Dublin Harbour (UK Parliament constituency)
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Dublin Harbour, a division of Dublin, was a UK parliamentary constituency
in Ireland
. It returned one Member of Parliament
(MP) to the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom from 1885 to 1922.
Prior to the 1885 general election
, the city was the undivided two member Dublin City
constituency. In 1885, Dublin was divided into four constituencies: the Harbour, Dublin College Green
, Dublin St Patrick's
and Dublin St Stephen's Green
constituencies.
In 1918, the city was allocated seven seats: in addition to the four existing constituencies, the new divisions were Dublin Clontarf
, Dublin St James's
and Dublin St Michan's
.
From the dissolution of 1922, the area was no longer represented in the UK Parliament.
In 1921, for the elections to the House of Commons of Southern Ireland, Dublin was divided into three multi-member constituencies. This constituency became part of Dublin Mid
.
in 1916. The area was a hotbed of Sinn Féin
and Irish Republican Army
activity. Local publican Phil Shanahan
, who had participated in the Easter Rising
, was elected in 1918. The man he defeated, the incumbent UK Member of Parliament
Alfred (Alfie) Byrne
, was a formidable politician. Byrne was successful in Dublin and Irish politics for almost half a century. The fact that Shanahan could beat him demonstrates how strongly the constituency was attracted by Sinn Féin's ideas.
In common with other Sinn Féiners elected in 1918, Shanahan did not take his seat at Westminster but instead participated in the revolutionary Dáil Éireann
.
, Ind N Independent Nationalist (All-for-Ireland League)
, L Liberal Party
, LU Liberal Unionist, N Nationalist (Irish Parliamentary Party)
, PN Parnellite Nationalist (Irish Parliamentary Party)
, SF Sinn Féin
.
Harrington changed his allegiance between different factions of Irish Nationalism several times. In 1891 he became a Parnellite Nationalist, in 1897 an Independent Nationalist and from 1900 (when the Irish Parliamentary Party re-united) he stood for election as a Nationalist again.
United Kingdom constituencies
In the United Kingdom , each of the electoral areas or divisions called constituencies elects one or more members to a parliament or assembly.Within the United Kingdom there are now five bodies with members elected by constituencies:...
in Ireland
Ireland
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. It returned one Member of Parliament
Member of Parliament
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(MP) to the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom from 1885 to 1922.
Prior to the 1885 general election
United Kingdom general election, 1885
-Seats summary:-See also:*List of MPs elected in the United Kingdom general election, 1885*Parliamentary Franchise in the United Kingdom 1885–1918*Representation of the People Act 1884*Redistribution of Seats Act 1885-References:...
, the city was the undivided two member Dublin City
Dublin City (UK Parliament constituency)
Dublin City was an Irish Borough constituency in the House of Commons of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland. It comprised the city of Dublin in the county of Dublin, and was represented by two Members of Parliament from its creation in 1801 until 1885.In 1885, Dublin City was split...
constituency. In 1885, Dublin was divided into four constituencies: the Harbour, Dublin College Green
Dublin College Green (UK Parliament constituency)
College Green, a division of Dublin, was a UK parliamentary constituency in Ireland. It returned one Member of Parliament to the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom from 1885 to 1922.-Boundaries and boundary changes:...
, Dublin St Patrick's
Dublin St Patrick's (UK Parliament constituency)
Dublin St Patrick's, a division of Dublin, was a UK parliamentary constituency in Ireland. It returned one Member of Parliament to the British House of Commons 1885–1922. It had three wards – Merchant's Quay, Usher's Quay and Wood Quay....
and Dublin St Stephen's Green
Dublin St Stephen's Green (UK Parliament constituency)
St Stephen's Green, a division of Dublin, was a UK parliamentary constituency in Ireland. It returned one Member of Parliament to the British House of Commons 1885–1922....
constituencies.
In 1918, the city was allocated seven seats: in addition to the four existing constituencies, the new divisions were Dublin Clontarf
Dublin Clontarf (UK Parliament constituency)
Clontarf, a division of Dublin, was a parliamentary constituency in Ireland, represented in the Parliament of the United Kingdom. It returned one Member of Parliament to the House of Commons in 1918–1922.-Boundaries and boundary changes:...
, Dublin St James's
Dublin St James's (UK Parliament constituency)
St James's, a division of Dublin, was a UK parliamentary constituency in Ireland. It returned one Member of Parliament to the British House of Commons 1918–1922....
and Dublin St Michan's
Dublin St Michan's (UK Parliament constituency)
St Michan's, a division of Dublin, was a UK parliamentary constituency in Ireland. It returned one Member of Parliament to the British House of Commons 1918–1922....
.
From the dissolution of 1922, the area was no longer represented in the UK Parliament.
Boundaries
This constituency comprised part of the city of Dublin. It included the port and red light district of Dublin and was one of the poorest constituencies in Ireland.In 1921, for the elections to the House of Commons of Southern Ireland, Dublin was divided into three multi-member constituencies. This constituency became part of Dublin Mid
Dublin Mid (Dáil Éireann constituency)
Dublin Mid was a parliamentary constituency represented in Dáil Éireann, the lower house of the Irish parliament or Oireachtas from 1921 to 1923...
.
Politics
Dublin Harbour was a very heavily Nationalist area. The Irish Parliamentary Party only lost political control of the district following the Easter RisingEaster Rising
The Easter Rising was an insurrection staged in Ireland during Easter Week, 1916. The Rising was mounted by Irish republicans with the aims of ending British rule in Ireland and establishing the Irish Republic at a time when the British Empire was heavily engaged in the First World War...
in 1916. The area was a hotbed of Sinn Féin
Sinn Féin
Sinn Féin is a left wing, Irish republican political party in Ireland. The name is Irish for "ourselves" or "we ourselves", although it is frequently mistranslated as "ourselves alone". Originating in the Sinn Féin organisation founded in 1905 by Arthur Griffith, it took its current form in 1970...
and Irish Republican Army
Irish Republican Army
The Irish Republican Army was an Irish republican revolutionary military organisation. It was descended from the Irish Volunteers, an organisation established on 25 November 1913 that staged the Easter Rising in April 1916...
activity. Local publican Phil Shanahan
Philip Shanahan
Philip Shanahan was an Irish Sinn Féin politician, who was elected to the United Kingdom House of Commons in 1918 and served as a Teachta Dála in Dáil Éireann from 1919 to 1922....
, who had participated in the Easter Rising
Easter Rising
The Easter Rising was an insurrection staged in Ireland during Easter Week, 1916. The Rising was mounted by Irish republicans with the aims of ending British rule in Ireland and establishing the Irish Republic at a time when the British Empire was heavily engaged in the First World War...
, was elected in 1918. The man he defeated, the incumbent UK Member of Parliament
Member of Parliament
A Member of Parliament is a representative of the voters to a :parliament. In many countries with bicameral parliaments, the term applies specifically to members of the lower house, as upper houses often have a different title, such as senate, and thus also have different titles for its members,...
Alfred (Alfie) Byrne
Alfred Byrne
Alfred Byrne , also known as Alfie Byrne, was an Irish nationalist politician, who served as both an MP in the House of Commons of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland and as a Teachta Dála in Dáil Éireann. As Lord Mayor of Dublin he was known as the "shaking hand of Dublin".He was born...
, was a formidable politician. Byrne was successful in Dublin and Irish politics for almost half a century. The fact that Shanahan could beat him demonstrates how strongly the constituency was attracted by Sinn Féin's ideas.
In common with other Sinn Féiners elected in 1918, Shanahan did not take his seat at Westminster but instead participated in the revolutionary Dáil Éireann
First Dáil
The First Dáil was Dáil Éireann as it convened from 1919–1921. In 1919 candidates who had been elected in the Westminster elections of 1918 refused to recognise the Parliament of the United Kingdom and instead assembled as a unicameral, revolutionary parliament called "Dáil Éireann"...
.
Members of Parliament
Key to parties: APN Anti-Parnellite Nationalist (Irish Parliamentary Party)Irish Parliamentary Party
The Irish Parliamentary Party was formed in 1882 by Charles Stewart Parnell, the leader of the Nationalist Party, replacing the Home Rule League, as official parliamentary party for Irish nationalist Members of Parliament elected to the House of Commons at...
, Ind N Independent Nationalist (All-for-Ireland League)
All-for-Ireland League
The All-for-Ireland League , was an Irish, Munster-based political party . Founded by William O'Brien MP, it generated a new national movement to achieve agreement between the different parties concerned on the historically difficult aim of Home Rule for the whole of Ireland...
, L Liberal Party
Liberal Party (UK)
The Liberal Party was one of the two major political parties of the United Kingdom during the 19th and early 20th centuries. It was a third party of negligible importance throughout the latter half of the 20th Century, before merging with the Social Democratic Party in 1988 to form the present day...
, LU Liberal Unionist, N Nationalist (Irish Parliamentary Party)
Irish Parliamentary Party
The Irish Parliamentary Party was formed in 1882 by Charles Stewart Parnell, the leader of the Nationalist Party, replacing the Home Rule League, as official parliamentary party for Irish nationalist Members of Parliament elected to the House of Commons at...
, PN Parnellite Nationalist (Irish Parliamentary Party)
Irish Parliamentary Party
The Irish Parliamentary Party was formed in 1882 by Charles Stewart Parnell, the leader of the Nationalist Party, replacing the Home Rule League, as official parliamentary party for Irish nationalist Members of Parliament elected to the House of Commons at...
, SF Sinn Féin
Sinn Féin
Sinn Féin is a left wing, Irish republican political party in Ireland. The name is Irish for "ourselves" or "we ourselves", although it is frequently mistranslated as "ourselves alone". Originating in the Sinn Féin organisation founded in 1905 by Arthur Griffith, it took its current form in 1970...
.
| From | To | Name (Party) | Born | Died |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1885 | 1910 | Timothy Charles Harrington Timothy Charles Harrington Timothy Charles Harrington , born in Castletownbere, County Cork, was an Irish journalist, barrister, nationalist politician and Member of Parliament in the House of Commons of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland. As a member of the Irish Parliamentary Party he represented Westmeath... (N) |
1851 | 12 March 1910 |
| 1910 | 1915 | William Abraham (N) | 1840 | 2 August 1915 |
| 1915 | 1918 | Alfred Byrne Alfred Byrne Alfred Byrne , also known as Alfie Byrne, was an Irish nationalist politician, who served as both an MP in the House of Commons of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland and as a Teachta Dála in Dáil Éireann. As Lord Mayor of Dublin he was known as the "shaking hand of Dublin".He was born... (N) |
17 March 1882 | 13 March 1956 |
| 1918 | 1922 | Philip Shanahan Philip Shanahan Philip Shanahan was an Irish Sinn Féin politician, who was elected to the United Kingdom House of Commons in 1918 and served as a Teachta Dála in Dáil Éireann from 1919 to 1922.... (SF) |
Harrington changed his allegiance between different factions of Irish Nationalism several times. In 1891 he became a Parnellite Nationalist, in 1897 an Independent Nationalist and from 1900 (when the Irish Parliamentary Party re-united) he stood for election as a Nationalist again.
Elections
- 1885 (30 November) general election
- 11,282 electors; 8,345 voted; turnout 73.97%
- Timothy Charles Harrington (N) 6,717 (80.49%)
- Sir Rowland Blennerhassett, Bt (L) 1,628 (19.51%)
- Majority 5,089 (60.98%)
- 1886 (1 July) general election
- Timothy Charles Harrington (N): Unopposed
- 1892 (7 July) general election
- 11,370 electors; 5,858 voted; turnout 51.52%
- Timothy Charles Harrington (PN) 4,482 (76.51%)
- James McDonnell (APN) 1,376 (23.49%)
- Majority 3,106 (53.02%)
- 1895 (12 July) general election
- Timothy Charles Harrington (PN): Unopposed
- 1900 (29 September) general election
- Timothy Charles Harrington (N): Unopposed
- 1906 (17 January) general election
- 8,813 electors; 4,510 voted; turnout 51.17%
- Timothy Charles Harrington (N) 3,638 (80.67%)
- J.L. Mahon (LU) 872 (19.33%)
- Majority 2,766 (61.33%)
- 1910 (15 January) general election
- Timothy Charles Harrington (N): Unopposed
- Death of Harrington
- 1910 (14 June) by-election
- William Abraham (N): Unopposed
- 1910 (7 December) general election
- 9,038 electors; 3,875 voted; turnout 42.87%
- William Abraham (N) 3,244 (83.72%)
- James Brady (Ind N) 631 (16.28%)
- Majority 2,613 (67.43%)
- Death of Abraham
- 1915 (1 October) by-election
- 8,780 electors; 3,798 voted; turnout 43.26%
- Alfred Byrne (N) 2,208 (58.14%)
- The O'Mahony (Pierce O'Mahony) (N) 913 (24.04%)
- John Joseph Farrell (N) 677 (17.83%)
- Majority 1,295 (34.10%)
- 1918 (14 December) general election
- 19,520 electors; 13,094 voted; turnout 67.08%
- Philip Shanahan (SF) 7,708 (58.87%)
- Alfred Byrne (N) 5,386 (41.13%)
- Majority 2,322 (17.73%)
See also
- List of Dáil Éireann constituencies in Ireland (historic)
- Irish (UK) general election, 1918Irish (UK) general election, 1918The Irish general election of 1918 was that part of the 1918 United Kingdom general election that took place in Ireland. It is seen as a key moment in modern Irish history...
External links
- http://www.oireachtas.ie/members-hist/default.asp?housetype=0
- http://acts.oireachtas.ie/