1979 Sligo County Council election

Part of the 1991 Irish local elections September 2023 April 2021 April 2021 1979 Sligo County Council election Ireland Parliamentary no yes 1974 Sligo County Council election 1974 1985 Sligo County Council election 1985 All 24 seats on Sligo County Council 7 June 1979 Fine Gael 11 Fianna Fáil 10 Labour Party (Ireland) 1 Independent politician (Ireland) 2 Sligo in Ireland.svg 300px Map showing the area of Sligo County Council Council control Council control after election An election to Sligo County Council took place on 7 June 1979 as part of that year's Irish local elections. 24 councillors were elected from four local electoral areas (LEAs) for a six-year term of office on the electoral system of proportional representation by means of the single transferable vote (PR-STV). Results by party PartySeatsFirst Pref. votesFPv% Fine Gael 1111,72442.8% Fianna Fáil1011,16440.7% Labour Party (Ireland) 1 6502.4% Sinn Féin0 5402.0% Sinn Féin The Workers' Party 0 167 0.6% Independent politician (Ireland) 2 3,16111.5%Totals2427,406100.0% Results by local electoral area Ballymote Ballymote: 7 seats 8 Fine Gael Tommy Lavin* 930 12.6% Fianna Fáil Joe Shannon* 843 11.4% 859 860 911 935 Fianna Fáil Michael Conlan* 767 10.4% 773 773 779 791 873 923 Fianna Fáil Tommy Deignan* 727 9.9% 731 732 748 774 831 954 Fine Gael Gerry Murray* 714 9.7% 728 729 742 800 822 831 844 Independent politician (Ireland) William Gormley* 639 8.7% 655 656 699 735 794 860 872 Fine Gael John Higgins 574 7.8% 593 594 614 710 745 774 779 Fine Gael Leo Conlon* 568 7.7% 588 589 599 635 763 801 806 Fine Gael Michael Kelly 347 4.7% 370 370 410 431 — Fine Gael Neil Henry 344 4.7% 375 377 395 — Fianna Fáil Kevin Savage 328 4.4% 412 412 513 530 556 — Independent politician (Ireland) Abina McMorrow 307 4.2% 350 350 — Fine Gael Kevin Lee 289 3.9% — 8 9,400 7,377 (78.48%) 923Source for Ballymote counts.Sligo County Council: (Ballymote) 1979 Local Election Results, Counts, Stats and Analysis https://irelandelection.com/election.php?elecid=169&electype=5&constitid=426 2023-08-31 irelandelection.com Dromore Dromore: 4 seats 7 Fianna Fáil Paddy Conway* 1,065 26.6% Fine Gael Paul Conmy* 648 16.2% 692 713 744 816 Fianna Fáil George Finnerty* 496 12.4% 605 622 643 681 681 809 Fine Gael Peter Barrett* 454 11.3% 467 470 493 640 652 718 Independent politician (Ireland) Patrick O'Neill 386 9.6% 406 420 449 482 484 — Fianna Fáil Patrick Hallinan 363 9.1% 411 418 483 496 497 593 Fianna Fáil Sean Tempany 289 7.2% 298 300 338 — Sinn Féin Jack McElduff 225 5.6% 234 240 — Independent politician (Ireland) Michael Maloney 76 1.9% 88 — 7 4,002 801Source for Dromore counts.Sligo County Council: (Dromore) 1979 Local Election Results, Counts, Stats and Analysis https://irelandelection.com/election.php?elecid=169&constitid=426&constitbutton=Next&electype=5 2023-08-31 irelandelection.com Sligo "text-align:center;" Sligo: 9 seats 14 Fianna Fáil Sean McManus* "text-align:center;" 1,201 12.4% Fianna Fáil John Mulrooney* center 1,065 10.1% Independent politician (Ireland) Declan Bree*Member of the Sligo–Leitrim Independent Socialist Organisation ran as an Independent center 1,154 9.7% 1,182 1,206 Fine Gael Tony McLoughlin* center 1,116 9.4% 1,141 1,163 1,175 1,176 1,177 1,201 Fine Gael Tom Fox* center 826 7.0% 837 844 858 858 859 879 912 935 970 1,001 1,054 1,097 1,111 Fine Gael Eugene Henry* center 798 6.7% 811 823 827 829 829 837 902 921 976 1,021 1,062 1,114 1,120 Fine Gael John Fallon* center 691 5.8% 715 733 737 743 743 751 780 793 808 834 939 1,002 1,018 Fianna Fáil William Farrell* center 669 5.6% 708 711 731 731 736 742 747 771 847 964 985 1,250 Fine Gael James Feighney center 600 5.1% 601 602 636 636 638 639 659 674 836 848 862 879 884 Fianna Fáil Michael Brennan center 826 7.0% 837 844 858 858 859 879 912 935 970 1,001 1,054 1,097 1,111 Independent politician (Ireland) Michael Carroll center 472 4.0% 482 490 498 500 500 515 523 556 561 573 — Labour Party (Ireland) Tommy Higgins* center 574 4.8% 611 613 621 621 622 632 637 652 658 776 802 — Fianna Fáil Albert Higgins center 439 3.7% 490 493 496 497 499 505 508 523 525 — Fine Gael John Watters center 379 3.2% 381 382 392 393 394 402 424 444 — Fine Gael P.J. Kearney center 315 2.7% 323 324 332 333 333 337 343 — Fine Gael Matt Lyons center 216 1.8% 221 222 224 224 224 236 — Fine Gael Dympna McNamara center 195 1.6% 202 204 213 214 214 — Sinn Féin The Workers' Party Michael Leydon center 167 1.4% 168 168 — Independent politician (Ireland) Sidney Gallagher center 133 1.1% 133 — 14 11,869 1,187Source for Sligo counts.Sligo County Council: (Sligo) 1979 Local Election Results, Counts, Stats and Analysis https://irelandelection.com/election.php?elecid=169&constitid=428&constitbutton=Next&electype=5 2023-08-31 irelandelection.com Tubbercurry "text-align:center;" Tubbercurry: 4 seats 3 Fianna Fáil Matt Brennan* 1,035 24.9% Fianna Fáil Paddy Marren* 837 20.1% Fine Gael Peter Kivlehan* 771 18.5% 821 879 Fine Gael Joe Cawley* 643 15.5% 696 783 Fine Gael Luke Colleran 527 12.7% 541 590 Fianna Fáil Eugene Owens 345 8.3% 431 — 3 4,158 823Source for Tubbercurry counts.Sligo County Council: (Tubbercurry) 1979 Local Election Results, Counts, Stats and Analysis https://irelandelection.com/election.php?elecid=169&constitid=217&constitbutton=Next&electype=5 2023-08-31 irelandelection.com Footnotes References External links Irelandelection.com 1979 results for Sligo constituencies 1979 Local Elections http://www.electionsireland.org/results/local/1979local.cfm 2008-02-22 ElectionsIreland.org Irishelectionliterature Category:1979 Irish local elections 1979