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((Short description|Amendment to remove certain references to the Catholic Church))
((Use dmy dates|date=June 2022))
((Use Hiberno-English|date=June 2022))
((Infobox referendum
| name        = Fifth Amendment of the Constitution of Ireland
| title       = To remove references to "special position" of the Catholic Church and to other named denominations
| country     = Ireland
| date        = ((Start date|1972|12|07|df=y))
| yes         =   721,003
| no          =   133,430
| total       =   903,759
| electorate  = 1,783,604
| map         = 
))
The '''Fifth Amendment of the Constitution Act 1972''' is an [[Amendments to the Constitution of Ireland|amendment]] to the [[Constitution of Ireland]] which deleted two subsections that recognised the special position of the [[Catholic Church]] and that recognised other named religious denominations. It was approved by [[referendum]] on 7 December 1972 and signed into law on 5 January 1973.

==Changes to the text==
The amendment renumbered Article 44.1.1° as Article 41.1 and deleted the following two subsections from Article 41.1:
((quote frame|
2° The State recognises the special position of the [[Catholic Church in Ireland|Holy Catholic Apostolic and Roman Church]] as the guardian of the Faith professed by the great majority of the citizens.

3° The State also recognises the [[Church of Ireland]], the [[Presbyterian Church in Ireland]], the [[Methodist Church in Ireland]], the [[Religious Society of Friends in Ireland]], as well as the [[Jews in Ireland|Jewish Congregations]] and the other religious denominations existing in Ireland at the date of the coming into operation of this Constitution.))

==Background to the deleted provisions==
((More citations needed section|date=February 2023))
In drafting the Irish constitution in 1936 and 1937, [[Éamon de Valera]] and his advisers chose to reflect what had been a contemporary willingness by constitution drafters and lawmakers in Europe to mention and in some ways recognise religion in explicit detail. This contrasted with many 1920s constitutions, notably the [[Constitution of the Irish Free State]] of 1922, which, following the secularism of the initial period after [[World War I]], simply prohibited any discrimination based on religion, or avoided religious issues entirely.

De Valera, his advisers (including [[John Charles McQuaid]], the future Archbishop of Dublin), and the men who put words to de Valera's concepts for the constitution (John Hearne and Mícheál Ó Gríobhtha) faced conflicting demands in drafting of the article on religion.

* The demand from conservative Roman Catholics that Catholicism be established as the [[state religion]] of Ireland;
* Protestants' fears of discrimination.
* Prevailing opposition to [[Judaism]].
* The fact that most people in Ireland belonged to some religion, and that the education system and to a lesser extent the health system were denominational in structure, with Roman Catholicism, the Church of Ireland, the Presbyterian Church, the Methodist Church, the Jewish community, and others running their own schools and non-governmental agencies.

De Valera's solution was Article 44. In contemporary terms, it marked a defeat for conservative Catholics, and Pope Pius XI explicitly withheld his approval from it:

* Catholicism was not made the state church.
* Catholicism was given an undefined "special position" on the basis of being the church of the majority. This was not consistent with the stance of pre-[[Second Vatican Council|Vatican II]] Catholicism, which claimed the right to legal and political influence on the basis of the claimed objective truth of its teachings rather than the size of its following.
* Other religions were named and recognised on a lower level. The use of the [[Church of Ireland]]'s official name antagonised conservative Catholics, who saw Catholicism as being the proper and rightful "church of Ireland".
* The Jewish community in Ireland was also given recognition. The explicit granting of a right to exist to the Jewish faith in Ireland marked a significant difference to the legal approach to Jewish rights in other European states, though contemporary Irish society was not free of [[antisemitism]].

Though perceived in retrospect as a sectarian article, Article 44 was praised in 1937 by leaders of Irish Protestant churches (notably the Church of Ireland [[Archbishop of Dublin (Church of Ireland)|Archbishop of Dublin]]) and by Jewish groups. Conservative Catholics condemned it as "liberal".

When the contents of Article 44 were put to [[Pope Pius XI]] by Cardinal [[Eugenio Pacelli]] (then [[Cardinal Secretary of State]], later [[Pope Pius XII]]), the pope stated in diplomatic language: "We do not approve, nor do we not disapprove – we will remain silent." (((lang-it|"Ni approvo ni non disapprovo; taceremo."))<ref>((cite news |title=De Valera sought papal approval for Constitution |url=https://www.irishtimes.com/news/de-valera-sought-papal-approval-for-constitution-1.1264336 |access-date=6 June 2007 |work=The Irish Times |date=27 November 2006))</ref>) It was said that the pope was privately more appreciative of the constitution, and Pius XII later praised it publicly.<ref>((cite web|url=http://www.nuigalway.ie/law/GSLR/2003/Natural%20Law%20and%20the%20Irish%20Constitution.pdf |title=Dead or Alive?: The Fate of Natural Law in Irish Constitutional Jurisprudence |work=Galway Law Review |first=James |last=Jeffers |access-date=3 May 2012 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110609214938/http://www.nuigalway.ie/law/GSLR/2003/Natural%20Law%20and%20the%20Irish%20Constitution.pdf |archive-date=9 June 2011 ))</ref>

During the 1950s the Catholic Integrist group [[Maria Duce]], led by Irish Catholic priest [[Denis Fahey]], launched a campaign to amend the Article 44 of the [[Constitution of Ireland]].<ref>Price, Stanley: Somewhere to Hang My Hat: An Irish-Jewish Journey (2002).</ref>
Fahey argued that this was insufficient and that the Constitution should recognise the [[Catholic Church]] as being divinely ordained and separate from 'man-made' religions.<ref>Delaney, op cit, pp. 500–502</ref> The campaign succeeded in securing a resolution of support from [[County Westmeath|Westmeath county council]] in 1950, but no further progress towards the goal of a constitutional amendment was made.<ref>Delaney, op cit, p. 502</ref>

==Viewpoint in the 1970s==
((More citations needed section|date=February 2023))
By 1972, an article once condemned by critics as liberal and indeed by some as offensive to Catholicism, had come to be seen as out of place, dated, and potentially discriminatory to [[Protestantism in Ireland|Protestants]]. The "special position" granted to the Catholic Church, albeit in an undefined manner, was a special status that was out of step with post-[[Second Vatican Council|Vatican II]] Catholic thinking on the relationships between the churches.  The Protestant churches, though they had declined in adherents, were more outspoken and willing to express their unhappiness than they had been in the Ireland of the 1920s and 1930s, when many were fearful that criticism of the Irish state would be seen as criticism of Irish independence and so implicitly a preference for the British regime that had ruled Ireland before 1922.

In addition, in the rapprochement between [[Northern Ireland]] and what was by then known as the Republic of Ireland, many southerners perceived the "special position" as a barrier to an improved north–south relationship, and even a potential source of discrimination against minorities. In addition, the explicit recognition of certain denominations was seen as unnecessary because of the provisions Article 44.2, which contains guarantees of freedom of worship and against religious discrimination.

==Oireachtas debate==
The Fifth Amendment of the Constitution Bill 1972 was proposed by [[Fianna Fáil]] [[Taoiseach]] [[Jack Lynch]].<ref>((cite web|url=https://beta.oireachtas.ie/en/debates/debate/dail/1972-10-26/3/|title=Fifth Amendment of the Constitution Bill, 1972: First Stage.|date=26 October 1972|access-date=28 April 2018|publisher=Houses of the Oireachtas))</ref> It was supported by the opposition parties [[Fine Gael]] and the [[Labour Party (Ireland)|Labour Party]] and passed final stages in the Dáil on 2 November 1972.<ref>((cite web|url=https://beta.oireachtas.ie/en/debates/debate/dail/1972-11-02/64/|title=Fifth Amendment of the Constitution Bill, 1972: Committee and Final Stages.|date=2 November 1972|access-date=28 April 2018|publisher=Houses of the Oireachtas))</ref> It passed all stages in the Seanad on 3 November and proceeded to a referendum on 7 December 1972.<ref>((cite web|url=https://beta.oireachtas.ie/en/debates/debate/seanad/1972-11-03/5/|title=Fifth Amendment of the Constitution Bill, 1972: Committee and Final Stages.|date=3 November 1972|access-date=28 April 2018|publisher=Houses of the Oireachtas))</ref>

==Campaign==
((Unreferenced section|date=April 2023))
The Catholic Church did not voice any objection to the amendment, but it was opposed by some conservative Catholics. Some leading members of the Church of Ireland and the Jewish Community said during the campaign that while they appreciated the Article's recognition of their existence (and in the case of the Jewish Community, their right to exist, in contrast to anti-Jewish laws in other states) in 1937, it was no longer needed in the 1970s and had lost its usefulness.

The referendum on the amendment occurred on the same day as the referendum on the [[Fourth Amendment of the Constitution of Ireland|Fourth Amendment]] which lowered the voting age to eighteen.

After its approval by referendum, the amendment was made to the Constitution after it was signed into law by the [[President of Ireland]], who was then Éamon de Valera, the man who had drafted the original article.

==Result==
((Referendum
|title      = Fifth Amendment of the Constitution of Ireland referendum<ref name=Ref_results>((cite web|url=http://www.housing.gov.ie/sites/default/files/migrated-files/en/Publications/LocalGovernment/Voting/referendum_results_1937-2015.pdf|work=[[Department of Housing, Planning and Local Government]]|title=Referendum Results 1937–2015|page=31|date=23 August 2016|access-date=28 April 2018))</ref>
|yes        = 721,003
|yespct     = 84.38
|no         = 133,430
|nopct      = 15.62
|valid      = 854,433
|validpct   = 94.54
|invalid    = 49,326
|invalidpct = 5.46
|total      = 903,759
|turnoutpct = 50.67
|electorate = 1,783,604
))

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|+Results by constituency<ref name=Ref_results/>
! rowspan=2 | Constituency
! rowspan=2 | Electorate
! rowspan=2 | ((nowrap|Turnout (%)))
! colspan=2 | Votes
! colspan=2 | Proportion of votes
|-
! Yes
! No
! Yes
! No
|-  
| style="background:#c8ffc8;"| [[Carlow–Kilkenny (Dáil constituency)|Carlow–Kilkenny]]
| style="text-align: right;" | 59,415
| style="text-align: right;" | 55.2%
| style="text-align: right;" | '''26,589'''
| style="text-align: right;" | 4,040
| style="text-align: right; background:#c8ffc8;" | '''86.8%'''
| style="text-align: right;" | 13.2%
|-
| style="background:#c8ffc8;"| [[Cavan (Dáil constituency)|Cavan]]
| style="text-align: right;" | 37,229
| style="text-align: right;" | 54.0%
| style="text-align: right;" | '''16,775'''
| style="text-align: right;" | 1,838
| style="text-align: right; background:#c8ffc8;" | '''90.1%'''
| style="text-align: right;" | 9.9%
|-
| style="background:#c8ffc8;"| [[Clare (Dáil constituency)|Clare]]
| style="text-align: right;" | 39,413
| style="text-align: right;" | 47.6%
| style="text-align: right;" | '''15,099'''
| style="text-align: right;" | 2,389
| style="text-align: right; background:#c8ffc8;" | '''86.3%'''
| style="text-align: right;" | 13.7%
|-
| style="background:#c8ffc8;"| [[Clare–South Galway (Dáil constituency)|Clare–South Galway]]
| style="text-align: right;" | 34,820
| style="text-align: right;" | 52.6%
| style="text-align: right;" | '''15,298'''
| style="text-align: right;" | 1,813
| style="text-align: right; background:#c8ffc8;" | '''89.4%'''
| style="text-align: right;" | 10.6%
|-
| style="background:#c8ffc8;"| [[Cork City North-West (Dáil constituency)|Cork City North-West]]
| style="text-align: right;" | 36,115
| style="text-align: right;" | 48.2%
| style="text-align: right;" | '''11,821'''
| style="text-align: right;" | 4,805
| style="text-align: right; background:#c8ffc8;" | '''71.1%'''
| style="text-align: right;" | 28.9%
|-
| style="background:#c8ffc8;"| [[Cork City South-East (Dáil constituency)|Cork City South-East]]
| style="text-align: right;" | 36,476
| style="text-align: right;" | 53.9%
| style="text-align: right;" | '''13,701'''
| style="text-align: right;" | 5,212
| style="text-align: right; background:#c8ffc8;" | '''72.4%'''
| style="text-align: right;" | 27.6%
|-
| style="background:#c8ffc8;"| [[Cork Mid (Dáil constituency)|Cork Mid]]
| style="text-align: right;" | 49,402
| style="text-align: right;" | 53.8%
| style="text-align: right;" | '''20,430'''
| style="text-align: right;" | 4,571
| style="text-align: right; background:#c8ffc8;" | '''81.7%'''
| style="text-align: right;" | 18.3%
|-
| style="background:#c8ffc8;"| [[Cork North-East (Dáil constituency)|Cork North-East]]
| style="text-align: right;" | 50,016
| style="text-align: right;" | 54.8%
| style="text-align: right;" | '''20,986'''
| style="text-align: right;" | 4,640
| style="text-align: right; background:#c8ffc8;" | '''81.9%'''
| style="text-align: right;" | 18.1%
|-
| style="background:#c8ffc8;"| [[Cork South-West (Dáil constituency)|Cork South-West]] 
| style="text-align: right;" | 38,285
| style="text-align: right;" | 53.1%
| style="text-align: right;" | '''14,620'''
| style="text-align: right;" | 4,545
| style="text-align: right; background:#c8ffc8;" | '''76.3%'''
| style="text-align: right;" | 23.7%
|-
| style="background:#c8ffc8;"| [[Donegal North-East (Dáil constituency)|Donegal North-East]]
| style="text-align: right;" | 37,924
| style="text-align: right;" | 43.4%
| style="text-align: right;" | '''13,260'''
| style="text-align: right;" | 1,736
| style="text-align: right; background:#c8ffc8;" | '''88.4%'''
| style="text-align: right;" | 11.6%
|-
| style="background:#c8ffc8;"| [[Donegal–Leitrim (Dáil constituency)|Donegal–Leitrim]]
| style="text-align: right;" | 38,540
| style="text-align: right;" | 46.2%
| style="text-align: right;" | '''14,705'''
| style="text-align: right;" | 1,937
| style="text-align: right; background:#c8ffc8;" | '''88.0%'''
| style="text-align: right;" | 12.0%
|-
| style="background:#c8ffc8;"| [[Dublin Central (Dáil constituency)|Dublin Central]]
| style="text-align: right;" | 46,775
| style="text-align: right;" | 43.7%
| style="text-align: right;" | '''15,718'''
| style="text-align: right;" | 3,648
| style="text-align: right; background:#c8ffc8;" | '''81.2%'''
| style="text-align: right;" | 18.8%
|-
| style="background:#c8ffc8;"| [[Dublin County North (Dáil constituency)|Dublin County North]]
| style="text-align: right;" | 58,761
| style="text-align: right;" | 48.6%
| style="text-align: right;" | '''23,804'''
| style="text-align: right;" | 3,897
| style="text-align: right; background:#c8ffc8;" | '''85.9%'''
| style="text-align: right;" | 14.1%
|-
| style="background:#c8ffc8;"| [[Dublin County South (Dáil constituency)|Dublin County South]]
| style="text-align: right;" | 45,289
| style="text-align: right;" | 55.5%
| style="text-align: right;" | '''20,966'''
| style="text-align: right;" | 3,572
| style="text-align: right; background:#c8ffc8;" | '''85.4%'''
| style="text-align: right;" | 14.6%
|-
| style="background:#c8ffc8;"| [[Dublin North-Central (Dáil constituency)|Dublin North-Central]]
| style="text-align: right;" | 49,073
| style="text-align: right;" | 49.4%
| style="text-align: right;" | '''18,933'''
| style="text-align: right;" | 4,505
| style="text-align: right; background:#c8ffc8;" | '''80.8%'''
| style="text-align: right;" | 19.2%
|-
| style="background:#c8ffc8;"| [[Dublin North-East (Dáil constituency)|Dublin North-East]]
| style="text-align: right;" | 55,483
| style="text-align: right;" | 52.9%
| style="text-align: right;" | '''24,128'''
| style="text-align: right;" | 4,450
| style="text-align: right; background:#c8ffc8;" | '''84.4%'''
| style="text-align: right;" | 15.6%
|-
| style="background:#c8ffc8;"| [[Dublin North-West (Dáil constituency)|Dublin North-West]]
| style="text-align: right;" | 44,369
| style="text-align: right;" | 46.6%
| style="text-align: right;" | '''16,386'''
| style="text-align: right;" | 3,488
| style="text-align: right; background:#c8ffc8;" | '''82.4%'''
| style="text-align: right;" | 17.6%
|-
| style="background:#c8ffc8;"| [[Dublin South-Central (Dáil constituency)|Dublin South-Central]]
| style="text-align: right;" | 50,400
| style="text-align: right;" | 48.7%
| style="text-align: right;" | '''19,582'''
| style="text-align: right;" | 4,134
| style="text-align: right; background:#c8ffc8;" | '''82.6%'''
| style="text-align: right;" | 17.4%
|-
| style="background:#c8ffc8;"| [[Dublin South-East (Dáil constituency)|Dublin South-East]]
| style="text-align: right;" | 37,840
| style="text-align: right;" | 50.8%
| style="text-align: right;" | '''15,267'''
| style="text-align: right;" | 3,138
| style="text-align: right; background:#c8ffc8;" | '''82.9%'''
| style="text-align: right;" | 17.1%
|-
| style="background:#c8ffc8;"| [[Dublin South-West (Dáil constituency)|Dublin South-West]]
| style="text-align: right;" | 41,740
| style="text-align: right;" | 45.0%
| style="text-align: right;" | '''14,956'''
| style="text-align: right;" | 2,901
| style="text-align: right; background:#c8ffc8;" | '''83.8%'''
| style="text-align: right;" | 16.2%
|-
| style="background:#c8ffc8;"| [[Dún Laoghaire and Rathdown (Dáil constituency)|Dún Laoghaire and Rathdown]]
| style="text-align: right;" | 56,151
| style="text-align: right;" | 57.7%
| style="text-align: right;" | '''27,136'''
| style="text-align: right;" | 4,443
| style="text-align: right; background:#c8ffc8;" | '''85.9%'''
| style="text-align: right;" | 14.1%
|-
| style="background:#c8ffc8;"| [[Galway North-East (Dáil constituency)|Galway North-East]]
| style="text-align: right;" | 34,358
| style="text-align: right;" | 47.1%
| style="text-align: right;" | '''13,721'''
| style="text-align: right;" | 1,385
| style="text-align: right; background:#c8ffc8;" | '''90.8%'''
| style="text-align: right;" | 9.2%
|-
| style="background:#c8ffc8;"| [[Galway West (Dáil constituency)|Galway West]]
| style="text-align: right;" | 35,999
| style="text-align: right;" | 42.7%
| style="text-align: right;" | '''12,903'''
| style="text-align: right;" | 1,813
| style="text-align: right; background:#c8ffc8;" | '''87.7%'''
| style="text-align: right;" | 12.3%
|-
| style="background:#c8ffc8;"| [[Kerry North (Dáil constituency)|Kerry North]]
| style="text-align: right;" | 37,018
| style="text-align: right;" | 43.0%
| style="text-align: right;" | '''12,886'''
| style="text-align: right;" | 1,946
| style="text-align: right; background:#c8ffc8;" | '''86.9%'''
| style="text-align: right;" | 13.1%
|-
| style="background:#c8ffc8;"| [[Kerry South (Dáil constituency)|Kerry South]]
| style="text-align: right;" | 36,391
| style="text-align: right;" | 43.2%
| style="text-align: right;" | '''12,642'''
| style="text-align: right;" | 1,940
| style="text-align: right; background:#c8ffc8;" | '''86.7%'''
| style="text-align: right;" | 13.3%
|-
| style="background:#c8ffc8;"| [[Kildare (Dáil constituency)|Kildare]]
| style="text-align: right;" | 40,065
| style="text-align: right;" | 50.6%
| style="text-align: right;" | '''16,942'''
| style="text-align: right;" | 2,369
| style="text-align: right; background:#c8ffc8;" | '''87.7%'''
| style="text-align: right;" | 12.3%
|-
| style="background:#c8ffc8;"| [[Laois–Offaly (Dáil constituency)|Laois–Offaly]]
| style="text-align: right;" | 56,344
| style="text-align: right;" | 55.1%
| style="text-align: right;" | '''25,171'''
| style="text-align: right;" | 4,452
| style="text-align: right; background:#c8ffc8;" | '''85.0%'''
| style="text-align: right;" | 15.0%
|-
| style="background:#c8ffc8;"| [[Limerick East (Dáil constituency)|Limerick East]]
| style="text-align: right;" | 47,001
| style="text-align: right;" | 54.5%
| style="text-align: right;" | '''18,109'''
| style="text-align: right;" | 6,133
| style="text-align: right; background:#c8ffc8;" | '''74.7%'''
| style="text-align: right;" | 25.3%
|-
| style="background:#c8ffc8;"| [[Limerick West (Dáil constituency)|Limerick West]]
| style="text-align: right;" | 35,904
| style="text-align: right;" | 56.5%
| style="text-align: right;" | '''16,327'''
| style="text-align: right;" | 2,772
| style="text-align: right; background:#c8ffc8;" | '''85.5%'''
| style="text-align: right;" | 14.5%
|-
| style="background:#c8ffc8;"| [[Longford–Westmeath (Dáil constituency)|Longford–Westmeath]]
| style="text-align: right;" | 47,095
| style="text-align: right;" | 49.4%
| style="text-align: right;" | '''18,592'''
| style="text-align: right;" | 3,141
| style="text-align: right; background:#c8ffc8;" | '''85.5%'''
| style="text-align: right;" | 14.5%
|-
| style="background:#c8ffc8;"| [[Louth (Dáil constituency)|Louth]]
| style="text-align: right;" | 40,278
| style="text-align: right;" | 50.4%
| style="text-align: right;" | '''16,449'''
| style="text-align: right;" | 2,811
| style="text-align: right; background:#c8ffc8;" | '''85.4%'''
| style="text-align: right;" | 14.6%
|-
| style="background:#c8ffc8;"| [[Mayo East (Dáil constituency)|Mayo East]]
| style="text-align: right;" | 34,810
| style="text-align: right;" | 46.2%
| style="text-align: right;" | '''13,729'''
| style="text-align: right;" | 1,376
| style="text-align: right; background:#c8ffc8;" | '''90.9%'''
| style="text-align: right;" | 9.1%
|-
| style="background:#c8ffc8;"| [[Mayo West (Dáil constituency)|Mayo West]]
| style="text-align: right;" | 34,106
| style="text-align: right;" | 44.3%
| style="text-align: right;" | '''12,593'''
| style="text-align: right;" | 1,419
| style="text-align: right; background:#c8ffc8;" | '''89.9%'''
| style="text-align: right;" | 10.1%
|-
| style="background:#c8ffc8;"| [[Meath (Dáil constituency)|Meath]]
| style="text-align: right;" | 39,040
| style="text-align: right;" | 50.2%
| style="text-align: right;" | '''15,689'''
| style="text-align: right;" | 2,577
| style="text-align: right; background:#c8ffc8;" | '''85.9%'''
| style="text-align: right;" | 14.1%
|-
| style="background:#c8ffc8;"| [[Monaghan (Dáil constituency)|Monaghan]]
| style="text-align: right;" | 36,214
| style="text-align: right;" | 47.3%
| style="text-align: right;" | '''13,987'''
| style="text-align: right;" | 1,901
| style="text-align: right; background:#c8ffc8;" | '''88.0%'''
| style="text-align: right;" | 12.0%
|-
| style="background:#c8ffc8;"| [[Roscommon–Leitrim (Dáil constituency)|Roscommon–Leitrim]]
| style="text-align: right;" | 37,682
| style="text-align: right;" | 51.3%
| style="text-align: right;" | '''15,421'''
| style="text-align: right;" | 2,416
| style="text-align: right; background:#c8ffc8;" | '''86.5%'''
| style="text-align: right;" | 13.5%
|-
| style="background:#c8ffc8;"| [[Sligo–Leitrim (Dáil constituency)|Sligo–Leitrim]]
| style="text-align: right;" | 38,049
| style="text-align: right;" | 48.8%
| style="text-align: right;" | '''14,578'''
| style="text-align: right;" | 2,496
| style="text-align: right; background:#c8ffc8;" | '''85.4%'''
| style="text-align: right;" | 14.6%
|-
| style="background:#c8ffc8;"| [[Tipperary North (Dáil constituency)|Tipperary North]]
| style="text-align: right;" | 34,754
| style="text-align: right;" | 58.0%
| style="text-align: right;" | '''15,578'''
| style="text-align: right;" | 3,014
| style="text-align: right; background:#c8ffc8;" | '''83.8%'''
| style="text-align: right;" | 16.2%
|-
| style="background:#c8ffc8;"| [[Tipperary South (Dáil constituency)|Tipperary South]]
| style="text-align: right;" | 46,127
| style="text-align: right;" | 58.6%
| style="text-align: right;" | '''20,801'''
| style="text-align: right;" | 4,353
| style="text-align: right; background:#c8ffc8;" | '''82.7%'''
| style="text-align: right;" | 17.3%
|-
| style="background:#c8ffc8;"| [[Waterford (Dáil constituency)|Waterford]]
| style="text-align: right;" | 39,513
| style="text-align: right;" | 53.6%
| style="text-align: right;" | '''17,174'''
| style="text-align: right;" | 2,902
| style="text-align: right; background:#c8ffc8;" | '''85.5%'''
| style="text-align: right;" | 14.5%
|-
| style="background:#c8ffc8;"| [[Wexford (Dáil constituency)|Wexford]]
| style="text-align: right;" | 49,881
| style="text-align: right;" | 52.3%
| style="text-align: right;" | '''21,032'''
| style="text-align: right;" | 3,544
| style="text-align: right; background:#c8ffc8;" | '''85.6%'''
| style="text-align: right;" | 14.4%
|-
| style="background:#c8ffc8;"| [[Wicklow (Dáil constituency)|Wicklow]]
| style="text-align: right;" | 39,389
| style="text-align: right;" | 52.0%
| style="text-align: right;" | '''16,519'''
| style="text-align: right;" | 2,968
| style="text-align: right; background:#c8ffc8;" | '''84.8%'''
| style="text-align: right;" | 15.2%
|- class="sortbottom" style="font-weight:bold; background:rgb(232,232,232);"
| Total
| style="text-align: right;" | 1,783,604
| style="text-align: right;" | 50.7%
| style="text-align: right;" | 721,003
| style="text-align: right;" | 133,430
| style="text-align: right;" | 84.4%
| style="text-align: right;" | 15.6%
|}

==See also==
* [[Politics of the Republic of Ireland]]
* [[History of the Republic of Ireland]]
* [[Constitutional amendment]]
* [[December 1972 Irish constitutional referendum]]
* [[Religion in the Republic of Ireland]]

==References==
((Reflist))

==Further reading==
*Micheál Ó Cearúil, ''Bunreacht na hÉireann: A Study of Its Irish Text
*[[Tim Pat Coogan]], ''Éamon de Valera''
*David Gywnn Morgan, ''Constitutional Law of Ireland''

==External links==
*[http://www.irishstatutebook.ie/1972/en/act/cam/0005/index.html Fifth Amendment of the Constitution Act 1972]
*[http://www.irishstatutebook.ie/en/constitution/index.html Full text of the Constitution of Ireland]

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