South Cork (UK Parliament constituency)

South Cork, formally the Southern division of County Cork, was a parliamentary constituency in Ireland, represented in the Parliament of the United Kingdom. From 1885 to 1922 it returned one Member of Parliament (MP) to the House of Commons of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland.

South Cork
Former county constituency for the House of Commons
1885–1922
Seats	1
Created from	County Cork
Replaced by	Cork Mid, North, South, South East and West

Until the 1885 general election the area was part of the County Cork constituency. From 1922, on the establishment of the Irish Free State, it was not represented in the UK Parliament.

Boundaries

This constituency comprised the southern part of County Cork, consisting of the barony of East Carbery, West Division, that part of the barony of Ibane and Barryroe not contained within the constituency of South East Cork, that part of the barony of West Carbery, East Division not contained within the constituency of West Cork, and that part of the barony of East Carbery, East Division contained within the parishes of Ballymoney, Desert, Desertserges, Island, Kilgarriff, Kilnagross and Templebryan.

Members of Parliament

Election		Member	Party
	1885	J. E. Kenny	Irish Parliamentary Party
	1890		Parnellite
	1892	Edward Barry	Irish National Federation
	1900		Irish Parliamentary Party
	1910 (Dec)	John P. Walsh	All-for-Ireland League
	1918	Michael Collins	Sinn Féin
	1922	constituency abolished

Elections

Elections in the 1880s

1885 general election: South Cork

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Irish Parliamentary	J.E. Kenny	4,823	96.1
	Irish Conservative	Francis McCarthy Connor	195	3.9
Majority			4,628	92.2
Turnout			5,018	68.7
Registered electors			7,299
	Irish Parliamentary win (new seat)

1886 general election: South Cork

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Irish Parliamentary	J.E. Kenny	Unopposed
	Irish Parliamentary hold

Elections in the 1890s

1892 general election: South Cork

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Irish National Federation	Edward Barry	Unopposed
	Irish National Federation gain from Irish Parliamentary

1895 general election: South Cork

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Irish National Federation	Edward Barry	Unopposed
	Irish National Federation hold

Elections in the 1900s

1900 general election: South Cork

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Irish Parliamentary	Edward Barry	Unopposed
	Irish Parliamentary hold

1906 general election: South Cork

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Irish Parliamentary	Edward Barry	Unopposed
	Irish Parliamentary hold

Elections in the 1910s

January 1910 general election: South Cork

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Irish Parliamentary	Edward Barry	Unopposed
	Irish Parliamentary hold

December 1910 general election: South Cork

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	All-for-Ireland	John Walsh	2,346	51.8	N/A
	Irish Parliamentary	Edward Barry	2,183	48.2	N/A
Majority			163	3.6	N/A
Turnout			4,529	73.1	N/A
Registered electors			6,199
	All-for-Ireland gain from Irish Parliamentary		Swing	N/A

General election, 1918: South Cork

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Sinn Féin	Michael Collins	Unopposed
	Sinn Féin gain from All-for-Ireland

References

• Walker, Brian M., ed. (1978). Parliamentary Election Results in Ireland, 1801–1922. Royal Irish Academy.
• Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs – Constituencies beginning with "C" (part 5)