North East Cork, a division of

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, was a

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, represented in the

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. From 1885 to 1922 it returned one

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(MP) to the

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of the

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. Until the 1885 general election the area was part of the

Cork County County Cork ( ga, Contae Chorcaí) is the largest and the southernmost county of Ireland, named after the city of Cork, the state's second-largest city. It is in the province of Munster and the Southern Region. Its largest market towns ar ...

constituency. From 1922, on the establishment of the

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, it was not represented in the

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Boundaries

This constituency comprised the north-eastern part of

, consisting of the baronies of

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and Kinnatalloon, that part of the barony of Fermoy not contained within the constituency of North Cork, that part of the barony of Barrymore contained within the parishes of Ardnageehy, Britway, Castlelyons, Coole, Dunbulloge, Gortroe, Kilshanahan, Knockmourne, Rathcormack, Templebodan and Whitechurch, and that part of the barony of Barretts contained within the parish of Mourne Abbey.

Members of Parliament

Elections

Elections in the 1880s

* Leamy resigns

Elections in the 1890s

In the

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(

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) was returned for both North East Cork and

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. He chose to sit for Cork City, and a by-election was held for the vacant seat. Being the only nominated candidate in the by-election,

Michael Davitt Michael Davitt (25 March 184630 May 1906) was an Irish republican activist for a variety of causes, especially Home Rule and land reform. Following an eviction when he was four years old, Davitt's family migrated to England. He began his caree ...

took the seat unopposed on 8 February 1893. He resigned in May (after being threatened with bankruptcy) and a further by-election was held for which William Abraham was returned unopposed on 28 June.

Elections in the 1900s

Elections in the 1910s

In the January 1910 general election

(

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) was again returned for both North East Cork and

. As usual, he chose to sit for Cork City, and a by-election was held for the vacant seat, which was taken unopposed by

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(

) on 2 March 1910. In the December 1910 general election North East Cork was won by

Moreton Frewen Moreton Frewen (8 May 1853 – 2 September 1924) was and entrepreneur, an Anglo-Irish writer on monetary reform, who served briefly as a Member of Parliament (MP). Early life Frewen was born the 8 May 1853 in England. He was the fifth son of T ...

(

) but his senior party colleague Tim Healy lost in North Louth. Frewen resigned so that Healy could stand in his vacated seat, and Healy was returned unopposed in the by-election on 16 July 1911.

References

* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Cork North East Westminster constituencies in County Cork (historic) Dáil constituencies in the Republic of Ireland (historic) Constituencies of the Parliament of the United Kingdom established in 1885 Constituencies of the Parliament of the United Kingdom disestablished in 1922