Youghal (UK Parliament constituency)

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Youghal
Borough constituency
Created: 1801
Abolished: 1885
Type: House of Commons
Members: One

Youghal was a United Kingdom Parliament constituency, in Ireland, returning one MP. It was an original constituency represented in Parliament when the Union of Great Britain and Ireland took effect on 1 January 1801.

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[edit] Boundaries

This constituency was the Parliamentary borough of Youghal in County Cork.

[edit] Members of Parliament

Election Member Party Note
1801, January 1 Sir John Keane, Bt Tory 1801: Co-opted. Created Baronet 1 August 1801.
1806, November 10 James Bernard, Viscount Bernard Tory
1807, May 18 Henry Boyle, Viscount Boyle Whig Became the 3rd Earl of Shannon
1807, July 28 Sir John Keane, Bt Tory First returned at a by-election
1818, June 27 James Bernard, Viscount Bernard Tory
1820, March 15 John Hyde
1826, June 14 Hon. George Ponsonby Whig Not George Ponsonby (1755-1817)
1832, December 15 John O'Connell Repeal Association Re-elected as a candidate of a Liberal/Repealer pact
1835, January 16 Liberal
1837, August 8 Frederick John Howard Liberal
1841, July 3 Hon. Charles Compton Cavendish Liberal
1847, August 7 Thomas Chisholm Anstey Irish Confederate
1852, July 15 Isaac Butt Conservative Re-elected as a Liberal candidate
1857, March 28 Liberal
1865, July 18 Joseph Neale McKenna Liberal
1868, November 23 Christopher Weguelin Liberal Unseated on petition and new writ issued
1869, May 11 Montague John Guest Liberal Returned at a by-election
1874, February 4 Sir Joseph Neale McKenna Home Rule League Last MP for the constituency
1885 constituency abolished

[edit] Elections

[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)