Dublin City South was a

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represented in

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, the lower house of the Irish parliament or

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, from 1921 to 1948 on the

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of Dublin City. The method of election was

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by means of the

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(PR-STV).

History and boundaries

The borough constituency of Dublin South existed in Dublin City from 1921 to 1948. The first constituency of this name was created by the

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as a 4-seat constituency for the

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and a single-seat constituency for the

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at Westminster, combining the former Westminster constituencies of St Patrick's and

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. At the 1921 election for the Southern Ireland House of Commons, the four seats were won uncontested by Sinn Féin, who treated it as part of the election to the

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. It was never used as a Westminster constituency; under s. 1(4) of the

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, no writ was to be issued "for a constituency in Ireland other than a constituency in Northern Ireland". Therefore, no vote was held in Dublin South at the

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on 15 November 1922, shortly before the

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left the

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on 6 December 1922. It was restructured by the

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, the first electoral act of the new state.

TDs 1921–1948

Elections

1944 general election

Full figures for the second count to the eighth count are unavailable. Byrne, Bourke and Hannigan all lost their deposits.

1943 general election

Full figures for the second to the fifteenth counts are unavailable. Dowling, Donnelly, Hynes, Sheehy-Skeffington, Rice, Keogh, Hosey and O'Higgins all lost their deposits.

1939 by-election

Following the death of Fine Gael TD James Beckett, a by-election was held on 6 June 1939. The seat was won by the Fianna Fáil candidate John McCann.

1938 general election

1937 general election

1933 general election

1932 general election

September 1927 general election

1927 by-election

Following the death of Fianna Fáil TD

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, a by-election was held on 24 August 1927. The seat was won by the Cumann na nGaedheal candidate Thomas Hennessy.

June 1927 general election

1925 by-election

Following the resignation of Cumann na nGaedheal TD Daniel McCarthy, a by-election was held on 11 March 1925. The seat was won by the Cumann na nGaedheal candidate Thomas Hennessy.

November 1924 by-election

Following the appointment of Cumann na nGaedheal TD

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as Chief Justice, a by-election was held on 18 November 1924. The seat was won by the Republican candidate Seán Lemass.

March 1924 by-election

Following the death of Cumann na nGaedheal TD Philip Cosgrave, a by-election was held on 12 March 1924. The seat was won by the Cumann na nGaedheal candidate James O'Mara.

1923 by-election

Michael Hayes was also elected for the

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constituency and resigned his seat in Dublin South following the election. A by-election was held on 25 October 1923.

1923 general election

1922 general election

Kenneth Reddin, an

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, published a sample ballot incorrectly stating that voters had only six preferences. Markievicz secured an injunction in the Republican Supreme Court against Reddin, who published an apology on election day in ''

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''. The official notice of poll listed Markievicz's name first, but the ballot (and Reddin's sample) listed her third. She later complained that the

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was "rotten".;

1921 general election

References

External links

Oireachtas Members Database
* ttps://www.dublinhistoricmaps.ie/boundaries/wards/index.html Dublin Historic Maps: Some Dublin and Kingstown Wards, Between 1780 and 1954br>Dublin Historic Maps: Townlands of County Dublin
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