Dublin College Green (UK Parliament constituency)
College Green, also called Dublin College Green or College Green Division, Dublin, was a UK parliamentary constituency in Dublin. It returned one Member of Parliament (MP) to the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom from 1885 to 1922. Boundaries and boundary changes. This constituency comprised part of the city of Dublin. It returned one Member of Parliament (MP) to the House of Commons from 1885 to 1922. 1885–1918: In the Borough of Dublin, the wards of Arran Quay, Inns Quay, North City and South City, and that part of Rotunda  ward lying south-west of a line drawn along the centre of North Frederick Street and a line drawn along the centre of East Cavendish Row. 1918–1922: The Inns Quay, North City, South City and Rotunda wards of the County Borough of Dublin. Prior to the 1885 general election, the entire city comprised the two-seat constituency of Dublin City. In 1885, Dublin was divided into four new single-member constituencies: Dublin Harbour, Dublin St Patrick's, Dublin St Stephen's Green, and Dublin College Green. In 1918, the city was allocated seven seats: in addition to the four existing  constituencies, the new divisions were Dublin Clontarf, Dublin St James's, and Dublin St Michan's. From the 1922 general election, the area was no longer represented in the UK Parliament. Dáil Éireann 1918–1922. The constituency election in 1918 was used by Sinn Féin to return one Teachta Dála (TD) to serve in the Irish Republic's First Dáil. In republican theory, every MP elected in Ireland was a member of this revolutionary assembly. In practice, only the Sinn Féin members participated in it. The body assembled on 21 January 1919 and last met on 10 May 1921. The First  Dáil, according to a resolution passed on 10 May 1921, was formally dissolved on the assembly of the Second Dáil. This took place on 16 August 1921. Under the Government of Ireland Act 1920, the area became part of Dublin Mid. In 1921, Sinn Féin decided to use the UK-authorised elections for the Northern Ireland House of Commons and the House of Commons of Southern Ireland as a poll for the Irish Republic's Second Dáil. Politics. This was a strongly Nationalist area, which moved after the 1916 Easter Rising to supporting Sinn Féin. In the 1918 election, Sinn  Féin got more than three-quarters of the vote. As with the other Sinn Féin MPs, O'Kelly did not take his seat at Westminster but instead served in the revolutionary Dáil Éireann. He was the presiding officer of the First Dáil (with the title Ceann Comhairle) from 22 January 1919. His appointment as Ceann Comhairle was confirmed 1 April 1919.