South East Cork (UK Parliament constituency)

South East Cork, a division of County Cork, was a parliamentary constituency in Ireland, represented in the Parliament of the United Kingdom. From 1885 to 1922 it returned one Member of Parliament (MP) to the House of Commons of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland.

South East Cork
Former county constituency for the House of Commons
1885–1922
Seats	1
Created from	Bandon County Cork Kinsale
Replaced by	Cork Mid, North, South, South East and West

Until the 1885 general election the area was part of the County Cork constituency. From 1922, on the establishment of the Irish Free State, it was not represented in the UK Parliament.

Boundaries

This constituency comprised the south-eastern part of County Cork, consisting of the baronies of Courceys, Kerrycurrihy, Kinalea, Kinalmeaky and Kinsale, that part of the barony of East Carbery, East Division not contained within the constituency of South Cork, and that part of the barony of Ibane and Barryroe contained within the parishes of Abbeymahon, Desert, Donaghmore, Kilsillagh, Lislee, Templeomalus, Templequinlan and Timoleague, and the townland of Ahidelake in the parish of Island.

Members of Parliament

Election		Member	Party
	1885	John Hooper	Irish Parliamentary Party
	1889	John Morrogh	Irish Parliamentary Party
	1891		Irish National Federation
	1893	Andrew Commins	Irish National Federation
	1900	Eugene Crean	Irish Parliamentary Party
	1906		Irish Parliamentary Party
	1910 (Jan)		All-for-Ireland League
	1910 (Dec)		All-for-Ireland League
	1918	Diarmuid Lynch	Sinn Féin
	1922	Constituency abolished

Elections

Elections in the 1880s

1885 general election: South East Cork^[1]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Irish Parliamentary	John Hooper	4,620	87.5
	Irish Conservative	Augustus Riversdale Warren	661	12.5
Majority			3,959	75.0
Turnout			5,281	66.0
Registered electors			8,007
	Irish Parliamentary win (new seat)

1886 general election: South East Cork^[1]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Irish Parliamentary	John Hooper	Unopposed
	Irish Parliamentary hold

1889 by-election: South East Cork^[1]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Irish Parliamentary	John Morrogh	Unopposed
	Irish Parliamentary hold

Elections in the 1890s

1892 general election: South East Cork^[1]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Irish National Federation	John Morrogh	4,109	85.6	N/A
	Irish Unionist	John Warren Payne Sheares	692	14.4	New
Majority			3,417	71.2	N/A
Turnout			4,801	45.3	N/A
Registered electors			10,602
	Irish National Federation gain from Irish Parliamentary		Swing	N/A

Morrogh resigned to pursue business interests in South Africa (he was a director of De Beers) and because of disagreements with John Dillon and William O'Brien.

By-election, 1893: South East Cork^[1]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Irish National Federation	Andrew Commins	Unopposed
	Irish National Federation hold

1895 general election: South East Cork^[1]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Irish National Federation	Andrew Commins	Unopposed
	Irish National Federation hold

Elections in the 1900s

1900 general election: South East Cork^[1]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Irish Parliamentary	Eugene Crean	2,037	57.4	N/A
	Healyite Nationalist	Matthias Cummins Hickey	1,509	42.6	N/A
Majority			528	14.8	N/A
Turnout			3,546	42.5	N/A
Registered electors			8,339
	Irish Parliamentary hold		Swing	N/A

1906 general election: South East Cork^[1]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Irish Parliamentary	Eugene Crean	Unopposed
	Irish Parliamentary hold

Elections in the 1910s

January 1910 general election: South East Cork^[1]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	All-for-Ireland	Eugene Crean	2,300	56.7	N/A
	Irish Parliamentary	James Burke	1,757	43.3	N/A
Majority			543	13.4	N/A
Turnout			4,057	60.2	N/A
Registered electors			6,734
	All-for-Ireland gain from Irish Parliamentary		Swing	N/A

December 1910 general election: South East Cork^[1]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	All-for-Ireland	Eugene Crean	2,408	56.3	−0.4
	Irish Parliamentary	Jeremiah Ahern	1,872	43.7	+0.4
Majority			536	12.6	−0.8
Turnout			4,280	63.6	+3.4
Registered electors			6,734
	All-for-Ireland hold		Swing	−0.4

1918 general election: South East Cork^[1]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Sinn Féin	Diarmuid Lynch	Unopposed
	Sinn Féin gain from All-for-Ireland

References

1. Walker, B.M., ed. (1978). Parliamentary Election Results in Ireland, 1801-1922. Dublin: Royal Irish Academy. pp. 339, 386. ISBN 0901714127.

• Walker, Brian M., ed. (1978). Parliamentary Election Results in Ireland, 1801–1922. Royal Irish Academy.
• Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs – Constituencies beginning with "C" (part 5)