West Kerry (UK Parliament constituency) explained

West Kerry
Type:county
Parliament:uk
Year:1885
Abolished:1922
Seats:1
Previous:County Kerry and Tralee
Next:Kerry–Limerick West

West Kerry 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.

Prior to the 1885 general election the area was part of the Kerry constituency. Representation in this constituency ceased at the 1922 United Kingdom general election, which took place on 15 November, shortly before the establishment of the Irish Free State on 6 December 1922. The successor constituency in the new Dáil Éireann was Kerry–Limerick West, first established under the Government of Ireland Act 1920 to elect members to the House of Commons of Southern Ireland in 1921.

Boundaries

This constituency comprised the western part of County Kerry.

1885–1922: The barony of Corkaguiny and that part of the barony of Trughanacmy contained within the parishes of Annagh, Ardfert, Ballynahaglish, Ballyseedy, Clogherbrien, Fenit, Kilcolman, Kilgarrylander, Kiltallagh, Ratass and Tralee.

Members of Parliament

YearsMemberParty
1885–1890Edward HarringtonIrish Parliamentary Party
1891–1892Parnellite
1892–1900Sir Thomas Esmonde BtIrish National Federation
1900–1918Thomas O'DonnellIrish Parliamentary Party
1918–1922Austin StackSinn Féin

Elections

Elections in the 1910s

References