Kilkenny County Council (Kilkenny)
1979 Local Election
to Labour Party | to Fianna Fáil | to Fine Gael | to Independent | ||
| from Labour Party | | 55 (36.2%) | 41 (27.0%) | 49 (32.2%) | 7 (4.6%) |
| from Fianna Fáil | | 95 (6.0%) | 1116 (70.9%) | 304 (19.3%) | 58 (3.7%) |
| from Fine Gael | | 263 (14.5%) | 341 (18.8%) | 1118 (61.6%) | 94 (5.2%) |
| from Independent | | 135 (27.1%) | 203 (40.7%) | 161 (32.3%) |