Category Archives: Donegal

WHAT A DIFFERENCE A QUARTER OF A CENTURY MAKES…

Here at Tallyriffic Towers, we are lucky enough to have access to tallies going back as far as the 1980s in some cases. This allows to do some interesting comparisons – such as the swing between Pat The Cope Gallagher’s vote in 1992 in the old Donegal South-West and the Venerable Gentleman’s vote in Donegal this year.

Drop us a line if you have any old tallies you can send us…. Continue reading WHAT A DIFFERENCE A QUARTER OF A CENTURY MAKES…

MACLOCHLAINN OUT OF LUCK – OR VOTES? (pt 2)

Overall the two Dohertys took around 4100 of the 9600 Sinn Fein votes in the old Donegal North-East (the Google Earth screenshot below shows Padraig Maclochlainn’s share of the Sinn Fein vote in the old Donegal North East) – by contrast MacLochlainn only took 200 of the 10200 party votes in the old Donegal South-West. A case could be made that Pearse Doherty’s significant national media presence might explain his getting votes in the old Donegal North-East, but surely – given his similarly prominent media presence – you would then expect MacLochlainn to be picking up a noticeable tally of votes across the old Donegal South-West. Continue reading MACLOCHLAINN OUT OF LUCK – OR VOTES? (pt 2)