title: Cork South (Dáil constituency)
text: # Cork South (Dáil constituency)
  
  Cork South was a parliamentary constituency represented in Dáil Éireann, the lower house of the Irish parliament or Oireachtas from 1948 to 1961. The constituency elected 3 deputies (Teachtaí Dála, commonly known as TDs) to the Dáil, on the system of proportional representation by means of the single transferable vote (PR-STV).
  
  ## History
  
  The constituency was created under the Electoral (Amendment) Act 1947, for the 1948 general election to Dáil Éireann. It succeeded the constituency of Cork South-East. It was abolished under the Electoral (Amendment) Act 1961, when it was partially replaced by the new constituency of Cork South-West.
  
  ## Boundaries
  
  The administrative county of Cork except the portion thereof which was comprised in the constituencies of Cork Borough, Cork North, Cork East and Cork West.
  
  ## TDs
  
  Teachtaí Dála (TDs) for Cork South 1948–1961 :
  
  | Key to parties  Lab = Labour  CnaT = Clann na Talmhan  FF = Fianna Fáil  Ind = Independent  FG = Fine Gael ||||||||
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  | Dáil | Election | Deputy (Party) | Deputy (Party) | Deputy (Party) | Deputy (Party) | Deputy (Party) | Deputy (Party) |
  | 13th | 1948 | | Dan Desmond (Lab) | | Seán Buckley (FF) | | Patrick Lehane (CnaT) |
  | 14th | 1951 | | Dan Desmond (Lab) | | Seán Buckley (FF) | | Patrick Lehane (Ind) |
  | 15th | 1954 | | Dan Desmond (Lab) | | Seán McCarthy (FF) | | Tadhg Manley (FG) |
  | 16th | 1957 | | Dan Desmond (Lab) | | Seán McCarthy (FF) | | Tadhg Manley (FG) |
  | 17th | 1961 | Constituency abolished | Constituency abolished | Constituency abolished | Constituency abolished | Constituency abolished | Constituency abolished |
  
  Note: The columns in this table are used only for presentational purposes, and no significance should be attached to the order of columns. For details of the order in which seats were won at each election, see the detailed results of that election.
  
  