| Election Name: | 1979 Irish local elections |
| Country: | Republic of Ireland |
| Type: | parliamentary |
| Previous Election: | 1974 Irish local elections |
| Previous Year: | 1974 |
| Next Election: | 1985 Irish local elections |
| Next Year: | 1985 |
| Election Date: | 7 June 1979 |
| Turnout: | 63.60% 1.47pp |
| Leader1: | Jack Lynch |
| Leader Since1: | 9 November 1966 |
| Party1: | Fianna Fáil |
| Seats1: | 328 |
| Seat Change1: | 24 |
| Popular Vote1: | 529,909 |
| Percentage1: | 39.0% |
| Swing1: | 0.8% |
| Leader2: | Garret FitzGerald |
| Leader Since2: | 1977 |
| Party2: | Fine Gael |
| Seats2: | 292 |
| Seat Change2: | 12 |
| Popular Vote2: | 469,074 |
| Percentage2: | 34.6% |
| Swing2: | 0.8% |
| Image3: | Labour |
| Leader3: | Frank Cluskey |
| Leader Since3: | 1977 |
| Party3: | Labour Party (Ireland) |
| Seats3: | 75 |
| Seat Change3: | 4 |
| Popular Vote3: | 160,684 |
| Percentage3: | 11.8% |
| Swing3: | 0.9% |
| Leader4: | Ruairí Ó Brádaigh |
| Leader Since4: | October 1970 |
| Party4: | Sinn Féin (Provisional) |
| Color4: | 326760 |
| Seats4: | 11 |
| Seat Change4: | 4 |
| Popular Vote4: | 21,273 |
| Percentage4: | 1.6% |
| Swing4: | 0.2% |
| Leader5: | Tomás Mac Giolla |
| Leader Since5: | 14 October 1962 |
| Party5: | Sinn Féin The Workers' Party |
| Color5: | d73d3d |
| Seats5: | 7 |
| Seat Change5: | 1 |
| Popular Vote5: | 31,238 |
| Percentage5: | 2.3% |
| Swing5: | 1.0% |
| Image6: | IFF |
| Leader6: | Neil Blaney |
| Leader Since6: | 1972 |
| Party6: | Independent Fianna Fáil |
| Seats6: | 4 |
| Popular Vote6: | 10,245 |
| Percentage6: | 0.8% |
| Swing6: | 0.2% |
The 1979 Irish local elections were held in all the counties, cities and towns of Ireland on Thursday, 7 June 1979, on the same day as the first direct elections to the European Parliament.
| Party | Seats | ± | [1] | ±% | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 328 | 24 | 529,909 | 39.0 | 0.8 | |||
| 292 | 12 | 469,074 | 34.6 | 0.9 | |||
| 75 | 4 | 160,684 | 11.8 | 0.9 | |||
| 11 | 4 | 21,273 | 1.6 | 0.2 | |||
| 7 | 1 | 31,238 | 2.3 | 1.0 | |||
| 4 | 10,245 | 0.8 | 0.2 | ||||
| Protestant Association | 2 | 1,912 | 0.1 | 0.1 | |||
| 1 | 1,728 | 0.1 | New | ||||
| 1 | 1 | 675 | 0.0 | New | |||
| 48 | 25 | 120,166 | 8.5 | 0.5 | |||
| Total | 1,421,494 | 100 | — | ||||
| Authority | FF | FG | Lab | SF (P) | SFWP | Other | Total | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Carlow | 8 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 21 | |||||||||
| Cavan | 12 | 11 | 1 | 1 | 25 | |||||||||
| Clare | 17 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 31 | ||||||||
| Cork City | 13 | 12 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 31 | ||||||||
| Cork County | 23 | 18 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 47 | ||||||||
| Donegal | 10 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 23 | |||||||
| Dublin City | 12 | 15 | 11 | 1 | 6 | 45 | ||||||||
| Dublin | 12 | 14 | 9 | 1 | 36 | |||||||||
| Galway | 14 | 11 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 30 | ||||||||
| Kerry | 14 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 26 | ||||||||
| Kildare | 9 | 8 | 4 | 21 | ||||||||||
| Kilkenny | 11 | 10 | 4 | 1 | 26 | |||||||||
| Laois | 11 | 12 | 2 | 25 | ||||||||||
| Leitrim | 11 | 9 | 1 | 21 | ||||||||||
| Limerick City | 6 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 17 | |||||||||
| Limerick County | 15 | 11 | 1 | 27 | ||||||||||
| Longford | 8 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 21 | |||||||||
| Louth | 10 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 26 | |||||||
| Mayo | 15 | 16 | 31 | |||||||||||
| Meath | 13 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 29 | |||||||||
| Monaghan | 9 | 8 | 3 | 20 | ||||||||||
| Offaly | 10 | 9 | 1 | 1 | 21 | |||||||||
| Roscommon | 12 | 12 | 1 | 1 | 26 | |||||||||
| Sligo | 10 | 11 | 1 | 2 | 24 | |||||||||
| Tipperary North | 8 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 21 | |||||||||
| Tipperary South | 11 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 26 | |||||||||
| Waterford City | 5 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 15 | ||||||||
| Waterford County | 9 | 11 | 1 | 21 | ||||||||||
| Westmeath | 10 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 23 | |||||||||
| Wexford | 10 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 21 | |||||||||
| Wicklow | 7 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 21 | ||||||||
| Authority | FF | FG | Lab | PSF | SFWP | Other | Total | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Clonmel | 4 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 12 | |||||||||
| Drogheda | 3 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 12 | |||||||||
| Dún Laoghaire | 3 | 8 | 4 | 15 | ||||||||||
| Galway | 5 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 12 | |||||||||
| Kilkenny | 4 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 12 | |||||||||
| Sligo | 3 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 12 | |||||||||
| Wexford | 3 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 12 | ||||||||