Dublin County South


Dublin County South was a parliamentary constituency represented in Dáil Éireann, the lower house of the Irish parliament or Oireachtas from 1969 to 1981. The constituency elected 3 deputies to the Dáil, using proportional representation by means of the single transferable vote.

History and boundaries

The constituency was created by the Electoral (Amendment) Act 1969, and first used at the 1969 general election. It was abolished by the Electoral (Amendment) Act 1980, with effect from the 1981 general election.
YearsTDsBoundariesNotes
1969–19773Created from Dublin [County (Dáil constituency)|Dublin County]
1977–19813
and in County Wicklow, the district electoral divisions of Bray No. 1 and Rathmichael 		Transfer of Bray No. 1 and Rathmichael from Wicklow
1981—Constituency abolishedSee Dublin South, Dún Laoghaire and Wicklow

Elections

1970 by-election

Following the resignation of Fianna Fáil TD Kevin Boland, a by-election was held on 2 December 1970. The seat was won by the Fine Gael candidate Larry McMahon.