1979 Donegal County Council election

Part of the 1979 Irish local elections April 2021 April 2021 1979 Donegal County Council election Ireland Parliamentary no yes 1974 Donegal County Council election 1974 1985 Donegal County Council election 1985 All 28 seats on Donegal County Council 7 June 1979 Fianna Fáil 11 Fine Gael 10 Independent Fianna Fáil 4 Sinn Féin 1 1 Sinn Féin The Workers' Party 1 Donegal Progressive Party 1 Donegal in Ireland.svg 300px Map showing the area of Donegal County Council Council control Council control after election Fianna Fáil Fianna Fáil An election to all 28 seats on Donegal County Council took place on 7 June 1979 as part of the 1979 Irish local elections. County Donegal was divided into five county local electoral areas to elect councillors 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 for a further year, to 1985.Local Elections (Specification of Local Election Year) Order 1984 1984 6 si 12 January 1984 Liam Kavanagh, Minister for the Environment Results by party Party Seats ± 1st pref First preference votes FPv% First preference votes percentage ± Fianna Fáil1124,51640.08% 4.44% Fine Gael1018,26029.85% 4.56% Independent Fianna Fáil410,24516.75% 5.68% Sinn Féin1 1 3,0555.00% 3.16% Sinn Féin The Workers' Party12,1953.59% 0.34% Donegal Progressive Party11,7282.82% 0.32% Independent politician (Ireland) 0 21,1671.91% 7.61%Total28 61,166100.00% Results by local electoral area * Incumbent councillor. Buncrana Buncrana: 6 seatsDonegal County Council: (Buncrana) 1979 Local Election Results, Counts, Stats and Analysis https://irelandelection.com/election.php?elecid=169&constitid=282&electype=5 2023-08-31 irelandelection.comDofE 1980 30–31 11 Fianna Fáil Hugh Conaghan TD* 1,868 14.1%                     Sinn Féin Eddie Fullerton* 1,331 10.1% 1,355 1,369 1,424 1,428 1,434 1,443 1,445 1,478 1,491 1,614 Fianna Fáil Conal Doogan* 1,267 9.6% 1,271 1,276 1,430 1,582 1,592 1,600 1,604 2,248     Fine Gael Sean McLaughlin* 1,176 8.9% 1,187 1,201 1,225 1,231 1,331 1,444 1,444 1,451 1,452 1,931' Fine Gael Bernard McGuinness* 1,005 7.6% 1,008 1,012 1,020 1,033 1,097 1,417 1,417 1,507 1,532 1,832 Independent Fianna Fáil Michael Deery* 1,001 7.6% 1,018 1,064 1,075 1,088 1,093 1,111 1,113 1,243 1,316 1,344 Independent Fianna Fáil Paddy Keaveney* 896 6.8% 909 994 1,011 1,133 1,142 1,361 1,366 1,393 1,403 1,441 Fianna Fáil Denis McGonagle 885 6.7% 889 892 924 1,098 1,100 1,110 1,110 —     Fine Gael Harry Gillen 798 6.0% 804 804 806 854 1,035 —         Fine Gael Seamus Gill 780 5.9% 794 800 835 840 1,060 1,220 1,221 1,234 1,236 — Fine Gael Jim Devenney 693 5.2% 693 718 722 724 —           Fianna Fáil Sean McBride 609 4.6% 611 613 650 —             Fianna Fáil Karl Deery 445 3.4% 460 463 —               Independent Fianna Fáil Sean McDaid 293 2.2% 325 —                 Independent Fianna Fáil Mick Gallagher 154 1.2% —                   Independent politician (Ireland) Patrick Kelly 27 0.2% —                   11 17,987 13,030 (98.5%) 198 1,890 13,228 (73.54%) Donegal Donegal: 6 seatsDonegal County Council: (Donegal) 1979 Local Election Results, Counts, Transfers https://irelandelection.com/electiondetail.php?elecid=169&constitid=132&electype=5 2023-08-31 irelandelection.comDofE 1980 32 9 Fianna Fáil Clement Coughlan* 2,869 22.3%                 Fine Gael Michael Melly* 1,649 12.8% 1,671 1,682 1,684 1,689 1,702 1,711 1,759 1,773 Sinn Féin Joe O'Neill 1,241 9.6% 1,285 1,324 1,337 1,384 1,440 1,470 1,491 1,552 Fianna Fáil Brian McEniff* 1,220 9.5% 1,341 1,348 1,350 1,357 1,373 1,402 1,412 1,602 Fine Gael Colm Gallagher* 1,140 8.8% 1,312 1,312 1,316 1,391 1,488 1,503 1,562 1,591 Fianna Fáil Brian Gallagher* 957 7.4% 1,175 1,177 1,186 1,220 1,402 1,472 1,487 1,678 Fianna Fáil James McBrearty 809 6.3% 960 961 1,003 1,020 1,032 1,226 1,395 — Fine Gael Sean McNialluis 728 5.6% 731 732 779 785 786 816 —   Fine Gael Thomas Murphy* 718 5.6% 785 786 794 821 827 993 1,407 1,576 Fianna Fáil Patrick McGinley 579 4.5% 651 651 667 701 703 —     Independent Fianna Fáil Hugh Cassidy 401 3.1% 477 490 501 584 —       Independent Fianna Fáil John Murray 292 2.3% 371 384 389 —         Sinn Féin The Workers' Party Michael Byrne 192 1.5% 194 195 —           Independent Fianna Fáil Val Wynne 96 0.7% 96 —             9 16,519 12,891 1,842 Glenties Glenties: 6 seatsDonegal County Council: (Glenties) 1979 Local Election Results, Counts, Stats and Analysis https://irelandelection.com/election.php?elecid=169&constitid=133&electype=5 2023-08-31 irelandelection.comDofE 1980 33 7 Fianna Fáil Paddy Delap* '2,391 20.6%             Sinn Féin The Workers' Party Seamus Rogers* 1,519 13.1% 1,599 1,653 1,736       Fianna Fáil Pat The Cope Gallagher* 1,411 12.1% 1,632 1,649 1,663       Fianna Fáil Sean McNelis* 1,149 9.9% 1,306 1,310 1,469 1,495 1,506 1,524 Independent Fianna Fáil John Kelly* 1,084 9.3% 1,128 1,141 1,241 1,247 1,256 1,576 Fine Gael Pat Slowey 992 8.5% 995 997 1,104 1,121 1,182 1,220 Fine Gael James Doohan* 822 7.1% 866 873 877 882 938 — Fine Gael Jim Coyle* 800 6.9% 832 841 842 843 —   Fine Gael Fred Coll 746 6.4% 859 899 903 903 1,285 1,581 Fianna Fáil John McLoone 514 4.4% 519 526 —       Sinn Féin Donal De Barra 198 1.7% 229 —         7 16,684 11,626 (98.65%) 159 1,661 11,785 (70.64%) Letterkenny Letterkenny: 6 seatsDonegal County Council: (Letterkenny) 1979 Local Election Results, Counts, Stats and Analysis https://irelandelection.com/election.php?elecid=169&constitid=133&constitbutton=Next&electype=5 2023-08-31 irelandelection.comDofE 1980 34–35 10 Fine Gael Paddy Harte TD* 2,046 13.9% 2,073 2,124               Fianna Fáil Paddy McGowan* 2,033 13.8% 2,086 2,094 2,099 2,209           Fianna Fáil Bernard McGlinchey* 1,868 12.7% 1,888 2,064 2,163             Donegal Progressive Party William Buchanan* 1,728 11.7% 1,745 1,749 1,846 1,864 1,864 1,865 1,866 1,909 1,929 Fine Gael J.J. Reid* 1,188 8.0% 1,256 1,271 1,499 1,562 1,567 1,571 1,578 1,626 1,697 Independent Fianna Fáil Charles O'Donnell* 1,106 7.5% 1,118 1,173 1,220 1,260 1,263 1,280 1,284 1,339 1,425 Independent Fianna Fáil Susan McGonagle* 979 6.6% 1,065 1,104 1,117 1,162 1,167 1,171 1,171 1,211 1,616 Fianna Fáil Joseph Peoples 817 5.5% 820 835 850 911 928 942 942 —   Independent Fianna Fáil Gabriel Gordon 812 5.5% 848 872 876 934 946 952 954 975 — Independent politician (Ireland) Billy Gallagher 695 4.7% 704 737 753 —           Fine Gael May McClintock 562 3.8% 572 610 —             Sinn Féin The Workers' Party Sean O'Donnell 484 3.3% 501 —               Independent politician (Ireland) Charles Long 445 3.0% —                 10 20,479 14,763 (98.16%) 277 2,110 15,040 (73.44%) Milford Milford: 4 seatsDonegal County Council: (Milford) 1979 Local Election Results, Counts, Stats and Analysis https://irelandelection.com/election.php?elecid=169&constitid=135&constitbutton=Next&electype=5 2023-08-31 irelandelection.comDofE 1980 36 6 Independent Fianna Fáil Harry Blaney* 1,805 20.8%           Fianna Fáil Noel McGinley* 1,545 17.8% 1,547 1,610 1,690 1,783   Fine Gael William McCafferty* 1,262 14.6% 1,265 1,284 1,344 1,376 1,515 Fine Gael Joachim Loughrey* 1,155 13.3% 1,167 1,182 1,266 1,290 1,425 Independent Fianna Fáil Rosemary McCafferty 882 10.2% 919 972 1,004 1,286 1,368 Fianna Fáil Ian McGarvey 797 9.2% 800 808 960 969 — Fianna Fáil William Friel 483 5.6% 490 503 —     Independent Fianna Fáil Hugh McClafferty 444 5.1% 450 514 537 —   Sinn Féin Pat Doherty 285 3.3% 288 —       6 10,790 8,658 (98.04%) 173 1,732 8,831 (84.81%) References Sources Local elections, 1979 : election results and transfer of votes in respect of each county, and county borough council : and election statistics relating to all local authorities Department of the Environment 1980 Prl.9322 Official publications Dublin Stationery Office https://opac.oireachtas.ie/AWData/Library3/Library2/DL015721.pdf 3 March 2016 DofE 1980 Citations External links Irelandelection.com results for 1979 Donegal County Council elections Irishelectionliterature Donegal Category:Donegal County Council elections