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Dundalk
Former Borough constituency
for the Irish House of Commons
Former constituency
Created1264 (1264)
Abolished1801
Replaced byDundalk

Dundalk was a constituency represented in the Irish House of Commons to 1801.

History

In the Patriot Parliament of 1689 summoned by King James II, Dundalk was represented with two members.[1]

Members of Parliament, 1264–1801

1689–1801

Election First member First party Second member Second party
1689 Patriot Parliament style="background-color: Template:/meta/color" | Robert Dermott style="background-color: Template:/meta/color" | John Dowdall
1692 rowspan="2" style="background-color: Template:/meta/color" | Thomas Perceval style="background-color: Template:/meta/color" | William Shaw
1695 style="background-color: Template:/meta/color" | Kilner Brasier
1703 rowspan="3" style="background-color: Template:/meta/color" | Henry Bellingham style="background-color: Template:/meta/color" | James Somerville
1707 style="background-color: Template:/meta/color" | Richard Tisdall
1713 rowspan="4" style="background-color: Template:/meta/color" | Henry Brooke
1715 style="background-color: Template:/meta/color" | James Hamilton
1719 style="background-color: Template:/meta/color" | Henry Morrison
1721 style="background-color: Template:/meta/color" | James Tisdall
1727 rowspan="3" style="background-color: Template:/meta/color" | Thomas Fortescue style="background-color: Template:/meta/color" | Hans Hamilton
1728 style="background-color: Template:/meta/color" | John Hamilton
1757 style="background-color: Template:/meta/color" | James Fortescue
May 1761 style="background-color: Template:/meta/color" | James Smyth [note 1] rowspan="6" style="background-color: Template:/meta/color" | Robert Waller
1761 style="background-color: Template:/meta/color" | David La Touche
1768 style="background-color: Template:/meta/color" | William Henry Fortescue [note 2]
1769 style="background-color: Template:/meta/color" | James Smyth
1771 style="background-color: Template:/meta/color" | James Sheil
1776 rowspan="2" style="background-color: Template:/meta/color" | William Conyngham
1781 style="background-color: Template:/meta/color" | Robert Lindsay
1783 style="background-color: Template:/meta/color" | Viscount Jocelyn rowspan="2" style="background-color: Template:/meta/color" | Hon. George Jocelyn
1798 rowspan="2" style="background-color: Template:/meta/color" | John Jocelyn
1799 style="background-color: Template:/meta/color" | John Straton
1801 Succeeded by the Westminster constituency Dundalk

Notes

  1. ^ Also elected for Antrim Borough in 1761, for which he chose to sit
  2. ^ Also elected for Monaghan Borough in 1768, for which he chose to sit

References

  1. ^ O'Hart (2007), p. 502

Bibliography

  • O'Hart, John (2007). The Irish and Anglo-Irish Landed Gentry: When Cromwell came to Ireland. Vol. vol. II. Heritage Books. ISBN 0-7884-1927-7. {{cite book}}: |volume= has extra text (help)
  • Leigh Rayment's historical List of Members of the Irish House of Commons. Cites: Johnston-Liik, Edith Mary (2002). The History of the Irish Parliament 1692-1800 (6 volumes). Ulster Historical Foundation.