Dublin St Patrick's
Formerborough constituency for theHouse of Commons
Dublin St Patrick's constituency within Dublin, as it existed from 1885 to 1918.
Dublin within Ireland. Map utilises the modern administrative boundaries.
1885–1922
Seats	1
Created from	Dublin City
Replaced by	Dublin South

Dublin St Patrick's, a division ofDublin, was aborough constituency inIreland. It returned oneMember of Parliament (MP) to theUnited Kingdom House of Commons from 1885 until 1922.

From the dissolution of 1922, the area was no longer represented in the UK Parliament.

This constituency was named forSt Patrick's Cathedral and comprised the southwest part of the city ofDublin.^[1]

From 1885 to 1918, it was defined as:^[2]

The Merchants' Quay, Usher's Quay and Wood Quay wards of the borough of Dublin.

From 1918 to 1922, it was defined as:^[3]

The Merchants' Quay and Wood Quay wards of the County Borough of Dublin.

Prior to the1885 general election, the city was the undivided two-memberDublin City constituency. Under theRedistribution of Seats Act 1885, Dublin was divided into four divisions: St Patrick's,College Green,Dublin Harbour andSt Stephen's Green.

Under theRedistribution of Seats (Ireland) Act 1918, the city was allocated seven seats: in addition to the four existing constituencies, the new divisions wereClontarf,St James's andSt Michan's.^[4] St Patrick's lost territory to St James's.

Sinn Féin used this election to elect members ofDáil Éireann, inviting all those elected in Ireland to sit as aTeachta Dála (known in English as a Deputy) in the Dáil, although only the Sinn Féin members attended. St Patrick's in 1918 gave Sinn Féin 66% of the vote.Constance Markievicz was the first woman to win a seat in theHouse of Commons of the United Kingdom, at the first election where women were permitted to stand as candidates.

Under theGovernment of Ireland Act 1920, the area was combined with the St Stephen's Green Division to formDublin South, a 4-seat constituency for theSouthern Ireland House of Commons and a single-seat constituency at Westminster.^[5] At the1921 election for the Southern Ireland House of Commons, the four seats were won uncontested by Sinn Féin, who treated it as part of the election to theSecond Dáil. Constance Markievicz was one of the four TDs for Dublin South.

Under s. 1(4) of theIrish Free State (Agreement) Act 1922, no writ was to be issued "for a constituency in Ireland other than a constituency in Northern Ireland".^[6] Therefore, no vote was held in Dublin South at the1922 United Kingdom general election on 15 November 1922, shortly before theIrish Free State left theUnited Kingdom on 6 December 1922.

• Walker, B.M., ed. (1978).Parliamentary Election Results in Ireland, 1801–1922. Dublin: Royal Irish Academy. pp. 346, 388.ISBN 0901714127.
• Boundary Commission (Ireland) established in 1917 to redistribute seats in the House of Commons under the terms of the Representation of the People Bill, 1917 (1917)."Schedule 10 : Parliamentary borough of Dublin"(PDF).Report. Vol. CSO/RP/1917/29520/36.National Archives of Ireland. Archived fromthe original(PDF) on 4 December 2017. Retrieved16 January 2018.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)

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