Tipperary, also known as Tipperary County, was a parliamentary constituency

United Kingdom constituencies

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 in Ireland

Ireland

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, which from 1801 to 1885 returned two Members of Parliament (MPs) to the House of Commons of the United Kingdom.

Boundaries

This constituency comprised the whole of County Tipperary

County Tipperary

County Tipperary is a county of Ireland. It is located in the province of Munster and is named after the town of Tipperary. The area of the county does not have a single local authority; local government is split between two authorities. In North Tipperary, part of the Mid-West Region, local...

, except the Parliamentary borough

Parliamentary borough

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s of Cashel

Cashel (UK Parliament constituency)

Cashel is a former British Parliament constituency in Ireland, returning one MP. It was an original constituency represented in Parliament when the Union of Great Britain and Ireland took effect on 1 January 1801....

 (1801-1870) and Clonmel

Clonmel (UK Parliament constituency)

Clonmel was a United Kingdom Parlbiament constituency, in Ireland, returning one MP. It was an original constituency represented in Parliament when the Union of Great Britain and Ireland took effect on 1 January 1801.-History:...

 (1801-1885). In 1885 the constituency was divided into East Tipperary, Mid Tipperary

Mid Tipperary (UK Parliament constituency)

Mid Tipperary was a UK Parliament constituency in Ireland, returning one Member of Parliament 1885–1922.This constituency comprised the central part of County Tipperary. Prior to the 1885 general election the area was part of the Tipperary...

, North Tipperary

North Tipperary (UK Parliament constituency)

North Tipperary was a UK Parliament constituency in Ireland, returning one Member of Parliament 1885–1922.This constituency comprised the northern part of County Tipperary. Prior to the United Kingdom general election, 1885 the area was part of the Tipperary...

 and South Tipperary

South Tipperary (UK Parliament constituency)

South Tipperary was a UK Parliament constituency in Ireland, returning one Member of Parliament 1885–1922.Prior to 1885 the area was part of the Tipperary...

.

Members of Parliament

Year	|2nd Member	2nd Party
1801 United Kingdom general election, 1801 The United Kingdom general election, 1801 was not an election as such, but the co-option of members to serve in the first Parliament to be held after the formation of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland on 1 January 1801...		Francis Mathew, Viscount Mathew Francis Mathew, 2nd Earl Landaff Francis James Mathew, 2nd Earl Landaff KP , styled The Honourable Francis Mathew from 1783 to 1797 and Viscount Mathew from 1797 to 1806, was an Irish peer and politician....  (later Earl of Llandaff)			John Bagwell John Bagwell (1751–1816) John Bagwell , was an MP for the pre-Union constituency of Tipperary and Colonel of the Tipperary Militia which he raised in 1793.-Family:...
17 Nov 1806		Montague James Mathew Montague James Mathew Lieutenant General Montague James Mathew was an Anglo-Irish soldier and politician, a member of the Irish House of Commons for Ballynakill until 1800 and of the House of Commons of the United Kingdom for County Tipperary from 1806 until his death in 1819.In politics, he was both a Whig and a...			Francis Aldborough Prittie
17 Jul 1818					Richard Butler, Viscount Caher
2 Mar 1819					William Bagwell William Bagwell William Bagwell was an Irish Tory politician who served for more than twenty years as a Member of Parliament in the United Kingdom House of Commons....
8 Apr 1819		Francis Aldborough Prittie
28 Jun 1826					John Hely Hutchinson John Hely-Hutchinson, 3rd Earl of Donoughmore John Hely-Hutchinson, 3rd Earl of Donoughmore KP, PC was an Irish politician and peer.-Background:He was the son of the Hon. Francis Hely-Hutchinson .-Political career:He represented Tipperary in the House of Commons of the United Kingdom as a Whig...  (later Earl of Donoughmore)
21 Aug 1830					Thomas Wyse Thomas Wyse Sir Thomas Wyse KCB , an Irish politician and diplomat, belonged to a family claiming descent from a Devon man, Andrew Wyse, who is said to have crossed over to Ireland during the reign of Henry II and obtained lands near Waterford, of which city thirty-three members of the family are said to have...
12 May 1831		John Hely Hutchinson John Hely-Hutchinson, 3rd Earl of Donoughmore John Hely-Hutchinson, 3rd Earl of Donoughmore KP, PC was an Irish politician and peer.-Background:He was the son of the Hon. Francis Hely-Hutchinson .-Political career:He represented Tipperary in the House of Commons of the United Kingdom as a Whig...  (later Earl of Donoughmore)
8 Aug 1832		Robert Otway-Cave Robert Otway-Cave Robert Otway-Cave , styled The Honourable from 1839, was a British politician.Born Robert Otway, he was the only surviving son of Henry Otway and his wife, the 3rd Baroness Braye. His uncle was Sir Robert Otway, 1st Baronet, an admiral in the Royal Navy. In 1818, he took the additional surname Cave...
17 Dec 1832		Cornelius O'Callaghan			Richard Lalor Sheil Richard Lalor Sheil Richard Lalor Sheil , Irish politician, writer and orator, was born at Drumdowney, Slieverue, County Kilkenny, Ireland...
21 Jan 1835		Robert Otway Cave
14 Jul 1841					Valentine Maher
10 Feb 1844					Nicholas Maher
21 Feb 1845		Richard Albert Fitzgerald
11 Aug 1847		Francis Scully Francis Scully (politician) Francis Scully , was an Irish politician in the United Kingdom House of Commons.Scully was elected to the United Kingdom House of Commons as Member of Parliament for Tipperary in 1847, and held the seat until 1857.-References:...
26 Jul 1852					James Sadleir James Sadleir James Sadleir was a member of the British House of Commons, chiefly notable for being one of the few members expelled by that body. Sadleir was the son of Clement William Sadleir of Shrone Hill, County Tipperary...
16 Mar 1857					Daniel O'Donoghue Daniel O'Donoghue (Irish politician) Daniel O'Donoghue was an Irish politician. He served in the British Parliament from 1857 to 1865 as Member of Parliament for Tipperary, and from 1865 to 1885 as MP for Tralee....
14 Apr 1857		Laurence Waldron
24 Feb 1865					Charles Moore Charles Moore (Irish MP) Charles Moore was an Irish politician. He served in the British Parliament from 1865 to 1869 as Member of Parliament for Tipperary.-References:...	Liberal
24 Jul 1865		John Blake Dillon John Blake Dillon John Blake Dillon was an Irish writer and Politician who was one of the founding members of the Young Ireland movement....	Liberal
17 Oct 1866		Charles William White Charles William White Charles William White was an Irish Member of Parliament in the House of Commons of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland....	Liberal
27 Nov 1869					Jeremiah O'Donovan Rossa Jeremiah O'Donovan Rossa Jeremiah O'Donovan Rossa , was an Irish Fenian leader and prominent member of the Irish Republican Brotherhood. His life as an Irish Fenian is well documented but he is perhaps known best in death for the graveside oration given at his funeral by Pádraig Pearse.-Life in Ireland:He was born at...	Independent Nationalist Independent Nationalist Independent Nationalist was a political title frequently used by Irish nationalists when contesting elections to the House of Commons of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland not as members of the Irish Parliamentary Party, in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries.In the...
23 Feb 1870					Denis Caulfield Heron Denis Caulfield Heron Denis Caulfield Heron LL.D QC was an Irish lawyer and Catholic Liberal MP for Tipperary.Born in Newry, County Down, he was educated at Downside Abbey, Stratton-on-the-Fosse....	Liberal
14 Feb 1874			Home Rule League Home Rule League The Home Rule League, sometimes called the Home Rule Party, was a political party which campaigned for home rule for the country of Ireland from 1873 to 1882, when it was replaced by the Irish Parliamentary Party.-Origins:...		William Frederick Ormond O'Callaghan	Home Rule League Home Rule League The Home Rule League, sometimes called the Home Rule Party, was a political party which campaigned for home rule for the country of Ireland from 1873 to 1882, when it was replaced by the Irish Parliamentary Party.-Origins:...
16 Feb 1875		John Mitchel John Mitchel John Mitchel was an Irish nationalist activist, solicitor and political journalist. Born in Camnish, near Dungiven, County Londonderry, Ireland he became a leading member of both Young Ireland and the Irish Confederation...	Independent Nationalist Independent Nationalist Independent Nationalist was a political title frequently used by Irish nationalists when contesting elections to the House of Commons of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland not as members of the Irish Parliamentary Party, in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries.In the...
27 May 1875		Stephen Moore Stephen Moore (MP) Stephen Moore , was an Irish Conservative politician in the Parliament of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland.Moore was elected to the United Kingdom House of Commons as Member of Parliament for Tipperary at a by-election in 1875...	Conservative Irish Conservative Party The Irish Conservative Party, often called the Irish Tories, was one of the dominant Irish political parties in Ireland in the 19th century...
16 May 1877					Edmund Dwyer Gray Edmund Dwyer Gray (Irish politician) Edmund Dwyer Gray was an Irish newspaper proprietor, politician and MP in the House of Commons of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland...	Home Rule League Home Rule League The Home Rule League, sometimes called the Home Rule Party, was a political party which campaigned for home rule for the country of Ireland from 1873 to 1882, when it was replaced by the Irish Parliamentary Party.-Origins:...
8 Apr 1880		Patrick James Smyth Patrick James Smyth Patrick James Smyth "Nicaragua Smyth" was an Irish politician and journalist.He was educated at Clongowes Wood College where he became friends with Thomas Francis Meagher, with whom he joined the Repeal Association in 1844...	Home Rule League Home Rule League The Home Rule League, sometimes called the Home Rule Party, was a political party which campaigned for home rule for the country of Ireland from 1873 to 1882, when it was replaced by the Irish Parliamentary Party.-Origins:...		John Dillon John Dillon John Dillon was an Irish land reform agitator from Dublin, an Irish Home Rule activist, a nationalist politician, a Member of Parliament for over 35 years, and the last leader of the Irish Parliamentary Party....	Home Rule League Home Rule League The Home Rule League, sometimes called the Home Rule Party, was a political party which campaigned for home rule for the country of Ireland from 1873 to 1882, when it was replaced by the Irish Parliamentary Party.-Origins:...
23 Mar 1883					Thomas Mayne	Home Rule League Home Rule League The Home Rule League, sometimes called the Home Rule Party, was a political party which campaigned for home rule for the country of Ireland from 1873 to 1882, when it was replaced by the Irish Parliamentary Party.-Origins:...
12 Jan 1885		John O'Connor John O'Connor (MP, KC) John O'Connor was an Irish nationalist revolutionary-turned Parnellite parliamentarian MP in the House of Commons of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland and as member of the Irish Parliamentary Party represented Tipperary in 1885, and South Tipperary from 1885 to 1892, and North...	Home Rule League Home Rule League The Home Rule League, sometimes called the Home Rule Party, was a political party which campaigned for home rule for the country of Ireland from 1873 to 1882, when it was replaced by the Irish Parliamentary Party.-Origins:...
1885 Redistribution of Seats Act 1885 The Redistribution of Seats Act 1885 was an Act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. It was a piece of electoral reform legislation that redistributed the seats in the House of Commons, introducing the concept of equally populated constituencies, in an attempt to equalise representation across...	Constituency divided: see East Tipperary, Mid Tipperary Mid Tipperary (UK Parliament constituency) Mid Tipperary was a UK Parliament constituency in Ireland, returning one Member of Parliament 1885–1922.This constituency comprised the central part of County Tipperary. Prior to the 1885 general election the area was part of the Tipperary... , North Tipperary North Tipperary (UK Parliament constituency) North Tipperary was a UK Parliament constituency in Ireland, returning one Member of Parliament 1885–1922.This constituency comprised the northern part of County Tipperary. Prior to the United Kingdom general election, 1885 the area was part of the Tipperary...  and South Tipperary South Tipperary (UK Parliament constituency) South Tipperary was a UK Parliament constituency in Ireland, returning one Member of Parliament 1885–1922.Prior to 1885 the area was part of the Tipperary...

Elections

• 1869 In the by-election of that year, O'Donovan Rossa was returned to the Commons
  British House of Commons
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   for the Tipperary. He defeated the Liberal
  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...
  
    Catholic Denis Caulfield Heron
  Denis Caulfield Heron
  Denis Caulfield Heron LL.D QC was an Irish lawyer and Catholic Liberal MP for Tipperary.Born in Newry, County Down, he was educated at Downside Abbey, Stratton-on-the-Fosse....
  
  by 1054 to 898 votes. The election was declared invalid because he was an imprisoned felon.

Sources

• The Parliaments of England by Henry Stooks Smith (1st edition published in three volumes 1844-50), 2nd edition edited (in one volume) by F.W.S. Craig (Political Reference Publications 1973)
• Parliamentary Election Results in Ireland, 1801-1922, edited by B.M. Walker (Royal Irish Academy 1978)