South Meath (UK Parliament constituency)

South Meath
Former County constituency for the House of Commons
1885–1922
Number of members	One
Created from	Meath

South Meath was a UK Parliament constituency in Ireland, returning one Member of Parliament (MP) 1885–1922.

Prior to the 1885 general election the area was part of the Meath (UK Parliament constituency). From 1922 it was not represented in the UK Parliament.

Boundaries

This constituency comprised the southern part of County Meath.

Members of Parliament

Election		Member	Party
	1885	Edward Sheil	Irish Parliamentary Party
	1891		Parnellite
	1892	Patrick Fulham	Anti-Parnellite
	1893 by-election	Jeremiah Jordan	Anti-Parnellite
	1895	John Howard Parnell	Parnellite
	1900	James Laurence Carew	Independent Nationalist
	1903	David Sheehy	Irish Parliamentary Party
	1918	Eamonn Duggan	Sinn Féin
	1922	constituency abolished

Elections

Elections in the 1910s

United Kingdom general election, 1918

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Sinn Féin	Edmund John Duggan	6,371	70.4
	Irish Parliamentary		2,680	29.6
Majority			3,691	40.8
Turnout			9,051	61.5
	Sinn Féin gain from Irish Parliamentary		Swing

United Kingdom general election, January 1910

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Irish Parliamentary	David Sheehy	Unopposed
Majority
Turnout
	Irish Parliamentary hold		Swing

Elections in the 1900s

South Meath by-election, 1903

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Irish Parliamentary	David Sheehy	2,245	68.5
	Independent Nationalist	John Howard Parnell	1,031	31.5
Majority			1,214	1.8
Turnout
	Irish Parliamentary gain from Independent Nationalist		Swing

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References

• Parliamentary Election Results in Ireland, 1801–1922, edited by B.M. Walker (Royal Irish Academy 1978)
• Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs – Constituencies beginning with "M" (part 2)