1920 Cork Corporation election

Irish Elections February 2019 June 2021 June 2021 Elections to the Cork Corporation took place on Thursday 15 January 1920 as part of that year's Irish local elections.19 January 1920 Municipal elections: Dublin Townships britishnewspaperarchive https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0002093/19200119/064/0003 Dublin Evening Telegraph Dublin 1–3 registration Campaign The Labour vote was split between the Cork and District Labour Council and the more militant Irish Transport and General Workers' Union (ITGWU); the latter formed an electoral alliance with Sinn Féin, whose MPs elected in December 1918 had proclaimed an Irish Republic in January 1919. Polling day was marred by scenes of violence between supporters of Sinn Féin and ex-servicemen.Municipal elections — Sinn Féin and Labour perform strongly as unionists falter https://www.rte.ie/centuryireland/index.php/articles/municipal-elections-sinn-fein-and-labour-perform-strongly-as-unionists-falt Century Ireland RTÉ 3 February 2020 14 January 2020 Results by party PartyCandidatesSeats±First Pref. votesFPv%±%Sinn Féin–ITGWUMcCabe 2010 p.125430 Nationalist Party (Ireland)3314 Cork Ratepayers' Association 224 Cork and District Labour Council123Ex-Soldiers & Sailors2 Independent (politician)373Totals 16056 100.0— Results by local electoral area The Local Government (Ireland) Act 1919 introduced the single transferable vote, so the seven wards used in previous council elections were revised into seven borough electoral areas (BEAs). Four inner wards were merged into one BEA, two outer wards were split into two and three BEAs, and one was retained as a BEA.https://www.cso.ie/en/media/csoie/census/census1926results/volume1/C_1926_V1_T6.pdf#page=4 12 Census of Ireland 1926 Table 6 I The first two candidates elected in each area would be styled "alderman", the rest "councillor".Local Government Board for Ireland Annual report for the year ended 31st March 1920 https://archive.org/stream/op1256891-1001#page/n95 Command papers Cmd.1432 1921 HMSO Dublin Local Government (Ireland) Act, 1919: Elections i–xi, Appendix p.1 Central 37 candidates. Wards: Centre, North Centre, South Centre, and West. Central: 10 seats Sinn Féin J. J. Walsh MPThe two candidates in North-West No.1 BEA named James Walsh and the James Joseph Walsh in Central BEA were three different people. "n" "JamesWalsh" Ratepayers Richard Beamish Nationalist Party (Ireland) Daniel Gamble Sinn Féin Terence MacSwiney MP Sinn Féin Prof Alfred O'Rahilly Nationalist Party (Ireland) Thomas Stack Ratepayers William DesmondOutgoing councillor Labour Council Jeremiah KelleherTwo different men named Jeremiah Kelleher were elected: a Labour candidate and outgoing alderman from Gillabbey Terrace in Central BEA, and a Sinn Féin candidate from Lough Road in South No.1 BEA. "n" "jeremiahkelleher" Sinn Féin John Fitzpatrick Nationalist Party (Ireland) William F. O'Connor Nationalist Party (Ireland) R. H. Tilson Nationalist Party (Ireland) Cornelius Desmond Nationalist Party (Ireland) John Dunlea Nationalist Party (Ireland) Denis Cullinane Nationalist Party (Ireland) Denis BuckleyThe following Nationalists in Centre BEA were also endorse by the Ratepayers: Denis Buckley, William F. O'Connor, and William Desmond. "n" "nationalistratepayers" Nationalist Party (Ireland) John Murphy Sinn Féin Richard Hawkins Sinn Féin John Jennings Sinn Féin Francis Keogh Sinn Féin Cornelius O'Donovan Sinn Féin Timothy Francis O'Leary Sinn Féin Denis O'Neill Ratepayers Daniel Williams Ratepayers T. H. G. Wallis Ratepayers Daniel Humphreys Labour Council John Hurley Independent politician William Hart Independent politician Jeremiah Lane Independent politician Patrick J. Bradley Independent politician Eugene Buckley Independent politician John Callanan Independent politician Cornelius CurtinCornelius Curtin ran in Central and North-West No.1 BEAs. "n" "CorneliusCurtin" Independent politician John HurleyTwo men named John Hurley ran in Central BEA. "n" "JohnHurley" Independent politician John Hoare Independent politician Mortimer KelleherMortimer Kelleher ran in Central, North-West No.1 and North-West No.3 BEAs. "n" "MortimerKelleher" Independent politician Cornelius O'DonovanThere were two candidates named Cornelius O'Donovan in Central BEA. "n" "CorneliusODonovan" Independent politician Robert Joseph Warren North-East 26 candidates North-East: 10 seats Sinn Féin William Stockley Nationalist Party (Ireland) James Daly Sinn Féin Anne Sutton Nationalist Party (Ireland) Daniel HorganDaniel Horgan ran in North-East and North-West No.2 BEAs. "n" "DanielHorgan" Nationalist Party (Ireland) Michael Joseph O'Riordan Sinn Féin Robert Day Ratepayers Sir John Scott Ratepayers James Thomas Mulligan Sinn Féin Seán O'Leary Sinn Féin Seán French Nationalist Party (Ireland) Matthew Kenneally Nationalist Party (Ireland) Cornelius MullannyOutgoing alderman Sinn Féin Ed. Goggin Sinn Féin Stephen Heffernan Sinn Féin Paul O'Flynn Ratepayers A. M. Cole, JP Ratepayers Simon Spiro, JP Ratepayers John Ronan Ratepayers Clarence de Foubert Ratepayers Daniel WilliamsDaniel Williams ran in Central and North-East BEAs. "n" "DanielWilliams" Independent politician Patrick Clarke Independent politician William Dalton Independent politician Denis MackDenis Mack ran in both North-East and North-West No.3 BEAs. "n" "DenisMack" Independent politician Maurice O'Carroll Independent politician Robert Edwin Roberts Independent politician Edward E. Whitaker North-West No.1 23 candidates; covering Sunday's Well area North-West No.1: 7 seats17 January 1920 Dublin Evening Telegraph https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/BL/0002093/19200117/008/0001 britishnewspaperarchive Dublin registration February 2020 Sinn Féin Frederick J. Murray Sinn Féin Tadhg BarryTadhg Barry was a union official representing the ITGWU portion of the join ITGWU–Sinn Fein ticket.McCabe 2010 p.20 fn.57 "n" Labour Council Patrick J. Murphy Nationalist Party (Ireland) William F. O'ConnorWilliam F. O'Connor, the incumbent Lord Mayor, was returned in three electoral areas. "n" "incumbentmayor" Sinn Féin James Allen Sinn Féin Thomas Daly Independent (politician) Michael Joseph O'Callaghan Nationalist Party (Ireland) John Joseph Doherty Nationalist Party (Ireland) Patrick Keane Nationalist Party (Ireland) Patrick F. O'SullivanPatrick F. O'Sullivan of Dominick Street ran in North-West No.1 and No.2 BEAs; Patrick O'Sullivan of St. Mary's Terrace, Fair Hill, ran in North-West No.1 BEA. "n" "patkosullivan" Sinn Féin Patrick O'Sullivan Sinn Féin James Purcell Sinn Féin James Walsh Ratepayers Thomas Andrews Ratepayers R. A. Atkins Ratepayers Henry Dawson Labour Council John O'Connor Independent politician Cornelius Curtin Independent politician Mortimer Kelleher Independent politician Daniel Lynch Independent politician Laurence Prior Independent politician John Roche Independent politician James Walsh 306 North-West No.2 13 candidates; covering Shandon area. North-West No.2: 6 seats Sinn Féin Edmond Coughlan Sinn Féin Patrick Higgins Nationalist Party (Ireland) John Francis O'Sullivan Nationalist Party (Ireland) Patrick F. O'Sullivan Sinn Féin Simon Daly Ex-Soldiers & Sailors Timothy O'Neill Nationalist Party (Ireland) Daniel Horgan Nationalist Party (Ireland) Patrick Stack Sinn Féin John Kelleher Sinn Féin Henry Lorton Sinn Féin John O'Keeffe Ratepayers Michael D. SpillaneMichael D. Spillane ran in North-West No.2 and No.3 BEAs. "n" "MichaelDSpillane" Independent politician John Flynn Independent politician Joseph Leonard 306Mulcahy Richard Cork City Management Bill, 1928—Second Stage. https://www.oireachtas.ie/en/debates/debate/dail/1928-06-28/24/ Dáil Éireann (6th Dáil) debates Houses of the Oireachtas 3 February 2020 en-ie 28 June 1928 In the 1920 election 46 out of the 56 members were elected with a quota of 306—that is, 46 of the 56 members required only 306 votes to elect them. North-West No.3 18 candidates; covering Blackpool area North-West No. 3: 6 seats19 January 1920 Dublin Evening Telegraph https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0000038/19200116/085/0007 britishnewspaperarchive Dublin registration February 2020 Sinn Féin Tomás Mac Curtain Sinn Féin Denis Lucey Ex-Soldiers & Sailors Gerald ByrneGerald Byrne ran in both North-West No.3 and South No.2 BEAs. "n" "GeraldByrne" Sinn Féin Mícheál Ó Cuill (Michael O'Quill) Sinn Féin Thomas Patrick Forde Labour Council Michael Egan Nationalist Party (Ireland) Edward A. Lyons Nationalist Party (Ireland) Charles Whelan Sinn Féin Timothy Gearan Sinn Féin Bartholomew Quinlan Ratepayers Michael D. Spillane Labour Council Cornelius Hobart Labour Council Thomas Walsh Independent politician Mortimer Kelleher Independent politician Denis Mack Independent politician John McAuley Independent politician Daniel O'Leary Independent politician Michael O'Connell 306 South No.1 30 candidates South No. 1: 11 seats Sinn Féin Charles Coughlan Sinn Féin Seán O'SullivanSeán O'Sullivan, John Francis O'Sullivan and John O'Sullivan were different people. "n" "JohnOSullivan" Independent Nationalist John (Seán) CroninJohn (Seán) Cronin ran in South No.1 and No.2 BEAs. "n" "Cronin" Sinn Féin John (Seán) Good Nationalist Party (Ireland) John Horgan Sinn Féin Jeremiah Kelleher Nationalist Party (Ireland) Simon Mahony Nationalist Party (Ireland) William F. O'Connor Sinn Féin Liam (William) RussellWilliam (Liam) Russell and William James Russell were different people. "n" "WilliamRussell" Sinn Féin John F. SheehanJohn F. Sheehan and John Sheehan were different people. "n" "JohnSheehan" Sinn Féin Maurice Walsh Nationalist Party (Ireland) Jeremiah Ahern Nationalist Party (Ireland) David Murphy Nationalist Party (Ireland) Simon Mahony Nationalist Party (Ireland) James O'Connell Sinn Féin William Kenneally Sinn Féin Michael Landy Sinn Féin Michael Murphy Sinn Féin Frank O'Neill Ratepayers Robert Pulvertaft Labour Council James Harty Labour Council William Waldrock Labour Council John Donovan Independent politician Thomas Donovan Independent politician Fred Howe Independent politician E. Magner Independent politician John O'Sullivan Independent politician William James Russell Independent politician John Sheehan Independent politician Daniel Sheehan 306 South No.2 18 candidates South No.2: 6 seatsIrish Independent 17 January 1920 https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/BL/0001715/19200117/152/0006 britishnewspaperarchive Dublin registration February 2020 Sinn Féin Liam de Róiste MP 697 Independent Nationalist Sir Edward Fitzgerald, 1st baronet 474 Sinn Féin Daniel Barry Sinn Féin Stephen John O'Riordan Nationalist Party (Ireland) John Desmond Nationalist Party (Ireland) William Ellis Nationalist Party (Ireland) John McCarthy Sinn Féin Stephen Harrington Sinn Féin Denis Hegarty Sinn Féin P. Austin O'Riordan Ratepayers Thomas Farrington Ratepayers Thomas A. Callanan Labour Council William Byrne Labour Council Martin Hawkins Ex-Soldiers & Sailors Gerald Byrne Independent Nationalist John (Seán) Cronin Independent politician Joseph O'Brien Independent politician Joseph Parfrey 306 Subsequent changes William F. O'Connor, having been returned in three BEAs, chose to represent North-West No.1, triggering by-elections in the other two BEAs on 10 March, both won by Sinn Féin candidates: Barry Egan defeated Jeremiah Lane in the Central ward, while Donal O'Callaghan was returned unopposed in South No.1. Ten subsequent by-elections returned: Joseph Hennessy, Madeline Hegarty, William Kenneally, Michael Moroney, Cornelius Neenan, Seán Nolan, Michael O'Donovan, Paul O'Flynn, James O'Riordan, and Jeremiah Walsh. Among the vacancies filled were several deaths related to the Irish War of Independence: Tomás Mac Curtain (assassinated by Royal Irish Constabulary members on 20 March 1920), his successor as Lord Mayor Terence MacSwiney (died on hunger strike on 25 October 1920), and Tadhg Barry (shot in Ballykinlar Camp, 15 November 1921).Ó Drisceoil Donal Labour lives: Tadgh Barry (1885-1921) Saothar: Journal of Irish Labour History January 2008 33 89–92 10468/3035 en In 1924 the Cumann na nGaedheal government dissolved the city council for misgovernment, after which the corporation was administered by an unelected commissioner. The next Free State local elections, originally scheduled for 1923, were repeatedly postponed until 1925. The city council was excluded from the 1925 and 1928 local elections and not restored until 1929, reduced to 21 councillors, with the entire county borough forming a single 21-seat electoral area.Journal of the Cork Historical and Archaeological Society 1972 124–125 Local Elections in Cork City (1929-1967) https://www.corkhist.ie/search.php 15 September 2018 John Moran References Footnotes "n" Sources McCabe Conor The Irish Labour Party and the 1920 local elections Saothar 2010 35 23200073 7–20 0332-1169 McCarthy Kieran 2 January 2020 Our City, Our Town: Remembering 1920: Preparing for local elections https://www.corkindependent.com/weekly/ourcityourtown/articles/2020/01/02/4183916-remembering-1920-preparing-for-local-elections/ https://web.archive.org/web/20200203095317/https://www.corkindependent.com/weekly/ourcityourtown/articles/2020/01/02/4183916-remembering-1920-preparing-for-local-elections/ dead 3 February 2020 Cork Independent 3 February 2020 en-ie McCarthy Kieran 16 January 2020 Our City, Our Town: Remembering 1920: The Newly Elected Corporation https://www.corkindependent.com/weekly/ourcityourtown/articles/2020/01/15/4184441-remembering-1920-the-newly-elected-corporation/ https://web.archive.org/web/20200203095320/https://www.corkindependent.com/weekly/ourcityourtown/articles/2020/01/15/4184441-remembering-1920-the-newly-elected-corporation/ dead 3 February 2020 Cork Independent 3 February 2020 en-ie Quinlivan Aodh Cork City Council Centenary: When Tomás MacCurtain was elected Lord Mayor of Cork https://www.irishexaminer.com/breakingnews/specialreports/city-council-centenary-when-tomas-maccurtain-was-elected-lord-mayor-of-cork-977809.html 1 February 2020 Irish Examiner 26 January 2020 en 6–7 January 1920 Cork Municipal Elections: Candidates nominated Cork Examiner https://www.corkgen.org/publicgenealogy/cork/potpourri/corkancestors.com/1920Jan1-13.htm Cork Genealogy 3 February 2020 Citations Category:1920 Irish local elections 1920