# South Galway (UK Parliament constituency)

South Galway was a UK Parliament constituency in Ireland, returning one Member of Parliament 1885–1922.
Prior to the 1885 general election the area was part of the County Galway constituency. From 1922, on the establishment of the Irish Free State, it was not represented in the UK Parliament.

## Boundaries

This constituency comprised the southern part of County Galway. In 1918, the constituency was redrawn to include part of the dissolved Galway borough constituency and to exclude the district electoral divisions of Drumaan, Inishcaltra North and Mountshannon, transferred to County Clare under the Local Government (Ireland) Act 1898, which were added to the East Clare constituency.
1885–1918: The baronies of Aran, Athenry, Dunkellin, Kiltartan, Leitrim and Loughrea.
1918–1922: The rural district of Gort, that part of the rural district of Galway not included in the Galway Connemara constituency and that part of the rural district of Loughrea not included in the East Galway constituency.

## Members of Parliament

| Election | Election | Member | Party |
| | 1885 | David Sheehy | Irish Parliamentary Party |
| | 1890 | David Sheehy | Irish National Federation |
| | 1900 | William Duffy | Irish Parliamentary Party |
| | 1918 | Frank Fahy | Sinn Féin |
| 1921 | 1921 | Constituency merged into Galway (Dáil constituency) | Constituency merged into Galway (Dáil constituency) |

## Elections
### Elections in the 1880s

General election 27 November 1885: Galway South :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Irish Parliamentary | David Sheehy | Unopposed | Unopposed | Unopposed |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 7,220 | | |
| | 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) |
General election 6 July 1886: Galway South :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Irish Parliamentary | David Sheehy | Unopposed | Unopposed | Unopposed |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 7,220 | | |
| | Irish Parliamentary hold | Irish Parliamentary hold | Irish Parliamentary hold | Irish Parliamentary hold | Irish Parliamentary hold |

### Elections in the 1890s

General election 13 July 1892: Galway South :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Irish National Federation | David Sheehy | 2,623 | 65.0 | N/A |
| | Irish National League | John P. McCarthy | 1,411 | 35.0 | N/A |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 1,212 | 30.0 | N/A |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 4,034 | 60.1 | N/A |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 6,708 | | |
| | Irish National Federation gain from Irish Parliamentary | Irish National Federation gain from Irish Parliamentary | Swing | N/A | |
General election 19 July 1895: Galway South :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Irish National Federation | David Sheehy | Unopposed | Unopposed | Unopposed |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 7,265 | | |
| | Irish National Federation hold | Irish National Federation hold | Irish National Federation hold | Irish National Federation hold | Irish National Federation hold |

### Elections in the 1900s

General election 5 October 1900: Galway South :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Irish Parliamentary | William Duffy | Unopposed | Unopposed | Unopposed |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 8,148 | | |
| | Irish Parliamentary hold | Irish Parliamentary hold | Irish Parliamentary hold | Irish Parliamentary hold | Irish Parliamentary hold |
General election 19 January 1906: Galway South :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Irish Parliamentary | William Duffy | Unopposed | Unopposed | Unopposed |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 6,362 | | |
| | Irish Parliamentary hold | Irish Parliamentary hold | Irish Parliamentary hold | Irish Parliamentary hold | Irish Parliamentary hold |

### Elections in the 1910s

General election 22 January 1910: Galway South :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Irish Parliamentary | William Duffy | Unopposed | Unopposed | Unopposed |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 6,292 | | |
| | Irish Parliamentary hold | Irish Parliamentary hold | Irish Parliamentary hold | Irish Parliamentary hold | Irish Parliamentary hold |
General election 8 December 1910: Galway South :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Irish Parliamentary | William Duffy | Unopposed | Unopposed | Unopposed |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 6,292 | | |
| | Irish Parliamentary hold | Irish Parliamentary hold | Irish Parliamentary hold | Irish Parliamentary hold | Irish Parliamentary hold |
General Election 14 December 1918: Galway South :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Sinn Féin | Frank Fahy | 10,621 | 85.9 | New |
| | Irish Parliamentary | William Duffy | 1,744 | 14.1 | N/A |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 8,877 | 71.8 | N/A |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 12,365 | 66.8 | N/A |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 18,507 | | |
| | Sinn Féin gain from Irish Parliamentary | Sinn Féin gain from Irish Parliamentary | Swing | N/A | |