South Kerry (UK Parliament constituency)

For the 1937–present constituency, see Kerry South (Dáil Éireann constituency).
South Kerry
Former County constituency
for the House of Commons
18851922
Number of members One
Created from County Kerry

South Kerry 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 Kerry constituency. Following the Anglo Irish Agreement and the formation of the Irish Free State in 1922, the area was no longer represented in the UK Parliament, since it was no longer part of the UK. The successor constituency in the new Dáil Éireann was Kerry–Limerick West first established under the Government of Ireland Act 1920 to elect members to the House of Commons of Southern Ireland in 1921.

Boundaries

This constituency comprised the southern part of County Kerry.

Members of Parliament

ElectionMemberParty
1885 John O'Connor Irish Parliamentary Party
1887 by-election Denis Kilbride Irish Parliamentary Party
1891 Anti-Parnellite
1895
1895 by-election Thomas Joseph Farrell Anti-Parnellite
1900 John Pius Boland Irish Parliamentary Party
1918 Fionán Lynch Sinn Féin
1922 constituency abolished

Elections

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References

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