Dublin Townships was a

parliamentary constituency An electoral district, also known as an election district, legislative district, voting district, constituency, riding, ward, division, or (election) precinct is a subdivision of a larger state (a country, administrative region, or other poli ...

represented in Dáil Éireann, the lower house of the Irish parliament or Oireachtas from 1937 to 1948. The constituency elected 3 deputies ( Teachtaí Dála, commonly known as TDs) to the Dáil, using

proportional representation Proportional representation (PR) refers to a type of electoral system under which subgroups of an electorate are reflected proportionately in the elected body. The concept applies mainly to geographical (e.g. states, regions) and political divis ...

by means of the

single transferable vote Single transferable vote (STV) is a multi-winner electoral system in which voters cast a single vote in the form of a ranked-choice ballot. Voters have the option to rank candidates, and their vote may be transferred according to alternate ...

(PR-STV).

History and boundaries

The constituency was created under the

Electoral (Revision of Constituencies) Act 1935 The Electoral (Revision of Constituencies) Act 1935 (No. 5) was a law in Ireland which replaced the Dáil constituencies which had been defined in the Electoral Act 1923. Unlike the constituencies in the 1923 Act, it included many instances of ...

, and first used at the 1937 general election. It was created from the constituency of Dublin County, which was reduced in size. It reflected a transfer of territory from Dublin County to Dublin City effected by the

Local Government (Dublin) Act 1930 The Local Government (Dublin) Act 1930 is an Act of the Oireachtas (Irish parliament) which altered the administration of County Dublin and Dublin City. Provisions Amongst other matters, it provided for: * the abolition of the urban districts o ...

. The boundaries were defined as: "The area referred to in the Local Government (Dublin) Act 1930, as the added urban districts and also so much of the land described in Part III of the First Schedule to the said Act as is contiguous to the said area and also the townland of Clonskeagh." The "added urban districts" are defined in the 1930 Act as "the urban district of Pembroke and the urban district of Rathmines and Rathgar". Pembroke included Ballsbridge, Donnybrook, Sandymount, Irishtown and

Ringsend Ringsend () is a southside inner suburb of Dublin, Ireland. It is located on the south bank of the River Liffey and east of the River Dodder, about two kilometres east of the city centre. It is the southern terminus of the East Link Toll ...

. At the next revision of constituencies, under the Electoral (Amendment) Act 1947, it was succeeded by Dublin South-East, which took effect at the 1948 general election.

TDs

Elections

1944 general election

The surpluses of MacEntee and Costello were distributed on successive counts, but separate figures for the 2nd Count are unavailable.

1943 general election

Full figures for the second and third counts are unavailable.

1938 general election

1937 general election

References

External links

Oireachtas Members DatabaseDublin Townships layer
on OpenStreetMap
Dublin Historic Maps: Parliamentary & Dail Constituencies 1780-1969 (a work in progress)
* ttps://www.dublinhistoricmaps.ie/boundaries/dublin-townships/index.html Dublin Historic Maps: Dublin Townships and Urban Districts, between 1847 and 1930 {{DEFAULTSORT:Dublin Townships (Dail constituency) Dáil constituencies in County Dublin (historic) 1937 establishments in Ireland 1948 disestablishments in Ireland Constituencies established in 1937 Constituencies disestablished in 1948