1920 Rathmines and Rathgar Urban District Council election

Part of the 1920 Irish local elections April 2022 An election to the urban district council of Rathmines and Rathgar took place on Thursday, 15 January 1920 as part of the 1920 Irish local elections. The Local Government (Ireland) Act 1919 had changed the electoral system for local government in Ireland from first-past-the-post to single transferable vote. The election saw Unionists reduced to a majority of 1 on the council. Prior to the election the Rathmines and Rathgar council had been composed almost entirely of Unionists.19 January 1920 Municipal elections: Dublin Townships https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0002093/19200119/064/0003 Dublin Evening Telegraph Dublin 1–3 Following the election, Robert Benson (Unionist) was elected chairman, and William Ireland (Unionist) was elected as vice-chairman. Mary Kettle, the only Irish Party representative, did not vote for a chairman; however, she voted for Áine Ceannt for vice-chairman. Ceannt lost to Ireland by a single vote.https://books.google.com/books?id=wuL4AwAAQBAJ&dq=Robert+Benson+rathmines&pg=PT139 A City in Turmoil – Dublin 1919–1921: The War of Independence Pádraig Yeates Results by party PartySeats±First Pref. votesFPv%±% Irish Unionist Alliance114,58945.83 Sinn Féin93,95239.46 Nationalist Party (Ireland)19879.86 Independent (politician)04864.85Totals2110,014100.00— Results by local electoral area No. 1 West Ward No. 1 West Ward: 5 seats 6 Sinn Féin William Sears MP 678 30.28 Irish Unionist Alliance George Metcalfe (incumbent) 502 22.42 Irish Unionist Alliance J. J. McKenzie 297 13.26 377 Sinn Féin Sean Doyle 245 10.94 - - 337 340 407 Nationalist Party (Ireland) J. J. Kiernan 180 8.04 - - 186 283 283 Sinn Féin Madeleine ffrench-Mullen 133 5.94 - - 234 234 356 Irish Unionist Alliance A. A. O'Malley 111 4.96 - - 164 Sinn Féin George Irvine 93 4.15 - - 196 196 6 3,158 2,239 30 374 2,269 No. 2 West Ward No. 2 West Ward: 5 seats Irish Unionist Alliance Robert Benson (incumbent) 508 Sinn Féin Robert Brennan 499 Irish Unionist Alliance Mrs M. K. Dixon 392 Irish Unionist Alliance William Ireland (incumbent) 256 Nationalist Party (Ireland) P. J. Munden 244 Independent (politician) C. B. W. Boyle 226 Sinn Féin Mrs M. J. Mulcahy 205 Irish Unionist Alliance S. G. Slater 130 Sinn Féin Archibald J. Nicolls 116 Irish Unionist Alliance F. W. Giddings 78 3,585 2,654 34 433 2,688 No. 1 East Ward No. 1 East Ward: 4 seats17 January 1920 Dublin Townships: Two ladies elected to the Rathmines Council https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0002093/19200117/048/0005 Dublin Evening Telegraph Dublin 5 Irish Unionist Alliance Mr. Carruthers 494 Sinn Féin Dr. Kathleen Lynn 427 Sinn Féin James Dwyer 382 383 410 Irish Unionist Alliance John Russell 221 429 Nationalist Party (Ireland) Patrick Moore 202 Irish Unionist Alliance William M. Hatte 117 Sinn Féin Thomas O'Conner 83 4 2,673 1,926 48 386 1,974 No. 2 East Ward right 320 Éamonn Ceannt.jpg Éamonn Ceannt Tom Kettle.jpg Tom Kettle No. 2 East Ward saw the return of republican activist Áine Ceannt, Mary Kettle (daughter of David Sheehy and widow of Tom Kettle), along with the abstentionist Sinn Féin MP Joseph MacDonagh.Ceannt's husband, Éamonn (left) had died fighting for the Irish Republican Brotherhood during the Easter Rising four years prior. Kettle's husband, Tom (right), a Home Ruler and former MP for East Tyrone, had died the same year fighting in the Battle of the Somme. No. 2 East Ward: 7 seats Sinn Féin Joseph MacDonagh MP 549 Irish Unionist Alliance John Sibthorpe 456 Irish Unionist Alliance J. C. Anderson 422 Sinn Féin Frances Ceannt 363 449 Nationalist Party (Ireland) Mary Kettle 361 379 453 Irish Unionist Alliance David Jackson M.D. 267 over quota - elected Independent (politician) Thomas Saul 260 Irish Unionist Alliance H. B. Goulding 235 over quota - elected Sinn Féin Thomas Cullen M.R.I.A. 127 260 Irish Unionist Alliance R. D. Bolton 103 Sinn Féin George Daly 52 4,435 3,195 48 400 3,243 References Category:1920 Irish local elections Category:Elections in County Dublin