South Kerry (UK Parliament constituency)

For the 1937–present constituency, see Kerry South (Dáil Éireann constituency).

South Kerry
Former County constituency for the House of Commons
1885–1922
Number of members	One
Created from	County Kerry

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

Prior to the United Kingdom general election, 1885 the area was part of the Kerry constituency. Following the Anglo Irish Agreement and the formation of the Irish Free State in 1922, the area was no longer represented in the UK Parliament, since it was no longer part of the UK. The successor constituency in the new Dáil Éireann was Kerry–Limerick West first established under the Government of Ireland Act 1920 to elect members to the House of Commons of Southern Ireland in 1921.

Boundaries

This constituency comprised the southern part of County Kerry.

Members of Parliament

	Member	Party
1885	John O'Connor	Irish Parliamentary Party
1887 by-election	Denis Kilbride	Irish Parliamentary Party
1891		Anti-Parnellite
1895		Anti-Parnellite
1895 by-election	Thomas Joseph Farrell	Anti-Parnellite
1900	John Pius Boland	Irish Parliamentary Party
1918	Fionán Lynch	Sinn Féin
1922	constituency abolished

Elections

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References

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 "K" (part 1)

Parliamentary constituencies in County Kerry

Parliament of Ireland to 1800	Ardfert (1639–1800) Dingle (1607–1800) Kerry (????–1800) Tralee (1613–1800)

Westminster 1801–1922 and First Dáil 1918	Kerry (1801–85) Tralee (1801–85) East Kerry (1885–1922) North Kerry (1885–1922) South Kerry (1885–1922) West Kerry (1885–1922)

Dáil Éireann 1921–present	Kerry–Limerick West (1921–23) Kerry (1923–37, 2016–) Kerry North (1937–2011) Kerry South (1937–2016) Kerry North–West Limerick (2011–16)

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

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