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Tipperary (UK Parliament constituency)

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Number of members
  
Two

Replaced by
  
East Tipperary, Mid Tipperary, North Tipperary, South Tipperary

Tipperary, also known as Tipperary County, was a parliamentary constituency in Ireland, which from 1801 to 1885 returned two Members of Parliament (MPs) to the House of Commons of the United Kingdom.

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Boundaries

This constituency comprised the whole of County Tipperary, except the Parliamentary boroughs of Cashel (1801-1870) and Clonmel (1801-1885). In 1885 the constituency was divided into East Tipperary, Mid Tipperary, North Tipperary and South Tipperary.

Elections

  • 1869 In the by-election of that year, O'Donovan Rossa was returned to the Commons for the Tipperary. He defeated the Liberal Catholic Denis Caulfield Heron by 1054 to 898 votes. The election was declared invalid because he was an imprisoned felon.

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    Tipperary (UK Parliament constituency) Wikipedia
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