Offaly (Dáil constituency)

Offaly was a parliamentary constituency represented in Dáil Éireann, the lower house of the Irish parliament or Oireachtas, from 2016 to 2020. The constituency elected three deputies (Teachtaí Dála, commonly known as TDs). The method of election was the single transferable vote form of proportional representation (PR-STV).

Offaly
Former Dáil Éireann Parliamentary Constituency
Former constituency
Created	2016
Abolished	2020
Seats	3
County council	Offaly County Council Tipperary County Council
EP constituency	South

History and boundaries

The Constituency Commission proposed in its 2012 report that at the next general election a new constituency called Offaly be created.[1] The report proposed changes to the constituencies of Ireland so as to reduce the total number of TDs from 166 to 158.[2]

It was established by the Electoral (Amendment) (Dáil Constituencies) Act 2013.[3] The constituency incorporated all of County Offaly from the previous Laois–Offaly constituency, and additionally twenty-four electoral divisions from Tipperary North.

The 2013 Act defined the constituency as:[3]

"The county of Offaly;

and in the county of North Tipperary the electoral divisions of:

Aglishcloghane, Ballingarry, Ballylusky, Borrisokane, Carrig, Cloghjordan, Cloghprior, Clohaskin, Finnoe, Graigue, Kilbarron, Lorrha East, Lorrha West, Mertonhall, Rathcabban, Redwood, Riverstown, Terryglass, Uskane, in the former Rural District of Borrisokane;

Ardcrony, Ballygibbon, Ballymackey, Knigh, Monsea, in the former Rural District of Nenagh".

It was abolished at the 2020 general election, along with the Laois constituency. They were replaced by a re-created Laois–Offaly constituency.[4]

TDs

Teachtaí Dála (TDs) for Offaly 2016–2020
Key to parties   FF = Fianna Fáil   FG = Fine Gael   SF = Sinn Féin
Dáil	Election	Deputy (Party)		Deputy (Party)		Deputy (Party)
32nd	2016[5]		Carol Nolan (SF)		Barry Cowen (FF)		Marcella Corcoran Kennedy (FG)
33rd	2020	Constituency abolished. See Laois–Offaly.

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.

2016 general election

2016 general election: Offaly[6][7][5]

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2	3	4	5	6	7
	Fianna Fáil	Barry Cowen	28.1	12,366
	Fine Gael	Marcella Corcoran Kennedy	15.5	6,838	6,919	7,270	7,798	9,484	11,313
	Independent	Joe Hannigan	11.8	5,188	5,226	5,536	5,816
	Sinn Féin	Carol Nolan	10.9	4,804	4,882	5,459	6,295	7,195	8,785	8,890
	Renua	John Leahy	10.4	4,596	4,759	5,319	5,833	6,588
	Independent	John Foley	9.5	4,200	4,241	4,536
	Fianna Fáil	Eddie Fitzpatrick	7.7	3,394	4,297	4,578	6,147	7,141	8,521	8,720
	Irish Democratic	Ken Smollen	2.2	971	999
	Independent	Teresa Ryan Feehan	1.4	603	616
	Independent	Kate Bopp	1.2	549	554
	Green	Christopher Fettes	1.2	525	532
Electorate: 65,636   Valid: 44,034   Spoilt: 411   Quota: 11,009   Turnout: 67.7

See also

• Dáil constituencies
• Politics of the Republic of Ireland
• Historic Dáil constituencies
• Elections in the Republic of Ireland

References

1. "Constituency Commission Report 2012 – Waterford – Tipperary – Laois – Offaly – Kildare area" (PDF). Constituency Commission. 21 June 2012. Retrieved 7 April 2013.
2. "Constituency Commission Report 2012 – Introduction and summary of recommendation" (PDF). Constituency Commission. 21 June 2012. Retrieved 7 April 2013.
3. "Electoral (Amendment) (Dáil Constituencies) Act 2013: Schedule". Irish Statute Book database. Retrieved 7 April 2013.
4. "Electoral (Amendment) (Dáil Constituencies) Act 2017: Schedule". Irish Statute Book database. Retrieved 12 April 2018.
5. "General election 2016: Offaly". ElectionsIreland.org. Retrieved 23 February 2016.
6. "Offaly Results 2016". Irelandelection.com. Irelandelection.com. Retrieved 21 January 2020.
7. "Offaly Results 2016". RTÉ. Archived from the original on 15 March 2019. Retrieved 21 January 2020.