South Meath (UK Parliament constituency)

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

South Meath was a UK Parliament constituency in Ireland, returning one Member of Parliament (MP) 1885–1922.

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

Boundaries

This constituency comprised the southern part of County Meath.

Members of Parliament

	Member	Party
1885	Edward Sheil	Irish Parliamentary Party
1891	Edward Sheil	Parnellite
1892	Patrick Fulham	Anti-Parnellite
1893 by-election	Jeremiah Jordan	Anti-Parnellite
1895	John Howard Parnell	Parnellite
1900	James Laurence Carew	Independent Nationalist
1903	David Sheehy	Irish Parliamentary Party
1918	Eamonn Duggan	Sinn Féin
1922	constituency abolished

Elections

Elections in the 1910s

United Kingdom general election, 1918^[1]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Sinn Féin	Edmund John Duggan	6,371	70.4
	Irish Parliamentary		2,680	29.6
Majority			3,691	40.8
Turnout			9,051	61.5
	Sinn Féin gain from Irish Parliamentary		Swing

United Kingdom general election, January 1910^[2]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Irish Parliamentary	David Sheehy	Unopposed
Majority
Turnout
	Irish Parliamentary hold		Swing

Elections in the 1900s

South Meath by-election, 1903
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Irish Parliamentary	David Sheehy	2,245	68.5
	Independent Nationalist	John Howard Parnell	1,031	31.5
Majority			1,214	1.8
Turnout
	Irish Parliamentary gain from Independent Nationalist		Swing

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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 "M" (part 2)

Parliamentary constituencies in County Meath

Parliament of Ireland to 1800	Athboy (1613–1800) Duleek (1727–1800) Kells (1561–1800) Meath (????–1800) Navan (1469–1800) Ratoath (????–1800) Trim (1572–1800)

Westminster 1801–1922 and First Dáil 1918	Meath (1801–85) North Meath (1885–1922) South Meath (1885–1922)

Dáil Éireann 1918–present	Louth–Meath (1921–23) Meath (1923–37, 1948–2007) Meath–Westmeath (1937–48) Meath East (2007–) Meath West (2007–)

European Parliament 1979–present	Leinster (1979–2004) East (2004–14) Midlands–North-West (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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