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Encyclopedia > Carlow Borough (UK Parliament constituency)
Carlow Borough
Borough constituency
Creation 1801
Abolition 1885
Type House of Commons

Carlow Borough was a former United Kingdom Parliament constituency, in Ireland, returning one MP. A borough constituency (in Scotland, a burgh constituency) is a type of parliamentary constituency in the United Kingdom. ... The Union Jack, flag of the newly formed United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland. ... 1885 (MDCCCLXXXV) is a common year starting on Thursday. ... In the United Kingdom each of the electoral areas or divisions called constituencies elects one or more members to a parliament or assembly. ... The House of Commons is the lower house of the Parliament of the United Kingdom, and is now the dominant branch of Parliament. ...

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Boundaries

This constituency was the Parliamentary borough of Carlow in County Carlow. Parliamentary boroughs are boroughs that are entitled to representation in a Parliament. ... Carlow (Ceatharlach in Irish, meaning four-part lake) is an inland town in the south-east of Ireland in County Carlow, 84 km from Dublin. ... Carlow (Ceatharlach in Irish) is a county located towards the south east of Ireland, in the province of Leinster. ...


Members of Parliament

Elections

References

  • The Parliaments of England by Henry Stooks Smith (1st edition published in three volumes 1844-50), 2nd edition edited (in one volume) by F.W.S. Craig (Political Reference Publications 1973)
  • Parliamentary Election Results in Ireland, 1801-1922, edited by B.M. Walker (Royal Irish Academy 1978)


 

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