The six-seat Tullow area was a new creation, but was largely similar to the area covered by the Tullow electoral areas which had existed before 2014.
Six sitting councillors contested – John Pender (FF), John Murphy and Brian O’Donoghue (FG), Willie Paton (LAB), Jim Deane (SF) and Charlie Murphy (IND).
| NAME | PARTY | 1st Count | 8th Count | ELECTED |
| John Pender | Fianna Fáil | 1446 | — | 1st Count |
| Charlie Murphy | Independent | 1396 | — | 1st Count |
| Brian O’Donoghue | Fine Gael | 858 | — | 4th Count |
| William Paton | Labour | 782 | — | 4th Count |
| John Murphy | Fine Gael | 697 | — | 7th Count |
| Jim Deane | Sinn Féin | 561 | 795 | |
| John MacDonald | Fianna Fáil | 430 | 833 | 8th Count |
| Billy Nolan | Independent | 399 | — | |
| Maria Ansbro | Fine Gael | 369 | — | |
| Helena Byrne | Renua | 288 | — |
The first count saw the six outgoing Councillors placed take the first six positions with Jim Deane 131 votes ahead of John McDonald (FF). However, that advantage was entirely erased by the third count due to the distribution of Pender’s and Charlie Murphy’s surpluses. MacDonald took only 28% of his party colleague Pender’s surplus, but also took 16% of Murphy’s. Deane failed to take 10% of either.
