North Cork (UK Parliament constituency)

For the 1923–1961 constituency, see Cork North (Dáil Éireann constituency).

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

North Cork, a division of County Cork, was a parliamentary constituency in Ireland, represented in the Parliament of the United Kingdom. From 1885 to 1922 it returned one Member of Parliament (MP) to the House of Commons of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland.

Until the 1885 general election the area was part of the Cork County constituency. From 1922 it was not represented in the UK Parliament, as it was no longer in the UK.

Boundaries

This constituency comprised the northern part of County Cork.

Members of Parliament

Election		Member	Party
	1885	James Christopher Flynn	Irish Parliamentary Party
	1891		Anti-Parnellite
	1900		Irish Parliamentary Party
	January 1910	Patrick Guiney	All-for-Ireland League
	1913	John Guiney	All-for-Ireland League
	1918	Patrick O'Keeffe	Sinn Féin
1922		constituency abolished

Elections

13 January 1910: North Cork
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	All-for-Ireland	Patrick Guiney	2,888
	United Irish League	M.L. Barry	1,798
Majority			1,090
Turnout
	All-for-Ireland gain from Irish Parliamentary		Swing

December 1910: North Cork
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	All-for-Ireland	Patrick Guiney	unopposed
Majority
Turnout
	All-for-Ireland hold		Swing

Guiney died in office and was succeeded by his brother John Guiney at a by-election held on 4 November 1913.

December 1918: North Cork
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Sinn Féin	Patrick O'Keeffe	unopposed
Majority
Turnout
	Sinn Féin hold		Swing

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 "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 (1801–85) Cork County (1801–85) 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 (1801–85) Mallow (1801–85) Youghal (1801–85)

Dáil Éireann 1918–present	Cork Borough (1921–69) Cork City (1977–81) Cork City North–West (1969–77) Cork City South–East (1969–77) Cork East (1923–37, 1948–61, 1981–) Cork East and North East (1921–23) Cork Mid (1961–81) Cork Mid, North, South, South East and West (1921–23) Cork North (1923–61) Cork North–Central (1981–) Cork North–East (1961–81) Cork North–West (1981–) Cork South (1948–61) Cork South–Central (1981–) Cork South–East (1937–48) Cork South–West (1961–) Cork West (1923–61)

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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