North Donegal

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UK parliamentary constituency in Ireland, 1885–1922

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::summary UK parliamentary constituency in Ireland, 1885–1922 ::

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Field	Value
name	North Donegal
type	county
parliament	uk
year	1885
abolished	1922
seats	1
previous	Donegal
next	Donegal
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North Donegal was a UK Parliament constituency in Ireland, returning one Member of Parliament from 1885 to 1922.

Prior to the 1885 United Kingdom general election the area was part of the Donegal constituency. From 1922, on the establishment of the Irish Free State, it was not represented in the UK Parliament.

Boundaries

This constituency comprised the northern part of County Donegal, consisting of the barony of Inishowen East, that part of the barony of Inishowen West not contained within the constituency of East Donegal, and that part of the barony of Kilmacrenan contained within the parishes of Clandavaddog, Killygarvan and Tullyfern and the townlands of Drumherrive, Glenalla and Ray in the parish of Aughnish.

Members of Parliament

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Election	Member	Party	Note
Irish Parliamentary Party}}"		1885, December 1	James Edward O'Doherty
Irish Parliamentary Party}}"		1890, June 25	James Rochfort Maguire
Irish National League}}"		1890, December 1	Irish National League
Irish National Federation}}"		1892, July 12	John Mains
Irish National Federation}}"		1895, July 15	Thomas Bartholomew Curran
Irish Parliamentary Party}}"		1900, October 8	William O'Doherty
Irish Parliamentary Party}}"		1905, June 15	John Muldoon
Irish Parliamentary Party}}"		1906, January 16	Philip O'Doherty
Sinn Féin}}"		1918, December 14 2	Joseph O'Doherty
1922, October 26	UK constituency abolished
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Notes:-

1 Not an election, but the date of a party change. The Irish Parliamentary Party had been created in 1882, on the initiative of Charles Stewart Parnell's Irish National League. Both the IPP and the INL split into Parnellite and Anti-Parnellite factions, in December 1890. The Parnellites remained members of the Irish National League after the split and the Anti-Parnellites organised the Irish National Federation in March 1891. The two organisations and the United Irish League merged in 1900, to re-create the Irish Parliamentary Party.
2 Date of polling day. The result was declared on 28 December 1918, to allow time for votes cast by members of the armed forces to be included in the count.

Elections

Elections in the 1910s

Elections in the 1900s

Elections in the 1890s

|title=1890 North Donegal by-election |party = Irish Parliamentary Party |candidate = James Rochfort Maguire |winner = Irish Parliamentary Party

Elections in the 1880s

References

(1978). "Parliamentary Election Results in Ireland, 1801-1922". Royal Irish Academy.

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