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1991 Kilkenny County Council election
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Part of the 1991 Irish local elections
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1991 Kilkenny County Council election Ireland Parliamentary no yes 1985 Kilkenny County Council election 1985 1999 Kilkenny County Council election 1999 All 26 seats on Kilkenny County Council 27 June 1991 Fianna Fáil 12 +1 Fine Gael 10 0 Labour Party (Ireland) 4 +1 Workers' Party (Ireland) 0 -1 Independent (politician) 0 -1 Kilkenny in Ireland.svg 300px Map showing the area of Kilkenny County Council Council control Council control after election Fine GaelLabour Party
An election to Kilkenny County Council took place on 27 June 1991 as part of that year's 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 twice, first to 1998, then to 1999.Local Government Act 1994 1994 8 20 Year of elections to all local authorities 29 April 1994Local Government Act 1998 1998 16 10 Amendment of section 20 of Act of 1994 29 May 1998
Results by party
PartySeats±First Pref. votesFPv%±% Fianna Fáil12+113,98143.19 Fine Gael10010,78733.33 Labour Party (Ireland)4+15,17816.00 Workers' Party (Ireland)0-16642.05 Independent (politician)0-17982.47Totals26-32,369100.00—
Results by local electoral area
Ballyragget
Ballyragget - 5 seats
9
Fine Gael
Mary Hilda Cavanagh*
1,142
16.5%
1,155
Labour Party (Ireland)
Dick Brennan*
931
13.5%
981
988
1,011
1,049
1,191
Fianna Fáil
John Murphy*
870
12.6%
874
933
959
1,043
1,271
Fine Gael
John Brennan
797
11.5%
802
804
820
1,094
1,212
Fianna Fáil
Martin Fitzpatrick
682
9.9%
685
758
882
902
967
1,033
1,059
1,089
Fianna Fáil
Patricia Owens
650
9.4%
653
661
677
698
Fianna Fáil
Shem O'Donnell
609
8.8%
631
737
768
848
959
1,010
1,021
1,028
Fine Gael
Kathleen Conroy
509
7.4%
513
519
555
Independent (politician)
Brid Phelan
313
4.5%
316
350
Fianna Fáil
Michael Wilson
304
4.4%
306
Labour Party (Ireland)
John Bergin
111
1.6%
9
9,780
6,918 (70.74%)
78
1,154
6,996 (71.53%)
Kilkenny
Kilkenny - 4 seats
7
Labour Party (Ireland)
Seamus Pattison TD*
1,130
24.3%
Fianna Fáil
Senator Michael Lanigan*
765
16.5%
792
815
834
842
995
Fine Gael
Kieran Crotty*
715
15.4%
762
791
983
Fianna Fáil
Michael McGuinness
680
14.6%
701
713
737
741
833
917
Fianna Fáil
Evelyn White
306
6.6%
322
342
361
366
Fine Gael
Carmel Boyd
299
6.4%
319
329
Independent (politician)
John Bolger*
292
6.3%
317
346
394
423
478
624
Workers' Party (Ireland)
Joe Butler
268
5.8%
299
362
376
383
409
Fianna Fáil
Michael McGrath
193
4.2%
206
7
8,088
4,648 (57.47%)
39
930
4,687 (57.95%)
Piltown
Piltown - 7 seats
8
Fianna Fáil
Liam Aylward TD*
1,906
23.6%
Fine Gael
Dick Dowling*
1,229
15.2%
Fine Gael
Andy Cotterell*
763
9.5%
812
896
914
931
1,069
Labour Party (Ireland)
Joe Walsh
750
9.3%
795
814
1,045
Fine Gael
John Maher*
697
8.6%
753
773
784
795
1,081
Fianna Fáil
Marguerite Drea
534
6.6%
676
682
690
822
837
843
849
Fianna Fáil
Dick Dunphy*
517
6.4%
739
748
754
855
922
962
981
Fine Gael
Catherine Kearns
482
6%
508
563
579
596
Fianna Fáil
Ann Blackmore
456
5.7%
678
682
702
823
858
884
890
Workers' Party (Ireland)
Martin Kennedy*
396
4.9%
421
434
Fianna Fáil
Albert Byrne
335
4.2%
445
455
491
8
12,979
8,065 (62.14%)
106
1,009
8,171 (62.96%)
Thomastown
Thomastown - 6 seats
7
Fianna Fáil
James Brett*
1,179
15.7%
Labour Party (Ireland)
Michael O'Brien*
1,055
14%
1,061
1,075
Fianna Fáil
Kevin Fennelly
922
12.3%
948
965
1,028
Fine Gael
Billy Ireland*
835
11.1%
841
858
904
936
946
1,015
Fine Gael
Tom Maher
692
9.2%
701
717
780
940
960
991
Labour Party (Ireland)
John Bolger
646
8.6%
648
657
689
703
708
Fine Gael
Philip Brennan*
600
8%
605
610
699
716
729
815
Fianna Fáil
Michael Fenlon*
573
7.6%
586
594
606
675
806
1,039
Fianna Fáil
Breda Somers*
493
6.6%
518
528
598
Progressive Democrats
Patrick Crowley
350
4.7%
360
434
Progressive Democrats
Donal McDonald
175
2.3%
177
7
11,771
7,520 (63.89%)
96
1,075
7,616 (64.7%)
Tullaroan
Tullaroan - 4 seats
7
Fine Gael
Phil Hogan TD*
1,073
20.6%
Fianna Fáil
Pat Millea*
754
14.4%
758
831
857
931
1,244
Fianna Fáil
John McGuinness
633
12.1%
634
709
733
794
949
1,098
Fine Gael
Margaret Tynan*
578
11.1%
587
606
789
960
1,036
1,060
Labour Party (Ireland)
Tony Patterson
555
10.6%
557
580
647
739
789
816
Fianna Fáil
Joe Rice
476
9.1%
477 561
586
665
Progressive Democrats
Martin Gibbons*
436
8.4%
438
473
534
Fine Gael
Paul Cuddihy
376
7.2%
385
397
Fianna Fáil
Tom Brennan*
337
6.5%
338
7
8,832
5,218 (59.04%)
49
1,044
5,267 (59.64%)
References
External links
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