Cork North | |
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Former Dáil Éireann Parliamentary Constituency |
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Former constituency | |
Created | 1923 |
Abolished | 1961 |
Seats | 3 (1923–1937) 4 (1937–1948) 3 (1948–1961) |
County/City council | County Cork |
Cork North was a parliamentary constituency represented in Dáil Éireann, the lower house of the Irish parliament or Oireachtas from 1923 to 1961. The constituency elected 3 (and sometimes 4) deputies (Teachtaí Dála, commonly known as TDs) to the Dáil, using the single transferable vote form of proportional representation (PR-STV).
The constituency was created under the Electoral Act 1923, for the 1923 general election to Dáil Éireann, whose members formed the 4th Dáil. The constituency returned 3 Teachtaí Dála initially. The number of seats was increased to 4 for the 1937 general election but was reduced back to 3 for the 1948 general election.
It succeeded the constituency of Cork Mid, North, South, South East and West. It was abolished under the Electoral (Amendment) Act 1961, when it was replaced by the new constituency of Cork North-East and Cork Mid.
It consisted of the county electoral areas of Kanturk and Macroom in the administrative county of Cork.