A former UK Parliament constituency in Ireland, returning two Members of Parliament. It was the only constituency in Ireland to return the same number of members in each general election from the Union with Great Britain to the partition of Ireland. 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. ... 1922 (MCMXXII) was a common year starting on Sunday (see link for calendar). ... 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. ... A Member of Parliament, or MP, is a representative elected by the voters of an electoral district to a parliament; in the Westminster system, specifically to the lower house. ...

Boundaries

This constituency comprised the whole of the Parliamentary borough of the City of Cork, which was part of County Cork. Parliamentary boroughs are boroughs that are entitled to representation in a Parliament. ... WGS-84 (GPS) Coordinates: 51. ... County Cork (Contae Chorcaí in Irish) is the most southwesterly and the largest of the modern counties of Ireland. ...

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)