Cork County (UK Parliament constituency)
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| Cork County County constituency |
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| Created: | 1801 |
| Abolished: | 1885 |
| Type: | House of Commons |
Cork County was United Kingdom Parliament constituency in Ireland that elected two Members of Parliament.
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[edit] Boundaries
This constituency comprised the whole of County Cork, except for the parts in the City of Cork and the Boroughs of Bandon, Kinsale, Mallow and Youghal.
[edit] Members of Parliament
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[edit] Elections
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- United Kingdom Parliament
- 1654 Roger Boyle, afterwards Earl of Orrery, 25 April 1621-16 October 1679 aged 58
- 1801, (No formal election), (1) Henry Boyle, Viscount Boyle, later Earl of Shannon (to1807), 8 August 1771-22 April 1842 aged 70 (2) Robert Uniacke Fitzgerald, 17 March 1751-20 December 1814 aged 63
- 1806 17 November, George Ponsonby (to 1812), 1773-5 June 1863 aged 90
- 1807 16 May, James Bernard, Viscount Bernard, later Earl of Bandon (to 1818), 14 June 1785-31 October 1856 aged 71
- 1812 23 October, Richard Hare, Viscount Ennismore (to 1827), 20 March 1773-24 September 1827, aged 54
- 1818 29 June, Edward King, Viscount Kingsborough,(Whig), 16 November 1795-27 February 1837 aged 41
- 1826, 21 June, [[]]Robert Henry King, after Earl of Kingston (to 1832), (Whig), 4 October-21 January 1867, aged 70
- 1827, 4 December, John Boyle, 13 March 1803-6 December 1874, aged 71
- 1830, 12 August, Richard Boyle, Viscount Boyle, after Earl of Shannon, 12 May 1809-1 August 1869, aged 59
- 1832, 29 December 1832, (1) Fergus Edward O'Connor, 1796-30 August 1855, aged 59, (2) Garrett Standish Barry (to 1841), obit 26 December 1864
- 1835, 24 January, Richard Longfield, 1767
- 1837, 5 July, Edmund Burke Roche(to 1855),(Repeal), 1767
- 1841, 15 July, Daniel O'Connell, (Repeal), 8 August 1775-15 May 1847 aged 71
- 1847, 2 July, Maurice Power, 1811
- 1852, 22 March, Vincent Scully (to 1857),(Repeal and Liberal), 1810-4 June 1871 aged 60
- 1855, 23 April, Rickard Deasy (to 1861), 1812-6 May 1883 aged 70
- 1857, 10 April, Alexander McCarthy
- 1859, 10 May, Vincent Scully (to 1865), (Repeal and Liberal), 1810-4 June 1871 aged 60
- 1861, 28 February, Nicholas Philpot Leader (to 1868), 31 March 1880
- 1865, 29 July, George Richard Barry, 1825- 31 January 1867 aged 41
- 1867, 3 February, Arthur Hugh Smith-Barry, after Baron Barrymore (to 1874), (Liberal later Unionist), 17 January 1843-22 February 1925 aged 82
- 1868, 30 November, McCarthy Downing (to 1879), 1814-9 January 1879 aged 64
- 1874, 9 February, William Shaw (to 1885), 1823-19 September 1895 aged 72
- 1879, 20 February, David la Touche Colthurst, (Liberal Unionist),1828
[edit] Divided 1885 into seven divisions
- East Cork (UK Parliament constituency)
- Mid Cork (UK Parliament constituency)
- North Cork (UK Parliament constituency)
- North-East Cork (UK Parliament constituency)
- South Cork (UK Parliament constituency)
- South-East Cork (UK Parliament constituency)
- West Cork (UK Parliament constituency)
[edit] References
- The Parliaments of England by Henry Stooks Smith (1st edition published in three volumes 1844-50), 2nd edition edited (in one volume) by F.W.S. Craig (Political Reference Publications 1973)
- Parliamentary Election Results in Ireland, 1801-1922, edited by B.M. Walker (Royal Irish Academy 1978),Leigh Rayment, David Dickson Old World Colony Corl and South Munster 1630-1830 Cork University Press 2005, Famine in West Cork Fr. Patrick Hickey Mercier Press 2002
