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'Cork County' was United Kingdom Parliament constituency in Ireland that elected two Members of Parliament.

Contents

Boundaries

Members of Parliament

Elections

Divided 1885 into seven divisions

References

Boundaries

This constituency comprised the whole of County Cork, except for the parts in the City of Cork and the Boroughs of Bandon, Kinsale, Mallow and Youghal.

Members of Parliament

Elections

★ United Kingdom Parliament

★ 1654 Roger Boyle, afterwards Earl of Orrery, 25 April 1621-16 October 1679 aged 58

★ 1801, (No formal election), (1) Henry Boyle, Viscount Boyle, later Earl of Shannon (to1807), 8 August 1771-22 April 1842 aged 70 (2) Robert Uniacke Fitzgerald, 17 March 1751-20 December 1814 aged 63

★ 1806 17 November, George Ponsonby (to 1812), 1773-5 June 1863 aged 90

★ 1807 16 May, James Bernard, Viscount Bernard, later Earl of Bandon (to 1818), 14 June 1785-31 October 1856 aged 71

★ 1812 23 October, Richard Hare, Viscount Ennismore (to 1827), 20 March 1773-24 September 1827, aged 54

★ 1818 29 June, Edward King, Viscount Kingsborough,(Whig), 16 November 1795-27 February 1837 aged 41

★ 1826, 21 June, Robert Henry King, after Earl of Kingston (to 1832), (Whig), 4 October-21 January 1867, aged 70

★ 1827, 4 December, John Boyle, 13 March 1803-6 December 1874, aged 71

★ 1830, 12 August, Richard Boyle, Viscount Boyle, after Earl of Shannon, 12 May 1809-1 August 1869, aged 59

★ 1832, 29 December 1832, (1) Fergus Edward O'Connor, 1796-30 August 1855, aged 59, (2) Garrett Standish Barry (to 1841), obit 26 December 1864

★ 1835, 24 January, Richard Longfield, 1767

★ 1837, 5 July, Edmund Burke Roche(to 1855),(Repeal), 1767

★ 1841, 15 July, Daniel O'Connell, (Repeal), 8 August 1775-15 May 1847 aged 71

★ 1847, 2 July, Maurice Power, 1811

★ 1852, 22 March, Vincent Scully (to 1857),(Repeal and Liberal), 1810-4 June 1871 aged 60

★ 1855, 23 April, Rickard Deasy (to 1861), 1812-6 May 1883 aged 70

★ 1857, 10 April, Alexander McCarthy

★ 1859, 10 May, Vincent Scully (to 1865), (Repeal and Liberal), 1810-4 June 1871 aged 60

★ 1861, 28 February, Nicholas Philpot Leader (to 1868), 31 March 1880

★ 1865, 29 July, George Richard Barry, 1825- 31 January 1867 aged 41

★ 1867, 3 February, Arthur Hugh Smith-Barry, after Baron Barrymore (to 1874), (Liberal later Unionist), 17 January 1843-22 February 1925 aged 82

★ 1868, 30 November, McCarthy Downing (to 1879), 1814-9 January 1879 aged 64

★ 1874, 9 February, William Shaw (to 1885), 1823-19 September 1895 aged 72

★ 1879, 20 February, David la Touche Colthurst, (Liberal Unionist),1828

Divided 1885 into seven divisions

★ East Cork (UK Parliament constituency)

★ Mid Cork (UK Parliament constituency)

★ North Cork (UK Parliament constituency)

★ North-East Cork (UK Parliament constituency)

★ South Cork (UK Parliament constituency)

★ South-East Cork (UK Parliament constituency)

★ West Cork (UK Parliament constituency)

References

★ ''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, David Dickson Old World Colony Corl and South Munster 1630-1830 Cork University Press 2005, Famine in West Cork Fr. Patrick Hickey Mercier Press 2002