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Youghal (UK Parliament constituency)

Youghal was a United Kingdom Parliament constituency in Ireland returning one MP from 1801 to 1885.

History

Tralee was a two-seat constituency in the Irish House of Commons. Under the Acts of Union 1800, which came into effect on 1 January 1801, it was one of the constituencies represented in the House of Commons of the United Kingdom, with its representation reduced to one seat. The member who sat in the First Parliament of the United Kingdom was chosen by lot.

A Topographical Directory of Ireland, published in 1837, describes the parliamentary history of the borough:

The borough was disfranchised under the Redistribution of Seats Act 1885, which took effect at the 1885 general election. The area was thereafter represented by the county constituency of East Cork.

Notable MPs included Isaac Butt, who was later leader of the Home Rule League.

Boundaries

This constituency was the parliamentary borough of Youghal in County Cork.

A report into the boundaries was undertaken in 1831. The Parliamentary Boundaries (Ireland) Act 1832 defined the boundaries of the parliamentary borough as:

Members of Parliament

Elections

Elections in the 1830s

Ponsonby was appointed as a Lord Commissioner of the Treasury, requiring a by-election.

  • Davis resigned on the second day of polling

Elections in the 1840s

Elections in the 1850s

Elections in the 1860s

On petition, Weguelin was unseated due to treating, and a by-election was called.

Elections in the 1870s

Elections in the 1880s

Notes

Further reading

  • 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)