North Tipperary (UK Parliament constituency)

North Tipperary
Former county constituency for the House of Commons
1885–1922
Seats	1
Created from	Tipperary
Replaced by	Tipperary Mid, North and South

North Tipperary 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 Tipperary (UK Parliament constituency). From 1922, on the establishment of the Irish Free State, it was not represented in the UK Parliament.

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Boundaries

This constituency comprised the northern part of County Tipperary.

1885–1922: The baronies of Ormond Lower, Ormond Upper, and Owney and Arra, and that part of the barony of Kilnamanagh Upper contained within the parishes of Glenkeen and Upperchurch.

Members of Parliament

	Member	Party
1885	Patrick Joseph O'Brien	Irish Parliamentary
1891		Irish National Federation
1900		Irish Parliamentary Party
1906	Michael Hogan	Irish Parliamentary
Dec 1910	John Joseph Esmonde	Irish Parliamentary
1915	John Lymbrick Esmonde	Irish Parliamentary
1918	Joseph MacDonagh	Sinn Féin
1922	Constituency Abolished

Elections

Elections in the 1880s

1885 general election: North Tipperary^[1]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Irish Parliamentary	Patrick Joseph O'Brien	4,789	95.0
	Irish Conservative	Henry Eustace	252	5.0
Majority			4,537	90.0
Turnout			5,041	67.2
Registered electors			7,500
	Irish Parliamentary win (new seat)

1886 general election: North Tipperary^[1]
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Irish Parliamentary	Patrick Joseph O'Brien	Unopposed
Registered electors			7,500
	Irish Parliamentary hold

Elections in the 1890s

1892 general election: North Tipperary^[1]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Irish National Federation	Patrick Joseph O'Brien	4,064	89.8	*N/A*
	Irish Unionist	Cosby Godolphin Trench	462	10.2	New
Majority			3,602	79.6	N/A
Turnout			4,526	64.4	N/A
Registered electors			7,029
	Irish National Federation gain from Irish Parliamentary		Swing	N/A

1895 general election: North Tipperary^[1]
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Irish National Federation	Patrick Joseph O'Brien	Unopposed
Registered electors			6,419
	Irish National Federation hold

Elections in the 1900s

1900 general election: North Tipperary^[1]
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Irish Parliamentary	Patrick Joseph O'Brien	Unopposed
Registered electors			6,226
	Irish Parliamentary hold

1906 general election: North Tipperary^[1]
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Irish Parliamentary	Michael Hogan	Unopposed
Registered electors			5,659
	Irish Parliamentary hold

Elections in the 1910s

January 1910 general election: North Tipperary^[1]
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Irish Parliamentary	Michael Hogan	Unopposed
Registered electors			5,421
	Irish Parliamentary hold

December 1910 general election: North Tipperary^[1]
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Irish Parliamentary	John Joseph Esmonde	Unopposed
Registered electors			5,421
	Irish Parliamentary hold

Esmonde's death causes a by-election, in which three nationalists contested each other.

1915 North Tipperary by-election^[1]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Irish Parliamentary	John Lymbrick Esmonde	1,691	40.5	*N/A*
	Irish Parliamentary	Patrick Hoctor	1,293	31.0	N/A
	Irish Parliamentary	Robert Gill	1,192	28.5	N/A
Majority			398	9.5	N/A
Turnout			4,176	74.0	N/A
Registered electors			5,647
	Irish Parliamentary hold		Swing	N/A

1918 general election: North Tipperary^[1]
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Sinn Féin	Joseph MacDonagh	Unopposed
Registered electors			16,455
	Sinn Féin gain from Irish Parliamentary

References

^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ ^j Walker, B.M., ed. (1978). Parliamentary Election Results in Ireland, 1801-1922. Dublin: Royal Irish Academy. pp. 373–374, 396. ISBN 0901714127.

Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs – Constituencies beginning with "T" (part 1)
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)
Walker, Brian M., ed. (1978). Parliamentary Election Results in Ireland, 1801–1922. Royal Irish Academy.

Parliamentary constituencies in County Tipperary

Parliament of Ireland
to 1800

County Tipperary (????–1800)
Cashel (????–1800)
Clonmel (????–1800)
Fethard (1608–1800)

Westminster 1801–1922
and First Dáil 1918

Cashel (1801–1870)
Clonmel (1801–1885)
Tipperary (1801–1885)
East Tipperary (1885–1922)
Mid Tipperary (1885–1922)
North Tipperary (1885–1922)
South Tipperary (1885–1922)

Dáil Éireann
1918–present

Historic	Waterford–Tipperary East (1921–1923) Tipperary Mid, North and South (1921–1923) Tipperary North (1948–2016) Tipperary South (1948–2016)
Current	Tipperary (1923–1947, 2016–)
Proposed	Tipperary North Tipperary South

European Parliament
1979–present

Munster (1979–2004)
South (2004–)

Constituencies in Ireland by county
Republic of Ireland	Carlow Cavan Clare Cork Donegal Dublin Galway Kerry Kildare Kilkenny Laois Leitrim Limerick Longford Louth Mayo Meath Monaghan Offaly Roscommon Sligo Tipperary Waterford Westmeath Wexford Wicklow
Northern Ireland	Antrim Armagh Down Fermanagh Londonderry Tyrone

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