# Dublin Harbour (UK Parliament constituency)

Dublin Harbour, a division of Dublin, was a borough parliamentary constituency in Ireland. It returned one Member of Parliament (MP) to the House of Commons of the United Kingdom from 1885 until 1922. From 1918 to 1921, it was also used as a constituency for Dáil Éireann.

## Boundaries

This constituency comprised part of the city of Dublin. It included Dublin Port and red light district of Dublin and was one of the poorest constituencies in Ireland.
From 1885 to 1918, it was defined as:
   North Dock Ward, Rotunda Ward (except so much as is comprised in College Green constituency), so much of South Dock Ward and Trinity Wards as lies north of a line drawn along the centre of Great Brunswick Street,
From 1918 to 1922, it was defined as:

## History

Prior to the 1885 general election, the city was the undivided two-member Dublin City constituency. Under the Redistribution of Seats Act 1885, Dublin was divided into four divisions: College Green, Dublin Harbour, St Stephen's Green and St Patrick's. Dublin Harbour was a very heavily Nationalist area. The Irish Parliamentary Party only lost political control of the constituency in 1918.
Under the Redistribution of Seats (Ireland) Act 1918, the city was allocated seven seats: in addition to the four existing constituencies, the new divisions were Clontarf, St James's and St Michan's.
Sinn Féin used the 1918 general election to elect members of Dáil Éireann, inviting all those elected in Ireland to sit as a Teachta Dála (known in English as a Deputy) in the Dáil, although only the Sinn Féin members attended. Philip Shanahan, who had participated in the Easter Rising defeated the incumbent MP, Alfie Byrne, a formidable politician who would play a prominent role in Dublin and Irish politics for almost half a century. Shanahan sat as a member of the First Dáil.
Under the Government of Ireland Act 1920, the area was combined with the College Green Division to form Dublin Mid, a 4-seat constituency for the Southern Ireland House of Commons and a single constituency at Westminster. At the 1921 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 the Second Dáil. Philip Shanahan was one of the four TDs for Dublin Mid.
Under s. 1(4) of the Irish Free State (Agreement) Act 1922, no writ was to be issued "for a constituency in Ireland other than a constituency in Northern Ireland". Therefore, no vote was held in Dublin Mid at the 1922 United Kingdom general election on 15 November 1922, shortly before the Irish Free State left the United Kingdom on 6 December 1922.

## Members of Parliament

| Year | MP | Party | Party |
| 1885 | Timothy Harrington | | Irish Parliamentary |
| 1891 | Timothy Harrington | | Irish National League (Parnellite) |
| 1897 | Timothy Harrington | | Ind. Nationalist |
| 1900 | Timothy Harrington | | Irish Parliamentary |
| 1910 | William Abraham | | Irish Parliamentary |
| 1915 | Alfie Byrne | | Irish Parliamentary |
| 1918 | Philip Shanahan | | Sinn Féin |
| 1922 | constituency abolished | constituency abolished | constituency abolished |

## Elections
### Elections in the 1880s

1885 general election: Dublin Harbour :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Irish Parliamentary | Timothy Harrington | 6,717 | 80.5 | |
| | Liberal | Rowland Blennerhassett | 1,628 | 19.5 | |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 5,089 | 61.0 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 8,345 | 74.0 | |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 11,282 | | |
| | Irish Parliamentary win (new seat) | Irish Parliamentary win (new seat) | Irish Parliamentary win (new seat) | Irish Parliamentary win (new seat) | Irish Parliamentary win (new seat) |
1886 general election: Dublin Harbour :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Irish Parliamentary | Timothy Harrington | Unopposed | Unopposed | Unopposed |
| | Irish Parliamentary hold | Irish Parliamentary hold | Irish Parliamentary hold | Irish Parliamentary hold | Irish Parliamentary hold |

### Elections in the 1890s

1892 general election: Dublin Harbour :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Irish National League | Timothy Harrington | 4,482 | 76.5 | N/A |
| | Irish National Federation | James McDonnell | 1,376 | 23.5 | N/A |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 3,106 | 53.0 | N/A |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 5,858 | 51.5 | N/A |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 11,370 | | |
| | Irish National League gain from Irish Parliamentary | Irish National League gain from Irish Parliamentary | Swing | N/A | |
1895 general election: Dublin Harbour :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Irish National League | Timothy Harrington | Unopposed | Unopposed | Unopposed |
| | Irish National League hold | Irish National League hold | Irish National League hold | Irish National League hold | Irish National League hold |

### Elections in the 1900s

1900 general election: Dublin Harbour :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Irish Parliamentary | Timothy Harrington | Unopposed | Unopposed | Unopposed |
| | Irish Parliamentary hold | Irish Parliamentary hold | Irish Parliamentary hold | Irish Parliamentary hold | Irish Parliamentary hold |
1906 general election: Dublin Harbour :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Irish Parliamentary | Timothy Harrington | 3,638 | 80.7 | N/A |
| | Liberal Unionist | John Lincoln Mahon | 872 | 19.3 | New |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 2,766 | 61.4 | N/A |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 4,510 | 51.2 | N/A |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 8,813 | | |
| | Irish Parliamentary hold | Irish Parliamentary hold | Swing | N/A | |

### Elections in the 1910s

January 1910 general election: Dublin Harbour :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Irish Parliamentary | Timothy Harrington | Unopposed | Unopposed | Unopposed |
| | Irish Parliamentary hold | Irish Parliamentary hold | Irish Parliamentary hold | Irish Parliamentary hold | Irish Parliamentary hold |
1910 by-election: Dublin Harbour :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Irish Parliamentary | William Abraham | Unopposed | Unopposed | Unopposed |
| | Irish Parliamentary hold | Irish Parliamentary hold | Irish Parliamentary hold | Irish Parliamentary hold | Irish Parliamentary hold |
December 1910 general election: Dublin Harbour :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Irish Parliamentary | William Abraham | 3,244 | 83.7 | N/A |
| | All-for-Ireland | James Brady | 631 | 16.3 | N/A |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 2,613 | 67.4 | N/A |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 3,875 | 42.9 | N/A |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 9,038 | | |
| | Irish Parliamentary hold | Irish Parliamentary hold | Swing | N/A | |
1915 by-election: Dublin Harbour :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Irish Parliamentary | Alfie Byrne | 2,208 | 58.14 | −25.6 |
| | Healyite Nationalist | Pierce O'Mahony | 913 | 24.04 | N/A |
| | Irish Nationalist | John Joseph Farrell | 677 | 17.83 | N/A |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 1,295 | 34.10 | −33.3 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 3,798 | 43.26 | +0.4 |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 8,780 | | |
| | Irish Parliamentary hold | Irish Parliamentary hold | Swing | N/A | |
1918 general election: Dublin Harbour :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Sinn Féin | Philip Shanahan | 7,708 | 58.9 | New |
| | Irish Parliamentary | Alfie Byrne | 5,386 | 41.1 | −42.6 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 2,322 | 17.8 | N/A |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 13,094 | 67.1 | +24.2 |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 19,520 | | |
| | Sinn Féin gain from Irish Parliamentary | Sinn Féin gain from Irish Parliamentary | Swing | N/A | |