Independent
Independent Candidates for 1979 Local Election
| Candidate | Council | Constituency | Elected | |
| Kathleen Brady-O'Neill | Carlow County Council | Carlow |  | |
| Paddy Barron | Carlow County Council | Mhuinebeag | ||
| Tony O'Brien | Carlow County Council | Mhuinebeag | ||
| Frank Darcy | Carlow County Council | Tullow | ||
| David Coleman | Cavan County Council | Bailieborough | | |
| Kevin Curran | Cavan County Council | Bailieborough | ||
| James Kelly | Cavan County Council | Bailieborough | ||
| Jim Geraghty | Cavan County Council | Ballyjamesduff | ||
| Patrick O'Reilly | Cavan County Council | Ballyjamesduff | ||
| Ben McHugh | Cavan County Council | Belturbet | ||
| Patrick Harwood | Cavan County Council | Cavan | ||
| William E. Sherriff | Cavan County Council | Cavan | ||
| Tim Smythe | Clare County Council | Ennis | ||
| Aidan Tuttle | Clare County Council | Ennis | ||
| Joseph Meehan | Clare County Council | Ennistymon | ||
| Thomas Lynch | Clare County Council | Killaloe | ||
| John Minogue | Clare County Council | Killaloe | | |
| Tom O'Connor | Clare County Council | Killaloe | ||
| Sean Moloney | Clare County Council | Kilrush | ||
| William O'Looney | Clare County Council | Kilrush | ||
| P.J. Burke | Clare County Council | Miltown Malbay | | |
| Christy Curtin | Clare County Council | Miltown Malbay | | |
| Michael Kenneally | Clare County Council | Miltown Malbay | ||
| Thomas White | Clare County Council | Miltown Malbay | ||
| Michael Dennehy | Cork City Council | North-Central | ||
| Jim Kenneally | Cork City Council | North-Central | ||
| James Corcoran | Cork City Council | North-West | ||
| Peadar Beecher | Cork City Council | South-Central | ||
| Fred Penney | Cork City Council | South-Central | ||
| Dan Cronin | Cork City Council | South-West | ||
| S. Callaghan | Cork County Council | Bandon | ||
| S. O'Neill | Cork County Council | Bandon | ||
| D. Curtin | Cork County Council | Kanturk | ||
| Patrick McAuliffe | Cork County Council | Kanturk | | |
| T. Ó Conaill | Cork County Council | Mallow | ||
| Noel Collins | Cork County Council | Midleton | | |
| M.A. Duggan | Cork County Council | Midleton | ||
| John Kidney | Cork County Council | Midleton | ||
| Thomas Ó Conaill | Cork County Council | Midleton | ||
| R. Harman | Cork County Council | Schull | ||
| P.J. Minihane | Cork County Council | Schull | ||
| John J. Cahalane | Cork County Council | Skibbereen | ||
| M. O'Brien | Cork County Council | Skibbereen | ||
| Patrick Kelly | Donegal County Council | Buncrana | ||
| William Buchanan | Donegal County Council | Letterkenny | | |
| Billy Gallagher | Donegal County Council | Letterkenny | ||
| Charles Long | Donegal County Council | Letterkenny | ||
| Seán Dublin Bay Rockall Loftus | Dublin City Council | Area No. 1 - Howth/Clontarf East | | |
| Val Lynch | Dublin City Council | Area No. 1 - Howth/Clontarf East | ||
| Noel Nutley | Dublin City Council | Area No. 1 - Howth/Clontarf East | ||
| Carmencita Hederman | Dublin City Council | Area No. 10 - Mansion House/Pembroke | | |
| Lorna Kelly | Dublin City Council | Area No. 10 - Mansion House/Pembroke | ||
| Brendan Lynch | Dublin City Council | Area No. 11 - Merchant's Quay/Ushers | | |
| Eileen Ross | Dublin City Council | Area No. 11 - Merchant's Quay/Ushers | ||
| Ann Creighton | Dublin City Council | Area No. 2 - Artane/Coolock | ||
| Austin McCoy | Dublin City Council | Area No. 2 - Artane/Coolock | ||
| Hannah Barlow | Dublin City Council | Area No. 3 - Finglas East/Drumcondra North | | |
| Paddy Farrelly | Dublin City Council | Area No. 4 - Cabra East/Finglas West | ||
| Richard Gogan | Dublin City Council | Area No. 4 - Cabra East/Finglas West | ||
| Joe McDonagh | Dublin City Council | Area No. 4 - Cabra East/Finglas West | ||
| Noel Geraghty | Dublin City Council | Area No. 5 - Arran Quay/Cabra West | ||
| Richard Gogan | Dublin City Council | Area No. 5 - Arran Quay/Cabra West | ||
| Michael Kelly | Dublin City Council | Area No. 5 - Arran Quay/Cabra West | ||
| Frank Sherwin | Dublin City Council | Area No. 5 - Arran Quay/Cabra West | | |
| Tony Gregory | Dublin City Council | Area No. 6 - Ballybough/Drumcondra South/North Dock | | |
| George Lynch | Dublin City Council | Area No. 6 - Ballybough/Drumcondra South/North Dock | ||
| Michael McAnulla | Dublin City Council | Area No. 6 - Ballybough/Drumcondra South/North Dock | ||
| George Butler | Dublin City Council | Area No. 7 - Ballyfermot/Kilmainham | ||
| Thomas Byrne | Dublin City Council | Area No. 7 - Ballyfermot/Kilmainham | ||
| James McKenna | Dublin City Council | Area No. 7 - Ballyfermot/Kilmainham | ||
| Mary Moran | Dublin City Council | Area No. 7 - Ballyfermot/Kilmainham | ||
| Jack Norton | Dublin City Council | Area No. 7 - Ballyfermot/Kilmainham | ||
| Michael O'Mahony | Dublin City Council | Area No. 7 - Ballyfermot/Kilmainham | ||
| Pam O'Reilly | Dublin City Council | Area No. 7 - Ballyfermot/Kilmainham | ||
| Sean Thornton | Dublin City Council | Area No. 7 - Ballyfermot/Kilmainham | ||
| Purnell Barry | Dublin City Council | Area No. 9 - Rathfarnham/Rathmines West | ||
| William Fitzsimons | Dublin City Council | Area No. 9 - Rathfarnham/Rathmines West | ||
| John Power | Dublin City Council | Area No. 9 - Rathfarnham/Rathmines West | ||
| Fintan Coogan | Galway City Council | East & North Ward | | |
| Noel Heaney | Galway City Council | East & North Ward | ||
| Brendan Holland | Galway City Council | East & North Ward | | |
| Sheila Jordan | Galway City Council | East & North Ward | ||
| John F. King | Galway City Council | East & North Ward | ||
| Fintan Coogan | Galway City Council | South Ward | | |
| Gerry Jordan | Galway City Council | South Ward | ||
| Walter Regan | Galway City Council | South Ward | ||
| Claude Toft | Galway City Council | South Ward | | |
| Thomas Browne | Galway City Council | West Ward | | |
| Fintan Coogan | Galway City Council | West Ward | | |
| Jimmy Horan | Galway City Council | West Ward | ||
| Mary Keogh | Galway City Council | West Ward | ||
| Joseph Molloy | Galway County Council | Connemara | ||
| Fintan Coogan | Galway County Council | Galway | | |
| Brendan Holland | Galway County Council | Galway | | |
| Norman Morgan | Galway County Council | Loughrea | ||
| Jarlath Keane | Galway County Council | Tuam | ||
| Miko Kelly | Galway County Council | Tuam | ||
| Padraig Ó Ceallaigh | Galway County Council | Tuam | ||
| Mick O'Connell | Kerry County Council | Killorglin | | |
| Tom Dineen | Kerry County Council | Listowel | ||
| Jack Larkin | Kerry County Council | Listowel | ||
| Tom Sheehan | Kerry County Council | Listowel | ||
| James Courtney | Kerry County Council | Tralee | | |
| Megan Maguire | Kildare County Council | Athy | ||
| Jack McKenna | Kildare County Council | Athy | ||
| Tony McEvoy | Kildare County Council | Clane | ||
| Oliver Fitzpatrick | Kildare County Council | Kildare | ||
| Donal Corcoran | Kildare County Council | Naas | ||
| Michael Lawlor | Kildare County Council | Naas | ||
| Michael Murphy | Kildare County Council | Naas | ||
| Patrick O'Neill | Kildare County Council | Naas | ||
| John Bolger | Kilkenny County Council | Kilkenny | ||
| William J. Cleere | Kilkenny County Council | Piltown | ||
| Arthur Broomfield | Laois County Council | Portlaoise | ||
| Paul Carroll | Laois County Council | Portlaoise | ||
| Joseph McCormack | Laois County Council | Portlaoise | ||
| J.J. Dolan | Leitrim County Council | Carrick-on-Shannon | ||
| James McHugh | Leitrim County Council | Dromahair | ||
| John Cullen | Leitrim County Council | Manorhamilton | | |
| Bertie Moorhead | Longford County Council | Ballinalee | | |
| Michael Brennan | Longford County Council | Ballymahon | | |
| Lorcan Connaughton | Longford County Council | Ballymahon | ||
| Seamus Kenny | Longford County Council | Ballymahon | ||
| Paddy Walsh | Longford County Council | Ballymahon | ||
| Joe Clyne | Longford County Council | Drumlish | ||
| Patrick Briody | Longford County Council | Granard | ||
| Frank Carter | Longford County Council | Longford | ||
| Hugh Conlon | Louth County Council | Ardee | | |
| Thomas Corcoran | Louth County Council | Ardee | ||
| Val Kerr | Louth County Council | Ardee | ||
| Micheal O'Donnell | Louth County Council | Carlingford | | |
| Patrick Carr | Louth County Council | Drogheda | ||
| Frank Godfrey | Louth County Council | Drogheda | | |
| Con O'Brien | Louth County Council | Drogheda | ||
| Martin Bellew | Louth County Council | Dundalk | | |
| Séamus McGuinness | Louth County Council | Dundalk | ||
| Gerry Ginty | Mayo County Council | Ballina | ||
| Nellie Robinson | Mayo County Council | Ballina | ||
| James Barrett | Mayo County Council | Killala | ||
| Fred Hodgins | Mayo County Council | Swinford | ||
| Tadhg Hastings | Mayo County Council | Westport | ||
| Thomas Lynchehaun | Mayo County Council | Westport | ||
| Basil Morahan | Mayo County Council | Westport | ||
| Edward McKeever | Meath County Council | Dunshaughlin | ||
| Patrick Andrews | Meath County Council | Navan | | |
| Dermot Forde | Meath County Council | Navan | | |
| Franklin Dee | Meath County Council | Slane | ||
| Patrick Monaghan | Meath County Council | Slane | ||
| John Gormley | Meath County Council | Trim | ||
| James Deery | Monaghan County Council | Carrickmacross | | |
| Patrick Mooney | Monaghan County Council | Monaghan | ||
| William Brereton | Offaly County Council | Edenderry | ||
| James Flanagan | Offaly County Council | Edenderry | | |
| Eileen O'Connor | Offaly County Council | Edenderry | ||
| May Keeley | Offaly County Council | Tullamore | ||
| John Pidgeon | Offaly County Council | Tullamore | ||
| Denis Plunkett | Offaly County Council | Tullamore | ||
| Des Curley | Roscommon County Council | Boyle | ||
| Edward Keaveney | Roscommon County Council | Boyle | ||
| Michael Mitchell | Roscommon County Council | Castlerea | | |
| John Waldron | Roscommon County Council | Castlerea | ||
| Patrick Walshe | Roscommon County Council | Roscommon | ||
| William Gormley | Sligo County Council | Ballymote | | |
| Abina McMorrow | Sligo County Council | Ballymote | ||
| Michael Maloney | Sligo County Council | Dromore | ||
| Patrick O’Neill | Sligo County Council | Dromore | ||
 | Declan Bree | Sligo County Council | Sligo | |
| Michael Carroll | Sligo County Council | Sligo | ||
| John Dillon | Westmeath County Council | Athlone | | |
| Frank Waters | Westmeath County Council | Athlone | ||
| Seamus McElwee | Westmeath County Council | Coole | ||
| Patrick McGonagle | Westmeath County Council | Coole | ||
| Pat Walsh | Wexford County Council | New Ross | ||
| Leo Carthy | Wexford County Council | Wexford | ||
| James Mahoney | Wexford County Council | Wexford | ||
| Peter Roche | Wexford County Council | Wexford | ||
| Denis Kinsella | Wicklow County Council | Arklow | ||
| Patrick Wadden | Wicklow County Council | Arklow | ||
| Basil Phelan | Wicklow County Council | Wicklow | ||
| Jim Guinan | Dublin County Council | Dundrum | ||
| Joseph Condron | Dublin County Council | Lucan | ||
| Jack Donnelly | Dublin County Council | Lucan | ||
| Jim Bannon | Dublin County Council | Malahide | ||
| Tom Brennan | Dublin County Council | Malahide | | |
| Gerry Clerkin | Dublin County Council | Malahide | ||
| Cora Marshall | Dublin County Council | Malahide | ||
| Eamonn O'Brien | Dublin County Council | Malahide | ||
| Peter Cunningham | Dublin County Council | Tallaght | ||
| Jack Lynch | Dublin County Council | Tallaght | ||
| Paddy O'Grady | Dublin County Council | Terenure | ||
| Timmy O'Neill | Dublin County Council | Terenure | ||
| John O'Shaughnessy | Limerick City Council | Limerick Ward 1 | ||
| Jim Kemmy | Limerick City Council | Limerick Ward 2 | | |
| Win Harrington | Limerick City Council | Limerick Ward 4 | ||
| Des McCarthy | Limerick City Council | Limerick Ward 4 | ||
| Ger McNamara | Limerick City Council | Limerick Ward 4 | ||
| Michael Feeney | Sligo Corporation | East Ward | ||
| Bill Monaghan | Sligo Corporation | East Ward | | |
| Michael Carroll | Sligo Corporation | North Ward | | |
| John Scanlon | Sligo Corporation | North Ward | ||
| Sidney Gallagher | Sligo Corporation | West Ward | ||
| Mervyn Meldrum | Sligo Corporation | West Ward | ||
| Daniel Kennedy | Tipperary North Council | Nenagh/Newport | ||
| P.J. Ryan | Tipperary North Council | Roscrea/Templemore | ||
| Frank Dwan | Tipperary North Council | Thurles | | |
| P. Leahy | Tipperary South Council | Cashel | ||
| Sean McCarthy | Tipperary South Council | Cashel | | |
| L. Ó Murchú | Tipperary South Council | Cashel | ||
| Terence Darmody | Tipperary South Council | Clonmel | | |
| S. Healy | Tipperary South Council | Fethard | | |
| Dick Joy | Tipperary South Council | Fethard | ||
| J. Simpson | Tipperary South Council | Fethard | ||
| John O'Connell | Waterford City Council | Waterford No. 1 | ||
| Philip Boyle | Waterford City Council | Waterford No. 2 | ||
| David Daniels | Waterford City Council | Waterford No. 2 | | |
| Richard Jones | Waterford City Council | Waterford No. 2 | | |
| Eamonn Nolan | Waterford City Council | Waterford No. 2 | ||
| James Quinlan | Waterford City Council | Waterford No. 2 | ||
| Edward Brown | Waterford City Council | Waterford No. 3 | ||
| Seamus English | Waterford City Council | Waterford No. 3 | ||
| Michael Condon | Waterford County Council | Dungarvan | ||
| Tadhg Fitzgerald | Limerick County Council | Kilmallock | ||
| Seán Hayes | Limerick County Council | Rathkeale | | |
| Jim Reidy | Limerick County Council | Rathkeale |