from 1937 to 1948. The constituency elected 3 deputies (Teachtaí Dála, commonly known as TDs) to the Dáil, using the single transferable vote form of proportional representation (PR-STV). History. The constituency was created under the Electoral (Revision of Constituencies) Act 1935, for the 1937 general election. It succeeded the constituency of Dublin County which was reduced in size. It was abolished under the Electoral (Amendment) Act 1947. Boundaries. The constituency consisted primarily of areas which had  recently been incorporated into the expanded boundaries of Dublin city: the former Pembroke Township (comprising Ballsbridge, Donnybrook, Sandymount, Irishtown and Ringsend), as well as Clonskeagh, Rathmines and Rathgar. The boundaries were defined by the Electoral (Revision of Constituencies) Act 1935 as: "The area referred to in the Local Government (Dublin) Act, 1930, as the added urban districts and also so much of the land described in Part III of the First Schedule to the said Act as is contiguous to the said area and also the townland of Clonskeagh." The "added urban districts" are defined in the 1930 Act as  the urban district of Pembroke and the urban district of Rathmines and Rathgar. The boundaries remained unchanged throughout the constituency's existence. Elections. 1944 general election. The surpluses of MacEntee and Costello were distributed on successive counts, but separate figures for the 2nd Count are unavailable.