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