West Kerry was a parliamentary constituency in Ireland, represented in the Parliament of the United Kingdom. From 1885 to 1922 it returned one Member of Parliament (MP) to the House of Commons of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland.
Prior to the 1885 general election the area was part of the Kerry constituency. Representation in this constituency ceased at the 1922 United Kingdom general election, which took place on 15 November, shortly before the establishment of the Irish Free State on 6 December 1922. The successor constituency in the new Dáil Éireann was Kerry–Limerick West, first established under the Government of Ireland Act 1920 to elect members to the House of Commons of Southern Ireland in 1921.
Boundaries This constituency comprised the western part of County Kerry.
1885–1922: The barony of Corkaguiny and that part of the barony of Trughanacmy contained within the parishes of Annagh, Ardfert, Ballynahaglish, Ballyseedy, Clogherbrien, Fenit, Kilcolman, Kilgarrylander, Kiltallagh, Ratass and Tralee.
Members of Parliament YearsMemberParty 1885–1890 Edward Harrington Irish Parliamentary Party 1891–1892 Parnellite 1892–1900 Sir Thomas Esmonde Bt Irish National Federation 1900–1918 Thomas O'Donnell Irish Parliamentary Party 1918–1922 Austin Stack Sinn Féin
Elections Elections in the 1880s
Elections in the 1890s
Elections in the 1900s
Elections in the 1910s
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