This was the last time the entire county borough of Cork formed a single electoral area.
[1] Electoral law at the time of the election empowered the Minister for Local Government to split county boroughs into multiple borough electoral areas only if the council requested, which Cork City Council had not done.
[3] At the 1967 local elections, the larger parties increased their proportion of seats.
[4] The first six candidates elected gained the honorific title alderman; the other 15 were "councillors".
[1] Seán McCarthy, John Bermingham and Gus Healy were also elected to Cork County Council from the Cork Rural LEA which bordered the city.