Kerry South (Dáil Éireann constituency)

For the 1885–1922 constituency, see South Kerry (UK Parliament constituency).
Kerry South
Former Dáil Éireann
Parliamentary Constituency

Outline map

Location of Kerry South within Ireland
Former constituency
Created 1937
Abolished 2016
Seats 3
County council County Kerry

Kerry South was a parliamentary constituency represented in Dáil Éireann, the lower house of the Irish parliament or Oireachtas, from 1937 to 2016. The constituency elected 3 deputies (Teachtaí Dála, commonly known as TDs). The method of election was the single transferable vote form of proportional representation (PR-STV).

History and boundaries

The constituency was located in the southern half of County Kerry taking in the Dingle and Iveragh peninsulas, including the towns of Killarney, Dingle, Cahirciveen, Killorglin and Kenmare.[1]

It was established by the Electoral (Revision of Constituencies) Act 1935 when the former Kerry constituency was divided into the constituencies of Kerry North and Kerry South. It was first used at the 1937 general election electing members of the 9th Dáil.

The Electoral (Amendment) Act 2009 defined the constituency as:[1]

"The county of Kerry, except the part thereof which is comprised in the constituency of Kerry North–West Limerick."

It was abolished at the 2016 general election and replaced by the new Kerry constituency.

TDs

Teachtaí Dála (TDs) for Kerry South 1937–2016[2]
DáilElectionDeputy
(Party)		Deputy
(Party)		Deputy
(Party)
9th 1937[3] John Flynn
(FF)		 Frederick Crowley
(FF)		 Fionán Lynch
(FG)
10th 1938[4]
11th 1943[5] John Healy
(FF)
12th 1944[6]
1944 by-election[7] Donal O'Donoghue
(FF)
1945 by-election[8] Honor Crowley
(FF)
13th 1948[9] John Flynn
(Ind)		 Patrick Palmer
(FG)
14th 1951[10]
15th 1954[11] John Flynn
(FF)
16th 1957[12] John Joe Rice
(SF)
17th 1961[13] Timothy O'Connor
(FF)		 Patrick Connor
(FG)
18th 1965[14]
1966 by-election[15] John O'Leary
(FF)
19th 1969[16] Michael Begley
(FG)
20th 1973[17]
21st 1977[18]
22nd 1981[19] Michael Moynihan
(Lab)
23rd 1982 (Feb)[20]
24th 1982 (Nov)[21]
25th 1987[22] John O'Donoghue
(FF)
26th 1989[23] Michael Moynihan
(Lab)
27th 1992[24] Breeda Moynihan-Cronin
(Lab)
28th 1997[25] Jackie Healy-Rae
(Ind)
29th 2002[26]
30th 2007[27] Tom Sheahan
(FG)
31st 2011[28] Tom Fleming
(Ind)		 Michael Healy-Rae
(Ind)		 Brendan Griffin
(FG)
32nd 2016 Constituency abolished. See Kerry

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

2011 general election

2011 general election: Kerry South[28]
Party Candidate % 1st Pref Count 1 Count 2Count 3Count 4Count 5Count 6
Fine Gael Brendan Griffin 19.8 8,808 8,943 10,014 10,865 12,636  
Independent Tom Fleming 14.5 6,416 6,548 7,357 8,746 10,389 10,697
Independent Michael Healy-Rae 15.0 6,670 6,789 7,412 9,146 10,129 10,326
Fine Gael Tom Sheahan 12.8 5,674 5,736 6,577 7,326 8,668 9,409
South Kerry Independent Michael Gleeson 11.1 4,939 5,222 6,378 7,037    
Fianna Fáil John O'Donoghue 13.3 5,917 5,960 6,200      
Labour Party Marie Moloney 11.1 4,926 5,132        
Green Party Oonagh Comerford 0.9 401          
Independent Richard Behal 0.8 348          
Independent Dermot Finn 0.6 281          
Electorate: 59,629   Valid: 44,380   Spoilt: 299 (0.7%)   Quota: 11,096   Turnout: 44,679 (74.9%)

    2007 general election

    2007 general election: Kerry South[27]
    Party Candidate % 1st Pref Count 1 Count 2Count 3Count 4Count 5Count 6
    Fianna Fáil John O'Donoghue 23.4 9,128 9,407 9,956      
    Fine Gael Tom Sheahan 14.3 5,600 5,819 7,927 7,960 11,010  
    Independent Jackie Healy-Rae 15.4 5,993 6,356 6,828 6,882 8,526 9,315
    Fianna Fáil Tom Fleming 17.3 6,740 6,972 7,221 7,278 8,393 8,855
    Labour Party Breeda Moynihan-Cronin 13.5 5,263 5,904 6,774 6,827    
    Fine Gael Séamus Cosaí FitzGerald 10.7 4,195 4,419        
    Sinn Féin Lynn Ní Bhaoigheallain 3.5 1,375          
    Green Party John Hickey 1.9 738          
    Electorate: 53,660   Valid: 39,032   Spoilt: 293 (0.8%)   Quota: 9,759   Turnout: 39,325 (73.3%)

      2002 general election

      2002 general election: Kerry South[26]
      Party Candidate % 1st Pref Count 1 Count 2Count 3Count 4Count 5Count 6Count 7
      Fianna Fáil John O'Donoghue 25.8 9,445            
      Labour Party Breeda Moynihan-Cronin 14.5 5,307 5,480 5,946 5,979 6,432 9,442  
      Independent Jackie Healy-Rae 17.0 6,229 6,455 6,819 6,893 7,147 8,409 8,584
      Fianna Fáil Tom Fleming 18.9 6,912 6,995 7,255 7,407 7,593 8,276 8,381
      Fine Gael Séamus Cosaí FitzGerald 12.4 4,539 4,732 4,791 4,811 6,083    
      Fine Gael Sheila Casey 5.3 1,934 2,033 2,216 2,220      
      Independent Donal Grady 3.7 1,346 1,449          
      Independent Donal Barry 2.5 934            
      Electorate: 51,761   Valid: 36,646   Spoilt: 376 (1.0%)   Quota: 9,162   Turnout: 37,022 (61.0%)

        1997 general election

        1997 general election: Kerry South[25]
        Party Candidate 1st Pref % Seat Count
        Fianna Fáil John O'Donoghue 7,204 20.3 1 5
        Independent Jackie Healy-Rae 7,220 20.3 2 5
        Labour Party Breeda Moynihan-Cronin 4,988 14.1 3 7
        Independent Breandan MacGearailt 4,172 11.8
        Fine Gael Aidan O'Connor 3,041 8.6
        Fianna Fáil Brian O'Leary 4,079 11.5
        Fine Gael Jim Kelly 1,847 5.2
        Independent P. J. Cronin 1,557 4.4
        Independent Michael Gleeson 1,388 3.9
        Electorate: 48,164   Valid: 35,496   Spoilt: 303 (0.9%)   Quota: 8,875   Turnout: 35,799 (74.3%)

        1992 general election

        1992 general election: Kerry South[24]
        Party Candidate 1st Pref % Seat Count
        Fianna Fáil John O'Donoghue 8,263 26.4 1 1
        Labour Party Breeda Moynihan-Cronin 7,537 24.1 2 5
        Fianna Fáil John O'Leary 6,113 19.5 3 6
        Fine Gael Michael Connor Scarteen 3,576 11.4
        Fine Gael Paul Coghlan 2,658 8.5
        Independent P. J. Cronin 2,481 7.9
        Sinn Féin Dan Daly 331 1.1
        Independent Pól Ó Criochain 267 0.9
        Independent Liam West 112 0.4
        Electorate: 44,591   Valid: 31,338   Spoilt: 486 (1.5%)   Quota: 7,835   Turnout: 31,824 (71.4%)

        1989 general election

        1989 general election: Kerry South[23]
        Party Candidate 1st Pref % Seat Count
        Fianna Fáil John O'Leary 8,398 26.8 1 1
        Fianna Fáil John O'Donoghue 8,375 26.7 2 1
        Labour Party Michael Moynihan 6,408 20.5 3
        Fine Gael Michael Begley 6,477 20.7
        Progressive Democrats John Kelly 1,458 4.7
        Independent Barbara Hyland 202 0.6
        Electorate: ?   Valid: 31,318   Quota: 7,830   Turnout:

        1987 general election

        1987 general election: Kerry South[22]
        Party Candidate 1st Pref % Seat Count
        Fianna Fáil John O'Leary 7,839 23.6 1
        Fianna Fáil John O'Donoghue 5,606 16.9 2
        Fine Gael Michael Begley 5,036 15.3 3
        Labour Party Michael Moynihan 4,559 13.7
        Fianna Fáil Breandan Mac Gearailt 4,481 13.5
        Progressive Democrats Michael Ahern 3,215 9.7
        Fine Gael Denis Sheahan 910 2.7
        Workers' Party Seán O'Grady 735 2.2
        Independent Marcus Counihan 708 2.1
        Independent James Falvey 122 0.4
        Electorate: ?   Valid: 33,211   Quota: 8,303   Turnout:

        November 1982 general election

        November 1982 general election: Kerry South[21]
        Party Candidate 1st Pref % Seat Count
        Fine Gael Michael Begley 7,524 22.8 1
        Labour Party Michael Moynihan 7,609 23.1 2
        Fianna Fáil John O'Leary 7,898 24.0 3
        Fianna Fáil John O'Donoghue 7,201 21.9
        Fine Gael Thomas Randles 890 2.7
        Independent Joseph O'Shea 845 2.6
        Workers' Party Seán O'Grady 679 2.1
        Independent Colm O'Sullivan 236 0.7
        Independent Stephen Doyle 57 0.2
        Electorate: ?   Valid: 32,939   Quota: 8,235   Turnout:

        February 1982 general election

        February 1982 general election: Kerry South[20]
        Party Candidate % 1st Pref Count 1 Count 2Count 3Count 4Count 5
        Fine Gael Michael Begley 20.8 6,758 6,770 8,292    
        Fianna Fáil John O'Leary 23.1 7,510 7,515 7,758 7,764 8,811
        Labour Party Michael Moynihan 21.6 7,038 7,077 7,732 7,877 8,285
        Fianna Fáil John O'Donoghue 15.3 4,977 4,999 5,100 5,105 7,094
        Fianna Fáil Tom Fitzgerald 10.8 3,523 3,544 3,582 3,585  
        Fine Gael Michael Connor Scarteen 8.0 2,584 2,599      
        Independent Stephen Doyle 0.4 141        
        Electorate: 41,807   Valid: 32,531   Spoilt: 279 (0.9%)   Quota: 8,133   Turnout: 32,810 (78.5%)

          1981 general election

          1981 general election: Kerry South[19]
          Party Candidate 1st Pref % Seat Count
          Labour Party Michael Moynihan 8,221 24.5 1
          Fianna Fáil John O'Leary 7,383 22.0 2
          Fine Gael Michael Begley 6,144 18.3 3
          Fianna Fáil Timothy O'Connor 4,702 14.0
          Fianna Fáil John O'Donoghue 3,780 11.3
          Fine Gael Patrick O'Connor 1,763 5.3
          Independent Michael O'Connell 1,600 4.8
          Electorate: ?   Valid: 33,593   Quota: 8,399   Turnout:

          1977 general election

          1977 general election: Kerry South[18]
          Party Candidate 1st Pref % Seat Count
          Fianna Fáil John O'Leary 8,002 24.5 1
          Fine Gael Michael Begley 6,655 20.4 2
          Fianna Fáil Timothy O'Connor 7,917 24.2 3
          Labour Party Michael Moynihan 5,799 17.7
          Fine Gael Michael Connor Scarteen 3,256 10.0
          Sinn Féin (Workers' Party) Redmond Sullivan 1,065 3.3
          Electorate: ?   Valid: 32,694   Quota: 8,174   Turnout:

          1973 general election

          1973 general election: Kerry South[17]
          Party Candidate 1st Pref % Seat Count
          Fianna Fáil John O'Leary 8,286 30.3 1 1
          Fianna Fáil Timothy O'Connor 5,819 21.3 2
          Fine Gael Michael Begley 5,390 19.7 3
          Labour Party Michael Moynihan 3,806 13.9
          Fine Gael Daniel Barry 3,025 11.1
          Sinn Féin (Official) Patrick O'Callaghan 1,014 3.7
          Electorate: ?   Valid: 27,340   Quota: 6,836   Turnout:

          1969 general election

          1969 general election: Kerry South[16]
          Party Candidate 1st Pref % Seat Count
          Fianna Fáil John O'Leary 8,656 30.6 1 1
          Fianna Fáil Timothy O'Connor 6,490 22.9 2
          Fine Gael Michael Begley 4,564 16.1 3
          Fine Gael Patrick Connor 3,891 13.8
          Labour Party Tadhg O'Sullivan 2,652 9.4
          Fine Gael Daniel Barry 2,038 7.2
          Electorate: ?   Valid: 28,291   Quota: 7,073   Turnout:

          1966 by-election

          Following the death of Fianna Fáil TD Honor Crowley, a by-election was held on 7 December 1966. The seat was won by the Fianna Fáil candidate John O'Leary.

          1966 by-election: Kerry South[15]
          Party Candidate 1st Pref % Seat Count
          Fianna Fáil John O'Leary 12,499 45.9 1 2
          Fine Gael Michael Begley 9,875 36.3
          Labour Party Michael Moynihan 4,849 17.8
          Electorate: 35,832   Valid: 27,223   Quota: 13,612   Turnout: 76.0%

          1965 general election

          1965 general election: Kerry South[14]
          Party Candidate 1st Pref % Seat Count
          Fine Gael Patrick Connor 5,501 20.7 1
          Fianna Fáil Timothy O'Connor 5,977 22.5 2
          Fianna Fáil Honor Crowley 5,746 21.6 3
          Labour Party Michael Moynihan 4,712 17.7
          Fine Gael Michael Begley 3,250 12.2
          Independent James Courtney 1,370 5.2
          Electorate: ?   Valid: 26,556   Quota: 6,640   Turnout:

          1961 general election

          1961 general election: Kerry South[13]
          Party Candidate 1st Pref % Seat Count
          Fine Gael Patrick Connor 5,402 21.3 1
          Fianna Fáil Honor Crowley 5,640 22.3 2
          Fianna Fáil Timothy O'Connor 5,244 20.7 3
          Labour Party Michael Moynihan 3,630 14.3
          Sinn Féin John Joe Rice 3,240 12.8
          Fine Gael Michael O'Sullivan 2,158 8.5
          Electorate: ?   Valid: 25,314   Quota: 6,329   Turnout:

          1957 general election

          1957 general election: Kerry South[12]
          Party Candidate 1st Pref % Seat Count
          Fine Gael Patrick Palmer 5,899 26.6 1 1
          Fianna Fáil Honor Crowley 5,632 25.4 2 1
          Sinn Féin John Joe Rice 5,582 25.1 3 1
          Fianna Fáil John Flynn 5,101 23.0
          Electorate: ?   Valid: 22,214   Quota: 5,554   Turnout:

          1954 general election

          1954 general election: Kerry South[11]
          Party Candidate 1st Pref % Seat Count
          Fine Gael Patrick Palmer 6,376 25.6 1 1
          Fianna Fáil John Flynn 5,834 23.4 2
          Fianna Fáil Honor Crowley 5,732 23.0 3
          Labour Party Michael Moynihan 2,690 10.8
          Clann na Talmhan William Dennehy 2,461 9.9
          Clann na Poblachta John O'Leary 1,853 7.4
          Electorate: ?   Valid: 24,946   Quota: 6,237   Turnout:

          1951 general election

          1951 general election: Kerry South[10]
          Party Candidate 1st Pref % Seat Count
          Fine Gael Patrick Palmer 7,437 29.5 1 1
          Independent John Flynn 5,337 21.2 2
          Fianna Fáil Honor Crowley 4,679 18.6 3
          Fianna Fáil Patrick Lane 4,232 16.8
          Clann na Poblachta John O'Leary 2,330 9.3
          Clann na Poblachta Jeremiah O'Riordan 1,170 4.7
          Electorate: ?   Valid: 25,185   Quota: 6,297   Turnout:

          1948 general election

          1948 general election: Kerry South[9]
          Party Candidate 1st Pref % Seat Count
          Fianna Fáil Honor Crowley 4,091 15.7 1
          Independent John Flynn 4,107 15.7 2
          Fine Gael Patrick Palmer 4,924 18.9 3
          Fianna Fáil John Healy 3,992 15.3
          Clann na Poblachta Pádraig O'Donoghue 3,179 12.2
          Fianna Fáil Donal O'Donoghue 2,278 8.7
          Clann na Poblachta Patrick Jones 2,121 8.1
          Independent Patrick O'Shea 1,424 5.5
          Electorate: ?   Valid: 26,116   Quota: 6,530   Turnout:

          1945 by-election

          Following the death of Fianna Fáil TD Frederick Crowley, a by-election was held on 4 December 1945. The seat was won by the Fianna Fáil candidate Honor Crowley, widow of the deceased TD.

          1945 by-election: Kerry South[8]
          Party Candidate 1st Pref % Seat Count
          Fianna Fáil Honor Crowley 10,483 56.7 1 1
          Clann na Talmhan Edmund Horan 8,018 43.3
          Electorate: 35,945   Valid: 18,501   Quota: 9,251   Turnout: 51.5%

          1944 by-election

          Following the resignation of Fine Gael TD Fionán Lynch upon his appointment as a judge, a by-election was held on 10 November 1944. The seat was won by the Fianna Fáil candidate Donal O'Donoghue.

          1944 by-election: Kerry South[7]
          Party Candidate 1st Pref % Seat Count
          Fianna Fáil Donal O'Donoghue 10,986 48.6 1 2
          Clann na Talmhan Edmund Horan 6,795 30.1
          Fine Gael Eoin O'Connell 4,822 21.3
          Electorate: 35,945   Valid: 22,603   Quota: 11,302   Turnout: 62.9%

          1944 general election

          1944 general election: Kerry South[6]
          Party Candidate 1st Pref % Seat Count
          Fianna Fáil Frederick Crowley 6,693 26.6 1 1
          Fianna Fáil John Healy 6,526 25.9 2 1
          Fine Gael Fionán Lynch 6,057 24.1 3
          Independent Edmund Horan 5,908 23.5
          Electorate: ?   Valid: 25,184   Quota: 6,297   Turnout:

          1943 general election

          1943 general election: Kerry South[5]
          Party Candidate 1st Pref % Seat Count
          Fianna Fáil Frederick Crowley 5,934 22.4 1
          Fine Gael Fionán Lynch 4,771 18.0 2
          Fianna Fáil John Healy 5,323 20.1 3
          Independent Daniel Allman 4,446 16.8
          Labour Party William Myers 4,384 16.5
          Independent John Duffy 1,685 6.4
          Electorate: ?   Valid: 26,543   Quota: 6,636   Turnout:

          1938 general election

          1938 general election: Kerry South[4]
          Party Candidate 1st Pref % Seat Count
          Fianna Fáil John Flynn Unopposed N/A 1
          Fianna Fáil Frederick Crowley Unopposed N/A 2
          Fine Gael Fionán Lynch Unopposed N/A 3

          1937 general election

          1937 general election: Kerry South[3]
          Party Candidate 1st Pref % Seat Count
          Fianna Fáil John Flynn 7,268 28.3 1 1
          Fianna Fáil Frederick Crowley 6,772 26.4 2 1
          Fine Gael Fionán Lynch 4,741 18.5 3
          Independent Patrick O'Shea 3,532 13.7
          Fine Gael William O'Sullivan 3,384 13.2
          Electorate: ?   Valid: 25,697   Quota: 6,425   Turnout:

          See also

          References

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