Galway East (Dáil constituency)

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Galway East is a parliamentary constituency in Ireland’s Dáil Éireann, representing a largely rural and small-town area of eastern County Galway.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Dáil constituency
abbreviation PR-STV
administrativeCountyOverlap Galway County Council area
borderingConstituency Clare (Dáil constituency)
Galway West (Dáil constituency)
Mayo (Dáil constituency)
Roscommon–Galway (Dáil constituency)
boundaryReviewBody Constituency Commission
characterisedAs largely rural area
small-town area
containsSettlementType rural hinterland
villages
containsTown Athenry
Ballinasloe (parts)
Loughrea
Tuam
country Ireland
createdBy Electoral (Revision of Constituencies) Act 1935
electoralRegion western Ireland
electoralSystem proportional representation by means of the single transferable vote
electsToOffice Teachta Dála
firstCreated 1937
governingLawType electoral law of Ireland
governmentalLevel national
hasNumberOfSeats 3
hasPredecessor Galway (Dáil constituency)
hasRepresentationType multi-seat constituency
hasUrbanCentres small towns
IrishName Gaillimh Thoir
isRural true
language English
Irish
legislativeBody Dáil Éireann
locatedIn Connacht
County Galway
parliamentaryBody Oireachtas
partOf Dáil Éireann
Oireachtas
previousSeatCount 4
province Connacht
recreated 1969
represents eastern County Galway
seatCountAppliesFrom 2016 general election
shortName Galway East
successorBodyForReviews Electoral Commission (Ireland)
usedFor elections to the Dáil
wasAbolished 1948

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Mayo (Dáil constituency) borderingConstituency Galway East (Dáil constituency)
Liam Mellows electedFor constituency of Galway East
linked to: Galway East (Dáil constituency)
Galway West (Dáil constituency) hasBorderWith Galway East (Dáil constituency)
Aughrim locatedInCountrySubdivision Galway East (Dáil constituency)