UK parliamentary constituency in Ireland, 1885–1922
West Clare was a UK Parliament constituency in Ireland, returning one Member of Parliament 1885–1922.
Prior to the 1885 United Kingdom general election the area was part of the Clare constituency. From 1922, on the establishment of the Irish Free State, it was not represented in the UK Parliament.
Boundaries
This constituency comprised the western part of County Clare, consisting of the baronies of Clonderalaw, Corcomroe, Ibrickan and Moyarta, and those parts of the baronies of Inchiquin and Islands not contained within the constituency of East Clare.
Members of Parliament
Election | Member | Party |
| 1885 | Jeremiah Jordan | Nationalist |
| 1892 | James Rochfort Maguire | Parnellite Nationalist |
| 1895 | John Eustace Jameson | Anti-Parnellite Nationalist |
| 1900 | Nationalist |
| 1904 | Unionist |
| 1906 | James Halpin | Nationalist |
| 1909 | Arthur Lynch | Nationalist |
| 1918 | Brian O'Higgins | Sinn Féin |
1922 | constituency abolished |
Elections
Elections in the 1880s
Elections in the 1890s
Elections in the 1900s
Elections in the 1910s
References
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j Walker, B.M., ed. (1978). Parliamentary Election Results in Ireland, 1801-1922. Dublin: Royal Irish Academy. pp. 333–334, 385. ISBN 0901714127.
- Walker, Brian M., ed. (1978). Parliamentary Election Results in Ireland, 1801–1922. Dublin: Royal Irish Academy. ISBN 0901714127.
- Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs – Constituencies beginning with "C" (part 4)
Parliament of Ireland to 1800 | - County Clare (????–1800)
- Ennis (1614–1800)
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Westminster 1801–1922 and First Dáil 1918 | - Clare (1801–1885)
- Ennis (1801–1885)
- East Clare (1885–1922)
- West Clare (1885–1922)
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Dáil Éireann 1918–present | Historic | - Clare–South Galway (1969–1977)
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European Parliament 1979–present | - Munster (1979–2004)
- North-West (2004–2014)
- South (2014–)
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Constituencies in Ireland by county | Republic of Ireland | - Carlow
- Cavan
- Clare
- Cork
- Donegal
- Dublin
- Galway
- Kerry
- Kildare
- Kilkenny
- Laois
- Leitrim
- Limerick
- Longford
- Louth
- Mayo
- Meath
- Monaghan
- Offaly
- Roscommon
- Sligo
- Tipperary
- Waterford
- Westmeath
- Wexford
- Wicklow
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Northern Ireland | - Antrim
- Armagh
- Down
- Fermanagh
- Londonderry
- Tyrone
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