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 ElectionMemberPartyNote 1801, 1 January Sir John Keane, Bt Created baronet 1 August 1801. 1806, 10 November James Bernard, Viscount Bernard 1807, 18 May Henry Boyle, Viscount Boyle Became the 3rd Earl of Shannon 1807, 28 July Sir John Keane, Bt First returned at a by-election 1818, 27 June James Bernard, Viscount Bernard 1820, 15 March John Hyde 1826, 14 June Hon. George Ponsonby Not George Ponsonby (1755–1817), but his nephew. 1832, 15 DecemberJohn O'Connell Re-elected as a candidate of a Liberal/Repealer pact 1837, 8 August Frederick John Howard 1841, 3 July Hon. Charles Cavendish 1847, 7 August Thomas Chisholm Anstey 1852, 15 July Isaac Butt Re-elected as a Liberal candidate 1857, 28 March 1859, 9 May 1865, 18 July Joseph Neale McKenna 1868, 23 November Christopher Weguelin Unseated on petition and new writ issued 1869, 11 May Montague Guest Returned at a by-election 1874, 4 February Sir Joseph Neale McKenna 1885 constituency abolished

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)