Clare–Galway South (Dáil constituency)


Clare–Galway South was a parliamentary constituency represented in Dáil Éireann, the lower house of the Irish parliament or Oireachtas from 1969 to 1977. The constituency elected 3 deputies to the Dáil, using the single transferable vote form of proportional representation.

History

The constituency was created under the Electoral Act 1969, for the 1969 general election to the 19th Dáil. It was used again for the 1973 general election to the 20th Dáil.
Clare–Galway South was abolished under the Electoral Act 1974, with effect from the 1977 general election. The areas in County Clare were incorporated into the existing Clare constituency, while the Galway territories were divided between the two new constituencies of Galway West and Galway East.

Boundaries

The Clare part of the constituency had been included since 1923 in the Clare constituency. However, it was only a small area of County Clare, and it would have not have been anomalous to have simply called it "Galway South". Clare–Galway South also included a small part of County Roscommon.
Its territory did not change in the eight years of its existence, and was defined in the 1969 Act as being:

TDs

Elections

1973 general election

1969 general election