Dublin College Green (UK Parliament constituency)
| College Green | |
|---|---|
| Former borough constituency for the House of Commons | |
 Dublin College Green constituency within Dublin, as it existed from 1885 to 1918. | |
| 1885–1922 | |
| Seats | 1 |
| Created from | Dublin |
| Replaced by | Dublin Mid |
College Green, a division of the parliamentary borough of Dublin, was a parliamentary constituency which returned one Member of Parliament (MP) to the House of Commons of the United Kingdom from 1885 until 1922. From 1918 to 1921, it was also used a constituency for Dáil Éireann
From the dissolution of 1922, the area was no longer represented in the UK Parliament.
Boundaries[edit]
This constituency comprised part of the city of Dublin. It was predominantly on the northside of the city, but crossed the River Liffey to include College Green.[1]
From 1885 to 1918, it was defined as:[2]
Arran Quay Ward, Inns Quay Ward, North City Ward and South City Ward, and that part of Rotunda Ward lying south-west of a line drawn along the centre of North Frederick Street and a line drawn along the centre of East Cavendish Row.
From 1918 to 1922, it was defined as:[3]
The Inns Quay, North City, South City and Rotunda wards of the Borough.
History[edit]
Prior to the 1885 general election, the city was the undivided two-member Dublin City constituency. Under the Redistribution of Seats Act 1885, Dublin was divided into four divisions: College Green, Dublin Harbour, St Stephen's Green and St Patrick's. This was a strongly Nationalist area, which moved after the 1916 Easter Rising to supporting Sinn Féin. In the 1918 election, Sinn Féin got more than three-quarters of the vote.
Under the Redistribution of Seats (Ireland) Act 1918, the city was allocated seven seats: in addition to the four existing constituencies, the new divisions were Clontarf, St James's and St Michan's.[4]
At the 1918 general election, Sinn Féin issued an election manifesto in which it called for a "establishment of a constituent assembly comprising persons chosen by Irish constituencies". After the election, Sinn Féin invited all those elected for Irish constituencies to sit as members of Dáil Éireann, termed Teachta Dála (or TD, known in English as a Deputy). In practice, only those elected for Sinn Féin attended. This included Seán T. O'Kelly, elected for College Green. He was the presiding officer of the First Dáil (with the title Ceann Comhairle) from 22 January 1919.[5] His appointment as Ceann Comhairle was confirmed 1 April 1919.[6]
Under the Government of Ireland Act 1920, the area was combined with the Dublin Harbour Division to form Dublin Mid, a 4-seat constituency for the Southern Ireland House of Commons and a single constituency at Westminster.[7] At the 1921 election for the Southern Ireland House of Commons, the four seats were won uncontested by Sinn Féin, who treated it as part of the election to the Second Dáil.[8] Seán T. O'Kelly was one of the four TDs for Dublin Mid.
Under s. 1(4) of the Irish Free State (Agreement) Act 1922, no writ was to be issued "for a constituency in Ireland other than a constituency in Northern Ireland".[9] Therefore, no vote was held in Dublin Mid at the 1922 United Kingdom general election on 15 November 1922, shortly before the Irish Free State left the United Kingdom on 6 December 1922.
Members of Parliament[edit]
| Year | MP[10] | Party | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1885 | Timothy Daniel Sullivan | Irish Parliamentary | |
| 1890 | Irish National Federation (Anti-Parnellite) | ||
| 1892 | J.E. Kenny | Irish National League (Parnellite) | |
| 1896 | James Laurence Carew | Irish National League (Parnellite) | |
| 1900 | Joseph Nannetti | Irish Parliamentary | |
| 1915 | John Dillon Nugent | Irish Parliamentary | |
| 1918 | Seán T. O'Kelly | Sinn Féin | |
| 1922 | constituency abolished | ||
Elections[edit]
Elections in the 1880s[edit]
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Irish Parliamentary | Timothy Daniel Sullivan | 6,548 | 81.2 | ||
| Liberal | David Sherlock | 1,518 | 18.8 | ||
| Majority | 5,030 | 62.4 | |||
| Turnout | 8,066 | 74.7 | |||
| Registered electors | 10,797 | ||||
| Irish Parliamentary win (new seat) | |||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Irish Parliamentary | Timothy Daniel Sullivan | Unopposed | |||
| Irish Parliamentary hold | |||||
Elections in the 1890s[edit]
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Irish National League | J.E. Kenny | 2,568 | 50.1 | N/A | |
| Irish Unionist | Henry Cochrane | 1,441 | 28.1 | New | |
| Irish National Federation | Timothy Daniel Sullivan | 1,116 | 21.8 | N/A | |
| Majority | 1,127 | 22.0 | N/A | ||
| Turnout | 5,125 | 75.6 | N/A | ||
| Registered electors | 6,781 | ||||
| Irish National League gain from Irish Parliamentary | Swing | N/A | |||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Irish National League | J.E. Kenny | Unopposed | |||
| Irish National League hold | |||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Irish National League | James Laurence Carew | Unopposed | |||
| Irish National League hold | |||||
Elections in the 1900s[edit]
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Irish Parliamentary | Joseph Nannetti | 2,467 | 53.2 | N/A | |
| Healyite Nationalist | James Laurence Carew | 2,173 | 46.8 | N/A | |
| Majority | 294 | 6.4 | N/A | ||
| Turnout | 4,640 | 45.4 | N/A | ||
| Registered electors | 10,223 | ||||
| Irish Parliamentary hold | Swing | N/A | |||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Irish Parliamentary | Joseph Nannetti | Unopposed | |||
| Irish Parliamentary hold | |||||
Elections in the 1910s[edit]
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Irish Parliamentary | Joseph Nannetti | 4,559 | 78.6 | N/A | |
| Irish Unionist | George Bernard O'Connor | 1,239 | 21.4 | New | |
| Majority | 3,320 | 57.2 | N/A | ||
| Turnout | 5,798 | 66.3 | N/A | ||
| Registered electors | 8,739 | ||||
| Irish Parliamentary hold | Swing | N/A | |||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Irish Parliamentary | Joseph Nannetti | Unopposed | |||
| Irish Parliamentary hold | |||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Irish Parliamentary | John Dillon Nugent | 2,445 | 57.4 | N/A | |
| Labour | Thomas Farren | 1,816 | 42.6 | New | |
| Majority | 629 | 14.8 | N/A | ||
| Turnout | 4,261 | 52.2 | N/A | ||
| Registered electors | 8,167 | ||||
| Irish Parliamentary hold | Swing | N/A | |||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sinn Féin | Seán T. O'Kelly | 9,662 | 77.2 | New | |
| Independent Nationalist | Joseph Coghland Briscoe | 2,853 | 22.8 | New | |
| Majority | 6,809 | 54.4 | N/A | ||
| Turnout | 12,515 | 58.4 | N/A | ||
| Registered electors | 21,414 | ||||
| Sinn Féin gain from Irish Parliamentary | Swing | N/A | |||
See also[edit]
Notes, citations and sources[edit]
Citations[edit]
- ^ "Report of the Boundary Commission (Ireland): Map". Enhanced British Parliamentary Papers on Ireland. DIPPAM: Documenting Ireland, Parliament, People and Migration. p. 18. Archived from the original on 30 September 2022. Retrieved 1 October 2022.
- ^ "Redistribution of Seats Act, 1885 (48 & 49 Vict., c. 23)". Archive.org. Incorporated Council of Law Reporting for England and Wales. p. 143. Retrieved 16 October 2022.
- ^ "Report of the Boundary Commission (Ireland)". Enhanced British Parliamentary Papers on Ireland. DIPPAM: Documenting Ireland, Parliament, People and Migration. p. 35. Archived from the original on 5 October 2022. Retrieved 16 October 2022.
- ^ "Redistribution of seats (Ireland) Act, 1918". Retrieved 1 October 2022.
- ^ "ELECTION OF SPEAKER AND DEPUTY SPEAKER – Dáil Éireann (1st Dáil) – Vol. F No. 2". Houses of the Oireachtas. 22 January 1919. Archived from the original on 30 August 2022. Retrieved 16 October 2022.
- ^ "ELECTION OF SPEAKER, DEPUTY SPEAKER, AND CLERKS - ELECTION OF CEANN COMHAIRLE (SPEAKER) – Dáil Éireann (1st Dáil) – Vol. F No. 3". Houses of the Oireachtas. 1 April 1919. Archived from the original on 30 August 2022. Retrieved 16 October 2022.
- ^ "Government of Ireland Act 1920 (10 & 11 Geo. 5, c. 67): Fifth Schedule". legislation.gov.uk. The National Archives. Archived from the original on 28 September 2022. Retrieved 16 October 2022.
- ^ "PRESIDENT'S STATEMENT. - ELECTIONS – Dáil Éireann (1st Dáil) – Vol. F No. 21". Houses of the Oireachtas. 10 May 1921. Archived from the original on 5 August 2020. Retrieved 16 October 2022.
- ^ "Irish Free State (Agreement) Act 1922 (12 & 13 Geo. 5, c. 4)". Historical Documents. Archived from the original on 15 March 2012.
- ^ Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs – Constituencies beginning with "H" (part 1)
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k Walker, B.M., ed. (1978). Parliamentary Election Results in Ireland, 1801–1922. Dublin: Royal Irish Academy. pp. 344–345, 388. ISBN 0901714127.
Sources[edit]
- Walker, Brian M., ed. (1978). Parliamentary Election Results in Ireland, 1801–1922. Dublin: Royal Irish Academy. ISBN 0901714127.
- Boundary Commission (Ireland) established in 1917 to redistribute seats in the House of Commons under the terms of the Representation of the People Bill, 1917 (1917). "Schedule 10 : Parliamentary borough of Dublin" (PDF). Report. Vol. CSO/RP/1917/29520/36. National Archives of Ireland. Archived from the original (PDF) on 4 December 2017. Retrieved 16 January 2018.
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External links[edit]
- Dáil Éireann Members Database Office of the Houses of the Oireachtas
- Dublin Historic Maps: Parliamentary & Dail Constituencies 1780–1969 (a work in progress)