Dublin Rathmines (UK Parliament constituency)

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Dublin Rathmines
County constituency
Created: 1918
Abolished: 1922
Type: House of Commons

Dublin Rathmines, a division of County Dublin based on the suburb of Rathmines, was a former UK Parliament constituency in Ireland, returning one Member of Parliament to the British House of Commons from 1918 1922.

Prior to the UK general election of 1918 the area was the northern part of the South Dublin constituency, extended a bit west into territory formerly part of North Dublin. From 1922 it was not represented in the UK Parliament.

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This constituency was in the south-eastern part of County Dublin.

It was a section along the coast, south of the city of Dublin, extending west into the middle of the county. The constituency was bounded by the city of Dublin to the north, North Dublin to the west, the Pembroke division of County Dublin to the south and the sea to the east.

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[edit] Reference

  • Parliamentary Election Results in Ireland, 1801-1922, edited by B.M. Walker (Royal Irish Academy 1978)