Cork West was a

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represented in

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, the lower house of the Irish parliament or

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from 1923 to 1961. The constituency elected 5 (and later 3) deputies ( Teachtaí Dála, commonly known as TDs) to the Dáil, on the system of

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by means of the

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(PR-STV).

History

It was created in 1923 as a 5-seat constituency, a partial replacement for the 8 seat Cork Mid, North, South, South East and West constituency. It was first used for the 1923 general election to the

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. It was reduced to a 3 seater for the 1948 general election to the 12th Dáil, and remained at that size until its abolition for the 1961 general election to the

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. It was then partially replaced by the new Cork South-West constituency.

Boundaries

It consisted of the county electoral areas of Bandon,

Bantry Bantry () is a town in the civil parish of Kilmocomoge in the barony of Bantry on the southwest coast of County Cork, Ireland. It lies in West Cork at the head of Bantry Bay, a deep-water gulf extending for to the west. The Beara Peninsula is ...

and

Dunmanway Dunmanway (, official Irish name: ) is a market town in County Cork, in the southwest of Ireland. It is the geographical centre of the region known as West Cork. It is the birthplace of Sam Maguire, an Irish Protestant republican, for whom the tr ...

in the administrative county of Cork.

TDs

Elections

1957 general election

1954 general election

1951 general election

1949 by-election

Following the death of the Labour Party TD

Timothy J. Murphy Timothy Joseph Murphy (17 July 1893 – 29 April 1949) was an Irish Labour Party politician who served as Minister for Local Government from 1948 to 1949. He served as a Teachta Dála (TD) for the Cork West constituency from 1923 to 1949. Ea ...

, a by-election was held on 15 June 1949. The seat was won by the Labour Party candidate William J. Murphy.

1948 general election

1944 general election

1943 general election

1938 general election

1937 general election

1933 general election

1932 general election

September 1927 general election

June 1927 general election

1923 general election

There is no record of Buckley's surplus having been distributed, even though it was greater than the difference between the votes of Murphy and Kelly.

References

External links

Oireachtas Members Database
{{DEFAULTSORT:Cork West (Dail constituency) Dáil constituencies in the Republic of Ireland (historic) Historic constituencies in County Cork 1923 establishments in Ireland 1961 disestablishments in Ireland Constituencies established in 1923 Constituencies disestablished in 1961