Dublin North-East was a parliamentary constituency represented in Dáil Éireann, the lower house of the Irish parliament or Oireachtas, from 1937 to 1977 and from 1981 to 2016.
It was abolished in 1977 as a result of the Electoral (Amendment) Act 1974 when it was largely replaced by the Dublin Artane constituency before being recreated in 1981.
the Clontarf East, Clontarf West, Drumcondra and North Dock Wards; and The portion of the Mountjoy Ward bounded by a line drawn as follows:— Starting at the point in the boundary of the said Ward along Seán Mac Dermott Street Lower where it is intersected by a line drawn along the middle of Buckingham Street Upper and Buckingham Street Lower and proceeding thence in a North-Westerly direction along the middle of Buckingham Street Upper to Summerhill and thence in a North-Easterly direction along the middle of Summerhill to the North Circular Road and thence in a North-Easterly direction along the middle of the North Circular Road to meet the existing boundary of the said Ward along Russell Street and Fitzgibbon Street and thence in a North-Easterly, North-Westerly South Easterly and South-Westerly direction along the existing boundary of the said Ward to the starting point; and The townlands of:— and transfer of townlands from Dublin County in line with transfer of territory from the county to the city in 1931.
Artane, Beann Éadair, Coolock, Drumcondra North, Raheny and Santry wards; that part of Clontarf East ward lying north of a line drawn as follows: commencing at the junction of Howth Road with Collins Avenue East, thence in an easterly direction along Howth Road to its junction with Castle Avenue, thence in a southerly direction along Castle Avenue to its junction with Vernon Avenue, thence in an easterly direction along Vernon Avenue to its junction with Sybil Hill Road, thence in an easterly direction along the imaginary easterly projection of Vernon Avenue to its junction with the southern boundary of St. Anne's Park, thence commencing in an easterly direction and proceeding along the said boundary and along its imaginary easterly projection to its intersection by Mount Prospect Avenue, thence in a northerly direction along Mount Prospect Avenue to its junction with the imaginary westerly projection of the northern boundary of Manresa Retreat House, thence commencing in an easterly direction and proceeding along the said imaginary projection, along the northern boundary of Manresa Retreat House and along its imaginary south-easterly projection to its first intersection by the ward boundary; and that part of Clontarf West ward lying north of a line drawn as follows: Beann Éadair, Raheny and part of Clontarf East moved to Dublin Clontarf; Coolock and Santry A moved to Dublin County North; remaining part of Clontarf West moved to Dublin North-Central.
The seat was won by the Fine Gael candidate Paddy Belton, brother of the deceased TD.