King's County Birr (UK Parliament constituency)

Birr, a division of King's County, was a UK Parliament constituency in Ireland, returning one Member of Parliament 1885–1918.

Prior to the United Kingdom general election, 1885 and after the dissolution of Parliament in 1918 the area was part of the King's County constituency.

Boundaries

This constituency comprised the south-western part of King's County now known as County Offaly.

Election		Member	Party
	1885	Bernard Charles Molloy	Irish Parliamentary Party
	1892	Bernard Charles Molloy	Anti-Parnellite Nationalist
	1900	Michael Reddy	Irish Parliamentary Party
1918		Constituency merged into King's County

Parliamentary Election Results in Ireland, 1801–1922, edited by B.M. Walker (Royal Irish Academy 1978)
Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs – Constituencies beginning with "B" (part 3)

Parliamentary constituencies in County Offaly

Parliament of Ireland to 1800	Banagher (1629–1800) · King's County (????–1800) · Philipstown (1571–1800) · Portarlington (1668–1800)

Westminster 1801–1922 and First Dáil 1918	King's County (1801–1885) · Portarlington (1801–1885) · King's County Birr (1885–1918) · King's County Tullamore (1885–1918) · King's County (1918–1922)

Dáil Éireann 1918–present	Laois–Offaly (1921– )

European Parliament 1979–present	Leinster (1979–2004) · East (2004– )

Irish counties: Carlow · Cavan · Clare · Cork · Donegal · Dublin · Galway · Kerry · Kildare · Kilkenny · Laois · Leitrim · Limerick · Longford · Louth · Mayo · Meath · Monaghan · Offaly · Roscommon · Sligo · Tipperary · Waterford · Westmeath · Wexford · Wicklow