South East Cork, a 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.
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 south-eastern part of County Cork, consisting of the baronies of Courceys, Kerrycurrihy, Kinalea, Kinalmeaky and Kinsale, that part of the barony of East Carbery, East Division not contained within the constituency of South Cork, and that part of the barony of Ibane and Barryroe contained within the parishes of Abbeymahon, Desert, Donaghmore, Kilsillagh, Lislee, Templeomalus, Templequinlan and Timoleague, and the townland of Ahidelake in the parish of Island.
Members of Parliament
ElectionMemberParty 1885 John Hooper Irish Parliamentary Party 1889 John Morrogh Irish Parliamentary Party 1891 Irish National Federation 1893 Andrew Commins Irish National Federation 1900 Eugene Crean Irish Parliamentary Party 1906 Irish Parliamentary Party 1910 (Jan) All-for-Ireland League 1910 (Dec) All-for-Ireland League 1918 Diarmuid Lynch Sinn Féin 1922 Constituency abolished
Elections Elections in the 1880s
Elections in the 1890s
Morrogh resigned to pursue business interests in South Africa (he was a director of De Beers) and because of disagreements with John Dillon and William O'Brien.
Elections in the 1900s
Elections in the 1910s
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