West Cork (UK Parliament constituency) explained

West Cork
Type:county
Parliament:uk
Year:1885
Abolished:1922
Seats:1
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West Cork, a 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.

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 Parliament of the United Kingdom.

Boundaries

This constituency comprised the baronies of Bantry, Bear and West Carbery (West Division) and that part of the barony of West Carbery (East Division) consisting of the parishes of Aghadown, Clear Island, Creagh (except the townlands of Gortnaclohy and Smorane), and Tullagh.[1]

Members of Parliament

ElectionMemberParty
1885James GilhoolyIrish Parliamentary Party
1891Irish National Federation
1900Irish Parliamentary Party
1910All-for-Ireland League
1916 by-electionDaniel O'LearyIrish Parliamentary Party
1918Seán HayesSinn Féin
1922Constituency abolished

Elections

Elections in the 1910s

Notes

The 1916 by-election, which contrasted so obviously with Gilhooly's long tenure of the seat, was viewed as a farce by Unionist opinion.[2]

Sources

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Debrett's House of Commons.
  2. West Cork Election. Candidates And Sinn Féin Prisoners. In: The Times (London), Tuesday, November 14, 1916 p. 5 col. C