South Longford (UK Parliament constituency)

South Longford was a parliamentary constituency in Ireland, which returned one Members of Parliament (MP) to the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom.

Before the 1885 general election and after the dissolution of Parliament in 1918 the area was part of the Longford constituency.

Boundaries

This constituency comprised the southern part of County Longford.

Election		Member	Party
	1885	Laurence Connolly	Nationalist
	1888	James Gubbins Fitzgerald	Nationalist
	1892	Edward Blake	Anti-Parnellite Nationalist¹
	1907	John Phillips	Nationalist
	1917	Joseph McGuinness	Sinn Féin
1918		Constituency abolished: see Longford

¹Nationalist from 1900

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 "L" (part 4)

Parliamentary constituencies in County Longford

Parliament of Ireland to 1800	Granard (1679–1800) · Lanesborough (1642–1800) · Longford Borough (1669–1800) · Longford County (????–1800) · St Johnstown (1628–1800)

Westminster 1801–1922 and First Dáil 1918	Longford (1801–1885) · North Longford (1885–1918) · South Longford (1885–1918) · Longford (1918–1922)

Dáil Éireann 1918–present	Longford–Westmeath (1921–1937, 1948–1992, 2007– ) · Athlone–Longford (1937–1948) · Longford–Roscommon (1992–2007)

European Parliament 1979–present	Leinster (1979–2004) · East (2004–2009) · North-West (2009– )

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