North Cork (UK Parliament constituency)

North Cork, a division of County Cork, was a parliamentary constituency in Ireland, represented in the Parliament of the United Kingdom. From 1885 to 1922 it returned one Member of Parliament (MP) to the House of Commons of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland.

North Cork
Former county constituency for the House of Commons
1885–1922
Seats	1
Created from	County Cork
Replaced by	Cork Mid, North, South, South East and West

Until the 1885 general election the area was part of the County Cork constituency. From 1922 it was not represented in the UK Parliament, as it was no longer in the UK.

Boundaries

This constituency comprised the northern part of County Cork, consisting of the baronies of Duhallow and Orrery and Kilmore and that part of the barony of Fermoy contained within the parishes of Ardskeagh, Ballyhay, Doneraile and Imphrick, and the townland of Ballylopen in the parish of Kilquane.

Members of Parliament

Election		Member	Party
	1885	James Christopher Flynn	Irish Parliamentary Party
	1891		Irish National Federation
	1900		Irish Parliamentary Party
	January 1910	Patrick Guiney	All-for-Ireland League
	1913	John Guiney	All-for-Ireland League
	1918	Patrick O'Keeffe	Sinn Féin
1922		constituency abolished

Elections

Elections in the 1880s

1885 general election: North Cork

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Irish Parliamentary	James Christopher Flynn	4,982	98.0
	Independent	Thomas Walsh	102	2.0
Majority			4,880	96.0
Turnout			5,084	65.0
Registered electors			7,827
	Irish Parliamentary win (new seat)

1886 general election: North Cork

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Irish Parliamentary	James Christopher Flynn	Unopposed
	Irish Parliamentary hold

Elections in the 1890s

1892 general election: North Cork

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Irish National Federation	James Christopher Flynn	Unopposed
	Irish National Federation gain from Irish Parliamentary

1895 general election: North Cork

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Irish National Federation	James Christopher Flynn	Unopposed
	Irish National Federation hold

Elections in the 1900s

1900 general election: North Cork

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Irish Parliamentary	James Christopher Flynn	Unopposed
	Irish Parliamentary hold

1906 general election: North Cork

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Irish Parliamentary	James Christopher Flynn	Unopposed
	Irish Parliamentary hold

Elections in the 1910s

13 January 1910: North Cork

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	All-for-Ireland	Patrick Guiney	2,888	61.6	N/A
	United Irish League	Michael Barry	1,798	38.4	N/A
Majority			1,090	23.2	N/A
Turnout			4,686	70.4	N/A
Registered electors			6,655
	All-for-Ireland gain from Irish Parliamentary		Swing

December 1910: North Cork

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	All-for-Ireland	Patrick Guiney	Unopposed
	All-for-Ireland hold

Guiney died in office and was succeeded by his brother John Guiney at a by-election held on 4 November 1913.

By-election, 1913: North Cork

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	All-for-Ireland	John Guiney	Unopposed
	All-for-Ireland hold

December 1918: North Cork

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Sinn Féin	Patrick O'Keeffe	Unopposed
	Sinn Féin gain from All-for-Ireland

References

• Walker, Brian M., ed. (1978). Parliamentary Election Results in Ireland, 1801–1922. Royal Irish Academy.
• Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs – Constituencies beginning with "C" (part 5)