Dublin County West | |
Type: | Dáil |
Year: | 1977 |
Abolished: | 1981 |
Map Entity: | Ireland |
Map Size: | 200px |
Seats: | 3 |
Local Council Label: | Local government areas |
Dublin County West was a parliamentary constituency represented in Dáil Éireann, the lower house of the Irish parliament or Oireachtas from 1977 to 1981. The constituency elected 3 deputies (Teachtaí Dála, commonly known as TDs) to the Dáil, using proportional representation by means of the single transferable vote (PR-STV).
The constituency was created by the Electoral (Amendment) Act 1974,[1] for the 1977 general election. It was abolished by the Electoral (Amendment) Act 1980.[2] It became part of the Dublin West constituency, created for the 1981 general election.
It consisted of the following areas:[1]
"In the administrative county of Dublin, the district electoral divisions of:
Blanchardstown, Castleknock, Clondalkin Number One, Clondalkin Number Two, Clonsilla, Lucan Number One, Lucan Number Two, Newcastle, Palmerston Number One, Palmerston Number Two, Rathcoole Saggart, Terenure Number One;
and, in the administrative county of Kildare, the district electoral divisions of:
Celbridge Donaghcumper, Leixlip, Maynooth, in the former Rural District of Celbridge No. 1;
and the following wards in the county borough of Dublin:
Ballyfermot H, Crumlin F."