Independent
Independent Candidates for 1985 Local Election
| Candidate | Council | Constituency | Elected | |
| Michael Kearns | Carlow County Council | Carlow |  | |
| George Russell | Carlow County Council | Carlow | ||
| John Curran | Carlow County Council | Mhuinebeag | ||
| David Coleman | Cavan County Council | Bailieborough | | |
| Patrick Reilly | Cavan County Council | Ballyjamesduff | ||
| Tommy Brennan | Clare County Council | Ennis | | |
| Joseph Meehan | Clare County Council | Ennistymon | ||
| John Minogue | Clare County Council | Killaloe | | |
| Sean Maloney | 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 | | |
| Frank McTigue | Clare County Council | Miltown Malbay | ||
| Basil Minihane | Clare County Council | Miltown Malbay | ||
| Brigid Makowski | Clare County Council | Shannon | ||
| J.J. McCabe | Clare County Council | Shannon | ||
| John Murray | Clare County Council | Shannon | ||
| Bernie Murphy | Cork City Council | North-Central | | |
| Jerry O'Riordan | Cork City Council | North-Central | ||
| Desmond Walls | Cork City Council | North-Central | ||
| Denis A. Tobin | Cork City Council | North-East | ||
| Pat A. O'Connor | Cork City Council | South-Central | ||
| Finbarr O'Connor | Cork City Council | South-Central | ||
| Fred Penney | Cork City Council | South-Central | ||
| Sean Beausang | Cork City Council | South-East | | |
| Patrick Murray | Cork City Council | South-West | | |
| Finbarr O'Connor | Cork City Council | South-West | ||
| Dermot Ryan | Cork County Council | Bandon | ||
| Mark Hanley | Cork County Council | Cork South | ||
| John O'Keeffe | Cork County Council | Mallow | ||
| Noel Collins | Cork County Council | Midleton | | |
| Donal Wall | Cork County Council | Midleton | ||
| Michael Pat Murphy | Cork County Council | Schull | | |
| Bernard Mangan | Donegal County Council | Donegal | ||
| Michael Mulhern | Donegal County Council | Donegal | ||
| Michael Lynch | Donegal County Council | Glenties | ||
| William Buchanan | Donegal County Council | Letterkenny | | |
| Charles Long | Donegal County Council | Letterkenny | ||
| Charles Meehan | Donegal County Council | Letterkenny | ||
| Elizabeth Grier | Donegal County Council | Milford | ||
| Hannah Barlow | Dublin City Council | Artane | ||
| Fergal Goulding | Dublin City Council | Artane | ||
| Austin McCoy | Dublin City Council | Artane | ||
| Brian McMenamy | Dublin City Council | Ballyfermot | ||
| Mick O'Mahony | Dublin City Council | Ballyfermot | ||
| Michael Berney | Dublin City Council | Cabra | ||
| Sean Coultry | Dublin City Council | Cabra | ||
| Christy Sherwin | Dublin City Council | Cabra | ||
| Seán Dublin Bay Rockall Loftus | Dublin City Council | Clontarf | | |
| Barry McGuirk | Dublin City Council | Donaghmede | ||
| John Meaney | Dublin City Council | Donaghmede | ||
| Angela Mulligan | Dublin City Council | Donaghmede | ||
| Donal Ó Huadhaigh | Dublin City Council | Donaghmede | ||
| Mollie Bracken | Dublin City Council | Drumcondra | ||
| Barney Hartnett | Dublin City Council | Drumcondra | ||
| Lily Keegan | Dublin City Council | Drumcondra | ||
| Billy Keegan | Dublin City Council | Drumcondra | ||
| Frank Carroll | Dublin City Council | Finglas | ||
| Frank Clarke | Dublin City Council | Finglas | ||
| Gerard Dolan | Dublin City Council | Finglas | ||
| Billy Keegan | Dublin City Council | Finglas | ||
| Tony Gregory | Dublin City Council | North Inner City | | |
| Brian Skerritt | Dublin City Council | North Inner City | ||
| Michael Ward | Dublin City Council | North Inner City | ||
| William Coughlan | Dublin City Council | Pembroke | ||
| Carmencita Hederman | Dublin City Council | Pembroke | | |
| William Fitzsimons | Dublin City Council | Rathmines | ||
| Barry Hardy | Dublin City Council | Rathmines | ||
| Gabriel McGovern | Dublin City Council | Rathmines | ||
| Tonie Walsh | Dublin City Council | Rathmines | ||
| Larry Dillon | Dublin City Council | South Inner City | ||
| Christy Doyle | Dublin City Council | South Inner City | ||
| John Humphrey | Dublin City Council | South Inner City | ||
| Desmond Hunter | Dublin City Council | South Inner City | ||
| Brendan Lynch | Dublin City Council | South Inner City | | |
| William Ormonde | Dublin City Council | South Inner City | ||
| Victor Boyhan | Dún Laoghaire–Rathdown County Council | Ballybrack | ||
| Joan Callaghan | Dún Laoghaire–Rathdown County Council | Ballybrack | ||
| Pat O'Reilly | Dún Laoghaire–Rathdown County Council | Ballybrack | ||
| Victor Boyhan | Dún Laoghaire–Rathdown County Council | Dún Laoghaire | ||
| Ubi Dwyer | Dún Laoghaire–Rathdown County Council | Dún Laoghaire | ||
| Gabriel McGovern | Dún Laoghaire–Rathdown County Council | Dundrum | ||
| M. MacFeorais | Dún Laoghaire–Rathdown County Council | Stillorgan | ||
| Fred O'Brien | Dún Laoghaire–Rathdown County Council | Stillorgan | ||
| Catherine Cusack | Fingal County Council | Balbriggan | ||
| Kay Hanratty | Fingal County Council | Balbriggan | ||
| Seán Lyons | Fingal County Council | Castleknock | | |
| Paul Arnold | Fingal County Council | Howth | ||
| Noel Peers | Fingal County Council | Howth | ||
| Michael Howard | Fingal County Council | Malahide | ||
| Joe McDermott | Fingal County Council | Malahide | ||
| Seán Lyons | Fingal County Council | Mulhuddart | | |
| 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 | ||
| John F. King | Galway City Council | South Ward | ||
| Odran O'Leary | Galway City Council | South Ward | ||
| Gary O'Lochlainn | Galway City Council | South Ward | ||
| Thomas Browne | Galway City Council | West Ward | ||
| William Lambe | Galway City Council | West Ward | ||
| Joe Brennan | Galway County Council | Ballinasloe | | |
| Noel MacDonnchadha | Galway County Council | Connemara | ||
| Seosamh Ó Maolaoidh | Galway County Council | Connemara | ||
| Peadar Ó Tuathail | Galway County Council | Connemara | | |
| Christopher Walsh | Galway County Council | Connemara | ||
| Norman Morgan | Galway County Council | Loughrea | ||
| Joe Burke | Galway County Council | Tuam | | |
| Jarlath Keane | Galway County Council | Tuam | ||
| Gerard Rushe | Galway County Council | Tuam | ||
| Redmond O'Sullivan | Kerry County Council | Killarney | ||
| Michael Ahern | Kerry County Council | Killorglin | | |
| Mick O'Connell | Kerry County Council | Killorglin | ||
| Dan O'Connor | Kerry County Council | Killorglin | ||
| James Courtney | Kerry County Council | Mid-Kerry | | |
| Breandan MacGearailt | Kerry County Council | Mid-Kerry | | |
| John Blennerhassett | Kerry County Council | Tralee | | |
| Megan Maguire | Kildare County Council | Athy | ||
| Jack McKenna | Kildare County Council | Athy | ||
| Micheal O'Connell | Kildare County Council | Celbridge | ||
| Evelyn Bracken | Kildare County Council | Naas | ||
| Donal Corcoran | Kildare County Council | Naas | ||
| Norman Croke | Kildare County Council | Naas | ||
| Patsy Lawlor | Kildare County Council | Naas | | |
| Michael Lawlor | Kildare County Council | Naas | ||
| John Bolger | Kilkenny County Council | Kilkenny | ||
| Ken Coogan | Kilkenny County Council | Kilkenny | ||
| John Dalton | Kilkenny County Council | Kilkenny | ||
| Bobby Byrne | Kilkenny County Council | Tullaroan | ||
| Brendan Clear | Laois County Council | Borris-in-Ossory | ||
| Jimmy Kelly | Laois County Council | Borris-in-Ossory | | |
| John Daly | Laois County Council | Luggacurren | ||
| William Fleming | Laois County Council | Luggacurren | ||
| Patrick Larkin | Laois County Council | Portlaoise | ||
| Joseph McCormack | Laois County Council | Portlaoise | ||
| Pascal McKeon | Leitrim County Council | Carrick-on-Shannon | | |
| John Cullen | Leitrim County Council | Manorhamilton | ||
| Bertie Moorhead | Longford County Council | Ballinalee | ||
| Michael Brennan | Longford County Council | Ballymahon | | |
| Tom Farrell | Longford County Council | Ballymahon | ||
| Peter Murphy | Longford County Council | Longford | | |
| Michael Nevin | Longford County Council | Longford | ||
| Hugh Conlon | Louth County Council | Ardee | | |
| Val Kerr | Louth County Council | Ardee | ||
| Micheal O'Donnell | Louth County Council | Carlingford | | |
| Tom Burke | Louth County Council | Drogheda Urban | ||
| Martin Bellew | Louth County Council | Dundalk Urban | ||
| Neil McCann | Louth County Council | Dundalk Urban | | |
| Frank Durcan | Mayo County Council | Castlebar | | |
| Martin Finn | Mayo County Council | Claremorris | | |
| Patrick Griffith | Mayo County Council | Claremorris | ||
| Edward McKeever | Meath County Council | Dunshaughlin | ||
| Patrick Andrews | Meath County Council | Kells | ||
| John Maguire | Meath County Council | Kells | ||
| Patrick Andrews | Meath County Council | Navan | ||
| Jimmy Cudden | Meath County Council | Slane | | |
| Gerald Marry | Meath County Council | Slane | | |
| Paddy Monaghan | Meath County Council | Slane | ||
| Peter Murphy | Monaghan County Council | Carrickmacross | ||
| Edmund O'Donnell | Monaghan County Council | Castleblayney | ||
 | Joseph Duffy | Monaghan County Council | Clones | |
| James Flanagan | Offaly County Council | Edenderry | | |
| Eugene Mulligan | Offaly County Council | Edenderry | ||
| Eileen O'Connor | Offaly County Council | Edenderry | ||
| Seamus Boland | Offaly County Council | Ferbane | ||
| Johnny Butterfield | Offaly County Council | Tullamore | | |
| Thomas Dolan | Offaly County Council | Tullamore | | |
| May Keeley | Offaly County Council | Tullamore | ||
| Patrick Lenihan | Roscommon County Council | Athlone | | |
| Tom McGarry | Roscommon County Council | Ballaghderreen | | |
| Patrick Concannon | Roscommon County Council | Castlerea | | |
| Michael Mitchell | Roscommon County Council | Castlerea | ||
| Patrick Moylan | Roscommon County Council | Castlerea | | |
| Tony Waldron | Roscommon County Council | Castlerea | ||
| Eithne Quinn | Roscommon County Council | Roscommon | | |
| Patrick Carty | Sligo County Council | Ballymote | | |
| Kevin Lee | Sligo County Council | Ballymote | ||
| Michael Carroll | Sligo County Council | Drumcliffe | | |
| Margaret Gormley | Sligo County Council | Tubbercurry | | |
| Paul Price | South Dublin County Council | Clondalkin | ||
| Gerry Jago | South Dublin County Council | Greenhills | ||
| Sammy Macken | South Dublin County Council | Greenhills | ||
| Tom Sharkey | South Dublin County Council | Rathfarnham | ||
| Mary Kearney | South Dublin County Council | Tallaght-Oldbawn | ||
| Stephen Mahon | South Dublin County Council | Tallaght-Rathcoole | ||
| Séamus Ashe | South Dublin County Council | Terenure | | |
| Michael J. Stokes | South Dublin County Council | Terenure | ||
| Oliver Gavin | Westmeath County Council | Athlone | ||
| Stephen Price | Westmeath County Council | Athlone | | |
| Frank Waters | Westmeath County Council | Athlone | ||
| Frank Abbott | Westmeath County Council | Kilbeggan | ||
| Gerald Cooney | Westmeath County Council | Kilbeggan | ||
| Rene Ennis-Lennon | Westmeath County Council | Kilbeggan | ||
| Eddie Byrne | Westmeath County Council | Mullingar Urban | ||
| Frank McIntyre | Westmeath County Council | Mullingar Urban | | |
| Sean Doyle | Wexford County Council | Enniscorthy | | |
| George Mullally | Wexford County Council | Enniscorthy | ||
| Michael O'Connor | Wexford County Council | Gorey | ||
| John O'Brien | Wexford County Council | New Ross | ||
| Olive Brennan | Wexford County Council | Wexford | ||
| Leo Carthy | Wexford County Council | Wexford | | |
| Thomas Doyle | Wexford County Council | Wexford | ||
| Jimmy Hayes | Wexford County Council | Wexford | ||
| Philip Kelly | Wexford County Council | Wexford | ||
| Desmond McCabe | Wexford County Council | Wexford | ||
| Jim O'Dowd | Wexford County Council | Wexford | ||
| Paudge Reck | Wexford County Council | Wexford | | |
| John Roche | Wexford County Council | Wexford | ||
| Denis Kinsella | Wicklow County Council | Arklow | ||
| Daniel Buckley | Wicklow County Council | Baltinglass | ||
| Michael Scanlon | Wicklow County Council | Baltinglass | ||
| John Murnane | Wicklow County Council | Greystones | ||
| Francis Doyle | Wicklow County Council | Wicklow | ||
| Robert Kearns | Wicklow County Council | Wicklow | ||
| Susan Philips | Wicklow County Council | Wicklow | | |
| Tony Clancy | Limerick City Council | Limerick Ward 3 | ||
| Joe Harrington | Limerick City Council | Limerick Ward 3 | | |
| Win Harrington | Limerick City Council | Limerick Ward 4 | | |
| John Comiskey | Sligo Corporation | East Ward | ||
| P.J. Kearney | Sligo Corporation | East Ward | ||
| Michael Carroll | Sligo Corporation | North Ward | | |
| Philip Conlon | Sligo Corporation | North Ward | ||
| Betty McGovern | Sligo Corporation | North Ward | ||
| Joseph O'Connor | Tipperary North Council | Nenagh/Newport | | |
| Frank Dwan | Tipperary North Council | Thurles | | |
| Jim Cooney | Tipperary South Council | Cahir | ||
| Joe Meaney | Tipperary South Council | Cahir | ||
| John Bergin | Tipperary South Council | Cashel | ||
 | Séamus Healy | Tipperary South Council | Clonmel | |
| Seán Treacy | Tipperary South Council | Clonmel | | |
| Dick Joy | Tipperary South Council | Fethard | ||
| Martin Cullen | Waterford City Council | Waterford No. 1 | ||
| David Daniels | Waterford City Council | Waterford No. 2 | | |
| Richard Jones | Waterford City Council | Waterford No. 2 | ||
| Frank King | Waterford City Council | Waterford No. 2 | ||
| Paudie Burke | Waterford City Council | Waterford No. 3 | ||
| William Jones | Waterford City Council | Waterford No. 3 | ||
| John Lanigan | Waterford City Council | Waterford No. 3 | ||
| Paud Sweeney | Waterford City Council | Waterford No. 3 | ||
| Ned Bluett | Waterford County Council | Dungarvan | ||
| James Coll | Waterford County Council | Dungarvan | ||
| Maureen O'Carroll | Waterford County Council | Tramore | ||
| John O'Donoghue | Limerick County Council | Castleconnell | ||
| Joseph McCarthy | Limerick County Council | Rathkeale | ||
| Margaret O'Shaughnessy | Limerick County Council | Rathkeale | ||
| Con Scanlon | Limerick County Council | Rathkeale |