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| '''Clontarf''', a division of Dublin, was a former Irish ] constituency. It returned one ] or MP (subsequently altered to ] or TD) to] in 1918 to serve in the ] (1919-1921). | '''Clontarf''', a division of Dublin, was a former Irish ] constituency. It returned one ] or MP (subsequently altered to ] or TD) to] in 1918 to serve in the ] (1919-1921). | ||
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Clontarf, a division of Dublin, was a former Irish Oireachtas constituency. It returned one Member of Parliament or MP (subsequently altered to ] or TD) toDáil Éireann in 1918 to serve in the First Dáil (1919-1921).
Boundaries and Boundary Changes
Prior to the United Kingdom general election, 1918 the city of Dublin was divided into four single member UK Parliament constituencies. They were the Dublin College Green, Dublin Harbour, Dublin St Patrick's and Dublin St Stephen's Green constituencies.
In 1918 the city was allocated seven single member seats. The United Kingdom intended them to elect members of the British House of Commons but Sinn Féin decided to use the election to return members of a new revolutionary assembly. The seven borough constituencies were Clontarf, Dublin College Green, Dublin Harbour, Dublin St James's, Dublin St Michan's, Dublin St Patrick's and Dublin St Stephen's Green.
The Clontarf area was to the north of the city.
In 1921 Sinn Féin decided to use the UK authorised elections for the Northern Ireland House of Commons and the Southern Ireland House of Commons as a poll for the Irish Republic's Second Dáil. A new pattern of multi-member constituencies replaced the old single-member seats. The city of Dublin was divided into three four-member seats; Dublin Mid West, Dublin North-West and Dublin South. The old division of Clontarf seems to have been included in the North-West seat.
Politics
Clontarf was a strongly republican area. In its only election Sinn Féin defeated the Irish Parliamentary Party candidate by almost 2 to 1.
MP/TD
14 December 1918: General Richard James Mulcahy (Sinn Féin) (10 May 1886-16 December 1971)
Election
- 1918 (14 December) general election
- 14,588 electors, 9,202 voted, turnout 63.08%
- Richard James Mulcahy (SF) 5,974 (64.92%)
- Sir Patrick Shortall (N) 3,228 (35.08%)
- majority 2,746 (29.84%)
Reference
- Parliamentary Election Results in Ireland, 1801-1922, edited by B.M. Walker (Royal Irish Academy 1978)