Number of members Two | Replaced by East Clare, West Clare | |
Clare was a parliamentary constituency in Ireland, represented in the Parliament of the United Kingdom. From 1801 to 1885 it returned two Member of Parliament (MP) to the House of Commons of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland.
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At the 1885 general election, County Clare was split into two divisions: East Clare and West Clare.
Boundaries
This constituency comprised the whole of County Clare, except for the Borough of Ennis.
Elections
There was a notorious riot at Sixmilebridge on polling day in 1852, in which soldiers shot dead seven protesters.
The Clare by-election in 1828 was notable as this was the first time since the reformation that an openly Roman Catholic MP, Daniel O'Connell was elected.
References
Clare (UK Parliament constituency) Wikipedia(Text) CC BY-SA