St Stephen's Green, a division of

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, was a borough constituency in

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. It returned one

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(MP) to the

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from 1885 until 1922 on the

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electoral system. From the dissolution of 1922, shortly before the establishment of the

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, the area was no longer represented in the UK Parliament.

Boundaries

This constituency was named for

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and comprised parts of the south-east of the city of

. From 1885 to 1918, it was defined as: From 1918 to 1922, it was defined as:

History

Prior to the 1885 general election, the city was the undivided two-member Dublin City constituency. Under the

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, Dublin was divided into four divisions:

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, Dublin Harbour, St Stephen's Green, and St Patrick's. Under the

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, the city was allocated seven seats: in addition to the four existing constituencies, the new divisions were Clontarf,

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and St Michan's.

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used the 1918 general election to elect members of

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, inviting all those elected in Ireland to sit as a

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(known in English as a Deputy) in the Dáil rather than at Westminster, although only the Sinn Féin members attended. Thomas Kelly sat as a member of the

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. Under the

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, the area was combined with the St Patrick's Division to form City South, a 4-seat constituency for the

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and a single constituency at Westminster. 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

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. Thomas Kelly was one of the four TDs for Dublin City South. Under s. 1(4) of the

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, no writ was to be issued "for a constituency in Ireland other than a constituency in Northern Ireland". Therefore, no vote was held in Dublin City South at the

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on 15 November 1922, shortly before the

left the

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on 6 December 1922.

Members of Parliament

Elections

Elections in the 1910s

Elections in the 1900s

Death of McCann

Elections in the 1890s

Kenny appointed a Judge of the High Court Kenny appointed Solicitor-General

Elections in the 1880s

Death of Gray

Notes, citations and sources

Citations

Sources

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External links

Dáil Éireann Members Database
Office of the Houses of the Oireachtas

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