Part of the 1991 Irish local elections
1991 Offaly County Council election|
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![](//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/da/Offaly_in_Ireland.svg/300px-Offaly_in_Ireland.svg.png) Map showing the area of Offaly County Council |
| Council control after election TBD | |
An election to Offaly County Council took place on 27 June 1991 as part of that year's Irish local elections. 21 councillors were elected from five local electoral areas (LEAs) for a five-year term of office on the electoral system of proportional representation by means of the single transferable vote (PR-STV). This term was extended twice, first to 1998, then to 1999.[1][2]
Results by party[edit]
Results by local electoral area[edit]
Birr- 5 seats Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count |
1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 |
| Fine Gael | Tom Enright TD* | 15.5% | 924 | 966 | 1,076 | | | | | |
| Fianna Fáil | Pat Moylan* | 13.2% | 789 | 823 | 898 | 908 | 1,010 | | | |
| Fine Gael | Percy Clendennen | 12.4% | 742 | 760 | 801 | 820 | 876 | 896 | 904 | 906 |
| Fianna Fáil | Seamus Loughnane* | 11.4% | 681 | 725 | 794 | 813 | 1,037 | | | |
| Fianna Fáil | Pat McLoughney | 11% | 658 | 689 | 732 | 740 | | | | |
| Fine Gael | Joe Clear* | 11% | 657 | 678 | 749 | 759 | 873 | 896 | 904 | 907 |
| Fianna Fáil | Joe Dooley* | 10.7% | 635 | 688 | 796 | 812 | 999 | | | |
| Sinn Féin | John Carroll | 9.6% | 570 | 601 | | | | | | |
| Independent | Neayvn Kavanagh | 5.1% | 304 | | | | | | | |
Electorate: 9,171 Valid: 5,960 (64.99%) Spoilt: 41 Quota: 994 Turnout: 6,001 (65.43%) |
Edenderry[edit]
Edenderry - 5 seats Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count |
1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 |
| Fine Gael | Michael Fox* | 15.6% | 915 | 917 | 937 | 1,038 | | | | |
| Independent | James Flanagan* | 13.6% | 795 | 844 | 870 | 910 | 942 | 951 | 1,194 | 656 |
| Fianna Fáil | Frank Weir | 12.3% | 718 | 718 | 791 | 806 | 894 | 898 | 920 | 926 |
| Fianna Fáil | Noel Bourke | 11.6% | 681 | 701 | 713 | 733 | 746 | 752 | 904 | 982 |
| Fianna Fáil | Paddy Scully* | 11.6% | 677 | 678 | 684 | 709 | 728 | 747 | 773 | 781 |
| Progressive Democrats | Tom O'Connell | 9.9% | 579 | 597 | 608 | 642 | 660 | 673 | | |
| Progressive Democrats | Brigid Emerson | 7.4% | 436 | 438 | 506 | 541 | 675 | 685 | 832 | 867 |
| Fine Gael | Jack Dunne | 6.2% | 361 | 363 | 388 | 425 | | | | |
| Green | Anthony Dolan | 5.1% | 299 | 305 | 333 | | | | | |
| Labour | Sean Coughlan | 4.9% | 289 | 292 | | | | | | |
| Independent | William Brereton | 1.9% | 111 | | | | | | | |
Electorate: 10,007 Valid: 5,861 (58.57%) Spoilt: 73 Quota: 977 Turnout: 5,934 (59.3%) |
Ferbane[edit]
Ferbane- 5 seats Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count |
1 | 2 | 3 | 4 |
| Fine Gael | Connie Hanniffy* | 22.4% | 1,183 | | | |
| Fianna Fáil | Eamon Dooley* | 18.3% | 966 | | | |
| Independent | Johnny Butterfield* | 15.7% | 829 | 886 | | |
| Fianna Fáil | Tom Feighery* | 12.8% | 680 | 695 | 804 | 848 |
| Fine Gael | Bernard Corcoran* | 12.7% | 673 | 840 | 1,061 | |
| Fianna Fáil | Patrick Mahon* | 10.3% | 544 | 562 | 602 | 608 |
| Fine Gael | Pat Troy | 7.9% | 417 | 460 | | |
Electorate: 8,914 Valid: 5,292 (59.37%) Spoilt: 55 Quota: 883 Turnout: 5,347 (59.98%) |
Tullamore[edit]
Tullamore - 6 seats Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count |
1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 |
| Fianna Fáil | Brian Cowen TD* | 15% | 1,141 | | | | | | | | |
| Fianna Fáil | John Flanagan* | 12.5% | 953 | 965 | 981 | 994 | 1,018 | 1,072 | 1,113 | | |
| Independent | Thomas Dolan* | 11.1% | 844 | 860 | 875 | 879 | 902 | 926 | 950 | 966 | 1,013 |
| Fine Gael | Tommy McKeigue | 10.9% | 830 | 854 | 855 | 882 | 913 | 946 | 1,057 | 1,118 | |
| Labour | Pat Gallagher | 9.5% | 722 | 742 | 743 | 808 | 842 | 894 | 921 | 1,099 | |
| Fine Gael | Frank Feery* | 9.3% | 708 | 712 | 719 | 722 | 724 | 737 | 798 | 810 | 848 |
| Fianna Fáil | Miriam O'Callaghan* | 9.3% | 706 | 722 | 729 | 747 | 781 | 797 | 816 | 851 | 1,076 |
| Fianna Fáil | Michael Lynam | 5.3% | 403 | 405 | 408 | 412 | 422 | 430 | 441 | 448 | |
| Fine Gael | Kevin Wrafter | 3.8% | 289 | 298 | 299 | 304 | 309 | 310 | | | |
| Labour | Laurence Byrne | 3.3% | 250 | 258 | 259 | 270 | 280 | | | | |
| Labour | Ernest McGuire | 2.9% | 223 | 232 | 233 | 265 | 292 | 360 | 368 | | |
| Labour | Seán O'Brien | 2.7% | 202 | 204 | 204 | | | | | | |
| Independent | Anne O'Toole | 2.5% | 193 | 207 | 207 | 219 | | | | | |
| Independent | Peadar Keeley | 1% | 78 | | | | | | | | |
| Independent | May Keeley | 0.5% | 41 | | | | | | | | |
| Independent | Nellie Gaffney | 0.3% | 26 | 70 | | | | | | | |
Electorate: 12,610 Valid: 7,609 (60.34%) Spoilt: 64 Quota: 1,088 Turnout: 7,673 (60.85%) |
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