Dublin Cabra (Dáil constituency)

Dáil constituency (1977–1981)

Dublin Cabra

Former Dáil constituency
Former constituency
Created| 1977
Abolished| 1981
Seats| 3
Local government area| Dublin City
Created from|

* Dublin Central
* Dublin North-West

Replaced by|

* Dublin Central
* Dublin West

Dublin Cabra was a parliamentary constituency represented in Dáil Éireann, the lower house of the Irish parliament or Oireachtas from 1977 to 1981. The constituency elected 3 deputies (Teachtaí Dála, commonly known as TDs) to the Dáil, using proportional representation by means of the single transferable vote (PR-STV).

## History

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The constituency was created in 1977, under the Electoral (Amendment) Act 1974,[1] taking in parts of the former Dublin North-West and Dublin Central constituencies, as part of the redistribution of constituencies which attempted to secure the re-election of the outgoing Fine Gael–Labour Party government. The constituency was abolished in 1981 with most of it going into a revived Dublin Central constituency. There were 16 electoral areas in Dublin Cabra; 13 went to Dublin Central for the 1981 election, with three going to the new Dublin West (the areas of Phoenix Park, Cabra West A and Cabra West C).

## Boundaries

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It covered the Cabra, Arran Quay and Phoenix Park areas of Dublin city.[1]

## TDs

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Teachtaí Dála (TDs) for Dublin Cabra 1977-1981[2]

Key to parties

* FF = Fianna Fáil
* FG = Fine Gael
*   *   *   *   *   *   *   *   *   *   *   *   *   *   *   *   *   *   *   *   *   *   *   *   *   *   *   *   *

Dáil | Election | Deputy
(Party) | Deputy
(Party) | Deputy
(Party)
21st | 1977[3] |  | Tom Leonard
(FF)  |  | Vivion de Valera
(FF)  |  | Hugh Byrne
(FG)
22nd | 1981 | Constituency abolished

Note: The columns in this table are used only for presentational purposes, and no significance should be attached to the order of columns. For details of the order in which seats were won at each election, see the detailed results of that election.

## 1977 general election

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^ *: Outgoing TD

1977 general election: Dublin Cabra[2][3][4] Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count

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1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9
| Fianna Fáil | Vivion de Valera[*] | 22.9  | 5,830  | 5,836  | 5,852  | 6,017  | 6,071  | 7,278 |  |  |
| Fine Gael | Hugh Byrne[*] | 19.9  | 5,042  | 5,050  | 5,776  | 5,953  | 6,206  | 6,287  | 6,307  | 6,748 |
| Fianna Fáil | Tom Leonard | 14.7  | 3,728  | 3,741  | 3,756  | 4,019  | 4,055  | 4,929  | 5,740  | 5,956  | 5,988
| Labour | Patrick Carroll  | 11.1  | 2,817  | 2,831  | 2,875  | 3,097  | 3,702  | 3,796  | 3,821  | 5,625  | 5,850
| Fianna Fáil | Richard Gogan[*] | 8.8  | 2,224  | 2,235  | 2,252  | 2,375  | 2,436  |  |  |  |
| Labour | David Thornley[*] | 6.4  | 1,615  | 1,628  | 1,671  | 1,860  |  |  |  |  |
| Labour | Michael Mullen | 6.3  | 1,603  | 1,612  | 1,693  | 1,965  | 2,766  | 2,846  | 2,858  |  |
| Independent | Frank Sherwin | 5.6  | 1,427  | 1,469  | 1,511  |  |  |  |  |  |
| Fine Gael | John McKay  | 3.9  | 991  | 997  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
| Independent | Frank Hall  | 0.5  | 126  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Electorate: 37,656  Valid: 25,403  Quota: 6,351  Turnout: 67.4%

## See also

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* Dáil constituencies
* Politics of the Republic of Ireland
* Historic Dáil constituencies
* Elections in the Republic of Ireland

## References

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1. ^ a b "Electoral (Amendment) Act, 1974: Schedule (Constituencies)". Irish Statute Book database. Archived from the original on 20 January 2012. Retrieved 5 March 2009.
2. ^ a b Walker, Brian M, ed. (1992). Parliamentary election results in Ireland, 1918–92. Dublin: Royal Irish Academy. ISBN 0-901714-96-8. ISSN 0332-0286.
3. ^ a b "General election 1977: Dublin Cabra". ElectionsIreland.org. Retrieved 6 March 2009.
4. ^ "21st Dáil 1977 general election results" (PDF). Houses of the Oireachtas. February 1978. Retrieved 12 November 2023.

## External links

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* Oireachtas Members Database

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* Dublin Rathdown (2016-)
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1979-present|

* Dublin (1979-)

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