North Meath (UK Parliament Constituency)
North Meath was a UK Parliament constituency in Ireland, returning one Member of Parliament (MP) 1885–1922.
Prior to the United Kingdom general election, 1885 the area was part of the Meath constituency. From 1922 it was not represented in the UK Parliament.
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