South East Cork (UK Parliament constituency)

South East Cork
Former County constituency for the House of Commons
1885–1922
Number of members	One
Created from	Bandon, County Cork and Kinsale

South East 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 south-eastern part of County Cork.

Members of Parliament

Election		Member	Party
	1885	John Hooper	Irish Parliamentary Party
	1889	John Morrogh	Irish Parliamentary Party
	1891	John Morrogh	Anti-Parnellite
	1893	Andrew Commins	Anti-Parnellite
	1900	Eugene Crean	Irish Parliamentary Party
	1906		Irish Parliamentary Party
	1910 (Jan)		All-for-Ireland League
	1910 (Dec)		All-for-Ireland League
	1918	Diarmuid Lynch	Sinn Féin
1922	constituency abolished

Elections

1893

Morrogh resigned to pursue business interests in South Africa (he was a director of De Beers) and because of disagreements with John Dillon and William O'Brien. His successor Dr Andrew Commins was returned unopposed when nominations closed on 28 June 1893.

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

Historic	Cork Borough (1921–69) Cork City (1977–81) Cork City North–West (1969–77) Cork City South–East (1969–77) 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–East (1961–81) Cork South (1948–61) Cork South–East (1937–48) Cork West (1923–61)
Current	Cork East (1923–37, 1948–61, 1981–) Cork North–Central (1981–) Cork North–West (1981–) Cork South–Central (1981–) Cork South–West (1961–)

European Parliament
1979–present

Munster (1979–2004)
South (2004–)

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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