Cork County (UK Parliament constituency)

For the Irish county, see County Cork.

Cork County
Former County constituency
for the House of Commons
1801 (1801)–1885 (1885)
Number of members	Two
Replaced by	East Cork, Mid Cork, North Cork, North East Cork, South Cork, South East Cork and West Cork

Cork County was a parliamentary constituency in Ireland, represented in the Parliament of the United Kingdom. From 1801 to 1885 it returned two Members of Parliament (MPs) to the House of Commons of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland.

At the 1885 general election, County Cork was divided into seven parliamentary divisions: East Cork, Mid Cork, North Cork, North East Cork, South Cork, South East Cork and West Cork.

Since 1922, the area no longer elects UK members of parliament, as it is no longer in the United Kingdom.

1 Boundaries
2 Members of Parliament
3 Elections
4 Divided 1885 into seven divisions
5 References

Boundaries

This constituency comprised the whole of County Cork, except for the city of Cork and the boroughs of Bandon, Kinsale, Mallow and Youghal.

Members of Parliament

Year	1st Member
1801, 1 January		Viscount Boyle	Robert Uniacke Fitzgerald
1806, 17 November		Viscount Boyle	Hon. George Ponsonby
1807, 16 May		Viscount Bernard	Hon. George Ponsonby
1812, 23 October		Viscount Bernard	Viscount Ennismore
1818, 29 June		Viscount Kingsborough
1826, 21 June		Hon. Robert King
1827, 4 December			John Boyle
1830, 12 August			Viscount Boyle
1832, 29 December		Feargus Edward O'Connor^[1]	Garrett Standish Barry
1835, 5 June		Richard Longfield
1837, 18 August		Edmond Roche
1841, 15 July			Daniel O'Connell
1847, 2 July			Maurice Power
1852, 22 March			Vincent Scully
1855, 23 April		Rickard Deasy	Vincent Scully
1857, 10 April			Alexander McCarthy
1859, 10 May			Vincent Scully
1861, 28 February		Nicholas Philpot Leader	Vincent Scully
1865, 29 July			George Richard Barry
1867, 3 February			Arthur Smith-Barry
1868, 30 November		McCarthy Downing	Arthur Smith-Barry
1874, 9 February		McCarthy Downing	William Shaw
1879, 20 February		David la Touche Colthurst	William Shaw
1885	Constituency divided: see East Cork, Mid Cork, North Cork, North East Cork, South Cork, South East Cork and West Cork

Elections

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 1868, aged 58

1832, 29 December 1832, (1) Feargus 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 Smith-Barry (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

Divided 1885 into seven divisions

References

^ O'Connor was unseated on petition in favour of Richard Longfield 5 Jun 1835

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
Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs – Constituencies beginning with "C" (part 5)

Parliamentary constituencies in County Cork and Borough/City

Parliament of Ireland to 1800	Baltimore (1614–1800) · Bandonbridge (1614–1800) · Castlemartyr (1676–1800) · Charleville (1673–1800) · Clonakilty (1613–1800) · Cork City (1264–1800) · Cork County (????–1800) · Doneraile (1640–1800) · Kinsale (1334?–1800) · Mallow (1613–1800) · Midleton (1671–1800) · Rathcormack (c.1611–1800) · Youghal (1374–1800)

Westminster 1801–1922 and First Dáil 1918	Bandon (1801–1885) · Cork County (1801–1885) · Cork City (1801–1922) · East Cork (1885–1922) · Mid Cork (1885–1922) · North Cork (1885–1922) · North East Cork (1885–1922) · South Cork (1885–1922) · South East Cork (1885–1922) · West Cork (1885–1922) · Kinsale (1801–1885) · Mallow (1801–1885) · Youghal (1801–1885)

Dáil Éireann 1918–present	Cork Borough (1921–1969) · Cork City (1977–1981) · Cork City North–West (1969–1977) · Cork City South–East (1969–1977) · Cork East (1923–1937, 1948–1961, 1981– ) · Cork East and North East (1921–1923) · Cork Mid (1961–1981) · Cork Mid, North, South, South East and West (1921–1923) · Cork North (1923–1961) · Cork North–Central (1981– ) · Cork North–East (1961–1981) · Cork North–West (1981– ) · Cork South (1948–1961) · Cork South–Central (1981– ) · Cork South–East (1937–1948) · Cork South–West (1961– ) · Cork West (1923–1961)

European Parliament 1979–present	Munster (1979–2004) · South (2004– )

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