South Galway (UK Parliament constituency)

South Galway was a UK Parliament constituency in Ireland, returning one Member of Parliament 1885–1922.

Prior to the 1885 general election the area was part of the Galway County constituency. From 1922 it was not represented in the UK Parliament.

Boundaries

This constituency comprised the southern part of County Galway.

Election		Member	Party
	1885	David Sheehy	Irish Parliamentary Party
	1890	David Sheehy	Anti-Parnellite
	1900	William John Duffy	Irish Parliamentary Party
	1918	Frank Fahy	Sinn Féin
1921		Constituency merged into Galway (Dáil Éireann constituency)

'The elections in this constituency took place using the first past the post electoral system.

General Election 1918: Galway South
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Sinn Féin	Frank Fahy	10,621	85.90
	Irish Parliamentary	William Duffy	1,744	14.10
	Sinn Féin gain from Irish Parliamentary		Swing	N/A

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 "G" (part 1)

Parliamentary constituencies in County Galway and Borough/City

Parliament of Ireland to 1800	Athenry (1310–1800) · Galway Borough (1264–1800) · Galway County (1264–1800) · Tuam (1614–1800)

Westminster 1801–1922 and First Dáil 1918	Galway County (1801–1885) · Galway Borough (1801–1918) · Galway Connemara (1885–1922) · East Galway (1885–1922) · North Galway (1885–1922) · South Galway (1885–1922)

Dáil Éireann 1918–present	Galway (1921–1937) · Galway East (1937–1948, 1961–1969, 1977– ) · Galway North (1948–1961) · Galway North–East (1969–1977) · Galway South (1948–1961) · Clare–Galway South (1969–1977) · Galway West (1937– )

European Parliament 1979–present	Connacht–Ulster (1979–2004) · North-West (2004– )

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