Fermanagh and Tyrone was a

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of the

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from 1921 to 1929. It returned eight MPs, using

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by means of the

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Boundaries

Fermanagh and Tyrone was created by the

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and consisted of the entirety of

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and

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. The

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divided the constituency into eight constituencies elected under

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: East Tyrone,

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, Mid Tyrone, North Tyrone, South Fermanagh, South Tyrone and West Tyrone.

Second Dáil

In May 1921,

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, the parliament of the

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run by

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, passed a resolution declaring that

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to the House of Commons of Northern Ireland and the House of Commons of Southern Ireland would be used as the election for the

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. All those elected were on the roll of the Second Dáil, but only three of the 8 MPs elected for Fermanagh and Tyrone also sat as TDs in Dáil Éireann:

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and

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, both of whom were also elected for

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, and

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. O'Mahony was the only Sinn Féin TD in the Second Dáil who represented only a constituency in

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Politics

Fermanagh and Tyrone had a slight

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majority, but this was fairly evenly balanced with a Unionist minority. In both elections, four Unionists were elected, alongside three Sinn Féin members and one Nationalist in 1921, and four Nationalists in 1925.

Members of Parliament

Election results

*''Griffith died on 12 August 1922; his seat remained vacant at dissolution.'' *''Coote died on 14 December 1924; his seat remained vacant at dissolution.''

References

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