List of parliamentary constituencies in Ireland 1801–1885
Under the Acts of Union 1800, with effect from 1 January 1801, there were a 100 MPs representing Ireland in the United Kingdom Parliament. These were divided into 66 constituencies for elections to the United Kingdom Parliament, specified as "two for each County of Ireland, two for the City of Dublin, two for the City of Cork, one for the University of Trinity College, and one for each of the thirty-one most considerable Cities, Towns, and Boroughs":[1]
This distribution remained substantively until 1885, subject to the following alterations:
In the Redistribution of Seats Act 1885, there was a substantial revision of constituencies, taking a greater account of changes to the population. Most borough constituencies were abolished and county constituencies were divided into single-member districts. These new constituencies were first used at the 1885 United Kingdom general election in Ireland.
List of constituencies
^ *: Disfranchised in 1870.
Map of boroughs
See also
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