Cork West (Dáil constituency)

Cork West was a parliamentary constituency represented in Dáil Éireann, the lower house of the Irish parliament or Oireachtas from 1923 to 1961. The constituency elected 5 (and later 3) deputies (Teachtaí Dála, commonly known as TDs) to the Dáil, on the system of proportional representation by means of the single transferable vote (PR-STV).

For the 1885–1922 constituency, see West Cork (UK Parliament constituency).

Cork West
Former Dáil constituency
Former constituency
Created1923
Abolished1961
Seats
  • 5 (1923–1948)
  • 3 (1948–1961)
Local government areaCounty Cork
Created fromCork Mid, North, South, South East and West
Replaced byCork South-West

History

It was created in 1923 as a 5-seat constituency, a partial replacement for the 8 seat Cork Mid, North, South, South East and West constituency. It was first used for the 1923 general election to the 4th Dáil.

It was reduced to a 3 seater for the 1948 general election to the 12th Dáil, and remained at that size until its abolition for the 1961 general election to the 17th Dáil. It was then partially replaced by the new Cork South-West constituency.

Boundaries

It consisted of the county electoral areas of Bandon, Bantry and Dunmanway in the administrative county of Cork.[1]

TDs
Teachtaí Dála (TDs) for Cork West 1923–1961[2]
Key to parties
DáilElectionDeputy
(Party)		Deputy
(Party)		Deputy
(Party)		Deputy
(Party)		Deputy
(Party)
4th1923[3] Timothy J. Murphy
(Lab)		 Seán Buckley
(Rep)		 Cornelius Connolly
(CnaG)		 John Prior
(CnaG)		 Timothy O'Donovan
(FP)
5th1927 (Jun)[4] Thomas Mullins
(FF)		 Timothy Sheehy
(CnaG)		 Jasper Wolfe
(Ind)
6th1927 (Sep)[5]
7th1932[6] Raphael Keyes
(FF)		 Eamonn O'Neill
(CnaG)
8th1933[7] Tom Hales
(FF)		 James Burke
(CnaG)		 Timothy O'Donovan
(NCP)
9th1937[8] Timothy O'Sullivan
(FF)		 Daniel O'Leary
(FG)		 Eamonn O'Neill
(FG)		 Timothy O'Donovan
(FG)
10th1938[9] Seán Buckley
(FF)
11th1943[10] Patrick O'Driscoll
(Ind)
12th1944[11] Eamonn O'Neill
(FG)
13th1948[12] Seán Collins
(FG)		 3 seats
1948–1961
1949 by-election[13] William J. Murphy
(Lab)
14th1951[14] Michael Pat Murphy
(Lab)
15th1954[15] Edward Cotter
(FF)
16th1957[16] Florence Wycherley
(Ind)
17th1961 Constituency abolished. See Cork South-West

Note: The columns in this table are used only for presentational purposes, and no significance should be attached to the order of columns. For details of the order in which seats were won at each election, see the detailed results of that election.

Elections

1957 general election
1957 general election: Cork West[16]
Party Candidate 1st Pref  % Seat Count
Labour Michael Pat Murphy 6,454 24.5 2
Fine Gael Seán Collins 5,869 22.3
Fianna Fáil Edward Cotter 5,255 19.9 1
Independent Florence Wycherley 4,666 17.7 3
Fianna Fáil Michael Finn 4,125 15.6
Electorate: ?   Valid: 30,353   Quota: 7,589   Turnout:

1954 general election
1954 general election: Cork West[15]
Party Candidate 1st Pref  % Seat Count
Labour Michael Pat Murphy 7,315 25.4 1 1
Fianna Fáil Edward Cotter 6,270 21.8 2
Clann na Talmhan Florence Wycherley 4,238 14.7
Fine Gael Seán Collins 4,003 13.9 3
Fine Gael John O'Sullivan 3,635 12.6
Fianna Fáil Michael Finn 3,339 11.6
Electorate: ?   Valid: 28,800   Quota: 7,201   Turnout:

1951 general election
1951 general election: Cork West[17]
PartyCandidateFPv%Count
12
Fianna Fáil Ted O'Sullivan 25.8 7,571  
Fine Gael Seán Collins 25.7 7,515  
Labour Michael Pat Murphy 20.8 6,103 6,758
Independent Charles John Bryan 16.2 4,732 5,572
Fianna Fáil James Moynihan 11.5 3,373  
Electorate: 35,960   Valid: 29,294   Quota: 7,324   Turnout: 81.46%  

    1949 by-election

    Following the death of the Labour Party TD Timothy J. Murphy, a by-election was held on 15 June 1949. The seat was won by the Labour Party candidate William J. Murphy.

    1949 by-election: Cork West[17]
    PartyCandidateFPv%Count
    1
    Labour William J. Murphy 63.3 18,909
    Fianna Fáil Edward Cotter 36.7 10,950
    Electorate: 36,699   Valid: 29,859   Quota: 14,930   Turnout: 81.36%  

      1948 general election
      1948 general election: Cork West[17]
      PartyCandidateFPv%Count
      1234567
      Fianna Fáil Ted Sullivan 21.0 6,348 6,432 6,498 6,694 8,636    
      Labour Timothy J. Murphy 20.4 6,165 6,267 6,653 7,511 8,291    
      Clann na Talmhan Charles John Bryan 15.7 4,750 4,791 5,021 5,472 5,908 6,361 6,489
      Fine Gael Seán Collins 15.4 4,643 4,732 5,805 6,412 6,775 6,944 7,150
      Fianna Fáil Patrick John Burke 11.4 3,439 3,448 3,515 3,712      
      Clann na Poblachta Thomas Roycroft 7.1 2,135 2,633 2,680        
      Fine Gael Daniel J. Kingston 6.2 1,877 1,901          
      Clann na Poblachta Liam Dwyer 2.8 857            
      Electorate: 38,455   Valid: 30,214   Quota: 7,554   Turnout: 78.57%  

        1944 general election
        1944 general election: Cork West[11]
        Party Candidate 1st Pref  % Seat Count
        Labour Timothy J. Murphy 7,764 15.7 1
        Clann na Talmhan Patrick O'Driscoll 7,573 15.3 2
        Fianna Fáil Seán Buckley 7,529 15.2 4
        Fianna Fáil Timothy O'Sullivan 7,136 14.4 5
        Independent Daniel O'Leary 5,655 11.4
        Fine Gael Eamonn O'Neill 5,125 10.3 3
        Fine Gael Timothy O'Donovan 3,900 7.9
        Labour T. J. Harrington 2,092 4.2
        Independent Tom Hales 1,444 2.9
        Fine Gael Michael Sheehy 1,405 2.8
        Electorate: ?   Valid: 49,623   Quota: 8,271   Turnout:

        1943 general election
        1943 general election: Cork West[10][18]
        Party Candidate 1st Pref  % Seat Count
        Labour Timothy J. Murphy 9,363 18.1 1 1
        Fianna Fáil Timothy O'Sullivan 7,977 15.5 3
        Clann na Talmhan Patrick O'Driscoll 7,062 13.7 2
        Fianna Fáil Seán Buckley 6,632 12.8 5
        Fine Gael Timothy O'Donovan 4,854 9.4 4
        Fine Gael Daniel O'Leary 4,414 8.6
        Fine Gael Eamonn O'Neill 4,378 8.5
        Labour Denis Lehane 2,315 4.5
        Labour Patrick Crowley 1,955 3.8
        Clann na Talmhan Michael Twomey 1,582 3.1
        Fine Gael Denis Cronin 1,104 2.1
        Electorate: ?   Valid: 51,636   Quota: 8,607   Turnout:

        1938 general election
        1938 general election: Cork West[9]
        Party Candidate 1st Pref  % Seat Count
        Fianna Fáil Seán Buckley 10,895 20.1 1 1
        Labour Timothy J. Murphy 10,424 19.3 2 1
        Fianna Fáil Timothy O'Sullivan 10,019 18.5 3 1
        Fine Gael Timothy O'Donovan 7,825 14.5 4
        Fine Gael Daniel O'Leary 6,504 12.0
        Fine Gael Eamonn O'Neill 6,304 11.7 5
        Fine Gael Eugene O'Sullivan 2,124 3.9
        Electorate: ?   Valid: 54,095   Quota: 9,016   Turnout:

        1937 general election
        1937 general election: Cork West[8]
        Party Candidate 1st Pref  % Seat Count
        Labour Timothy J. Murphy 12,179 22.7 1 1
        Fianna Fáil Timothy O'Sullivan 7,538 14.1 3
        Fine Gael Timothy O'Donovan 6,846 12.8 2
        Fine Gael Daniel O'Leary 5,781 10.8 5
        Fianna Fáil Daniel Corkery 5,754 10.7
        Fine Gael Eamonn O'Neill 5,108 9.5 4
        Fine Gael William Roycroft 4,484 8.4
        Fine Gael John O'Sullivan 3,675 6.9
        Independent Tom Hales 2,207 4.1
        Electorate: ?   Valid: 53,572   Quota: 8,929   Turnout:

        1933 general election
        1933 general election: Cork West[7][18]
        PartyCandidateFPv%Count
        1234567
        Cumann na nGaedheal James Burke 21.3 9,482            
        National Centre Party Timothy O'Donovan 20.4 9,075            
        Labour Timothy J. Murphy 14.5 6,458 6,656 7,859        
        Cumann na nGaedheal Eamonn O'Neill 13.6 6,067 7,783          
        Fianna Fáil Raphael Keyes 10.9 4,840 4,866 4,952 4,986 5,019 6,055 6,330
        Fianna Fáil Tom Hales 9.0 4,021 4,049 4,214 4,270 4,318 4,911 7,400
        Fianna Fáil Jeremiah Galvin 6.1 2,708 2,769 2,877 2,917 2,935 3,132  
        Fianna Fáil Eugene McCarthy 4.1 1,843 1,880 1,977 2,040 2,108    
        Electorate: 54,868   Valid: 44,494   Quota: 7,416   Turnout: 81.1%  

          1932 general election
          1932 general election: Cork West[6][18]
          PartyCandidateFPv%Count
          123456
          Labour Timothy J. Murphy 17.7 7,257          
          Independent Jasper Wolfe 14.1 5,757 5,805 5,894 6,855    
          Cumann na nGaedheal Eamonn O'Neill 13.9 5,715 5,793 5,822 8,070    
          Farmers' Party Timothy O'Donovan 13.0 5,310 5,387 5,565 6,455 7,654  
          Fianna Fáil Jeremiah Galvin 12.3 5,060 5,132 5,724 5,883 5,898 5,932
          Fianna Fáil Raphael Keyes 12.2 5,005 5,058 6,352 6,449 6,476 6,536
          Cumann na nGaedheal Timothy Sheehy 10.9 4,476 4,538 4,657      
          Fianna Fáil Eugene McCarthy 5.8 2,393 2,431        
          Electorate: 54,238   Valid: 40,973   Quota: 6,829   Turnout: 75.5%  

            September 1927 general election
            September 1927 general election: Cork West[5][18]
            PartyCandidateFPv%Count
            12345
            Independent Jasper Wolfe 16.6 6,027 6,085      
            Farmers' Party Timothy O'Donovan 16.3 5,893 5,941 6,177    
            Labour Timothy J. Murphy 15.3 5,561 5,751 8,176    
            Fianna Fáil Thomas Mullins 13.2 4,797 9,004      
            Cumann na nGaedheal Timothy Sheehy 13.2 4,771 4,788 4,863 4,926 4,948
            Cumann na nGaedheal Eamonn O'Neill 12.8 4,623 4,643 4,679 4,804 4,833
            Fianna Fáil Raphael Keyes 12.6 4,585        
            Electorate: 56,663   Valid: 36,257   Quota: 6,043   Turnout: 64.0%  

              June 1927 general election
              June 1927 general election: Cork West[4][18]
              PartyCandidateFPv%Count
              123456789
              Labour Timothy J. Murphy 18.7 6,679                
              Independent Jasper Wolfe 12.4 4,422 4,526 4,688 4,785 4,907 5,128 5,296 5,543 5,837
              Farmers' Party Timothy O'Donovan 10.4 3,708 3,788 3,879 3,922 4,045 4,128 4,912 5,054 5,902
              Cumann na nGaedheal Timothy Sheehy 9.0 3,206 3,299 3,529 3,569 4,345 4,458 4,624 4,713 5,999
              Fianna Fáil Thomas Mullins 8.2 2,925 3,001 3,079 3,661 3,722 4,465 4,585 6,328  
              Farmers' Party Joseph McCarthy 7.5 2,693 2,735 2,833 2,974 3,056 3,182 3,636 3,743 3,962
              Cumann na nGaedheal Thomas O'Donovan 6.7 2,404 2,486 2,550 2,594 2,876 2,902 3,032 3,105  
              Fianna Fáil Jeremiah McCarthy 5.9 2,122 2,154 2,192 2,343 2,375 2,782 2,848    
              Farmers' Party Jeremiah O'Sullivan 5.0 1,801 1,820 1,850 1,897 2,043 2,093      
              Fianna Fáil George Ross 4.9 1,739 1,790 1,817 1,962 1,994        
              Cumann na nGaedheal John Prior 4.7 1,685 1,735 1,779 1,801          
              Sinn Féin Seán Buckley 3.8 1,349 1,396 1,427            
              Independent Cornelius O'Donovan 2.7 947 1,003              
              Electorate: 56,663   Valid: 35,680   Quota: 5,947   Turnout: 63.0%  

                1923 general election

                There is no record of Buckley's surplus having been distributed, even though it was greater than the difference between the votes of Murphy and Kelly.[18]

                1923 general election: Cork West[3][18]
                PartyCandidateFPv%Count
                12345678910
                Cumann na nGaedheal Cornelius Connolly 14.9 4,430 4,482 4,601 4,626 4,813 5,264        
                Labour Timothy J. Murphy 11.8 3,517 3,600 3,630 3,697 3,773 3,987 3,998 4,191 4,290 4,405
                Cumann na nGaedheal John Prior 11.0 3,257 3,349 3,394 3,398 3,449 3,736 3,915 4,186 4,595 4,615
                Republican Seán Buckley 10.9 3,237 3,325 3,355 3,629 3,720 3,763 3,769 3,815 3,867 5,866
                Farmers' Party Timothy O'Donovan 8.3 2,473 2,535 3,036 3,090 3,410 3,543 3,563 3,789 4,777 4,861
                Cumann na nGaedheal Robert Kelly 8.3 2,469 2,548 2,609 2,635 2,681 2,794 2,870 3,258 3,368 3,505
                Republican Maurice Donegan 5.9 1,741 1,767 1,789 2,500 2,549 2,562 2,565 2,649 2,682  
                Farmers' Party Michael Scully 4.9 1,460 1,477 1,604 1,617 1,871 1,927 1,932 2,078    
                Independent Daniel O'Leary 4.8 1,427 1,445 1,483 1,508 1,569 1,665 1,675      
                Cumann na nGaedheal Daniel McCarthy 4.5 1,347 1,396 1,418 1,441 1,494          
                National Democratic Party Joseph O'Mahony 4.5 1,336 1,350 1,393 1,410            
                Republican John Lehane 4.2 1,240 1,266 1,296              
                Farmers' Party Daniel Minihane 3.6 1,074 1,114                
                Independent William Hales 1.7 510                  
                Independent David Connor 0.7 205                  
                Electorate: 59,500   Valid: 29,723   Quota: 4,954   Turnout: 50.0%  

                  See also

                  References
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