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Encyclopedia > Cork East

Cork East is a %20%20%20A%20constituency%20is%20any%20cohesive%20corporate%20unit%20or%20body%20bound%20by%20shared%20structures%2C%20goals%20or%20loyalty.%20... constituency used in elections to %20%20%20%20D%26%23225%3Bil%20%26%23201%3Bireann%20is%20the%20%20%20lower%20house%20of%20the%20%20%20Oireachtas%20(parliament)%20of%20the%20%20%20Republic%20of%20Ireland1.%20... Dáil Éireann, the lower house of parliament in the %20%20%20The%20Republic%20of%20Ireland%20(%20%20Irish%3A%20Poblacht%20na%20h%26%23201%3Bireann)%20is%20the%20official%20%5Cdescription%5C%20of%20an%20independent%20state%20which%20covers%20approximately%20five-sixths%20of%20the%20island%20of%20%20%20Ireland%2C%20off%20the%20coast%20of%20north-west%20%20%20Europe.%20... Republic of Ireland. The constituency spans the entire north-eastern area of %20%20%20%20County%20Cork%20(Contae%20Chorca%5CxED%20in%20Irish)%20is%20the%20most%20southwesterly%20and%20the%20largest%20of%20the%20modern%20counties%20of%20Ireland.%20... County Cork, taking in %20%20%20Mallow%20is%20a%20plant%20species%20in%20the%20genus%20Malva%20or%20in%20one%20of%20several%20related%20genera%20of%20the%20Malvaceae%2C%20including%20Lavatera%20(tree%20mallow%2Frose%20mallow)%2C%20Althaea%20(marsh%20mallow)%2C%20Sidalcea%20(Greek%20mallow)%2C%20Callirhoe%20(poppy%20mallow)%2C%20and%20Abelmoschus%20(okra).%20... Mallow, %20%20%20Mitchelstown%20(Baile%20Mhist%5CxE9ala%20in%20Irish)%20is%20an%20agricultural%20based%20town%20in%20northeast%20Cork.%20... Mitchelstown, %20%20%20Fermoy%20(Mainistir%20Fhear%20Maigh%20in%20Irish)%20in%20County%20Cork%2C%20Republic%20of%20Ireland%20is%20a%20town%20of%20some%205%2C000%20inhabitants%20on%20the%20River%20Blackwater%20in%20the%20south%20of%20Ireland.%20... Fermoy and %20%20%20Youghal%20(Eochaill%20in%20Irish)%20is%20a%20seaport%20in%20County%20Cork%2C%20Ireland.%20... Youghal. The constituency has an electorate of 72,702 and at present is served by four %20%20%20A%20TD%20or%20Teachta%20D%5CxE1la%20(Irish%20for%20%5CD%5CxE1il%20Deputy%5C%2C%20pronounced%20%5Cchock-ta%20dawla%5C)%20is%20a%20member%20of%20D%5CxE1il%20%5CxC9ireann%2C%20the%20lower%20chamber%20of%20the%20Irish%20Oireachtas%20(pronounced%20%5Corr-och-tas%5C)%20or%20National%20Parliament.%20... TDs. The method of election is the %20%20%20The%20Single%20Transferable%20Vote%2C%20or%20STV%2C%20is%20a%20preference%20voting%20system%20designed%20to%20minimise%20wasted%20votes%20in%20multi-candidate%20elections%20while%20ensuring%20that%20votes%20are%20explicitly%20for%20candidates%20rather%20than%20party%20lists.%20... Single Transferable Vote.


%20%20%20%20The%2028th%20D%5CxE1il%20was%20dissolved%20by%20President%20McAleese%20on%20Thursday%20April%2025%2C%202002%20and%20a%20General%20Election%20announced%20for%20Friday%20May%2017%2C%202002.%20... Irish general election, 2002

The first four candidates in bold type indicate the %20%20TD%20or%20td%20may%20stand%20for%3A%20%20Chad%2C%20ISO%20country%20code%20tank%20destroyer%20Teachta%20D%5CxE1la%20(TD)%2C%20Member%20of%20lower%20house%20of%20Irish%20Parliament%2C%20D%5CxE1il%20%5CxC9ireann%20Territorial%20Decoration%2C%20awarded%20for%20twelve%20years%5C%20service%20in%20the%20British%20Territorial%20Army%20touchdown%20Toronto-Dominion%20Bank%20and%20TD%20Bank%20Financial%20Group%20Tower%20Defense%20tracking... TDs that were elected.

Candidate Party 1st Pref Count
Ned O'Keeffe %20%20%20Fianna%20F%26%23225%3Bil%20-%20The%20Republican%20Party%20(%20%20IPA%20%20in%20English%20and%20%20in%20%20%20Irish%3B%20%20%20English%20translation%3A%20Soldiers%20of%20Destiny)%20is%20the%20largest%20%20%20political%20party%20in%20%20%20Ireland.%20... Fianna Fáil 10,574 1
Michael Ahern %20%20%20Fianna%20F%26%23225%3Bil%20-%20The%20Republican%20Party%20(%20%20IPA%20%20in%20English%20and%20%20in%20%20%20Irish%3B%20%20%20English%20translation%3A%20Soldiers%20of%20Destiny)%20is%20the%20largest%20%20%20political%20party%20in%20%20%20Ireland.%20... Fianna Fáil 8,340 2
%20%20%20Joe%20Sherlock%20(b.... Joe Sherlock %20%20%20The%20Irish%20Labour%20Party%20is%20the%20third%20largest%20political%20party%20in%20the%20Republic%20of%20Ireland.%20... Labour 4,792 4
%20%20%20David%20Stanton%20is%20an%20Irish%20%20%20Fine%20Gael%20politician.%20... David Stanton %20%20%20%20%20%20%20Current%20Fine%20Gael%20logo%20%20%20Fine%20Gael%20(United%20Ireland)%20(pronounced%20%5Cfi-na%20gale%5C)%20is%20the%20second%20largest%20political%20party%20in%20the%20Republic%20of%20Ireland.%20... Fine Gael 6,269 4
Paul Bradford %20%20%20%20%20%20%20Current%20Fine%20Gael%20logo%20%20%20Fine%20Gael%20(United%20Ireland)%20(pronounced%20%5Cfi-na%20gale%5C)%20is%20the%20second%20largest%20political%20party%20in%20the%20Republic%20of%20Ireland.%20... Fine Gael 7,053 -
John Mulvihill %20%20%20The%20Irish%20Labour%20Party%20is%20the%20third%20largest%20political%20party%20in%20the%20Republic%20of%20Ireland.%20... Labour 4,813 -
June Murphy -1... Sinn Féin 2,624 -
Martin O'Keeffe %20%20%20The%20Irish%20Green%20Party%20(in%20Irish%2C%20An%20Comhaontas%20Glas)%20was%20founded%20as%20the%20Ecology%20Party%20of%20Ireland%20in%201981.%20... Green Party 1,136 -
Patrick Manning Christian Solidarity 187 -

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Cork county, Lewis, 1837 description ©Jane Lyons (4812 words)
CORK (County of), A maritime county of the province of MUNSTER, and the largest in IRELAND, bounded on the east by the counties of Tipperary and Waterford, on the north by that of Limerick, on the west by that of Kerry, and on the south-west, south, and south-east by St.
In the city of Cork are the county gaol and house of correction, rules for the management of which were drawn up by a committee of the magistrates in 1816, which were afterwards embodied in the general act for the prisons of Ireland.
The calcareous districts comprise the greater part of the vale in the north of the Blackwater, and of the vale south-west of Cork, the vale of Imokilly extending from Midleton to Killeagh, and the vale of the Bride from Rathcormac to Tallow.
Lewis: Co. Cork (13569 words)
In the city of Cork are the county gaol and house of correction, rules for the management of which were drawn up by a committee of the magistrates in 1816, which were afterwrds embodied in the general act for the prisons of Ireland.
The Cork Royal Institution was founded in 1803 by subscription among private gentlemen of the city and county, for diffusing the knowledge and facilitating the introduction of all improvements in the arts and manufactures, and for teaching by lectures the application of science to the common purposes of life.
The trade of Cork, previously to the late war with France, consisted chiefly in the exportation of butter and beef for the supply of the British navy, ot the West Indies, and to the ports of France, Spain, and the Mediterranean; and of hides and tallow chiefly to England.
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