South Longford | |
Type: | county |
Parliament: | uk |
Year: | 1885 |
Abolished: | 1918 |
Elects Howmany: | one |
Previous: | Longford |
Next: | Longford |
South Longford was a parliamentary constituency in Ireland, which returned one Members of Parliament (MP) to the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom.
Before the 1885 general election and after the dissolution of Parliament in 1918 the area was part of the Longford constituency.
This constituency comprised the southern part of County Longford.
1885–1918: The baronies of Moydow, Rathcline and Shrule, and those parts of the baronies of Ardagh and Longford not contained within the constituency of North Longford.
Election | Member | Party | ||
---|---|---|---|---|
1885 | Laurence Connolly | Nationalist | ||
1888 | James Gubbins Fitzgerald | Nationalist | ||
1892 | Edward Blake | Anti-Parnellite Nationalist1 | ||
1907 | John Phillips | Nationalist | ||
1917 | Joseph McGuinness | Sinn Féin | ||
1918 | Constituency abolished: see Longford |
1Nationalist from 1900
Connolly resigns, causing a by-election.
Blake resigns, causing a by-election.
Phillips dies, causing a by-election.