Monaghan (Dáil constituency)

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Monaghan
Former Dáil constituency
Former constituency
Created1921
Abolished1977
Seats3
Local government areaCounty Monaghan
Created from
Replaced by

Monaghan was a parliamentary constituency represented in Dáil Éireann, the lower house of the Irish parliament or Oireachtas from 1921 to 1977. The constituency elected 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).

History[edit]

The constituency was created in 1921 as a 3-seat constituency, under the Government of Ireland Act 1920, for the 1921 election to the House of Commons of Southern Ireland, whose members formed the 2nd Dáil.

It succeeded the constituencies of Monaghan North and Monaghan South which were used to elect the Members of the 1st Dáil and earlier British House of Commons members.

It was abolished under the Electoral (Amendment) Act 1974, when it was replaced by the new constituency of Cavan–Monaghan which was first used at the 1977 general election.

Boundaries[edit]

The constituency spanned the entire area of the County Monaghan.[1]

TDs[edit]

Teachtaí Dála (TDs) for Monaghan 1921–1977[2]
Key to parties
Dáil Election Deputy
(Party)		 Deputy
(Party)		 Deputy
(Party)
2nd 1921[3] Seán MacEntee
(SF) 		Eoin O'Duffy
(SF) 		Ernest Blythe
(SF)
3rd 1922[4] Patrick MacCarvill
(AT-SF) 		Eoin O'Duffy
(PT-SF) 		Ernest Blythe
(PT-SF)
4th 1923[5] Patrick MacCarvill
(Rep) 		Patrick Duffy
(CnaG) 		Ernest Blythe
(CnaG)
5th 1927 (Jun)[6] Patrick MacCarvill
(FF) 		Alexander Haslett
(Ind)
6th 1927 (Sep)[7] Conn Ward
(FF)
7th 1932[8] Eamon Rice
(FF)
8th 1933[9] Alexander Haslett
(Ind)
9th 1937[10] James Dillon
(FG)
10th 1938[11] Bridget Rice
(FF)
11th 1943[12] James Dillon
(Ind)
12th 1944[13]
13th 1948[14] Patrick Maguire
(FF)
14th 1951[15]
15th 1954[16] Patrick Mooney
(FF) 		Edward Kelly
(FF) 		James Dillon
(FG)
16th 1957[17] Eighneachán Ó hAnnluain
(SF)
17th 1961[18] Erskine H. Childers
(FF)
18th 1965[19]
19th 1969[20] Billy Fox
(FG) 		John Conlan
(FG)
20th 1973[21] Jimmy Leonard
(FF)
1973 by-election[22] Brendan Toal
(FG)
21st 1977 Constituency abolished. See Cavan–Monaghan

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[edit]

1973 by-election[edit]

Following the election of Fianna Fáil TD Erskine H. Childers as President of Ireland, a by-election was held on 27 November 1973. The seat was won by the Fine Gael candidate Brendan Toal.

1973 by-election: Monaghan[23][24]
Party Candidate FPv% Count
1 2 3
Fine Gael Brendan Toal 47.3 14,535 14,577 15,080
Fianna Fáil Rory O'Hanlon 45.0 13,822 13,851 14,791
Aontacht Éireann Pádraig Mooney 7.1 2,187 2,248  
Marxist–Leninist (Ireland) David Vipond 0.6 175    
Electorate: 39,647   Valid: 30,719   Quota: 15,360   Turnout: 77.5%  

1973 general election[edit]

1973 general election: Monaghan[21]
Party Candidate 1st Pref % Seat Count
Fianna Fáil Erskine H. Childers 8,431 30.2 1 1
Fine Gael John Conlan 6,075 21.8 2
Fine Gael Billy Fox 3,632 13.0
Fianna Fáil Jimmy Leonard 3,460 12.4 3
Independent Patrick Mooney 2,105 7.6
Fine Gael Bernard Markey 1,890 6.8
Independent Patrick Turley 1,827 6.6
Independent Val Kerr 461 1.7
Electorate: ?   Valid: 27,881   Quota: 6,971   Turnout:

1969 general election[edit]

1969 general election: Monaghan[20]
Party Candidate 1st Pref % Seat Count
Fine Gael John Conlan 6,615 23.2 1
Fianna Fáil Patrick Mooney 5,921 20.7
Fianna Fáil Erskine H. Childers 5,659 19.8 3
Fine Gael Billy Fox 4,930 17.3 2
Fine Gael Bernard Markey 2,443 8.6
Fianna Fáil James Malone 1,536 5.4
Labour Thomas Donoghue 761 2.7
Labour Charles McCollum 699 2.5
Electorate: ?   Valid: 28,564   Quota: 7,142   Turnout:

1965 general election[edit]

1965 general election: Monaghan[19][23]
Party Candidate FPv% Count
1 2 3 4
Fine Gael James Dillon 30.5 7,668      
Fianna Fáil Erskine H. Childers 25.7 6,448      
Fianna Fáil Patrick Mooney 23.9 5,997 6,065 6,182 6,334
Fine Gael Billy Fox 15.5 3,901 5,020 6,086 6,099
Fine Gael Martin Tierney 4.4 1,114 1,312    
Electorate: 32,533   Valid: 25,128   Quota: 6,283   Turnout: 77.2%  

1961 general election[edit]

1961 general election: Monaghan[18][23]
Party Candidate FPv% Count
1 2 3 4
Fine Gael James Dillon 30.8 7,887      
Fianna Fáil Patrick Mooney 22.3 5,713 5,782 6,112 7,447
Fianna Fáil Erskine H. Childers 22.0 5,643 5,702 5,798 6,519
Independent Francis Ward 10.5 2,678 2,734 3,054  
Fine Gael Edward Kelly 7.5 1,912 3,174 3,435 3,694
Sinn Féin Séamus McElwaine 7.0 1,786 1,822    
Electorate: 32,967   Valid: 25,619   Quota: 6,405   Turnout: 77.7%  

1957 general election[edit]

1957 general election: Monaghan[17]
Party Candidate 1st Pref % Seat Count
Fine Gael James Dillon 5,894 23.3 1
Sinn Féin Eighneachán Ó hAnnluain 4,791 18.9 3
Fianna Fáil Patrick Mooney 4,719 18.6 2
Independent Robert Houston 3,594 14.2
Fianna Fáil John Brennan 3,132 12.4
Fianna Fáil Edward Kelly 2,788 11.0
Fine Gael Herbert McWilliam 425 1.7
Electorate: ?   Valid: 25,343   Quota: 6,336   Turnout:

1954 general election[edit]

1954 general election: Monaghan[16][23]
Party Candidate FPv% Count
1 2 3 4 5
Fine Gael James Dillon 24.2 6,709 7,598      
Fianna Fáil Patrick Mooney 18.5 5,122 5,166 5,553 5,600 6,956
Independent James Haslett 16.9 4,685 4,713 4,974 5,189 5,304
Fianna Fáil Edward Kelly 13.3 3,695 3,738 4,227 4,310 6,407
Fianna Fáil John Brennan 13.1 3,625 3,648 3,868 3,904  
Clann na Poblachta Brian Magee 9.8 2,705 2,825      
Fine Gael John Fitzpatrick 4.2 1,171        
Electorate: 32,700   Valid: 27,712   Quota: 6,929   Turnout: 84.8%  

1951 general election[edit]

1951 general election: Monaghan[23]
Party Candidate FPv% Count
1 2
Independent James Dillon 33.1 9,285  
Fianna Fáil Patrick Maguire 24.3 6,802 7,278
Fianna Fáil Bridget Rice 24.3 6,802 7,403
Independent James Haslett 18.3 5,127 6,330
Electorate: 33,647   Valid: 28,016   Quota: 7,005   Turnout: 83.3%  

1948 general election[edit]

1948 general election: Monaghan[23]
Party Candidate FPv% Count
1 2 3 4 5 6 7
Independent James Dillon 23.1 6,621 6,783 6,978 7,433      
Fianna Fáil Patrick Maguire 16.9 4,828 4,907 4,949 5,173 5,198 5,970 6,447
Fianna Fáil Bridget Rice 16.3 4,667 4,737 4,829 5,036 5,066 6,324 6,936
Independent Arthur H. Montgomery 14.7 4,200 4,377 4,379 4,454 4,484 4,503 4,677
Clann na Poblachta Patrick MacCarvill 8.2 2,348 2,507 3,406 3,729 3,844 3,981  
Fianna Fáil John J. Brennan 7.8 2,235 2,303 2,314 2,360 2,372    
Clann na Talmhan Patrick Mooney 4.8 1,361 1,659 1,689        
Clann na Poblachta Thomas Caraher 4.4 1,253 1,308          
Labour George Pollock 2.0 582            
Clann na Talmhan Edward Bell 1.8 517            
Electorate: 34,581   Valid: 28,612   Quota: 7,154   Turnout: 82.7%  

1944 general election[edit]

1944 general election: Monaghan[13][25]
Party Candidate FPv% Count
1
Independent James Dillon 31.9 8,416
Fianna Fáil Conn Ward 31.4 8,308
Fianna Fáil Bridget Rice 25.7 6,791
Clann na Talmhan Patrick McArdle 11.0 2,911
Electorate: 35,476   Valid: 26,426   Quota: 6,607   Turnout: 74.5%  

1943 general election[edit]

1943 general election: Monaghan[12][25]
Party Candidate FPv% Count
1 2 3 4
Fianna Fáil Conn Ward 25.2 7,434      
Fianna Fáil Bridget Rice 18.4 5,424 5,581 6,373 7,501
Independent James Dillon 18.3 5,406 5,761 6,404 8,248
Independent Alexander Haslett 17.2 5,078 5,087 5,172 5,325
Clann na Talmhan Patrick McArdle 10.8 3,181 3,368 3,808  
Labour Michael Linehan 7.4 2,174 2,258    
Fine Gael Patrick Lonergan 2.8 824      
Electorate: 35,476   Valid: 29,521   Quota: 7,381   Turnout: 83.2%  

1938 general election[edit]

1938 general election: Monaghan[11][25]
Party Candidate FPv% Count
1 2
Fianna Fáil Conn Ward 29.7 9,458  
Fine Gael James Dillon 29.3 9,318  
Fianna Fáil Bridget Rice 22.2 7,075 8,553
Independent John Gillespie 18.8 5,984 6,005
Electorate: 35,949   Valid: 31,835   Quota: 7,959   Turnout: 88.6%  

1937 general election[edit]

1937 general election: Monaghan[10][25]
Party Candidate FPv% Count
1 2 3 4
Fianna Fáil Conn Ward 39.2 12,275      
Fine Gael James Dillon 24.4 7,653 7,700 7,829  
Independent Alexander Haslett 20.2 6,314 6,325 6,336 6,347
Fianna Fáil Eamon Rice 10.3 3,219 7,499 7,737 8,261
Fine Gael Brian O'Rourke 2.5 782 798 825 859
Fianna Fáil James Johnston 1.7 538 606 680  
Independent John McGahey 1.7 524 550    
Electorate: 36,469   Valid: 31,305   Quota: 7,827   Turnout: 85.8%  

1933 general election[edit]

1933 general election: Monaghan[9][25]
Party Candidate FPv% Count
1 2 3
Fianna Fáil Eamon Rice 27.8 8,749    
Fianna Fáil Conn Ward 26.2 8,244    
Cumann na nGaedheal Ernest Blythe 23.0 7,251 7,435 7,563
Independent Alexander Haslett 23.0 7,238 7,752 7,997
Electorate: 36,784   Valid: 31,482   Quota: 7,871   Turnout: 85.6%  

1932 general election[edit]

1932 general election: Monaghan[8][25]
Party Candidate FPv% Count
1 2 3
Fianna Fáil Conn Ward 32.7 10,048    
Cumann na nGaedheal Ernest Blythe 24.5 7,524 7,564 8,490
Independent Alexander Haslett 21.4 6,573 6,585 6,656
Fianna Fáil Eamon Rice 17.4 5,360 7,654 7,777
Cumann na nGaedheal Edward Brady 4.0 1,225 1,244  
Electorate: 36,547   Valid: 30,730   Quota: 7,683   Turnout: 84.1%  

September 1927 general election[edit]

September 1927 general election: Monaghan[7][25]
Party Candidate FPv% Count
1 2 3
Cumann na nGaedheal Ernest Blythe 24.5 7,171 8,936  
Independent Alexander Haslett 23.4 6,843 6,918 7,157
Fianna Fáil Conn Ward 22.1 6,467 6,829 6,995
Fianna Fáil Eamon Donnelly 20.7 6,059 6,347 6,468
Cumann na nGaedheal Patrick Duffy 9.3 2,708    
Electorate: 39,069   Valid: 29,248   Quota: 7,313   Turnout: 74.9%  

June 1927 general election[edit]

June 1927 general election: Monaghan[6][25]
Party Candidate FPv% Count
1 2 3 4 5 6
Independent Alexander Haslett 22.6 6,964 7,012 7,101 7,172 7,189 7,236
Fianna Fáil Patrick MacCarvill 19.1 5,904 6,054 6,511 6,868 10,163  
Cumann na nGaedheal Ernest Blythe 17.9 5,532 5,692 5,832 7,519 7,566 7,630
National League Jeremiah McVeagh 14.1 4,338 4,474 4,847 5,132 5,415 6,859
Fianna Fáil Conn Ward 11.5 3,559 3,642 3,702 3,750    
Cumann na nGaedheal Patrick Duffy 7.9 2,438 2,483 2,686      
Clann Éireann Patrick Conlan 4.5 1,399 1,454        
Independent Edward Brady 2.4 729          
Electorate: 39,069   Valid: 30,863   Quota: 7,716   Turnout: 79.0%  

1923 general election[edit]

1923 general election: Monaghan[5][25]
Party Candidate FPv% Count
1 2 3 4 5
Cumann na nGaedheal Ernest Blythe 44.1 11,290        
Republican Patrick MacCarvill 22.4 5,745 5,808 6,085 6,276 7,303
Farmers' Party Hugh Maguire 11.5 2,937 3,573 3,654 3,955 4,420
Independent James Coburn 11.0 2,806 3,158 3,217 3,445  
Cumann na nGaedheal Patrick Duffy 5.1 1,316 5,030 5,111 5,302 6,506
Independent James Barnes 3.5 888 932 1,112    
Independent James Johnston 2.4 625 704      
Electorate: 40,172   Valid: 25,607   Quota: 6,402   Turnout: 63.7%  

1922 general election[edit]

1922 general election: Monaghan[4][25]
Party Candidate FPv% Count
1 2
Sinn Féin (Pro-Treaty) Eoin O'Duffy 35.6 7,298  
Sinn Féin (Anti-Treaty) Patrick MacCarvill 24.6 5,046 5,249
Sinn Féin (Pro-Treaty) Ernest Blythe 21.9 4,494 6,069
Independent Thomas McHugh 17.9 3,681 4,071
Electorate: 34,025   Valid: 20,519   Quota: 5,130   Turnout: 60.3%  

1921 general election[edit]

1921 general election: Monaghan[3]
Party Candidate 1st Pref % Seat Count
Sinn Féin Ernest Blythe Unopposed N/A 1
Sinn Féin Seán MacEntee Unopposed N/A 2
Sinn Féin Eoin O'Duffy Unopposed N/A 3

See also[edit]

References[edit]

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  2. ^ Walker, Brian M, ed. (1992). Parliamentary election results in Ireland, 1918–92. Dublin: Royal Irish Academy. ISBN 0-901714-96-8. ISSN 0332-0286.
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  15. ^ "General election 1951: Monaghan". ElectionsIreland.org. Retrieved 22 October 2010.
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  17. ^ a b "General election 1957: Monaghan". ElectionsIreland.org. Retrieved 22 October 2010.
  18. ^ a b "General election 1961: Monaghan". ElectionsIreland.org. Retrieved 22 October 2010.
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  20. ^ a b "General election 1969: Monaghan". ElectionsIreland.org. Retrieved 22 October 2010.
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  22. ^ "By-election 1973: Monaghan". ElectionsIreland.org. Retrieved 22 October 2010.
  23. ^ a b c d e f Gallagher, Michael (2009). Irish Elections 1948–77: Results and Analysis Sources for the Study of Irish Politics 2. Routledge. ISBN 9781138973343.
  24. ^ "21st Dáil 1977 general election results" (PDF). Houses of the Oireachtas. February 1978. Retrieved 12 November 2023.
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