South Galway (UK Parliament constituency)

For the 1948–1969 constituency, see Galway South (Dáil constituency).

South Galway
Former county constituency for the House of Commons
1885–1922
Seats	1
Created from	County Galway
Replaced by	Galway

South Galway was a UK Parliament constituency in Ireland, returning one Member of Parliament 1885–1922.

Prior to the 1885 general election the area was part of the County Galway constituency. From 1922, on the establishment of the Irish Free State, it was not represented in the UK Parliament.

Boundaries

This constituency comprised the southern part of County Galway. In 1918, the constituency was redrawn to include part of the dissolved Galway borough constituency and to exclude the district electoral divisions of Drumaan, Inishcaltra North and Mountshannon, transferred to County Clare under the Local Government (Ireland) Act 1898, which were added to the East Clare constituency.

1885–1918: The baronies of Aran, Athenry, Dunkellin, Kiltartan, Leitrim and Loughrea.

1918–1922: The rural district of Gort, that part of the rural district of Galway not included in the Galway Connemara constituency and that part of the rural district of Loughrea not included in the East Galway constituency.

Members of Parliament

Election		Member	Party
	1885	David Sheehy	Irish Parliamentary Party
	1890		Irish National Federation
	1900	William Duffy	Irish Parliamentary Party
	1918	Frank Fahy	Sinn Féin
1921		Constituency merged into Galway (Dáil constituency)

Elections

Elections in the 1880s

General election 27 November 1885: Galway South

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Irish Parliamentary	David Sheehy	Unopposed
Registered electors			7,220
	Irish Parliamentary win (new seat)

General election 6 July 1886: Galway South

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Irish Parliamentary	David Sheehy	Unopposed
Registered electors			7,220
	Irish Parliamentary hold

Elections in the 1890s

General election 13 July 1892: Galway South

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Irish National Federation	David Sheehy	2,623	65.0	N/A
	Irish National League	John P. McCarthy	1,411	35.0	N/A
Majority			1,212	30.0	N/A
Turnout			4,034	60.1	N/A
Registered electors			6,708
	Irish National Federation gain from Irish Parliamentary		Swing	N/A

General election 19 July 1895: Galway South

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Irish National Federation	David Sheehy	Unopposed
Registered electors			7,265
	Irish National Federation hold

Elections in the 1900s

General election 5 October 1900: Galway South

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Irish Parliamentary	William Duffy	Unopposed
Registered electors			8,148
	Irish Parliamentary hold

General election 19 January 1906: Galway South

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Irish Parliamentary	William Duffy	Unopposed
Registered electors			6,362
	Irish Parliamentary hold

Elections in the 1910s

General election 22 January 1910: Galway South

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Irish Parliamentary	William Duffy	Unopposed
Registered electors			6,292
	Irish Parliamentary hold

General election 8 December 1910: Galway South

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Irish Parliamentary	William Duffy	Unopposed
Registered electors			6,292
	Irish Parliamentary hold

General Election 14 December 1918: Galway South

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Sinn Féin	Frank Fahy	10,621	85.9	New
	Irish Parliamentary	William Duffy	1,744	14.1	N/A
Majority			8,877	71.8	N/A
Turnout			12,365	66.8	N/A
Registered electors			18,507
	Sinn Féin gain from Irish Parliamentary		Swing	N/A

References

• Walker, Brian M., ed. (1978). Parliamentary Election Results in Ireland, 1801–1922. Dublin: Royal Irish Academy. ISBN 0901714127.
• Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs – Constituencies beginning with "G" (part 1)