Dublin College Green (UK Parliament Constituency)
College Green, a division of Dublin, was a UK parliamentary constituency in Ireland. It returned one Member of Parliament (MP) to the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom from 1885 to 1922.
Read more about Dublin College Green (UK Parliament Constituency): Boundaries and Boundary Changes, Dáil Éireann 1918–1922, Politics, Members of Parliament, Elections
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