Kilkenny County Council (Piltown)
1979 Local Election

Seats: 7Quota: 1003


 
Aylward's
surplus of 412
Distribution
Croke's 112
Distribution
Shine's 141
Dowling's
surplus of 9
Distribution
Holden's 207
Distribution
Kelly's 230
Distribution
Cleere's 256
Walsh's
surplus of 45
Distribution
Forristal's 326
Distribution
Knox's 392
Distribution
Wall's 393
Distribution
Frisby's 546
Distribution
O'Gorman's 604
SeatPartyCandidateShareCount 1Count 2Count 3Count 4Count 5Count 6Count 7Count 8Count 9Count 10Count 11Count 12Count 13Count 14
1
Liam Aylward (FF)
17.6%
1415
2
Dick Dowling (FG)
12.6%
1012
3
Seán Walsh (SFWP)
10.1%
810835
(25)
878
(43)
895
(17)
896
(1)
909
(13)
1047
(138)
4
Dick Dunphy (FF)
4.9%
392520
(128)
522
(2)
522
(0)
522
(0)
528
(6)
539
(11)
605
(66)
612
(7)
674
(62)
761
(87)
766
(5)
977
(211)
995
(18)
5
Andy Cotterell (FG)
7.7%
621636
(15)
649
(13)
657
(8)
660
(3)
663
(3)
664
(1)
686
(22)
689
(3)
700
(11)
779
(79)
802
(23)
808
(6)
949
(141)
6
Eamonn Meade (FF)
6.9%
551588
(37)
600
(12)
600
(0)
600
(0)
601
(1)
603
(2)
612
(9)
614
(2)
630
(16)
694
(64)
729
(35)
831
(102)
893
(62)
7
Tom Fielding (FG)
5.5%
443452
(9)
453
(1)
454
(1)
456
(2)
461
(5)
488
(27)
512
(24)
529
(17)
538
(9)
541
(3)
616
(75)
630
(14)
851
(221)
Desmond Scahill (LAB)
4.2%
335339
(4)
339
(0)
397
(58)
397
(0)
521
(124)
535
(14)
574
(39)
582
(8)
585
(3)
587
(2)
674
(87)
687
(13)
748
(61)
Richard O'Gorman (FG)
5.1%
412424
(12)
425
(1)
426
(1)
427
(1)
432
(5)
433
(1)
441
(8)
444
(3)
452
(8)
458
(6)
600
(142)
604
(4)
Michael Frisby (FF)
3.2%
258325
(67)
326
(1)
329
(3)
329
(0)
330
(1)
332
(2)
358
(26)
359
(1)
467
(108)
543
(76)
546
(3)
Mick Wall (FG)
4.7%
378381
(3)
381
(0)
383
(2)
384
(1)
384
(0)
384
(0)
392
(8)
392
(0)
393
(1)
393
(0)
Martin Knox (FF)
4.0%
323348
(25)
348
(0)
349
(1)
349
(0)
354
(5)
355
(1)
357
(2)
359
(2)
392
(33)
William Forristal (FF)
3.2%
254302
(48)
303
(1)
311
(8)
311
(0)
311
(0)
314
(3)
324
(10)
326
(2)
William J. Cleere (IND)
2.8%
223246
(23)
247
(1)
247
(0)
248
(1)
252
(4)
256
(4)
Bill Kelly (SFWP)
2.3%
181183
(2)
209
(26)
209
(0)
209
(0)
230
(21)
Eamonn Holden (LAB)
2.1%
168176
(8)
179
(3)
207
(28)
207
(0)
Paddy Shine (LAB)
1.7%
137138
(1)
141
(3)
Anne Croke (SFWP)
1.3%
107112
(5)
Electorate: 10993Turnout: 8194Valid: 8020