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1960 Irish local government election
1960 Donegal County Council election|
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An election to all 28 seats on Donegal County Council took place on 30 June 1960 as part of the Irish local elections.[1] Councillors were elected from five local electoral areas for a five-year term of office on the electoral system of proportional representation by means of the single transferable vote (PR-STV).
Results by local electoral area
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Buncrana: 6 seats[2][1]
Party |
Candidate |
FPv% |
Count
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1 |
2 |
3 |
4 |
5
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Fianna Fáil
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Liam Cunningham*
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18.9%
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1,499
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Fianna Fáil
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Alex Diver*
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15.6%
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1,238
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Fianna Fáil
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Michael Deery*
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14.4%
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1,142
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Fine Gael
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James McEleney*
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10.5%
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835
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851
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885
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888
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1,199
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Fianna Fáil
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Robert Doherty
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10.1%
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801
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909
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927
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996
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1,030
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Fine Gael
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James J. McGettigan
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9.5%
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749
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757
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766
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790
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—
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Fine Gael
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James Deeney*
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8.7%
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692
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726
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902
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907
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941
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Fianna Fáil
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Sean McLaughlin*
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7.2%
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574
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762
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837
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841
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860
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Independent
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Alfred Bateman
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4.9%
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389
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409
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—
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Electorate: 15,558 Valid: 7,927 Quota: 1,133 Turnout: 8,027
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Donegal: 6 seats[3][1]
Party |
Candidate |
FPv% |
Count
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1 |
2 |
3 |
4 |
5 |
6 |
7 |
8 |
9 |
10 |
11
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Fine Gael
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Christy Gallagher
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10.0%
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1,004
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1,009
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1,012
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1,017
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1,084
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1,101
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1,110
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1,116
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1,247
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1,328
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Fine Gael
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Michael Melly*
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8.9%
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889
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909
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932
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1,019
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1,021
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1,027
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1,051
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1,136
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1,147
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'1,328
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Fianna Fáil
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Frank Muldoon*
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8.8%
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882
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890
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911
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915
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927
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935
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974
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1,211
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1,225
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1,281
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1,392
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Independent
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Brian McRory
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8.5%
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848
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857
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858
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860
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879
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892
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1,064
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1,067
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1,090
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1,106
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1,156
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Fianna Fáil
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Michael O'Donnell
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8.3%
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831
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833
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839
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842
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842
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895
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919
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946
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1,033
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1,046
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1,387
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Ratepayers
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Robert Anderson*
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8.2%
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826
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831
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835
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842
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980
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983
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995
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1,006
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1,008
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1,039
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1,052
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Fianna Fáil
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James Callaghan
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8.0%
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798
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798
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798
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799
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801
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819
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844
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857
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885
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897
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—
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Independent
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Joseph Doherty
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7.0%
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704
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711
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729
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778
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779
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782
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802
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842
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842
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—
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Fine Gael
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Seamus McShane
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6.3%
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627
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631
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634
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636
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642
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672
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695
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702
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918
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923
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1,022
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Sinn Féin
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Eamonn Monaghan
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4.7%
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469
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477
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478
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482
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488
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501
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—
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Fine Gael
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Patrick Cunningham*
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4.4%
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441
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445
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446
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447
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449
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674
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699
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699
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—
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Fianna Fáil
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Alex McKeaney
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4.4%
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440
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446
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549
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574
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579
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582
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582
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—
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Fine Gael
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Hugh Gallagher
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4.2%
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425
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428
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432
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432
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444
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—
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Independent
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Albert Ellis
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3.1%
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311
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312
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312
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312
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—
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Independent
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Edward Doherty
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2.2%
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218
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220
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239
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—
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Fianna Fáil
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Anthony King
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2.1%
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214
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220
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—
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Independent
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Bernard Mangan
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1.1%
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112
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—
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Valid: 10,039 Spoilt: 130 Quota: 1,435 Turnout: 10,169
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Glenties: 6 seats[4][1]
Party |
Candidate |
FPv% |
Count
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1 |
2 |
3 |
4
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Fine Gael
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Patrick O'Donnell*
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19.1%
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1,490
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Fianna Fáil
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Louis Walsh*
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17.8%
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1,393
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Fianna Fáil
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Cormac Breslin*
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15.4%
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1,202
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Fine Gael
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Charles Greene*
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14.4%
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1,126
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Sinn Féin
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Seamus Rogers
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12.3%
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961
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1,082
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1,103
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1,118
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Fianna Fáil
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Sean O'Cinneide*
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10.3%
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803
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871
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878
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1,105
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Fine Gael
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Charles McDyre
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9.3%
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727
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902
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915
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949
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Independent
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Patrick A. McCarthy
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8.7%
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116
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125
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—
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Valid: 7,818 Spoilt: 84 Quota: 1,117 Turnout: 7,902
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Letterkenny: 6 seats[5][1]
Party |
Candidate |
FPv% |
Count
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1 |
2 |
3 |
4 |
5 |
6 |
7 |
8 |
9 |
10
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Independent
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William Buchanan*
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16.7%
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1,899
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Fine Gael
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Paddy Harte TD
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11.0%
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1,249
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1,251
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1,254
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1,260
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1,342
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1,353
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1,440
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1,690
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Independent
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Peter Dunnion*
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10.2%
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1,166
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1,168
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1,178
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1,196
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1,231
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1,235
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1,290
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1,358
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1,362
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1,495
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Fianna Fáil
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Paddy McGowan
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8.9%
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1,019
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1,022
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1,028
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1,034
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1,101
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1,133
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1,169
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1,209
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1,211
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1,243
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Fianna Fáil
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Bernard McGlinchey
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8.1%
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924
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924
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951
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981
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1,161
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1,311
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1,347
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1,394
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1,395
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1,528
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Independent
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Samuel Patterson*
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7.7%
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880
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1,117
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1,132
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1,137
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1,142
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1,205
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1,220
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1,248
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1,250
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1,290
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Independent
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Charles O'Donnell*
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6.5%
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741
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742
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779
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811
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824
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895
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948
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967
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967
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—
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Fine Gael
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Hugh McKendrick*
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6.2%
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710
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711
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759
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811
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824
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895
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948
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967
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1,012
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1,226
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Fine Gael
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John F. Hunter*
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6.0%
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684
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694
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697
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709
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722
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725
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790
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—
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Fianna Fáil
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John J. Sheridan
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4.9%
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555
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560
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569
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576
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596
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—
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Ind. Republican
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Frank Morris
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4.9%
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554
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556
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572
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626
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644
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648
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—
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Fianna Fáil
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Charles Doherty
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4.2%
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475
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478
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481
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511
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—
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Sinn Féin
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Patrick J. Dawson
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2.7%
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311
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314
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332
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—
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Labour
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John Nugent
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2.1%
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240
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240
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—
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Valid: 11,407 Spoilt: 144 Quota: 1,630 Turnout: 11,551
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- ^ a b c d e f g "Donegal County Council 1955 to 2009" (XLSX). irishelectionliterature.com. 28 October 2011. Retrieved 28 July 2024.
- ^ "Donegal County Council: (Buncrana) 1967 Local Election Results, Counts, Transfers". irelandelection.com. Retrieved 28 July 2024.
- ^ "Donegal County Council: (Donegal) 1960 Local Election Results, Counts, Stats and Analysis". irelandelection.com. Retrieved 28 July 2024.
- ^ "Donegal County Council: (Glenties) 1960 Local Election Results, Counts, Transfers". irelandelection.com. Retrieved 28 July 2024.
- ^ "Donegal County Council: (Letterkenny) 1960 Local Election Results, Counts, Transfers". irelandelection.com. Retrieved 28 July 2024.
- ^ "Donegal County Council: (Milford) 1960 Local Election Results, Counts, Transfers". irelandelection.com. Retrieved 28 July 2024.