Donegal (UK Parliament constituency)

Donegal
Former County constituency for the House of Commons
Location of County Donegal within Ireland.
1801–1885
Number of members	Two
Replaced by	North Donegal East Donegal South Donegal West Donegal

Donegal was a UK Parliament constituency in Ireland, returning two Members of Parliament (MPs).

Boundaries

This constituency comprised the whole of County Donegal. In 1885, it was divided into separate constituencies of East Donegal, North Donegal, South Donegal and West Donegal.

General election 1880: Donegal
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal	Thomas Lea	2,274	36.4
	Liberal	John Kinnear	2,015	32.3
	Irish Conservative	Marquess of Hamilton	1,954	31.3
Majority			61	4.1
Turnout			6,243
	Liberal gain from Irish Conservative		Swing
	Liberal gain from Irish Conservative		Swing

Donegal by-election, 1876
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Irish Conservative	William Wilson	1,975	51.3
	Liberal	Thomas Lea	1,876	48.7
Majority			99	2.6
Turnout			3,851	83.8
	Irish Conservative hold		Swing

General election 1874: Donegal
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Irish Conservative	Marquess of Hamilton	2,102	27.8
	Irish Conservative	Thomas Conolly	1,866	24.7
	Liberal	Tristram Kennedy	1,826	24.2
	Liberal	Dr Evory Kennedy	1,757	23.2
Majority			236	3.1
Turnout			7,551
	Irish Conservative hold		Swing
	Irish Conservative hold		Swing

General election 1859: Donegal
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Irish Conservative	Thomas Conolly	unopposed
	Irish Conservative	Sir Edmund Samuel Hayes, 3rd Baronet	unopposed
Majority
Turnout
	Irish Conservative hold		Swing
	Irish Conservative hold		Swing

General election 1857: Donegal
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Irish Conservative	Thomas Conolly	unopposed
	Irish Conservative	Sir Edmund Samuel Hayes, 3rd Baronet	unopposed
Majority
Turnout
	Irish Conservative hold		Swing
	Irish Conservative hold		Swing

General election 1852: Donegal
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Irish Conservative	Thomas Conolly	1,839
	Irish Conservative	Sir Edmund Samuel Hayes, 3rd Baronet	1,624
	Liberal	Patrick F. Campbell Johnston	1,143
Majority
Turnout
	Irish Conservative hold		Swing
	Irish Conservative hold		Swing

General election 1832: Donegal
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Irish Conservative	Sir Edmund Samuel Hayes, 3rd Baronet	795
	Irish Conservative	Lt. Col. Edward Michael Conolly	734
	Liberal	Lord Hamilton Francis Chichester	552
Majority			182
Turnout
	Irish Conservative hold		Swing
	Irish Conservative hold		Swing

The Parliaments of England by Henry Stooks Smith (1st edition published in three volumes 1844-50), 2nd edition edited (in one volume) by F.W.S. Craig (Political Reference Publications 1973)
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 "D" (part 2)

Parliamentary constituencies in County Donegal

Ballyshannon (1613–1800)
Donegal Borough (1613–1800)
Donegal County (1613–1800)
Killybegs (1613–1800)
Lifford (1613–1800)
St Johnstown (1618–1800)

Donegal (1801–85)
East Donegal (1885–1922)
North Donegal (1885–1922)
South Donegal (1885–1922)
West Donegal (1885–1922)

Dáil Éireann
1918–present

Historic	Donegal East (1937–61) Donegal West (1937–61) Donegal–Leitrim (1969–77) Donegal North–East (1961–77, 1981–2016) Donegal South–West (1961–69, 1981–2016)
Current	Donegal (1921–37, 1977–81, 2016–)

Constituencies in Ireland by county
Republic of Ireland	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
Northern Ireland	Antrim Armagh Down Fermanagh Londonderry Tyrone

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