Dublin St Patrick's, a division of

Dublin Dublin is the capital and largest city of Republic of Ireland, Ireland. Situated on Dublin Bay at the mouth of the River Liffey, it is in the Provinces of Ireland, province of Leinster, and is bordered on the south by the Dublin Mountains, pa ...

, was a

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. It returned one Member of Parliament (MP) to the

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from 1885 until 1922. From the dissolution of 1922, the area was no longer represented in the UK Parliament.

Boundaries

This constituency was named for St Patrick's Cathedral and comprised the southwest part 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

Redistribution of Seats Act 1885 The Redistribution of Seats Act 1885 (48 & 49 Vict. c. 23) was an Act of Parliament (United Kingdom), act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom (sometimes called the "Reform Act of 1885"). It was a piece of electoral reform legislation that r ...

, Dublin was divided into four divisions: St Patrick's, College Green, Dublin Harbour and

St Stephen's Green St Stephen's Green () is a garden square and public park located in the city centre of Dublin, Ireland. The current landscape of the park was designed by William Sheppard. It was officially re-opened to the public on Tuesday, 27 July 1880 by ...

. Under the

Redistribution of Seats (Ireland) Act 1918 The Redistribution of Seats (Ireland) Act 1918 ( 7 & 8 Geo. 5. c. 65) was an Act passed by the Parliament of the United Kingdom which redistributed the parliamentary constituencies in Ireland for the House of Commons. It was enacted on the sam ...

, 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. St Patrick's lost territory to St James's.

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used this election to elect members of

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, inviting all those elected in Ireland to sit as a

Teachta Dála A Teachta Dála ( ; ; plural ), abbreviated as TD (plural ''TDanna'' in Irish language, Irish, TDs in English), is a member of Dáil Éireann, the lower house of the Oireachtas, the parliament of Republic of Ireland, Ireland. The official Engli ...

(known in English as a Deputy) in the Dáil, although only the Sinn Féin members attended. St Patrick's in 1918 gave

66% of the vote.

Constance Markievicz Constance Georgine Markievicz ( ; ' Gore-Booth; 4 February 1868 – 15 July 1927), also known as Countess Markievicz and Madame Markievicz, was an Irish politician, revolutionary, nationalist, suffragist, and socialist who was the first woman ...

was the first woman to win a seat in the

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, at the first election where women were permitted to stand as candidates. Under the

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, the area was combined with the St Stephen's Green Division to form Dublin South, a 4-seat constituency for the

Southern Ireland House of Commons The Parliament of Southern Ireland was a Home Rule legislature established by the British Government during the Irish War of Independence under the Government of Ireland Act 1920. It was designed to legislate for Southern Ireland,Order in Counc ...

and a single-seat 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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. Constance Markievicz was one of the four TDs for Dublin South. Under s. 1(4) of the

Irish Free State (Agreement) Act 1922 The Irish Free State (Agreement) Act 1922 ( 12 & 13 Geo. 5. c. 4) was an act of the British Parliament passed on 31 March 1922. It gave the force of law to the Anglo-Irish Treaty, which was scheduled to the Act. Main provisions Section 1(1) of ...

, 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 South at the

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on 15 November 1922, shortly before the

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left the

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on 6 December 1922.

Members of Parliament

Elections

Elections in the 1880s

Elections in the 1890s

Elections in the 1900s

Elections in the 1910s

Notes, citations and sources

Citations

Sources

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External links

Oireachtas Members Database
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