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Monaghan (Dáil constituency)

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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).

Created1921
Abolished1977
Seats3
Local government areaCounty Monaghan
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Monaghan
Former Dáil constituency
Former constituency
Created1921
Abolished1977
Seats3
Local government areaCounty Monaghan
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History

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 Second Dáil.

It succeeded the constituencies of North Monaghan and South Monaghan 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

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

TDs

More information Teachtaí Dála (TDs) for Monaghan 1921–1977, Dáil ...
Teachtaí Dála (TDs) for Monaghan 1921–1977[2]
Key to parties
DáilElectionDeputy
(Party)		Deputy
(Party)		Deputy
(Party)
2nd1921[3] Seán MacEntee
(SF)		 Eoin O'Duffy
(SF)		 Ernest Blythe
(SF)
3rd1922[4] Patrick MacCarvill
(AT-SF)		 Eoin O'Duffy
(PT-SF)		 Ernest Blythe
(PT-SF)
4th1923[5] Patrick MacCarvill
(Rep)		 Patrick Duffy
(CnaG)		 Ernest Blythe
(CnaG)
5th1927 (Jun)[6] Patrick MacCarvill
(FF)		 Alexander Haslett
(Ind.)
6th1927 (Sep)[7] Conn Ward
(FF)
7th1932[8] Eamon Rice
(FF)
8th1933[9] Alexander Haslett
(Ind.)
9th1937[10] James Dillon
(FG)
10th1938[11] Bridget Rice
(FF)
11th1943[12] James Dillon
(Ind.)
12th1944[13]
13th1948[14] Patrick Maguire
(FF)
14th1951[15]
15th1954[16] Patrick Mooney
(FF)		 Edward Kelly
(FF)		 James Dillon
(FG)
16th1957[17] Eighneachán Ó hAnnluain
(SF)
17th1961[18] Erskine H. Childers
(FF)
18th1965[19]
19th1969[20] Billy Fox
(FG)		 John Conlan
(FG)
20th1973[21] Jimmy Leonard
(FF)
1973 by-election[22] Brendan Toal
(FG)
21st1977 Constituency abolished. See Cavan–Monaghan
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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

^ *: Outgoing TD

1973 by-election

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.

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1973 by-election: Monaghan[23][24]
PartyCandidateFPv%Count
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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 Patrick Mooney 7.1 2,187 2,248  
Marxist–Leninist David Vipond 0.6 175    
Electorate: 39,647   Valid: 30,719   Quota: 15,360   Turnout: 77.5%  
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1973 general election

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1973 general election: Monaghan[21][25]
PartyCandidateFPv%Count
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Fianna Fáil Erskine H. Childers[*] 30.2 8,431          
Fine Gael John Conlan[*] 21.8 6,075 6,162 6,217 6,589 7,241  
Fine Gael Billy Fox[*] 13.0 3,632 3,683 3,756 4,021 5,193 5,624
Fianna Fáil Jimmy Leonard 12.4 3,460 4,648 4,679 4,825 4,889 6,344
Independent Patrick Mooney 7.6 2,105 2,182 2,200 2,882 2,984  
Fine Gael Bernard Markey 6.8 1,890 1,911 2,114 2,242    
Independent Patrick Turley 6.6 1,827 1,849 1,903      
Independent Val Kerr 1.7 461 475        
Electorate: 36,214   Valid: 27,881   Quota: 6,971   Turnout: 76.9%  
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1969 general election

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1969 general election: Monaghan[20][26]
PartyCandidateFPv%Count
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Fine Gael John Conlan 23.2 6,615 6,683 6,851 6,873 7,526  
Fianna Fáil Patrick Mooney[*] 20.7 5,921 5,985 6,072 6,451 6,561 6,568
Fianna Fáil Erskine H. Childers[*] 19.8 5,659 5,689 5,771 6,714 6,877 6,885
Fine Gael Billy Fox 17.3 4,930 5,006 5,137 5,162 6,741 7,110
Fine Gael Bernard Markey 8.5 2,443 2,476 2,692 2,906    
Fianna Fáil James Malone 5.4 1,536 1,558 1,677      
Labour Thomas Donoghue 2.7 761 1,133        
Labour Charles McCollum 2.4 699          
Electorate: 35,614   Valid: 28,564   Quota: 7,142   Turnout: 80.2%  
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1965 general election

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1965 general election: Monaghan[19][23]
PartyCandidateFPv%Count
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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%  
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1961 general election

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1961 general election: Monaghan[18][23]
PartyCandidateFPv%Count
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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%  
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1957 general election

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1957 general election: Monaghan[17][23]
PartyCandidateFPv%Count
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Fine Gael James Dillon[*] 23.3 5,894 6,108 6,275 7,081    
Sinn Féin Eighneachán Ó hAnnluain 18.9 4,791 4,806 5,027 5,037 5,041 5,044
Fianna Fáil Patrick Mooney[*] 18.6 4,719 4,747 6,114 6,901    
Independent Robert Houston 14.2 3,594 3,699 3,742      
Fianna Fáil John Brennan 12.4 3,132 3,145 4,067 4,395 4,510 4,753
Fianna Fáil Edward Kelly[*] 11.0 2,788 2,813        
Fine Gael Herbert McWilliam 1.7 425          
Electorate: 31,622   Valid: 25,343   Quota: 6,336   Turnout: 80.1%  
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1954 general election

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1954 general election: Monaghan[16][23]
PartyCandidateFPv%Count
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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%  
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1951 general election

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1951 general election: Monaghan[23]
PartyCandidateFPv%Count
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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%  
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1948 general election

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1948 general election: Monaghan[23]
PartyCandidateFPv%Count
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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%  
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1944 general election

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1944 general election: Monaghan[13][27]
PartyCandidateFPv%Count
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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%  
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1943 general election

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1943 general election: Monaghan[12][27]
PartyCandidateFPv%Count
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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%  
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1938 general election

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1938 general election: Monaghan[11][27]
PartyCandidateFPv%Count
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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%  
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1937 general election

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1937 general election: Monaghan[10][27]
PartyCandidateFPv%Count
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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%  
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1933 general election

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1933 general election: Monaghan[9][27]
PartyCandidateFPv%Count
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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%  
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1932 general election

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1932 general election: Monaghan[8][27]
PartyCandidateFPv%Count
123
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%  
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September 1927 general election

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September 1927 general election: Monaghan[7][27]
PartyCandidateFPv%Count
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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%  
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June 1927 general election

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June 1927 general election: Monaghan[6][27]
PartyCandidateFPv%Count
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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%  
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1923 general election

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1923 general election: Monaghan[5][27]
PartyCandidateFPv%Count
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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%  
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1922 general election

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1922 general election: Monaghan[4][27]
PartyCandidateFPv%Count
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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%  
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1921 general election

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1921 general election: Monaghan[3]
(uncontested)
Party Candidate
Sinn Féin Ernest Blythe[*]
Sinn Féin Seán MacEntee[*]
Sinn Féin Eoin O'Duffy
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