This page lists Dáil constituencies that have been used for elections to Dáil Éireann from the 1918 election to the 2024 general election.
Overview of legislation and seat distribution In the case of the First Dáil, the constituencies used were those created for the House of Commons of the United Kingdom.
In the case of the Second Dáil, the constituencies were created for the Northern Ireland House of Commons and the House of Commons of Southern Ireland. Although only Sinn Féin members took their seats as TDs in the revolutionary period of Dáil Éireann, MPs from other parties were invited; on this basis, all constituencies used in 1918 and 1921 are included in this list of Dáil constituencies.
From the Fourth Dáil on, constituencies were adjusted by Irish legislation.
Both geographical districts and university constituencies are listed in the table below.
Alterations to constituencies take effect on the dissolution of the Dáil sitting when a revision is made; therefore, any by-elections take place according to the constituency boundaries in place at the previous election.
Period Legislation ×1 ×2 ×3 ×4 ×5 ×6 ×7 ×8 ×9 Total C Total TDs Elections1918–1921Redistribution of Seats (Ireland) Act 19181012 10310519181921–1922Government of Ireland Act 1920 3225224 3818019211922–1923 3164212 2812819221923–1937Electoral Act 1923 849 531301531923, June 1927, Sept. 1927, 1932, 19331937–1948Electoral (Revision of Constituencies) Act 1935 1588 3 341381937, 1938, 1943, 19441948–1961Electoral (Amendment) Act 1947 2299 401471948, 1951, 1954, 19571961–1969Electoral (Amendment) Act 1961 17129 381441961, 19651969–1977Electoral (Amendment) Act 1969 26142 421441969, 19731977–1981Electoral (Amendment) Act 1974 26106 4214819771981–1987Electoral (Amendment) Act 1980 131315 411661981, Feb. 1982, Nov. 19821987–1992Electoral (Amendment) Act 1983 131315 411661987, 19891992–1997Electoral (Amendment) Act 1990 121514 4116619921997–2002Electoral (Amendment) Act 1995 121514 4116619972002–2007Electoral (Amendment) (No. 2) Act 1998 161214 4216620022007–2011Electoral (Amendment) Act 2005 181312 4316620072011–2016Electoral (Amendment) Act 2009 171511 4316620112016–2020Electoral (Amendment) (Dáil Constituencies) Act 2013 131611 4015820162020–2024Electoral (Amendment) (Dáil Constituencies) Act 2017 91713 3916020202024–dateElectoral (Amendment) Act 2023 131515 431742024
List of constituencies Notes Constituencies which include all or part of two or more counties are attributed to the first county mentioned in the constituency name or (if none) the predominant county. Constituency names are based upon those used in the Oireachtas database of former members, except that borough division names in 1918 and 1977 are not placed in brackets. These names are sometimes not identical to those used in electoral legislation, i.e. compass points always follow the county or borough name in the database. In Irish legislation up to 1961, constituencies in the cities of Cork and Dublin (then known as county boroughs) were designated as borough constituencies. The official designation of borough and county constituencies under Irish electoral law ended in 1969. In UK legislation, relevant for the constituencies of the First and Second Dáil, it was also used to designate Belfast, Limerick, Londonderry and Waterford in 1918, and Belfast in 1921.
ConstituencyCounty or cityCreatedAbolishedSeatsAntrimAntrim192119227Antrim EastAntrim191819211Antrim MidAntrim191819211Antrim NorthAntrim191819211Antrim SouthAntrim191819211ArmaghArmagh192119224Armagh MidArmagh191819211Armagh NorthArmagh191819211Armagh SouthArmagh191819211Athlone–LongfordWestmeath / Longford193719483Belfast CromacBelfast191819211Belfast DuncairnBelfast191819211Belfast EastBelfast192119224Belfast FallsBelfast191819211Belfast NorthBelfast192119224Belfast OrmeauBelfast191819211Belfast PottingerBelfast191819211Belfast ShankillBelfast191819211Belfast SouthBelfast192119224Belfast St. Anne'sBelfast191819211Belfast VictoriaBelfast191819211Belfast WestBelfast192119224Belfast WoodvaleBelfast191819211County CarlowCarlow191819211Carlow–KildareCarlow / Kildare193719484Carlow–KilkennyCarlow / Kilkenny192119374,5Carlow–KilkennyCarlow / Kilkenny1948 5CavanCavan192119773,4,3Cavan EastCavan191819211Cavan–MonaghanCavan / Monaghan1977 5,4,5Cavan WestCavan191819211ClareClare1921 4,5,4,3,4Clare EastClare191819211Clare–South GalwayClare / Galway196919773Clare WestClare191819211Cork BoroughCork city192119694,5,4,5Cork CityCork city191819212Cork CityCork city197719815Cork City North-WestCork city196919773Cork City South-EastCork city196919773Cork EastCork191819211Cork EastCork192319375Cork EastCork194819613Cork EastCork1981 4Cork East and North EastCork192119233Cork MidCork191819211Cork MidCork196119814,5Cork Mid, North, South,South East and WestCork192119238Cork NorthCork191819211Cork NorthCork192319613,4,3Cork North-CentralCork city1981 5,4Cork North EastCork191819211Cork North-EastCork196119815,4Cork North-WestCork1981 3Cork SouthCork191819211Cork SouthCork194819613Cork South-CentralCork city1981 5,4Cork South EastCork191819211Cork South-EastCork193719483Cork South-WestCork1961 3Cork WestCork191819211Cork WestCork192319615,3DonegalDonegal192119376,8DonegalDonegal197719815DonegalDonegal2016 5Donegal EastDonegal191819211Donegal EastDonegal193719614Donegal–LeitrimDonegal / Leitrim196919773Donegal NorthDonegal191819211Donegal North-EastDonegal196119773Donegal North-EastDonegal198120163Donegal SouthDonegal191819211Donegal South-WestDonegal196119693Donegal South-WestDonegal198120163Donegal WestDonegal191819211Donegal WestDonegal193719613DownDown192119228Down EastDown191819211Down MidDown191819211Down NorthDown191819211Down SouthDown191819211Down WestDown191819211Dublin ArtaneDublin city197719813Dublin BallyfermotDublin city197719813Dublin Bay NorthDublin city2016 5Dublin Bay SouthDublin city2016 4Dublin CabraDublin city197719813Dublin CentralDublin city196919774Dublin CentralDublin city1981 5,4,3,4Dublin ClontarfDublin city191819211Dublin ClontarfDublin city197719813Dublin College GreenDublin city191819211Dublin CountyDublin192119696,8,5,3,5Dublin County MidDublin197719813Dublin County NorthDublin196919814,3Dublin County SouthDublin196919813Dublin County WestDublin197719813Dublin FingalFingal2016 5Dublin FinglasDublin city197719813Dublin HarbourDublin city191819211Dublin MidDublin city192119234Dublin Mid-WestSouth Dublin2002 3,4Dublin County NorthDublin191819211Dublin NorthDublin city192319378Dublin NorthDublin198120163,4Dublin North-CentralDublin city194820163,4,3,4,3Dublin North-EastDublin city193719773,5,4Dublin North-EastDublin city198120164,3Dublin North-WestDublin city192119234Dublin North-WestDublin city193719775,3,4Dublin North-WestDublin city1981 4,3Dublin PembrokeDublin191819211Dublin RathdownDún Laoghaire–Rathdown2016 3Dublin RathminesDublin191819211Dublin Rathmines WestDublin city197719813Dublin County SouthDublin191819211Dublin SouthDublin city192119484,7Dublin SouthDublin198120165Dublin South-CentralDublin city1948 5,4,3,5,4,5,4Dublin South-EastDublin city194820163,4Dublin South-WestDublin city194819775,4Dublin South-WestDublin (South Dublin)1981 4,5,4,5Dublin St James'sDublin city191819211Dublin St Michan'sDublin city191819211Dublin St Patrick'sDublin city191819211Dublin St Stephen's GreenDublin city191819211Dublin TownshipsDublin city193719483Dublin UniversityUniversities191819372,4,3Dublin WestDublin1981 5,4,3,4Dún LaoghaireDublin (Dún Laoghaire–Rathdown)1977 4,5,4Dún Laoghaire and RathdownDublin194819773,4Fermanagh and TyroneFermanagh / Tyrone192119228Fermanagh NorthFermanagh191819211Fermanagh SouthFermanagh191819211GalwayGalway192119377,9Galway ConnemaraGalway191819211Galway EastGalway191819211Galway EastGalway193719484Galway EastGalway196119695Galway EastGalway1977 4,3,4,3Galway NorthGalway191819211Galway NorthGalway194819613Galway North-EastGalway196919773Galway SouthGalway191819211Galway SouthGalway194819613Galway WestGalway1937 3,4,5KerryKerry192319377KerryKerry2016 5Kerry EastKerry191819211Kerry–Limerick WestKerry / Limerick192119238Kerry NorthKerry191819211Kerry NorthKerry193720114,3Kerry North–West LimerickKerry201120163Kerry SouthKerry191819211Kerry SouthKerry193720163Kerry WestKerry191819211KildareKildare192319373KildareKildare194819973,4,3,5Kildare NorthKildare191819211Kildare NorthKildare1997 3,4Kildare SouthKildare191819211Kildare SouthKildare1997 3,4Kildare–WicklowKildare / Wicklow192119235KilkennyKilkenny193719483Kilkenny NorthKilkenny191819211Kilkenny SouthKilkenny191819211King's CountyKing's191819211LaoisLaois201620203Laois–OffalyLaois / Offaly192120164,5Laois–OffalyLaois / Offaly2020 5LeitrimLeitrim191819211LeitrimLeitrim193719483Leitrim–Roscommon NorthLeitrim / Roscommon192119234Leitrim–SligoLeitrim / Sligo192319377LimerickLimerick192319487LimerickLimerick201120163Limerick CityLimerick city191819211Limerick CityLimerick2011 4Limerick City–Limerick EastLimerick192119234Limerick CountyLimerick2016 3Limerick EastLimerick191819211Limerick EastLimerick194820114,5Limerick WestLimerick191819211Limerick WestLimerick194820113LondonderryLondonderry192119225Londonderry CityDerry city191819211Londonderry NorthLondonderry191819211Londonderry SouthLondonderry191819211LongfordLongford191819211Longford–RoscommonLongford / Roscommon199220074Longford–WestmeathLongford / Westmeath192119374,5Longford–WestmeathLongford / Westmeath194819925,4Longford–WestmeathLongford / Westmeath2007 4LouthLouth191819211LouthLouth1923 3,4,5Louth–MeathLouth / Meath192119235MayoMayo1997 5,4Mayo EastMayo191819211Mayo EastMayo196919973Mayo NorthMayo191819211Mayo NorthMayo192319694,3Mayo North and WestMayo192119234Mayo SouthMayo191819211Mayo SouthMayo192319695,4Mayo South–Roscommon SouthMayo / Roscommon192119234Mayo WestMayo191819211Mayo WestMayo196919973MeathMeath192319373MeathMeath194820073,4,5Meath EastMeath2007 3Meath NorthMeath191819211Meath SouthMeath191819211Meath WestMeath2007 3Meath–WestmeathMeath / Westmeath193719485MonaghanMonaghan192119773Monaghan NorthMonaghan191819211Monaghan SouthMonaghan191819211National UniversityUniversities191819371,4,3OffalyOffaly201620203Queen's CountyQueen's191819211Queen's University of BelfastUniversities191819211Queen's University of BelfastUniversities192119224RoscommonRoscommon192319694,3,4RoscommonRoscommon198119923Roscommon–GalwayRoscommon / Galway2016 3Roscommon–LeitrimRoscommon / Leitrim196919813Roscommon–South LeitrimRoscommon / Leitrim200720163Roscommon NorthRoscommon191819211Roscommon SouthRoscommon191819211SligoSligo193719483Sligo–LeitrimSligo / Leitrim194820075,4,3,4Sligo–LeitrimSligo / Leitrim2016 4Sligo–North LeitrimSligo / Leitrim200720163Sligo–Mayo EastSligo / Mayo192119235Sligo NorthSligo191819211Sligo SouthSligo191819211TipperaryTipperary2016 5Tipperary NorthTipperary194820163Tipperary EastTipperary191819211Tipperary MidTipperary191819211Tipperary Mid, North and SouthTipperary192119234Tipperary NorthTipperary191819211Tipperary NorthTipperary194820163Tipperary SouthTipperary191819211Tipperary SouthTipperary194820164,3,4,3Tyrone North EastTyrone191819211Tyrone North WestTyrone191819211Tyrone SouthTyrone191819211WaterfordWaterford1923 4,3,4Waterford CityWaterford city191819211Waterford CountyWaterford191819211Waterford–Tipperary EastWaterford / Tipperary192119235WestmeathWestmeath191819211WestmeathWestmeath199220073WexfordWexford1921 4,5,4,5Wexford NorthWexford191819211Wexford SouthWexford191819211WicklowWicklow1923 3,4,5Wicklow EastWicklow191819211Wicklow WestWicklow191819211
See also Constituencies of the Irish House of Commons for constituencies between 1297 and 1801. List of United Kingdom Parliament constituencies in Ireland and Northern Ireland for constituencies in the House of Commons of the United Kingdom List of Irish constituencies for a combined list of all Irish constituencies.
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External links Houses of the Oireachtas – TDs & Senators