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{{Short description|Dáil constituency (1921–1923)}}
{{Use Hiberno-English|date=June 2021}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=October 2018}}
{{Infobox constituency
| name           = Dublin Mid
| type           = [[Dáil constituencies|Dáil]]
| year           = [[1921 Irish elections|1921]]
| abolished      = [[1923 Irish general election|1923]]
| map4           = 
| map_entity     = Ireland
| map_size       = 200px
| seats          = 4
| local_council_label = [[Local government in the Republic of Ireland|Local government area]]
| local_council  = [[Dublin|Dublin City]]
| previous       = {{ubl|[[Dublin College Green (UK Parliament constituency)|Dublin College Green]]|[[Dublin Harbour (UK Parliament constituency)|Dublin Harbour]]}}
| next           = [[Dublin North (Dáil constituency)|Dublin North]]
}}
'''Dublin Mid''' was a [[Dáil constituencies|parliamentary constituency]] represented in [[Dáil Éireann]], the lower house of the Irish parliament or [[Oireachtas]] from 1921 to 1923. The constituency elected 4 deputies ([[Teachta Dála|Teachtaí Dála]], commonly known as TDs) to the Dáil, using [[proportional representation]] by means of the [[single transferable vote]] (PR-STV).

== History ==
The constituency was created in 1921 out of portions of the UK Parliament constituencies of [[Dublin College Green (UK Parliament constituency)|Dublin College Green]] and [[Dublin Harbour (UK Parliament constituency)|Dublin Harbour]]. It was a four-seat constituency, under the [[Government of Ireland Act 1920 (constituencies)|Government of Ireland Act 1920]], for the [[1921 Irish elections|1921 election]] to the [[House of Commons of Southern Ireland]], whose members formed the [[2nd Dáil]]. It was abolished under the [[Electoral Act 1923]].

== Boundaries ==
The constituency consisted of the College Green and the Dublin Harbour divisions of [[Dublin]] city.

== TDs ==
{{Irish TD table begin
 | constituency = Dublin Mid
 | maxTDs       = 4
 | start        = 1921
 | end          = 1923
 | refs =<ref name="walker">{{cite book |title=Parliamentary election results in Ireland, 1918–92 |editor=Walker, Brian M |publisher=Royal Irish Academy |location=Dublin |year=1992 |isbn=0-901714-96-8 |issn=0332-0286 }}</ref>
<!-- The unnamed parameters below generate a key to parties -->
 | Sinn Féin
 | Independent politician (Ireland)
 | Sinn Féin (Anti-Treaty)
 | Sinn Féin (Pro-Treaty)
}}
{{Irish TD table Dáil
 | dailnum   = 2
 | refs      =<ref name="ei-dublinmid-1921">{{cite web |title=General election 1921: Dublin Mid |url=http://www.electionsireland.org/result.cfm?election=1921&cons=560 |work=ElectionsIreland.org |accessdate=7 September 2010}}</ref>
}}
{{Irish TD table TD with party link
 | name      = [[Seán McGarry]]
 | elections = 1
 | party     = Sinn Féin
}}
{{Irish TD table TD with party link
 | name      = [[Seán T. O'Kelly]]
 | elections = 1
 | party     = Sinn Féin
}}
{{Irish TD table TD with party link
 | name      = [[Philip Shanahan]]
 | elections = 1
 | party     = Sinn Féin
}}
{{Irish TD table TD with party link
 | name      = [[Kathleen Clarke]]
 | elections = 1
 | party     = Sinn Féin
}}
{{Irish TD table Dáil
 | dailnum   = 3
 | refs      =<ref name="ei-dublinmid-1922">{{cite web |title=General election 1922: Dublin Mid |url=http://www.electionsireland.org/result.cfm?election=1922&cons=560 |work=ElectionsIreland.org |accessdate=7 September 2010}}</ref>
}}
{{Irish TD table TD with party link
 | name      = [[Seán McGarry]]
 | elections = 1
 | party     = Sinn Féin (Pro-Treaty)
}}
{{Irish TD table TD with party link
 | name      = [[Seán T. O'Kelly]]
 | elections = 1
 | party     = Sinn Féin (Anti-Treaty)
}}
{{Irish TD table TD with party link
 | name      = [[Alfie Byrne]]
 | elections = 1
 | party     = Independent politician (Ireland)
}}
{{Irish TD table TD with party link
 | name      = [[Laurence O'Neill]]
 | elections = 1
 | party     = Independent politician (Ireland)
}}
{{Irish TD table end
 | dailnum = 4
 | maxTDs  = 4
 | comment = Constituency abolished. See [[Dublin North (Dáil constituency)|Dublin North]]
}}

== Elections ==
=== 1922 general election ===
{{STV Election box begin2
 |title      = [[1922 Irish general election|1922 general election]]: Dublin Mid<ref name="ei-dublinmid-1922"/><ref name="GallagherIrishElections1922-44">{{cite book|last=Gallagher|first=Michael|author-link=Michael Gallagher (academic)|date=1993|title=Irish Elections 1922-44: Results and Analysis |publisher=PSAI Press|isbn=0951974815}}</ref>
 |numcounts  = 6
}}
{{STV Election box candidate2
 |candidate  = '''[[Laurence O'Neill]]'''
 |party      = Independent politician (Ireland)
 |percentage = 32.5
 |count1     = '''9,465'''
 |count2     = &nbsp;
 |count3     = &nbsp;
 |count4     = &nbsp;
 |count5     = &nbsp;
 |count6     = &nbsp;
}}
{{STV Election box candidate2
 |candidate  = '''[[Alfie Byrne]]'''
 |party      = Independent politician (Ireland)
 |percentage = 27.1
 |count1     = '''7,899'''
 |count2     = &nbsp;
 |count3     = &nbsp;
 |count4     = &nbsp;
 |count5     = &nbsp;
 |count6     = &nbsp;
}}
{{STV Election box candidate2
 |candidate  = '''[[Seán McGarry]]'''
 |party      = Sinn Féin (Pro-Treaty)
 |percentage = 14.7
 |count1     = 4,295
 |count2     = 5,755
 |count3     = '''6,495'''
 |count4     = &nbsp;
 |count5     = &nbsp;
 |count6     = &nbsp;
}}
{{STV Election box candidate2
 |candidate  = [[Philip Shanahan]]
 |party      = Sinn Féin (Anti-Treaty)
 |percentage = 7.5
 |count1     = 2,172
 |count2     = 2,639
 |count3     = 2,866
 |count4     = 2,965
 |count5     = 3,393
 |count6     = &nbsp;
}}
{{STV Election box candidate2
 |candidate  = '''[[Seán T. O'Kelly]]'''
 |party      = Sinn Féin (Anti-Treaty)
 |percentage = 6.7
 |count1     = 1,941
 |count2     = 2,490
 |count3     = 2,680
 |count4     = 2,902
 |count5     = 4,251
 |count6     = '''6,896'''
}}
{{STV Election box candidate2
 |candidate  = Henry Barnardo
 |party      = Independent politician (Ireland)
 |percentage = 6.2
 |count1     = 1,800
 |count2     = 2,772
 |count3     = 3,551
 |count4     = 3,834
 |count5     = 3,883
 |count6     = 4,053
}}
{{STV Election box candidate2
 |candidate  = [[Kathleen Clarke]]
 |party      = Sinn Féin (Anti-Treaty)
 |percentage = 5.3
 |count1     = 1,557
 |count2     = 1,748
 |count3     = 1,885
 |count4     = 1,921
 |count5     = &nbsp;
 |count6     = &nbsp;
}}
{{STV Election box end2
 |numcounts  = 6
 |electorate = 41,440
 |valid      = 29,129
 |spoilt     =
 |quota      = 5,826
 |turnout    = 70.3%
}}

=== 1921 general election ===
{{STV Election box begin
 |title      = [[1921 Irish elections|1921 general election]]: Dublin Mid<ref name="ei-dublinmid-1921"/>
}}
{{STV Election box candidate with party link
 |candidate  = '''[[Kathleen Clarke]]'''
 |party      = Sinn Féin
 |percentage = ''N/A''
 |votes      = Unopposed
 |seat       = 1
 |count      = 
}}
{{STV Election box candidate with party link
 |candidate  = '''[[Seán McGarry]]'''
 |party      = Sinn Féin
 |percentage = ''N/A''
 |votes      = Unopposed
 |seat       = 2
 |count      = 
}}
{{STV Election box candidate with party link
 |candidate  = '''[[Seán T. O'Kelly]]'''
 |party      = Sinn Féin
 |percentage = ''N/A''
 |votes      = Unopposed
 |seat       = 3
 |count      = 
}}
{{STV Election box candidate with party link
 |candidate  = '''[[Philip Shanahan]]'''
 |party      = Sinn Féin
 |percentage = ''N/A''
 |votes      = Unopposed
 |seat       = 4
 |count      = 
}}
|}

== See also ==
*[[Dáil constituencies]]
*[[Politics of the Republic of Ireland]]
*[[Historic Dáil constituencies]]
*[[Elections in the Republic of Ireland]]

== References ==
{{Reflist}}

== External links ==
*[https://www.oireachtas.ie/en/members/ Oireachtas Members Database]
*[http://www.opsi.gov.uk/acts/acts1920/pdf/ukpga_19200067_en.pdf Text of the Government of Ireland Act as originally enacted in 1920]

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