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Mourne (barony)

Mourne (named after the Múrna) is a barony in County Down, Northern Ireland. It lies in the south-east of the county, with the Irish Sea to its east. It is bordered by two other baronies: Iveagh Upper, Lower Half and Iveagh Upper, Upper Half to the north and west. Mourne gets its name from the Múrna (Old Irish: Mughdorna), a people who hail originally from a territory of the same name in modern County Monaghan.

Ancient history

The Múrna

The Múrna are described as being a powerful people in the "archaic" period and possibly either being a pre-Celtic or very early Celtic people who may have been rulers of Ulster before the ascendancy of the Ulaid. Early genealogists would claim that they descend from Mughdhorn Dubh, a son of Colla Menn, however this has been rebuked as a figment of imagination and as politically fashionable at the time. Indeed Mighdorna is listed as being one of the territories conquered from the Ulaidh by the Three Collas with Colla Menn taking possession of Mughdorna. The O'Hanratties are stated as having anciently possessed this territory.

Mourne (Northern Ireland Parliament constituency)

Coordinates: 54°09′50″N 6°08′02″W / 54.164°N 6.134°W / 54.164; -6.134

Mourne was a constituency of the Parliament of Northern Ireland.

Boundaries

Mourne was a county constituency comprising part of southern County Down, including the Mountains of Mourne. It was created when the House of Commons (Method of Voting and Redistribution of Seats) Act (Northern Ireland) 1929 introduced first-past-the-post elections throughout Northern Ireland. Mourne was created by the division of Down into eight new constituencies. The constituency survived unchanged, returning one Member of Parliament until the Parliament of Northern Ireland was temporarily suspended in 1972, and then formally abolished in 1973.

The seat was made up from parts of the rural districts of Banbridge, Downpatrick, Kilkeel and Newry No. 1, with the town of Newcastle.

Politics

The seat had a small nationalist majority, with Nationalist Party candidates defeating unionists at every election, excepting 1938, when no nationalist stood.