Birr (UK Parliament constituency)

King's County Birr
Former County constituency for the House of Commons
1885–1918
Number of members	one
Replaced by	King's County
Created from	King's County

Birr, a division of King's County, was a UK Parliament constituency in Ireland, returning one Member of Parliament 1885–1918.

Prior to the United Kingdom general election, 1885 and after the dissolution of Parliament in 1918 the area was part of the King's County constituency.

Boundaries

This constituency comprised the south-western part of King's County now known as County Offaly. It consisted of the baronies of Ballycowan, Ballyboy and Eglish, Ballybritt, Clonlisk and Garrycastle.^[1]

Members of Parliament

Election		Member	Party
	1885	Bernard Charles Molloy	Irish Parliamentary Party
	1892	Bernard Charles Molloy	Anti-Parnellite Nationalist
	1900	Michael Reddy	Irish Parliamentary Party
1918		Constituency merged into King's County

Elections

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References

↑ Debrett's House of Commons and the Judicial Branch (Dean and Son, 1896) page 217.

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 "B" (part 3)

Parliamentary constituencies in County Offaly

Parliament of Ireland to 1800	Banagher (1629–1800) King's County (????–1800) Philipstown (1571–1800) Portarlington (1668–1800)

Westminster 1801–1922 and First Dáil 1918	King's County (1801–85) Portarlington (1801–85) Birr (1885–1918) Tullamore (1885–1918) King's County (1918–22)

Dáil Éireann 1918–present	Laois–Offaly (1921–2016) Offaly (2016–)

European Parliament 1979–present	Leinster (1979–2004) East (2004–14) Midlands–North-West (2014–)

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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