| Dublin North-Central | |
| Type: | Dáil |
| Year: | 1948 |
| Abolished: | 2016 |
| Map4: | Dublin North Central Dáil Éireann constituency.png |
| Map Entity: | County Dublin |
| Map Size: | 150px |
| Members Label: | TDs |
| Local Council Label: | Local government area |
| Local Council: | Dublin City |
Dublin North-Central was a parliamentary constituency represented in Dáil Éireann, the lower house of the Irish parliament or Oireachtas, from 1948 to 2016. The method of election was proportional representation by means of the single transferable vote (PR-STV).
It varied between 3 and 4 seats from its creation in 1948. It was located on the northside of Dublin city. It was subsumed into the new Dublin Bay North constituency at the 2016 general election.
The constituency's most high-profile TD was Charles Haughey, Taoiseach from 1979 to 1981, in 1982, and from 1987 to 1992. Haughey won the first seat in the constituency at every election from 1981 until his retirement in 1992. At that election, his son Seán Haughey succeeded him in the constituency.
| + Changes to the Dublin North-Central constituency 1948–2016 | ||||
| Years | TDs | Boundaries | Notes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1948–1961 | 3 | Formed from Dublin North-West. | ||
| 1961–1969 | 4 | Transfer from Dublin North-West of Arran Quay, transfer from Dublin North-East of North Dock and balance of Mountjoy | ||
| 1969–1977 | 4 | |||
| 1977–1981 | 3 | |||
| 1981–1992 | 4 | Parts of Coolock and Drumcondra Rural Number Two transferred from Dublin County North. | ||
| 1992–1997 | 4 | Transfer of county areas to Dublin North; transfer of the Ennafort–St Annes area to Dublin North-East; transfer of Airport Road area with Dublin North-West; transfer of Marino–Fairview–North Strand area from Dublin Central.[1] | ||
| 1997–2002 | 4 | Transfer of North Dock B from Dublin Central.[2] | ||
| 2002–2007 | 4 | Transfer of Ballybough A and B, Drumcondra South B, and North Dock A and B to Dublin Central; Transfer of Clontarf East A, Edenmore, Grange E and Kilmore C from Dublin North-East.[3] | ||
| 2007–2011 | 3 | Transfer of Grange E and Edenmore to Dublin North-East; transfer of Beaumont A and Whitehall D to Dublin North-West.[4] | ||
| 2011–2016 | 4 | Transfer of Edenmore from Dublin North-East.[5] | ||
| 2016 | — | Constituency abolished | Merged with greater part of Dublin North-East to form Dublin Bay North.[6] |
Following the death of Fianna Fáil TD Colm Gallagher, a by-election was held on 14 November 1957. The seat was won by Independent candidate Frank Sherwin.