Dún Laoghaire and Rathdown was a parliamentary constituency represented in Dáil Éireann, the lower house of the Irish parliament or Oireachtas from 1948 to 1977. The constituency elected 3 (and later 4) deputies (Teachtaí Dála, commonly known as TDs) to the Dáil, on the system of proportional representation by means of the single transferable vote (PR-STV).
History and boundaries The constituency was located on the south coast of County Dublin.
+Changes to the Dún Laoghaire and Rathdown constituencyYearsTDsBoundariesNotes1948–19613The borough of Dún Laoghaire;
and the district electoral divisions of Ballybrack, Dundrum, Glencullen, Milltown, Rathfarnham, Rathmichael, Stillorgan and Whitechurch.Created from the Dublin County1961–19694The borough of Dún Laoghaire;
and the district electoral divisions of Ballybrack, Rathmichael and Stillorgan;
and the townlands of Mountanville, Mountmerrion or Callary, Mountmerrion South, Roebuck and Trimleston or Owenstown in the district electoral division of Dundrum and the townlands of Farranboley, Friarland, Rathmines Great and Rathmines Little in the district electoral division of Milltown, in the former rural district of Rathdown No. 1.Transfer of the Rathfarnham South ward and the district electoral divisions of Glencullen, Rathfarnham and Whitechurch and the southern parts of the district electoral divisions of Dundrum and Milltown to the constituency of Dublin County;
transfer of Rathmichael (Bray) to the constituency of Wicklow following alteration of county boundary.1969–19774The borough of Dún Laoghaire; the district electoral divisions of Stillorgan;
and the townlands of Blackthorn, Brenanstown, Bullock, Carmanhall, Carmanhall and Leopardstown, Carrickmines Little, Kerrymount, Kilbogget, Loughlinstown, Rochestown, Rochestown Domain, Thomastown, in the district electoral division of Ballybrack; Mount Merrion South, in the district electoral division of Dundrum; Shanganagh, in the district electoral division of Rathmichael; in the former rural district of Rathdown No. 1.Transfer of territory to Dublin County South1977—Constituency abolishedSee Dún Laoghaire
TDs
Elections
1973 general election
1969 general election
1965 general election
1961 general election
1957 general election
1954 general election
1951 general election
1948 general election
See also Politics of the Republic of Ireland Historic Dáil constituencies Elections in the Republic of Ireland
References
External links Oireachtas Members Database Dublin Historic Maps: Parliamentary & Dail Constituencies 1780-1969 (a work in progress) Dublin Historic Maps: Dublin Townships and Urban Districts, between 1847 and 1930 Dublin Historic Maps: Townlands of County Dublin