Tipperary (Dáil Éireann constituency)

Tipperary
Dáil Éireann Parliamentary Constituency
Current constituency
Created	2016
Seats	5
TDs	Jackie Cahill (FF) Séamus Healy (WUA) Alan Kelly (Lab) Michael Lowry (Ind) Mattie McGrath (Ind)
County council	Tipperary County Council
EP constituency	South

Tipperary is a parliamentary constituency that has been represented in Dáil Éireann, the lower house of the Irish parliament or Oireachtas, since the 2016 general election. The constituency elects 5 deputies (Teachtaí Dála, commonly known as TDs). The method of election is the single transferable vote form of proportional representation (PR-STV). Another constituency of the same name existed between 1923 and 1948.

History and boundaries

Tipperary
Former Dáil Éireann Parliamentary Constituency
Former constituency
Created	1923
Abolished	1948
Seats	7
County council	County Tipperary

1923–1948

The constituency was created under the Electoral Act 1923, and was first used at the 1923 general election, replacing the previous Tipperary Mid, North and South constituency and the Tipperary part of the Waterford–Tipperary East constituency.

It consisted of the administrative counties of North Tipperary and South Tipperary.^[1] The constituency elected 7 deputies.

Under the Electoral (Amendment) Act 1947 Tipperary was abolished and divided into two new constituencies: Tipperary South and Tipperary North. These constituencies were first used for the 1948 general election

Since 2016

The Constituency Commission proposed in its 2012 report that at the next general election a new constituency called Tipperary be created.^[2] The report proposed changes to the constituencies of Ireland so as to reduce the total number of TDs from 166 to 158.^[3]

It was established by the Electoral (Amendment) (Dáil Constituencies) Act 2013.^[4] It replaced the constituencies of Tipperary North and Tipperary South. The new constituency incorporates all of South Tipperary, and most of North Tipperary except for the electoral divisions of: Aglishcloghane, Ballingarry, Ballylusky, Borrisokane, Carrig, Cloghjordan, Cloghprior, Clohaskin, Finnoe, Graigue, Kilbarron, Lorrha East, Lorrha West, Mertonhall, Rathcabban, Redwood, Riverstown, Terryglass, and Uskane, in the former Rural District of Borrisokane; and Ardcrony, Ballygibbon, Ballymackey, Knigh, and Monsea, in the former Rural District of Nenagh, which are in the new Offaly constituency.

The 2013 Act defines the constituency as:^[4]

"The county of South Tipperary;

and the county of North Tipperary, except the part thereof which is comprised in the constituency of Offaly."

TDs

TDs 1923–1948

Teachtaí Dála (TDs) for Tipperary 1923–1948^[5]
Key to parties CnaT = Clann na Talmhan CnaP = Clann na Poblachta CnaG = Cumann na nGaedheal FP = Farmers' Party FF = Fianna Fáil FG = Fine Gael Ind = Independent Lab = Labour Party NCP = National Centre Party Rep = Republican
Dáil	Election	Deputy (Party)		Deputy (Party)		Deputy (Party)		Deputy (Party)		Deputy (Party)		Deputy (Party)		Deputy (Party)
4th	1923^[6]		Dan Breen (Rep)		Séamus Burke (CnaG)		Louis Dalton (CnaG)		Michael Heffernan (FP)		Seán McCurtin (CnaG)		Daniel Morrissey (Lab)		Patrick Ryan (Rep)
5th	1927 (Jun)^[7]		William X. O'Brien (Lab)				Seán Hayes (FF)				John Hassett (CnaG)				Andrew Fogarty (FF)
6th	1927 (Sep)^[8]		Timothy Sheehy (FF)
7th	1932^[9]		Timothy Sheehy (FF)						Dan Breen (FF)				Daniel Morrissey (Ind)
8th	1933^[10]		Richard Curran (NCP)								Martin Ryan (FF)		Daniel Morrissey (CnaG)
9th	1937^[11]		William X. O'Brien (Lab)		Séamus Burke (FG)		Jeremiah Ryan (FG)						Daniel Morrissey (FG)
10th	1938^[12]		Richard Curran (FG)		Frank Loughman (FF)
11th	1943^[13]		Richard Stapleton (Lab)		William O'Donnell (CnaT)
12th	1944^[14]		Richard Mulcahy (FG)		William O'Donnell (CnaT)		Frank Loughman (FF)				Mary Ryan (FF)
12th	1947 by-election^[15]		Richard Mulcahy (FG)		Patrick Kinane (CnaP)		Frank Loughman (FF)				Mary Ryan (FF)
13th	1948	Constituency abolished. See Tipperary North and Tipperary South

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.

TDs since 2016

Teachtaí Dála (TDs) for Tipperary 2016–
Key to parties FF = Fianna Fáil Ind = Independent Lab = Labour Party WUA = Workers and Unemployed Action
Dáil	Election	Deputy (Party)		Deputy (Party)		Deputy (Party)		Deputy (Party)		Deputy (Party)
32nd	2016^[16]		Séamus Healy (WUA)		Alan Kelly (Lab)		Jackie Cahill (FF)		Mattie McGrath (Ind)		Michael Lowry (Ind)

Elections

2016 general election

2016 general election: Tipperary^[16]
Party		Candidate	% 1st Pref	Count 1	Count 2	Count 3	Count 4	Count 5	Count 6	Count 7
	Independent	Michael Lowry	16.8	13,064
	Independent	Mattie McGrath	14.4	11,237	11,781	12,819	13,064
	Fianna Fáil	Jackie Cahill	9.5	7,414	7,542	9,103	9,530	10,114	15,062
	Workers and Unemployed Action	Séamus Healy	9.6	7,452	7,834	8,477	8,572	11,427	12,029	12,874
	Labour Party	Alan Kelly	9.9	7,746	8,209	8,387	9,456	9,958	11,067	11,750
	Fine Gael	Tom Hayes	8.0	6,218	6,821	7,026	9,373	9,560	9,943	10,437
	Fianna Fáil	Michael Smith	8.6	6,718	6,817	7,565	8,165	8,891
	Sinn Féin	Seamus Morris	7.3	5,724	5,921	6,038	6,205
	Fine Gael	Noel Coonan	6.1	4,782	5,140	5,193
	Fianna Fáil	Siobhán Ambrose	5.7	4,472	4,687
	Fine Gael	Marie Murphy	2.0	1,542
	Green Party	Gearóid Fitzgibbon	1.7	1,341
	Independent	Michael Dillon	0.3	238
Electorate: 112,615 Valid: 77,948 Spoilt: 646 Quota: 12,992 Turnout: 69.8%

1947 by-election

Following the death of Clann na Talmhan TD William O'Donnell, a by-election was held on 29 October 1947. The seat was won by the Clann na Poblachta candidate Patrick Kinane.

1947 by-election: Tipperary^[15]
Party		Candidate	1st Pref	%	Seat	Count
	Clann na Poblachta	Patrick Kinane	11,471	21.4	1
	Fianna Fáil	Seán Hayes	17,169	32.1
	Fine Gael	Jeremiah Ryan	11,341	21.2
	Labour Party	Denis O'Sullivan	7,201	13.5
	Clann na Talmhan	Michael Fitzgerald	6,328	11.8
Electorate: 81,112 Valid: 53,510 Quota: 26,756 Turnout: 66.0%

1944 general election

1944 general election: Tipperary^[14]
Party		Candidate	1st Pref	%	Seat	Count
	Fianna Fáil	Dan Breen	10,571	17.3	1	1
	Fine Gael	Richard Mulcahy	7,989	13.0	2	1
	Fianna Fáil	Mary Ryan	7,330	12.0	3
	Fianna Fáil	Andrew Fogarty	5,791	9.5	4
	Fianna Fáil	Frank Loughman	4,705	7.7	5
	Fine Gael	Daniel Morrissey	6,578	9.8	6
	Clann na Talmhan	William O'Donnell	4,638	7.6	7
	Labour Party	J A Boland	3,420	5.6
	Independent	John Stakelum	3,026	4.9
	Labour Party	Richard Stapleton	2,821	4.6
	Fianna Fáil	James Gardiner	2,758	4.5
	Fianna Fáil	Thomas Bourke	2,079	3.4
	Independent	Tomás Ó Dochartaigh	1,072	1.8
Electorate: ? Valid: 61,261 Quota: 7,658 Turnout:

1943 general election

1943 general election: Tipperary^[13]
Party		Candidate	1st Pref	%	Seat	Count
	Fianna Fáil	Dan Breen	8,742	13.4	1	1
	Fine Gael	Daniel Morrissey	5,178	7.9	2
	Fianna Fáil	Andrew Fogarty	4,010	6.1	3
	Fianna Fáil	Martin Ryan	4,775	7.3	4
	Fine Gael	Jeremiah Ryan	3,796	5.8	5
	Clann na Talmhan	William O'Donnell	3,582	5.5	6
	Labour Party	Richard Stapleton	2,258	3.5	7
	Independent	Daniel Kennedy	3,538	5.4
	Independent	Séamus Burke	3,300	5.0
	Fianna Fáil	Frank Loughman	2,747	4.2
	Fianna Fáil	Thomas Meagher	2,681	4.1
	Fine Gael	Denis Bourke	2,489	3.8
	Fianna Fáil	Seán Hayes	2,481	3.8
	Fine Gael	Thomas Bourke	2,272	3.5
	Labour Party	Patrick Tierney	2,010	3.1
	Independent	Timothy Sheehy	1,796	2.8
	Independent	John Lee	1,758	2.7
	Labour Party	William Cotter	1,744	2.7
	Fine Gael	Richard Curran	1,426	2.2
	Labour Party	Thomas Malone	1,383	2.1
	Independent	Denis O'Driscoll	1,297	2.0
	Fine Gael	Anthony Esmonde	1,289	2.0
	Independent	Mary Corbett	466	0.7
	Independent	Mary Phillips	408	0.6
Electorate: ? Valid: 65,426 Quota: 8,179 Turnout:

1938 general election

1938 general election: Tipperary^[12]
Party		Candidate	1st Pref	%	Seat	Count
	Fianna Fáil	Dan Breen	9,984	14.7	1	1
	Fianna Fáil	Martin Ryan	7,174	10.6	2
	Fianna Fáil	Andrew Fogarty	7,529	11.1	3
	Fianna Fáil	Frank Loughman	5,495	8.1	4
	Fine Gael	Richard Curran	5,960	8.8	5
	Fine Gael	Daniel Morrissey	6,976	10.3	6
	Fine Gael	Jeremiah Ryan	7,745	11.4	7
	Labour Party	William X. O'Brien	6,009	8.9
	Fine Gael	Séamus Burke	5,657	8.3
	Fianna Fáil	Seán Gaynor	5,361	7.9
Electorate: ? Valid: 67,890 Quota: 8,487 Turnout:

1937 general election

1937 general election: Tipperary^[11]
Party		Candidate	1st Pref	%	Seat	Count
	Fianna Fáil	Dan Breen	8,849	13.1	1	1
	Fine Gael	Daniel Morrissey	7,770	11.5	2
	Fianna Fáil	Andrew Fogarty	5,550	8.2	3
	Fine Gael	Séamus Burke	6,743	10.0	4
	Fine Gael	Jeremiah Ryan	5,027	7.4	5
	Fianna Fáil	Martin Ryan	5,611	8.3	6
	Labour Party	William X. O'Brien	6,380	9.5	7
	Fianna Fáil	Timothy Sheehy	5,423	8.0
	Fianna Fáil	Seán Hayes	4,671	6.9
	Fine Gael	Richard Curran	4,420	6.6
	Independent	Daniel Kennedy	4,072	6.0
	Fine Gael	James Timoney	3,009	4.5
Electorate: ? Valid: 67,525 Quota: 8,441 Turnout:

1933 general election

1933 general election: Tipperary^[10]
Party		Candidate	1st Pref	%	Seat	Count
	Fianna Fáil	Andrew Fogarty	9,362	13.5	1	1
	Cumann na nGaedheal	Daniel Morrissey	5,104	7.4	2
	National Centre Party	Richard Curran	6,896	10.0	3
	Cumann na nGaedheal	Séamus Burke	4,940	7.1	4
	Fianna Fáil	Seán Hayes	6,909	10.0	5
	Fianna Fáil	Martin Ryan	6,732	9.7	6
	Fianna Fáil	Dan Breen	5,811	8.4	7
	Fianna Fáil	Timothy Sheehy	5,707	8.2
	National Centre Party	Joseph McCann	4,405	6.4
	Labour Party	William X. O'Brien	4,102	5.9
	Cumann na nGaedheal	Jeremiah Ryan	3,997	5.8
	Cumann na nGaedheal	Seán McCurtin	3,252	4.7
	Cumann na nGaedheal	Michael Heffernan	2,005	2.9
Electorate: ? Valid: 69,222 Quota: 8,653 Turnout:

1932 general election

1932 general election: Tipperary^[9]
Party		Candidate	1st Pref	%	Seat	Count
	Fianna Fáil	Dan Breen	8,817	13.6	1	1
	Cumann na nGaedheal	Séamus Burke	8,056	12.4	2
	Independent	Daniel Morrissey	6,388	9.8	3
	Fianna Fáil	Timothy Sheehy	5,332	8.2	4
	Fianna Fáil	Andrew Fogarty	4,787	7.4	5
	Fianna Fáil	Seán Hayes	4,611	7.1	6
	Cumann na nGaedheal	John Hassett	4,196	6.5	7
	Fianna Fáil	Martin Ryan	4,806	7.4
	Fianna Fáil	James Davin	4,308	6.6
	Cumann na nGaedheal	Michael Heffernan	4,043	6.2
	Cumann na nGaedheal	Seán McCurtin	3,517	5.4
	Cumann na nGaedheal	Patrick Henehan	3,111	4.8
	Labour Party	Daniel Kennedy	1,632	2.5
	Labour Party	Richard Stapleton	1,354	2.1
Electorate: ? Valid: 64,958 Quota: 8,120 Turnout:

September 1927 general election

September 1927 general election: Tipperary^[8]
Party		Candidate	1st Pref	%	Seat	Count
	Cumann na nGaedheal	Séamus Burke	9,852	16.8	1	1
	Labour Party	Daniel Morrissey	8,344	14.2	2	1
	Fianna Fáil	Seán Hayes	6,567	11.2	3	6
	Fianna Fáil	Andrew Fogarty	4,943	8.4	4	8
	Farmers' Party	Michael Heffernan	5,914	10.1	5	9
	Cumann na nGaedheal	John Hassett	4,031	6.9	6	9
	Fianna Fáil	Timothy Sheehy	4,860	8.3	7	9
	Fianna Fáil	Seán Gleeson	3,701	6.3
	Cumann na nGaedheal	Jeremiah Ryan	3,682	6.3
	Labour Party	William X. O'Brien	2,668	4.6
	Cumann na nGaedheal	Laurence Tobin	2,398	4.1
	Cumann na nGaedheal	Richard Trecey	1,672	2.9
Electorate: 81,381 Valid: 58,632 Quota: 7,330 Turnout: 72.1%

June 1927 general election

June 1927 general election: Tipperary^[7]
Party		Candidate	1st Pref	%	Seat	Count
	Labour Party	Daniel Morrissey	10,307	17.2	1	1
	Cumann na nGaedheal	Séamus Burke	8,043	13.4	1	2
	Farmers' Party	Michael Heffernan	4,723	7.9	3	12
	Labour Party	William X. O'Brien	2,224	3.7	4	15
	Fianna Fáil	Andrew Fogarty	3,795	6.3	5	15
	Fianna Fáil	Seán Hayes	5,232	8.7	6	15
	Cumann na nGaedheal	John Hassett	2,385	4.0	7	15
	Fianna Fáil	Timothy Sheehy	3,626	6.1
	Fianna Fáil	Seán Gleeson	2,998	5.0
	Cumann na nGaedheal	Patrick Ryan	2,991	5.0
	Farmers' Party	John Seymour	2,011	3.4
	Independent	Thomas Condon	1,908	3.2
	Independent	Frank McGrath	1,859	3.1
	Independent	Dan Breen	1,480	2.5
	Fianna Fáil	Michael Kennedy	1,401	2.3
	Cumann na nGaedheal	Patrick Morris	1,283	2.1
	Cumann na nGaedheal	Martin Maher	1,227	2.1
	Independent	John Hackett	1,192	2.0
	Independent	John Cronin	1,175	2.0
Electorate: 81,381 Valid: 59,860 Quota: 7,483 Turnout: 73.6%

1923 general election

1923 general election: Tipperary^[6]
Party		Candidate	1st Pref	%	Seat	Count
	Cumann na nGaedheal	Séamus Burke	12,257	22.4	1	1
	Republican	Dan Breen	9,026	16.5	2	1
	Cumann na nGaedheal	Louis Dalton	2,793	5.1	3
	Cumann na nGaedheal	Seán McCurtin	5,088	9.3	4
	Republican	Patrick Ryan	5,507	10.1	5
	Labour Party	Daniel Morrissey	5,580	10.2	6
	Farmers' Party	Michael Heffernan	3,130	5.7	7
	Labour Party	Patrick Doherty	2,955	5.4
	Farmers' Party	Martin Meagher	1,609	2.9
	Republican	William Quirke	1,569	2.9
	Cumann na nGaedheal	Martin Dwyer	1,427	2.6
	Farmers' Party	John O'Meara	1,321	2.4
	Independent	Patrick Ryan	1,037	1.9
	Farmers' Party	Peter Moloney	733	1.3
	Independent	William Gleeson	655	1.2
Electorate: 86,703 Valid: 54,687 Quota: 6,836 Turnout: 63.1%

References

↑ "Electoral Act, 1923". Irish Statute Book database. Retrieved 9 September 2010.
↑ "Constituency Commission Report 2012 – Waterford – Tipperary – Laois – Offaly – Kildare area" (PDF). Constituency Commission. 21 June 2012. Retrieved 7 April 2013.
↑ "Constituency Commission Report 2012 – Introduction and summary of recommendation" (PDF). Constituency Commission. 21 June 2012. Retrieved 7 April 2013.
1 2 "Electoral (Amendment) (Dáil Constituencies) Act 2013: Schedule". Irish Statute Book database. Retrieved 7 April 2013.
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1 2 "General election June 1927: Tipperary". ElectionsIreland.org. Retrieved 26 February 2009.
1 2 "General election September 1927: Tipperary". ElectionsIreland.org. Retrieved 26 February 2009.
1 2 "General election 1932: Tipperary". ElectionsIreland.org. Retrieved 26 February 2009.
1 2 "General election 1933: Tipperary". ElectionsIreland.org. Retrieved 26 February 2009.
1 2 "General election 1937: Tipperary". ElectionsIreland.org. Retrieved 26 February 2009.
1 2 "General election 1938: Tipperary". ElectionsIreland.org. Retrieved 26 February 2009.
1 2 "General election 1943: Tipperary". ElectionsIreland.org. Retrieved 26 February 2009.
1 2 "General election 1944: Tipperary". ElectionsIreland.org. Retrieved 26 February 2009.
1 2 "By-election 1947: Tipperary". ElectionsIreland.org. Retrieved 26 February 2009.
1 2 "General election 2016: Tipperary". ElectionsIreland.org. Retrieved 23 February 2016.

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