North Tipperary (UK Parliament constituency) explained

North Tipperary
Type:county
Parliament:uk
Year:1885
Abolished:1922
Seats:1
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North Tipperary was a UK Parliament constituency in Ireland, returning one Member of Parliament from 1885 to 1922. Prior to the 1885 United Kingdom general election the area was part of the Tipperary (UK Parliament constituency). From 1922, on the establishment of the Irish Free State, it was not represented in the UK Parliament.

Boundaries

This constituency comprised the northern part of County Tipperary.

1885–1922: The baronies of Ormond Lower, Ormond Upper, and Owney and Arra, and that part of the barony of Kilnamanagh Upper contained within the parishes of Glenkeen and Upperchurch.

Members of Parliament

ElectionMemberParty
1885Patrick Joseph O'BrienIrish Parliamentary
1891Irish National Federation
1900Irish Parliamentary Party
1906Michael HoganIrish Parliamentary
Dec 1910John Joseph EsmondeIrish Parliamentary
1915John Lymbrick EsmondeIrish Parliamentary
1918Joseph MacDonaghSinn Féin
1922 Constituency Abolished

Elections

Elections in the 1910s

Esmonde's death causes a by-election, in which three nationalists contested each other.

References