The name ''Cork Constitution'' can refer to two different newspapers that were published in

Cork city Cork ( ; from , meaning 'marsh') is the second-largest city in Republic of Ireland, Ireland, the county town of County Cork, the largest city in the Provinces of Ireland, province of Munster and the List of settlements on the island of Ireland ...

. The ''Cork Advertiser'', which was published from 1799 to 1824, called itself the ''Cork Constitution'' in 1823. The ''Cork Morning Post'', which started publication in 1822 and ceased in 1924 renamed itself the ''Cork Constitution'' in 1873. In 1892, the newspaper's staff founded the rugby club of the same name, which still exists. In its second incarnation, the ''Cork Constitution'' supported the union of Ireland with Great Britain, was the paper favoured by the Protestant population and patronised by clergymen of the

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as well by officers of the

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who were stationed in the area. The paper ceased publication shortly after Irish independence.

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