Birr (UK Parliament constituency) explained

King's County Birr
Type:county
Parliament:uk
Year:1885
Abolished:1918
Seats:1
Previous:King's County
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Birr, a division of King's County, was a constituency in Ireland, returning one Member of Parliament to the United Kingdom House of Commons from 1885 to 1918.

Prior to the 1885 United Kingdom general election and after the dissolution of Parliament in 1918 the area was part of the King's County constituency.

Boundaries

This constituency comprised the south-western part of King's County now known as County Offaly. It consisted of the baronies of Ballycowan, Ballyboy and Eglish, Ballybritt, Clonlisk and Garrycastle.[1]

Members of Parliament

ElectionMemberParty
1885Bernard Charles MolloyIrish Parliamentary Party
1892Anti-Parnellite Nationalist
1900Michael ReddyIrish Parliamentary Party
1918Constituency merged into King's County

Elections

Elections in the 1910s

References

  1. Debrett's House of Commons and the Judicial Branch (Dean and Son, 1896) page 217.