| Type: | parliamentary |
| Ongoing: | no |
| Previous Election: | 1868 United Kingdom general election in Ireland |
| Previous Year: | 1868 |
| Previous Mps: | List of MPs elected in the 1868 United Kingdom general election |
| Next Election: | 1880 United Kingdom general election in Ireland |
| Next Year: | 1880 |
| Seats For Election: | 103 of the 652 seats to the House of Commons |
| Elected Mps: | List of MPs elected in the 1874 United Kingdom general election |
| Leader1: | Isaac Butt |
| Leader Since1: | 1873 |
| Party1: | Home Rule League |
| Leaders Seat1: | Limerick |
| Last Election1: | New |
| Seats1: | 60 |
| Seat Change1: | 60 |
| Popular Vote1: | 90,234 |
| Percentage1: | 39.6% |
| Swing1: | 39.6% |
| Leader2: | Benjamin Disraeli |
| Leader Since2: | 27 February 1868 |
| Party2: | Conservative Party (UK) |
| Leaders Seat2: | Buckinghamshire |
| Last Election2: | 39 |
| Seats2: | 33 |
| Seat Change2: | 6 |
| Popular Vote2: | 91,702 |
| Percentage2: | 40.8% |
| Swing2: | 1.1% |
| Leader3: | William Ewart Gladstone |
| Leader Since3: | 3 December 1868 |
| Party3: | Liberal Party (UK) |
| Leaders Seat3: | Greenwich |
| Last Election3: | 66 |
| Seats3: | 10 |
| Seat Change3: | 56 |
| Popular Vote3: | 39,778 |
| Percentage3: | 18.4% |
| Swing3: | 39.5% |
| Map Size: | 300px |
The 1874 United Kingdom general election in Ireland produced the first major electoral appearance of the Home Rule League under chairman Isaac Butt. The party's electoral success, in which it won 60 MPs, taking control of Irish electoral politics from the previously dominant Conservative and the Liberal parties was, the beginning of a dominance that was to see the party as the Irish Parliamentary Party control the political landscape in Ireland until its wipeout in the 1918 general election.
However its success in 1874 was marred by the lack of unity within the party in the House of Commons, where many of its members in effect sat as Liberal MPs and voted against their own Irish colleagues. It was not until then chairman Charles Stewart Parnell in the early 1880s introduced a strict whip that the party began to exercise serious influence, and act as a unit, at Westminster.
| Party | Seats | Seats change | Votes | % | % Change | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 60 | New | 90,234 | 39.6 | 39.6% | ||
| 33 | 6 | 91,702 | 40.8 | 1.1% | ||
| 10 | 56 | 39,778 | 18.4 | 39.5% | ||
| Other (Incl. the Catholic Union) | 0 | 2,934 | 1.2 | 1.0% | ||
| Total | 103 | 2 | 224,648 | 100 |