South Cork (UK Parliament constituency) explained

South Cork
Type:county
Parliament:uk
Year:1885
Abolished:1922
Seats:1
Previous:County Cork
Next:Cork Mid, North, South, South East and West

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.

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.

Boundaries

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

ElectionMemberParty
1885J. E. KennyIrish Parliamentary Party
1890Parnellite
1892Edward BarryIrish National Federation
1900Irish Parliamentary Party
1910 (Dec)John P. WalshAll-for-Ireland League
1918Michael CollinsSinn Féin
1922constituency abolished

Elections

Elections in the 1910s

References