South Cork (UK Parliament constituency)


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South Cork, formally the Southern division of County Cork, was a parliamentary constituency in Ireland, represented in the Parliament of the United Kingdom. From 1885 to 1922 it returned one Member of Parliament (MP) to the House of Commons of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland.

South Cork
Former county constituency
for the House of Commons
18851922
Seats1
Created fromCounty Cork
Replaced byCork Mid, North, South, South East and West

Until the 1885 general election the area was part of the County Cork constituency. From 1922, on the establishment of the Irish Free State, it was not represented in the UK Parliament.

This constituency comprised the southern part of County Cork, consisting of the barony of East Carbery, West Division, that part of the barony of Ibane and Barryroe not contained within the constituency of South East Cork, that part of the barony of West Carbery, East Division not contained within the constituency of West Cork, and that part of the barony of East Carbery, East Division contained within the parishes of Ballymoney, Desert, Desertserges, Island, Kilgarriff, Kilnagross and Templebryan.

Members of Parliament

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Election Member Party
1885 J. E. Kenny Irish Parliamentary Party
1890 Parnellite
1892 Edward Barry Irish National Federation
1900 Irish Parliamentary Party
1910 (Dec) John P. Walsh All-for-Ireland League
1918 Michael Collins Sinn Féin
1922 constituency abolished

Elections in the 1880s

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Elections in the 1890s

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Elections in the 1900s

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Elections in the 1910s

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  1. ^ a b c d e f g h i Walker, B.M., ed. (1978). Parliamentary Election Results in Ireland, 1801-1922. Dublin: Royal Irish Academy. pp. 338–339, 386. ISBN 0901714127.