Dublin Townships was a
parliamentary constituency represented in
Dáil Éireann
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, the lower house of the Irish parliament or
Oireachtas
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from 1937 to 1948. The constituency elected 3 deputies (
Teachtaí Dála, commonly known as TDs) to the Dáil, using
proportional representation
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by means of the
single transferable vote
The single transferable vote (STV) or proportional-ranked choice voting (P-RCV) is a multi-winner electoral system in which each voter casts a single vote in the form of a ranked ballot. Voters have the option to rank candidates, and their vot ...
(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 ...
.
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
Rathmines and Rathgar is a former second-tier local government area within County Dublin. It was created as the Township of Rathmines in 1847. In 1862, its area was expanded and it became the Township of Rathmines and Rathgar. In 1899, it became ...
". Pembroke included
Ballsbridge,
Donnybrook,
Sandymount
Sandymount () is a coastal suburb in the Dublin 4 district on the Southside, Dublin, Southside of Dublin in Ireland.
Etymology
An early name for the area was Scal'd Hill or Scald Hill. ,
Irishtown and
Ringsend
Ringsend () is a Southside (Dublin), southside inner suburb of Dublin, Republic of Ireland, 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 sou ...
.
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
See also
*
Politics of the Republic of Ireland
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*
Elections in the Republic of Ireland
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References
External links
Oireachtas Members DatabaseDublin Townships layeron
OpenStreetMap
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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
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Dáil constituencies in County Dublin (historic)
1937 establishments in Ireland
1948 disestablishments in Ireland
Constituencies established in 1937
Constituencies disestablished in 1948