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1979 Kerry County Council election
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1979 Kerry County Council election Ireland Parliamentary no yes 1974 Kerry County Council election 1974 1985 Kerry County Council election 1985 All 26 seats on Kerry County Council 7 June 1979 Fianna Fáil 14 Fine Gael 7 Labour Party (Ireland) 2 Sinn Féin 1 Independent politician (Ireland) 2 Kerry in Ireland.svg 300px Map showing the area of Kerry County Council Council control Council control after election Fianna Fáil
An election to all 26 seats on Kerry County Council took place on 7 June 1979 as part of that year's Irish local elections. Councillors were elected from 4 local electoral areas (LEAs) on the electoral system of proportional representation by means of the single transferable vote (PR-STV).
Results by party
PartySeats±1st pref First preference votesFPv% First preference votes percentage ±% Fianna Fáil1427,37144.70 Fine Gael717,17528.05 Labour Party (Ireland)27,64712.49 Sinn Féin13,1525.15 Sinn Féin The Workers' Party01,1591.89 Independent politician (Ireland)24,7327.73Totals2661,236100.00
Results by local electoral area
Killarney
Killarney: 6 seats
7
Labour Party (Ireland)
Sen. Michael Moynihan
19.51%
2,737
Fianna Fáil
Jackie Healy-Rae
16.35%
2,294
Fianna Fáil
Tom Fleming
14.48%
2,032
Fianna Fáil
Patrick J. Cronin
11.22%
1,574
1,644
1,806
1,832
1,861
1,877
1,946
Fine Gael
Paudie Connor
8.27%
1,161
1,308
1,329
1,355
1,567
1,568
1,883
Sinn Féin The Workers' Party
Redmond Sullivan
8.26%
1,159
1,324
1,362
1,412
1,543
1,545
1,651
Fine Gael
Thomas Dennehy
7.74%
1,086
1,130
1,139
1,203
1,383
1,389
Fine Gael
Christopher McSweeney
7.11%
998
1,101
1,120
1,184
1,401
1,403
2,068
Fine Gael
Tom Randles
5.37%
753
841
879
895
Labour Party (Ireland)
Joan Winter
1.69%
237
352
354
7
18,656
14,031 (75.21%)
213 (1.14%)
2,005
14,244 (76.35%)
Killorglin
Killorglin: 6 seats
6
Fianna Fáil
Mary O'Donoghue
15.07%
1,811
Fine Gael
Michael Connor-Scarteen
14.23%
1,710
1,711
1,730
Fianna Fáil
Thomas Cahill
11.71%
1,408
1,415
1,482
1,586
1,633
1,829
Fine Gael
Danny Kissane
9.89%
1,189
1,189
1,267
1,502
1,529
1,552
Fianna Fáil
Ted O'Connor
9.49%
1,141
1,160
1,196
1,231
1,272
1,626
Fine Gael
Dan Barry
9.38%
1,127
1,146
1,160
1,220
1,334
1,355
Independent politician (Ireland)
Michael O'Connell
9.14%
1,098
1,119
1,196
1,266
1,472
1,604
Fianna Fáil
John Joe Brien
8.45%
1,016
1,030
1,035
1,038
1,069
Sinn Féin
Tim Garvey
4.80%
577
588
612
633
Fine Gael
Teresa Murphy
4.29%
516
516
583
Labour Party (Ireland)
Sean Moriarty
3.54%
426
427
6
16,620
12,019 (72.32%)
215 (1.76%)
1,718
12,234 (73.61%)
Listowel
Listowel: 6 seats
10
Fianna Fáil
Noel Brassil
11.53%
1,724
1,742
1,762
1,764
1,821
1,827
1,851
1,882
1,916
1,929
Fianna Fáil
Kit Ahern TD
11.38%
1,701
1,704
1,793
1,823
1,836
1,920
1,948
2,040
2,286
Fine Gael
Senator Gerard Lynch
10.77%
1,610
1,612
1,644
1,773
1,880
1,940
2,154
Fianna Fáil
Dan Kiely
10.34%
1,546
1,547
1,574
1,583
1,589
1,706
1,815
1,874
1,982
2,015
Sinn Féin
Robert Beasley
10.17%
1,521
1,523
1,539
1,555
1,564
1,604
1,660
1,842
1,979
1,993
Labour Party (Ireland)
John Joe O'Sullivan
8.90%
1,331
1,343
1,351
1,357
1,483
1,493
1,541
1,612
1,770
1,787
Fianna Fáil
Eamon Walsh
8.67%
1,296
1,298
1,362
1,378
1,378
1,469
1,487
1,605
1,794
1,859
Independent politician (Ireland)
Jack Larkin
6.88%
1,028
1,028
1,074
1,173
1,187
1,268
1,325
1,480
Fine Gael
John Francis Ahern
4.93%
737
738
745
773
793
832
1,002
Fine Gael
Jeremiah O'Connor
4.45%
666
667
671
707
772
805
Independent politician (Ireland)
Thomas Sheehan
3.83%
573
573
591
598
599
Fine Gael
Tom Lawlor
2.74%
410
423
425
435
Fine Gael
Brendan Halloran
2.64%
395
396
407
Fianna Fáil
Tony O'Callaghan
2.35%
351
352
Independent politician (Ireland)
Tom Dineen
0.41%
61
10
19,867
14,950 (75.25%)
230 (1.52%)
2,136
15,180 (76.41%)
Tralee
Tralee: 8 seats
7
Fianna Fáil
Tom McEllistrim, Jnr TD
18.26%
3,695
Fianna Fáil
Denis Foley
15.33%
3,103
Labour Party (Ireland)
Dick Spring
14.41%
2,916
Fine Gael
Michael Begley TD
11.07%
2,240
2,258
Independent politician (Ireland)
James Courtney
9.75%
1,972
2,073
2,115
2,185
2,233
2,278
Fianna Fáil
Thomas Fitzgerald
7.52%
1,522
1,802
1,957
1,982
2,023
2,037
2,053
Fianna Fáil
Michael Long
5.72%
1,157
1,715
1,973
2,026
2,058
2,286
Fine Gael
John Blennerhassett
5.62%
1,138
1,340
1,514
1,729
2,204
2,719
Sinn Féin
Michael Horgan
5.21%
1,054
1,184
1,286
1,387
1,447
1,492
1,532
Fine Gael
Timothy Nelligan
4.01%
812
875
890
976
1,041
Fine Gael
Frank Gleasure
3.10%
627
721
829
946
7
29,352
20,236 (68.94%)
289 (1.41%)
2,249
20,525 (69.93%)
External links
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 http://opac.oireachtas.ie/AWData/Library3/Library2/DL015721.pdf
https://irishelectionliterature.com/others-project/old-local-election-results/
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