1899 Monaghan County Council election

The first election to Monaghan County Council took place in April 1899 as part of that year's Irish local elections.

Campaign

Under the Chairmanship of Col. John Leslie, the county Unionist Association met in early January to decide how to proceed, as there was an expectation that the party would be largely frozen out of the election, winning no more than five or six seats. As a result, the association attempted to build stronger links with Independent candidates, whilst also committing itself to contesting every possible seat. To achieve this, the association set up a Voters' Association, under the Honorary Presidency of W. Martin.^[1]

Aggregate results

Monaghan County Council election, 1899
	Seats	Votes %	Votes
Irish Nationalist	18	71.56	8,619
Irish Unionist	1	22.80	2,746
Independent	1	8.71	1,049

Ward results

Aughabog

Aughabog^[2]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Irish Unionist	John Grey	295	50.8
	Irish Nationalist	James Brady	286	49.2
Majority			9	1.6
Turnout			581
	Irish Unionist win (new seat)

Ballybay

Ballybay^[2]^[3]
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Irish Nationalist	Bernard McKenna	370
	Irish Unionist	Joseph McLean	119
Majority			251
Turnout			489

Ballymackay

Ballymackay^[2]
Party	Candidate	Votes
	J. McCaul	506
	J. Witherington	160
Majority
Turnout

Ballytrain

Ballytrain^[2]
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Irish Nationalist	Felix McGeough	482
	Irish Nationalist	Peter Keelaghan	27
Majority
Turnout

Broomfield

Broomfield^[2]
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Irish Nationalist	Thomas Nolan	356
	Irish Nationalist	Owen Hanratty	220
Majority
Turnout

Carrickmacross

Carrickmacross^[2]
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Irish Nationalist	James Daly	439
	Irish Unionist	Owen J. Smith	158
Majority
Turnout

Castleblayney

Castleblayney^[2]
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Irish Nationalist	Patrick Duffy	368
	Irish Unionist	R. W. Harrison	243
Majority
Turnout

Clones

Clones^[2]
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Irish Nationalist	Edward Tierney	441
	Irish Unionist	M. S. Knight	241
Majority
Turnout

Clontibret

Clontibret^[2]
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Irish Nationalist	Patrick Walshe	322
	Irish Nationalist	Patrick Brenman	178
	Irish Unionist	Isaac Wilson	81
Majority
Turnout

Creeve

Creeve^[2]
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Irish Nationalist	Peter Smith	434
	Irish Unionist	Thomas Ross	100
Majority
Turnout

Cremarlin

Cremarlin^[2]
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Irish Nationalist	Patrick McBennett	299
	Irish Nationalist	Francis Connolly J.P.	245
	Irish Unionist	Robert Mulholland	115
Majority
Turnout

Drum

Drum^[2]
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Irish Nationalist	Patrick Connolly	309
	Irish Unionist	Vesey Davidson	278
Majority
Turnout

Emyvale

Emyvale^[2]
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Irish Nationalist	John Delaney	553
	Irish Unionist	Whitney U. Moutray	93
Majority
Turnout

Glasslough

Glasslough^[2]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Irish Nationalist	Owen Murphy	356	53.61
	Irish Unionist	Col. John Leslie	308	46.39
Majority			48	7.22
Turnout			664

Inniskeen

Inniskeen^[2]^[4]
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Irish Nationalist	Edward Gartlan	323
	Irish Nationalist	P. Flanigan	308
	Irish Unionist	J. M. Boston	14
	Irish Nationalist	Thomas McCabe	13
Majority
Turnout

Killunan

Killunan^[2]
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Irish Nationalist	Thomas Toal	525
	Irish Unionist	John Leary	131
Majority
Turnout

Lough Fea

Lough Fea^[2]
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Irish Nationalist	J. J. McCaul	506
	Irish Unionist	Joseph Witherington	160
Majority
Turnout

Newbliss

Newbliss^[2]
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Irish Nationalist	John Fitzpatrick	412
	Irish Unionist	J. C. Madden	196
Majority			216
Turnout			608

Scotstown

Scotstown^[2]
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Irish Nationalist	Thomas Mohan	444
	Irish Unionist	Captain E. Fiddes	97
Majority			347
Turnout			541

Tydavnet

Tydavnet^[2]
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Irish Nationalist	M. Fitzgerald	416
	Irish Unionist	E. H. Greene	117
Majority
Turnout

References

[1] Belfast News-Letter - Saturday 07 January 1899 pg.6

[LT_15A-2] ^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ ^j ^k ^l ^m ⁿ ^o ^p ^q ^r ^s ^t Larne Times - Saturday 15 April 1899

[FJ_11A-3] Freeman's Journal - Tuesday 11 April 1899 pg.6

[4] People's Advocate and Monaghan, Fermanagh, and Tyrone News - Saturday 11 March 1899 pg.1

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