Mallow was a United Kingdom Parliament constituency in
Union of Great Britain and Ireland took effect on 1 January 1801. The constituency lasted until 1885 when it was absorbed into the North East Cork constituency
civil parish of Mallow north of the River Blackwater, as well as three townlands south of the Blackwater – namely Lower (or North) Quartertown, Upper (or South) Quartertown, and Gortnagraiga – which constituted the portion of the civil parish of Mourne Abbey within the barony of Fermoy.[1][2] For all Irish borough constituencies, the Representation of the People (Ireland) Act 1832 changed the franchise and the ancillary Parliamentary Boundaries (Ireland) Act 1832 defined new boundaries, in most cases accepting the recommendations of a committee appointed the previous year.[1] Mallow was one such case, despite protests from the gentry who would be disenfranchised.[3][4]
From the Easternmost Gate Post (opposite the Park Wall of Mr. [Richard Harris-
Pleasure Grounds meets the Fermoy Road; thence, Westward, along the Boundary of Mr. Delacour's Pleasure Grounds to the Southernmost Point at which the same meets the Boundary of the Garden attached to the Water Mill; thence in a straight Line to a Point in the old Cork Road which is distant Two hundred and twenty-five Yards (measured along the old Cork Road) to the South of the old Turnpike thereon; thence in a straight Line to a Point on the new Cork Road
which is distant about Two hundred and ninety Yards (measured along the new Cork Road) to the South of the said old Turnpike, and which Point is at the Commencement of a Nursery Ground; thence in a straight Line in the Direction of the Eastern Corner of Captain Davis's House to the Point at which such straight Line cuts the Blackwater River; thence in a straight Line to the Gate Post first described.
This excluded a large rural hinterland but included the Ballydaheen suburb immediately south of the Blackwater.
Ordnance Survey of Ireland's 1878 town plan of Mallow.[9]
Knox stated his intention to petition the return on the basis of bribery and intimidation of the electorate.[16] The petition was successful and a by-election was called.
^ abc"Mallow". Instructions by Secretary for Ireland, respecting Cities and Boroughs in Ireland sending Representatives to Parliament; Reports of Commissioners. Sessional papers. Vol. 43. Sessional papers. 8 June 1832. pp. 105–109.; for the maps see the scans at Alamy: pre-1832 and post-1832.
^ ab"Mallow"(PDF). Reports and instructions by Lord Lieutenant, with reference to boundaries and divisions of cities, boroughs and towns corporate in Ireland. Sessional papers. Vol. 29. 10 May 1837. p. 117. Retrieved 17 July 2017 – via Limerick City and County Council.
^ abSalmon, Philip. "Mallow". The History of Parliament. Retrieved 17 May 2020.
^Ireland:From Our Own Correspondent; The Times; 4 February 1870; pg8 col A
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