Youghal (UK Parliament constituency)

Youghal was a UK Parliament constituency in Ireland, returning one Member of Parliament (MP). It existed from 1801 to 1885.

History

The constituency was created in 1801 following the Acts of Union, which merged the Kingdom of Great Britain and the Kingdom of Ireland into the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland. It succeeded the Youghal constituency in the pre-Union Irish House of Commons. Youghal was a parliamentary borough located in County Cork.

The constituency was abolished in 1885 under the Redistribution of Seats Act 1885. Its area was then incorporated into the East Cork constituency.

Boundaries

The constituency encompassed the town of Youghal in County Cork.

Members of Parliament

A list of notable Members of Parliament who represented Youghal:

• 1801-1802: Sir John Keane, 1st Baronet
• 1802-1806: John Keane
• 1806-1807: Walter Hore
• 1807-1812: George Ponsonby
• 1812-1818: William Joseph Knapp
• 1818-1820: Lord John Russell
• 1820-1826: John Leslie Foster
• 1826-1831: Hon. George Ponsonby
• 1831-1832: John O'Connell
• 1832-1835: John Hyde
• 1835-1837: David Roche
• 1837-1841: Frederick John Howard
• 1841-1847: Hon. Charles Compton Cavendish
• 1847-1852: Thomas Chisholm Anstey
• 1852-1857: Isaac Butt
• 1857-1865: Joseph Neale McKenna
• 1865-1868: Isaac Butt
• 1868-1874: Montagu Joseph Feilden
• 1874-1880: Sir Joseph Neale McKenna
• 1880-1885: Sir John Commerell