- Dundalk (Parliament of Ireland constituency)
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Dundalk
Former Borough constituencyCreated 1264 Post-Union Dundalk Type Irish House of Commons Dundalk was a constituency represented in the Irish House of Commons to 1801.
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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 Robert Dermott John Dowdall 1692 Thomas Perceval William Shaw 1695 Kilner Brasier 1703 Henry Bellingham James Somerville 1707 Richard Tisdall 1713 Henry Brooke 1715 James Hamilton 1719 Henry Morrison 1721 James Tisdall 1727 Thomas Fortescue Hans Hamilton 1728 John Hamilton 1757 James Fortescue May 1761 James Smyth [note 1] Robert Waller 1761 David La Touche 1768 William Henry Fortescue [note 2] 1769 James Smyth 1771 James Sheil 1776 William Conyngham 1781 Robert Lindsay 1783 Viscount Jocelyn Hon. George Jocelyn 1798 John Jocelyn 1799 John Straton 1801 Succeeded by the Westminster constituency Dundalk Notes
- ^ Also elected for Antrim Borough in 1761, for which he chose to sit
- ^ Also elected for Monaghan Borough in 1768, for which he chose to sit
References
- ^ O'Hart (2007), p. 502
Bibliography
- O'Hart, John (2007). The Irish and Anglo-Irish Landed Gentry: When Cromwell came to Ireland. vol. II. Heritage Books. ISBN 0788419277.
- Leigh Rayment's historical List of Members of the Irish House of Commons
Parliamentary constituencies in County Louth Parliament of Ireland
to 1800Westminster 1801–1922
and First Dáil 1918Drogheda (1801–1885) · Dundalk (1801–1885) · Louth (1801–1885) · North Louth (1885–1918) · South Louth (1885–1918) · Louth (1918–1922)
Dáil Éireann
1918–presentLouth–Meath (1921–1923) · Louth (1923– )
European Parliament
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- Dundalk
- Historic constituencies in County Louth
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