Seats 3 Seat 3 | Founded 1948 | |
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County council North Tipperary
South Tipperary
County Offaly Created Irish general election, 1948 Abolished Irish general election, 2016 | ||
Tipperary North was a parliamentary constituency represented in Dáil Éireann, the lower house of the Irish parliament or Oireachtas, from 1948 to 2016. The constituency elected 3 deputies (Teachtaí Dála, commonly known as TDs). The method of election was the single transferable vote form of proportional representation (PR-STV).
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History and boundaries
It was created for the 1948 general election when the former Tipperary constituency was divided into Tipperary North and Tipperary South. The constituency underwent a significant revision to its boundaries at the 2007 general election. A population of 4,276 in the former Roscrea No 2 Rural District was transferred into constituency from the Laois–Offaly constituency. As well as the administrative county of North Tipperary and some parts of South Tipperary, it also included the southern tip of County Offaly. The 2006 population of the constituency using these revised boundaries was 80,203. The principle population centres were Thurles, Templemore, Nenagh and Roscrea.
The Electoral (Amendment) Act 2009 defined the constituency as:
"The county of North Tipperary; and, in the county of South Tipperary, the electoral divisions of: Ballysheehan, Clogher, Clonoulty East, Clonoulty West, Gaile, Graystown, Killenaule, Nodstown, in the former Rural District of Cashel; Ballyphilip, Buolick, Crohane, Farranrory, Fennor, Kilcooly, New Birmingham, Poyntstown, in the former Rural District of Slievardagh; Cappagh, Curraheen, Donohill, Glengar, in the former Rural District of Tipperary No. 1; and, in the county of Offaly, the electoral divisions of: Aghacon, Barna, Cangort, Cullenwaine, Dunkerrin, Ettagh, Gorteen, Mountheaton, Shinrone, Templeharry, in the former Rural District of Roscrea No. 2."Tipperary North was a rare example of a bellwether constituency in Ireland; since 1982, it returned two government supporting deputies out of three. Since the formation of the constituency, it returned at least one TD for Fianna Fáil from 1948 until the 2011 general election.
It was abolished at the 2016 general election and replaced by the new Tipperary and Offaly constituencies.
TDs
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.