South Longford was a parliamentary constituency in Ireland, which returned one Member of Parliament (MP) to the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom.
Before the 1885 general election and after the dissolution of Parliament in 1918 the area was part of the Longford constituency.
Boundaries
This constituency comprised the southern part of County Longford.
1885–1918: The baronies of Moydow, Rathcline and Shrule, and those parts of the baronies of Ardagh and Longford not contained within the constituency of North Longford.
Members of Parliament
ElectionMemberParty 1885 Laurence Connolly Nationalist 1888 James Gubbins Fitzgerald Nationalist 1892 Edward Blake Anti-Parnellite Nationalist1 1907 John Phillips Nationalist 1917 Joseph McGuinness Sinn Féin 1918Constituency abolished: see Longford
1Nationalist from 1900
Elections Elections in the 1880s
Connolly resigns, causing a by-election.
Elections in the 1890s
Elections in the 1900s
Blake resigns, causing a by-election.
Elections in the 1910s
Phillips dies, causing a by-election.
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