South Dublin (UK Parliament constituency)

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South Dublin County constituency
Created:	1885
Abolished:	1922
Type:	House of Commons

South Dublin 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 Dublin County constituency. From 1922 it was not represented in the UK Parliament.

Contents 1 Boundaries 2 Members of Parliament 3 Elections 4 Reference

[edit] Boundaries

This constituency comprised the south-eastern part of County Dublin.

From 1885-1918, it was a strip along the coast south of the city of Dublin to the county boundary. The constituency was bounded by the city of Dublin to the north, North Dublin to the west, East Wicklow to the south and the sea to the east. It included Dalkey, Dún Laoghaire/Kingstown, Blackrock, Stillorgan, Glencullen.

In 1918-1922 South Dublin was the southernmost of three constituencies south of the city of Dublin. The constituency boundary was also pushed a little further west than that of its previous incarnation had been. The other two successor constituencies to the 1885-1918 South Dublin were Rathmines, south of the city of Dublin, and Pembroke to the north of South Dublin. The other surrounding constituencies were unchanged.

[edit] Members of Parliament

• 1885-1892: Sir Thomas Henry Grattan Esmonde

• 1892-1900: Horace Curzon Plunkett

• 1900-1906: John Joseph Mooney

• 1906-1910: Walter Hume Long, Unionist

• Jan-Dec 1910: Bryan Ricco Cooper

• 1910-1917: William Francis Cotton

• 1917-1918: Michael Louis Hearn

• 1918-1922: George Gavan Duffy, Sinn Fein

[edit] Elections

[edit] Reference

• Parliamentary Election Results in Ireland, 1801-1922, edited by B.M. Walker (Royal Irish Academy 1978)