Dublin Cabra (Dáil constituency)


Dublin Cabra was a short-lived parliamentary constituency represented in Dáil Éireann, the lower house of the Irish parliament or Oireachtas from 1977 to 1981. The constituency elected 3 deputies to the Dáil, using the single transferable vote form of proportional representation.

History

The constituency was created in 1977, under the Electoral Act 1974, taking in parts of the former Dublin North-West and Dublin Central constituencies, as part of the redistribution of constituencies which attempted to secure the re-election of the outgoing Fine Gael–Labour Party government. The constituency was abolished in 1981 with most of it going into a revived Dublin Central constituency. There were 16 electoral areas in Dublin Cabra; 13 went to Dublin Central for the 1981 election, with three going to the new Dublin West.

Boundaries

It covered the Cabra, Arran Quay and Phoenix Park areas of Dublin city.

TDs

1977 general election