Clare–Galway South (Dáil Éireann constituency)

Clare–Galway South
Former Dáil Éireann Parliamentary Constituency
Former constituency
Created	1969
Abolished	1977
Seats	3
County/City council	County Clare County Galway County Roscommon

Clare–Galway South was a parliamentary constituency represented in Dáil Éireann, the lower house of the Irish parliament or Oireachtas from 1969 to 1977. The constituency elected 3 deputies (Teachtaí Dála, commonly known as TDs) to the Dáil, using the single transferable vote form of proportional representation (PR-STV).

The constituency was created under the Electoral (Amendment) Act 1969, for the 1969 general election to the 19th Dáil. It was used again for the 1973 general election to the 20th Dáil.

Clare–Galway South was abolished under the Electoral (Amendment) Act 1974, with effect from the 1977 general election. The areas in County Clare were incorporated into the existing Clare constituency, while the Galway territories were divided between the two new constituencies of Galway West and Galway East.

The Clare part of the constituency had been included since 1923 in the Clare constituency. However, it was only a small area of County Clare (a sparsely-populated part of the mountainous area in the north-east of the county centered around Tulla), and it would have not have been anomalous to have simply called it "Galway South". Clare–Galway South also included a small part of County Roscommon.

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