Dungarvan (UK Parliament constituency) explained
Dungarvan was a parliamentary constituency in Ireland, which from 1801 to 1885 returned one Member of Parliament (MP) to the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom.
The constituency was created when the Union of Great Britain and Ireland took effect on 1 January 1801, replacing the earlier Dungarvan constituency in the Parliament of Ireland.
Boundaries
This constituency was the parliamentary borough of Dungarvan in County Waterford. Until the Parliamentary Boundaries (Ireland) Act 1832 (passed alongside the Representation of the People (Ireland) Act 1832) it was coterminous with the manor of Dungarvan, and the franchise was exercised by potwallopers of the town and forty shilling freeholders of the manor.[1] [2] The manor extended far beyond the urban area, including Abbeyside on the east bank of the Colligan River. Commissioners appointed in 1831 and 1836, to revise Irish parliamentary and municipal borough boundaries respectively, described the old border as "supposed to contain about 10,000 Statute Acres" and with an "ill defined" boundary. Besides the main portion around the town, the borough included three detached townlands further west (Knockampoor, Canty, and Ballymullala) and excluded 15 small enclaves (one within Dungarvan town, one to the west, and thirteen on the east bank of the Colligan, of which nine belonged to the manor of Dromana, including the townlands of Tournore, Clonanagh and Croughtanaul).[2] [3] Although the 1832 commissioners suggested radical simplification in the boundary, the only change in 1832 was to exclude the detached parts and include the enclosed enclaves to create a single area.[4] This boundary is marked on the Ordnance Survey of Ireland's six-inch map, published a few years later.[5]
Members of Parliament
Elections
Elections in the 1830s
Lamb's death caused a by-election.
Jacob was unseated on petition, causing a further by-election.
O'Loghlen was appointed as Solicitor-General for Ireland, causing a by-election.
O'Loghlen was appointed as Attorney-General for Ireland, causing a by-election.
O'Loghlen was appointed Baron of the Irish Court of Exchequer and resigned, causing a by-election.
Elections in the 1840s
Sheil was appointed as Master of the Mint, requiring a by-election.
Elections in the 1850s
Due to both ill health and to become a diplomat in Tuscany, Sheil resigned by accepting the office of Steward of the Chiltern Hundreds, causing a by-election.[13]
In order to enable the withdrawal of an election petition filed by O'Flaherty, Maguire resigned by accepting the office of Steward of the Chiltern Hundreds, causing a by-election.[14]
Elections in the 1870s
O'Keefe's death caused a by-election.
Elections in the 1880s
Sources
- The Parliaments of England by Henry Stooks Smith (1st edition published in three volumes 1844–50), 2nd edition edited (in one volume) by F.W.S. Craig (Political Reference Publications 1973)
- Book: Parliamentary Election Results in Ireland, 1801–1922. B.M.. Walker. Royal Irish Academy. 1978. Dublin. 0901714127.
Notes and References
- Book: Instructions by Secretary for Ireland, respecting Cities and Boroughs in Ireland sending Representatives to Parliament; Reports of Commissioners. 12 February 2015. Sessional papers. 43. 8 June 1832. 519. Sessional papers. 65–68.
- for the map see the scan at Alamy
- Book: Dungarvan . Reports and instructions by Lord Lieutenant, with reference to boundaries and divisions of cities, boroughs and towns corporate in Ireland. https://books.google.com/books?id=VHFbAAAAQAAJ&pg=PA78-IA2. Sessional papers. 29. 10 May 1837. 301. 78–80.
- for the map see also a better scan at Limerick City and County Council
- Web site: O'Brien . Niall C. E. J. . The Dromana estate in 1640 . History Exploration with Niall . 6 August 2019 . en . 24 March 2015.
- Book: Lewis, Samuel. Samuel Lewis (publisher). A Topographical Dictionary of Ireland . http://www.libraryireland.com/topog/appendix.php. 1837. Appendix, Shewing the Boundaries of the Cities and Boroughs in Ireland, as adopted and defined by the Act passed in the 2nd and 3rd of William IV., cap. 89, intituled "An Act to settle and describe the Limits of Cities, Towns, and Boroughs in Ireland, in so far as respects the Election of Members to serve in Parliament.".
- Web site: Six-inch map centred on Dungarvan . Ordnance Survey Ireland . 1839–41 . Geohive . 1 August 2019. The parliamentary boundary is in violet, except that the boundary is correctly named along the west and north edges of the townlands of Windgap, Barranalira, and Killongford, whereas the purple line runs south of these.
- Book: Smith. Henry Stooks. The Register of Parliamentary Contested Elections. 1842. Simpkin, Marshall & Company. 89–90, 226–227. Second. 30 September 2018 . .
- Book: Edward. Churton. Edward Churton. The Assembled Commons or Parliamentary Biographer. 1838. 166. . 21 August 2019.
- Book: Edward. Churton. Edward Churton. The Assembled Commons or Parliamentary Biographer: 1838. 1838. 205. . 30 September 2018.
- News: General Election . 30 September 2018 . Morning Post . 6 July 1841 . 3–4 . British Newspaper Archive. subscription .
- News: Ireland . 30 September 2018 . John Bull . 22 March 1851 . 11 . British Newspaper Archive. subscription .
- News: Ireland . 30 September 2018 . London Daily News . 20 March 1851 . 6 . British Newspaper Archive. subscription .
- News: Dublin Weekly Nation . 30 September 2018 . 11 April 1857 . 5 . British Newspaper Archive. subscription .
- Sheil, Richard Lalor (1791–1851) . 25301 . Jenkins . Brian . 3 January 2008 . 2004 .
- News: Belfast Mercury . 30 September 2018 . 26 August 1853 . 1 . British Newspaper Archive. subscription .
